Up (2009 film)

Ten-year-old Carl Fredricksen idolizes famed explorer Charles Muntz. After Muntz was accused of presenting a fake giant bird skeleton from Paradise Falls in South America, he returned to the falls, vowing to clear his name by bringing back a living specimen. Carl meets fellow Muntz fan Ellie, who confides her desire to move her "clubhouse" — an abandoned house in the neighborhood — to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls. In adulthood, Carl and Ellie marry and move into the renovated house, with Carl working as a balloon salesman and Ellie a tour guide at the zoo. Ellie later suffers a miscarriage.[2] The couple decide to begin saving for a trip to Paradise Falls, but they repeatedly become forced to spend the savings on more urgent needs. Years pass, and on the day Carl plans to surprise Ellie with tickets to Paradise Falls, she falls ill and is hospitalized, dying soon after, leaving Carl devastated. Some time later, Carl is now retired and in his late 70s,[3] and stubbornly holds out in the house while the neighborhood around him is replaced by skyscrapers. After Carl injures a construction worker during a mishap, the court deems him a public menace, ordering his relocation to an assisted living facility. However, Carl resolves to keep Ellie's promise, attaching many helium balloons to his house, intending to fly to Paradise Falls. Russell, an eight-year-old "Wilderness Explorer" who had visited Carl in an effort to earn his final merit badge for assisting the elderly, becomes an accidental stowaway. Before Carl can land and send Russell home, a violent storm propels the house to South America. The house lands on a mesa opposite Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa. Russell encounters a giant, colorful flightless bird, whom he names Kevin. They then meet Dug, a Golden Retriever who wears a special collar with a device that translates his thoughts into English; he joins them on their trek, despite Carl's objections. A pack of fierce dogs wearing similar collars take Carl, Russell, and Dug to their master, the now elderly Charles Muntz. He invites them aboard his dirigible the Spirit of Adventure and talks about his hunt for the bird. Carl realizes Muntz's obsession with catching the bird has driven him mad, to the point of killing innocent travelers whom he suspected of seeking the bird for themselves. When Russell notes the skeleton's resemblance to Kevin, Muntz sees them as thieves and becomes hostile. The dogs pursue Carl, Russell, and Dug until Kevin saves them. One of the pursuing dogs bites Kevin's leg as she flees, injuring her so that she cannot stand on her own. Russell urges Carl to help Kevin get home so she can reunite with her chicks, and he agrees, but Muntz captures her. He starts a fire beneath Carl's house, forcing Carl to choose between rescuing it or Kevin; Carl chooses his home, deeply upsetting Russell. Carl looks through Ellie's childhood scrapbook and discovers that she filled in some of the blank pages with photos of their marriage, along with a note thanking him for the "adventure" and encouraging him to have a new one. Reinvigorated, he goes outside, only to see Russell set out after Kevin using a leaf blower and some balloons to fly. Carl lightens his house by throwing out furniture and keepsakes, enabling it to fly again. Muntz captures Russell, but Carl and Dug board the dirigible and free both him and Kevin. When Muntz pursues them to the tethered house, Carl lures Kevin back to the airship using a piece of chocolate. Muntz leaps after them, but his leg catches on balloon strings, and he falls to his death. The house descends out of sight below clouds. Carl and Russell reunite Kevin with her chicks before returning home in Muntz's airship. Russell receives his "Assisting the Elderly" badge, and Carl presents Russell with a grape soda bottle cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met, which he dubs "The Ellie Badge". Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Carl, the house lands on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, fulfilling his promise to Ellie.

Released: 2009

Genres: ["Fantasy","Sad"]

Country: Other Asia

Status: Complete

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