Disney+ original film Up was released May 29th, 2009.
#Up made $735.1M at the international box office.
rottentomatoes: 98%
metacritic: 88
imdb: 8.3
oscars: 2 wins
Carl Fredricksen
Carl Fredricksen rigs up his home with balloons and flies away.
“No! Ahhh! Wow. Quite a sight, huh, Ellie? Uh! Mail’s here. Shady Oaks Retirement. Oh, brother. Hmm… no. Yes! Tell your boss over there that you boys are ruining our house. I believe I made my position to your boss quite clear. Yeah, that was good. Here, let me talk to him. You in the suit. Yes, you. Take a bath, hippie! Tell your boss he can have our house. When I’m dead! No. No.”
“No. No. No. I’m doing fine. Kid… kid. I… slow down. Kid! Thank you, but I don’t need any help. Proceed. But skip to the end! So, you want to assist an old person? You ever heard of a snipe? Bird. Beady eyes. Every night it sneaks in my yard and gobbles my poor azaleas. I’m elderly and infirm. I can’t catch it. If only someone could help me. I don’t know. It’s awfully crafy.”
“You’d have to clap your hands three times to lure it in. I think its burrow is two blocks down. If you go past… bring it back here when you find it. Why… hey! Hey, you! What do you… what do think you’re doing? Don’t touch that. Get away from our mailbox! I don’t want you to touch it!”
“What do I do now, Ellie? Morning, gentlemen. Ready as I’ll ever be. Would you do me a favor and take this? I’ll meet you at the van in just a minute. I wanna say one last goodbye to the old place. So long, boys! I’ll send you a postcard from Paradise Falls! Heh! We’re on our way, Ellie.”
“Huh? Hmm. What are you doing out here, kid? No. Oh, alright, you can come… …in. Don’t touch that! You’ll soil it. Kid, would you stop with the… let go of that… knock it off! Don’t jerk around so much, kid. Whoa! Well, that’s not gonna work. Stayed up all right blowing up balloons… for what? That’s nice, kid. What are you doing over there?”
“What happened? Steered us? Yeah. Sure. Can’t tell where we are. GP… what? We’ll get you down, find a bus stop, you just tell the man you wanna go back to your mother. There. That ought to do it. Here, I’ll give you some change for the bus fare. Well, we’re up pretty high. Could take hours to get down. That thing was… building or something. We can’t be close to the ground yet.”
Ellie
“Adventure is out there! Look out! Mount Rushmore! Hard to starboard! Must get Spirit of Adventure over Mount Rushmore! Hold together, old girl. How’re my dogs doing? All engines, ahead full! Let’s take her up to 26,000 feet. Rudders 18 degrees towards the south. It’s a beautiful day. Winds out of the east at 10 knots. Visibility unlimited. Enter the weather in the logbook.”
“Visibility unlimited. Enter the weather in the logbook. Oh, there’s something down there. I will bring it back for science. Aw! It’s a puppy! Ah! No time! A storm! Lighting. Hail. Aw! It’s a puppy! Ah! No time! A storm! Lightning. Hail. What are you doing? Don’t you know this is an exclusive club? Only explorers get in here, not just any kid off the street with a helmet and a pair of goggles. Do you think you’ve got what it takes? Well, do you? All right, you’re in. Welcome aboard. What’s wrong? Can’t you talk? Hey, I don’t bite.”
“You and me, we’re in a club now. I saw where your balloon went. Come on. Let’s go get it. My name’s Ellie. There it is. Well, go ahead. Go on. Hey, kid! Thought you might need a little cheering up. I got something to show you. I am about to let you see something I have never shown to another human being. Ever! In my life! You’ll have to swear you will not tell anyone. Cross your heart. Do it!”
“My Adventure Book. You know him. Charles Muntz, explorer. When I get big, I’m going where he’s going, South America. It’s like America, but south. Wanna know where I’m gonna live? ‘Paradise Falls, a land lost in time.’ I ripped this right out of a library book. I’m gonna move my clubhouse there and park it right next to the falls. Who knows what lives up there. And once I get there? Well, I’m saving these pages for all the adventures I’m gonna have. Only I just don’t know how I’m gonna get to Paradise Falls. That’s it! You can take us there in a blimp! Swear you’ll take us! Cross your heart! Cross it! Cross your heart! Good, you promised. No backing out.”
“Well, see you tomorrow, kid. Bye! Adventure is out there! You know, you don’t talk very much. I like you!”
Russell
“‘Good afternoon. My name is Russell. And I am a Wilderness Explorer in Tribe 54, Sweat Lodge 12. Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?’ I could help you cross the street. I could help you cross your yard. I could help you cross your porch. Well, I gotta help you cross something.”
“Good afternoon. My name is Russell. And I am a Wilderness Explorer in Tribe 54, Sweat Lodge 12. Are you in need of any assistance… today, sir?’ Ow. ‘Good afternoon…’ see these? These are my Wilderness Explorer badges. You may notice one is missing. It’s my Assisting the Elderly Badge. If I get it, I will become a Senior Wilderness Explorer. ‘The wilderness must be explored!’ Caw, caw! Raar!”
“It’s gonna be great! There’s a big ceremony, and all the dads come, and they pin on our badges. Yep! Then I’ll be a Senior Wilderness Explorer. Snipe? Me, Me! I’ll do it. I’ll find him, Mr. Fredricksen! Two blocks down. Got it! Snipe. Here, snipey, Snipey. Snipe!”
“Hi, Mr. Fredricksen. It’s me, Russell. I found the snipe and I followed it under your porch, but this snipe had a long tail and looked more like a large mouse. Please let me in. Huh. I’ve never been in a floating house before. Goggles. Look at this stuff. Wow! You’re going on a trip? ‘Paradise Falls, a land lost in time.’ You’re going to South America, Mr. Fredricksen?”
“You know, most people take a plane, but you’re smart because you will have all your TV and clocks and stuff. Whoa. Is this how you steer your house? Does it really work? This makes it go right. And that way’s left. Hey, look! Buildings. That building’s so close I could almost touch it. Wow! This is great! You should try this, Mr. Fredricksen. Look, there’s a bus that could take me home two blocks away! Hey! I can see your house from here. I know that cloud. It’s a cumulonimbus. Did you know that the cumulonimbus forms when warm air rises over cool air? …and that’s how we get lightning. Mr. Fredricksen? There’s a storm coming. It’s starting to get scary. We’re gonna get blown to bits! We’re in big trouble… look. See? Cumulonimbus. My pack! Got ya!”
“I thought you were dead. I steered us. I did. I steered the house. After you tied your stuff down, you took a nap. So I went ahead and steered us down here. Oh, we’re in South America, all right. It was a cinch with my Wilderness Explorer GPS. My dad gave it to me. It shows exactly where we are on the planet. With this baby, we’ll never be lost! Oops. Sure, but I don’t think they have buses in Paradise Falls. No, I’ll just use my city bus pass. Whoa. That’s gonna be like a billion transfers to get back to my house. Mr. Fredricksen, how much longer? What was that, Mr. Fredricksen?”
Contruction / City
“Hey! Morning, Mr. Fredricksen. Need any help there? Well, just to let you know, my boss will be happy to take this old place off your hands, and for double his last offer! What do you say to that? Uh, I take that as a ‘no,’ then? You poured prune juice in his gas tank. I am not with him! This is serious! He’s out to get your house. Really? I’ll take that as a maybe. Okay, keep her coming. Keep coming. And stop. Stop. Stop!”
“I am so sorry, sir. No, no, no. Let me take care of that for you. Hey. Sir, I… ow! Steve, you all right? Sorry, Mr. Fredricksen. You don’t seem like a public menace to me. Take this. The guys from Shady Oaks will be by to pick you up in the morning, okay?”
“Good morning, Mr. Fredricksen. You ready to go? Sure. take all the time you need, sir. That’s typical. He’s probably going to the bathroom for the 80th time. You think he’d take better care of his house.”
Newsreel Announcer
“Movietown News presents Spotlight on Adventure. What you are now witnessing is footage never before seen by civilized humanity, a lost world in South America. Lurking in the shadow of majestic Paradise Falls, it sports plants and animals undiscovered by science. Who would dare set foot on this inhospitable summit? Why, our subject today, Charles Muntz! The beloved explorer lands his dirigible, the Spirit of Adventure, in New Hampshire this week, completing a yearlong expedition to the lost world. This kighter-than-air craft was designed by Muntz himself and is longer than 22 prohibition paddy wagons placed end to end. And here comes the adventurer now.”
“Never apart from his faithful dogs, Muntz conceived the craft for canine comfort. It’s a veritable floating palace in the sky, complete with doggy bath and mechanical canine walker. And Jiminy Cricket, do the locals consider Munts the bee’s knees. And how! Adventure is out there! But what has Muntz brought back this time? Gentlemen, I give you the monster of Paradise Falls! And, golly, what a swell monster this is! But what’s this? Scientists cry foul. The National Explorer’s Society accuses Muntz of fabricating the skeleton.”
“The organization strips Muntz of his membership. Humiliated, Muntz vows a return to Paradize Falls and promises to capture the beast alive! I promise to capture the beast alive, and I will not come back until I do! And so, the explorer’s off to clear his name. Bon voyage, Charles Muntz, and good luck capturing the monster of Paradise Falls! Here’s Charles Muntz piloting his famous dirigible. He hurdles Pikes Peak. He hurdles the Grand Canyon. He hurdles Mount Everest. He goes around Mount Everest. Is there nothing he cannot do? Yes, as Muntz himself says ‘Adventure is…'”
