Up Resources
Websites
Snag a copy of the movie and try your hand at Balloon Blow-Up’s survival mode. Our best score is 84,000. We really worked that Dug multiplier.
Bone up on Pixar’s history, check out all its films—both short and long, and bookmark it so you can come back and apply for a job just like Pete Docter.
It’ll be a lot easier to RT all the latest haps at Pixar—and all of their super-cute GIFs—if you follow this feed.
IMDb has the lowdown on Up.
The critics loved the film. Here’s a roundup of their reviews.
Book or TV Adaptations
A rad collection of over 250 storyboards, character studies, and sketches from the movie’s production.
Articles and Interviews
Cinema Blend’s Katey Rich gets all the deets on Up from the movie’s director, as well as producer Jonas Rivera.
Couldn’t make it to France for Up’s groundbreaking premiere at the Cannes Film Festival? Don’t worry; Ebert has you covered.
Up’s director opens, well, up to The Hollywood Reporter about the movie’s road to the multiplex, and how screenwriter and Meet the Parents co-star Tom McCarthy left a big mark on the script.
PopMatters’ Bill Gibron goes straight to the source, sitting down with Up’s dynamic writing and directing duo.
Video
Carl and Ellie have a classic movie meet-cute—you know, aside from the fact that it takes place in a decaying abandoned house.
One commenter claims that Up tells a greater love story in four minutes than Twilight does in four books. But what do you think?
Russell’s willing to help Carl cross just about anything in order to earn his Assisting the Elderly badge.
They may be excellent trackers, but their grasp of English syntax leaves a tad to be desired, don’t you think?
Carl and Muntz duke it out onboard Muntz’s airship, and nobody breaks a hip.
See what got film fans stoked for their next great adventure way back in 2009.
In which Docter wears a Wilderness Explorer sash. We’d expect nothing less.
Docter and Rivera dish on the idea behind Up and how they got a house to fly. Spoiler alert: they asked NASA for an assist.
Audio
Michael Giacchino’s score is awesome music to do your Calculus homework by.
Images
We don’t know about you, but we’re relieved they scrapped the idea for word balloons.
Every detail’s explained, from the top of his cap to the soles of his shoes. Literally.
Print this on a T-shirt, and we’d wear it right now.
A watercolor concept sketch of Kevin, Carl, and Russell in which Russell sounds like Marcy from The Peanuts, sir.
The real deal from Disney-Pixar, suitable for framing.