Up

Starring: Ed Asner (voice), Jordan Nagai (voice), Christopher Plummer (voice), et al.

Up is a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.

• Format: Blu-ray
• UPC: 786936810936
• Release Date: July 2011
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Disney-Pixar
• Director: Pete Docter
• Starring: Ed Asner (voice), Jordan Nagai (voice), Christopher Plummer (voice), Bob Peterson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Delroy Lindo (voice), Elie Docter (voice), Jeremy Leary (voice), Josh Cooley (voice), Pete Docter (voice)
• Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: blu_ray
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

The spirit of adventure.

I was surprised to find that this film goes beyond animation in its design execution and even its visuals. We see Carl Frederickson (voiced by Edward Asner) spending his life planning a great adventure. His boyhood girlfriend Ellie shares his dream; they grow old together, and many local adventures drain the big adventure funds of money and time. Soon Carl finds he is alone in an alien world and tries to fulfill his and his late wife’s dream. The story gets a little more complicated as he finds an unexpected stowaway and new friends. Soon he is forced to realize what is important in life and finds that he has already fulfilled Ellie’s new adventures by living life together. There is so much depth of thought and dimension of the story that you could forget it is animated. I only saw the Blu-ray version, and there are more than enough extras and adjustments you can make. Luckily, you can ignore all this extra stuff and just play the movie if you like.