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Up is a 2009 American computer animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen and an earnest boy named Russell; by tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets out to fulfill his dream to see the wilds of South America and complete a promise made to his late wife, Ellie.
Carl Fredricksen continues living in the house he and his wife Ellie, who fell ill and died, fixed up, stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood around him is replaced by skyscrapers. When he unintentionally injures a construction worker, the developer trying to buy his place seizes the opportunity. The court deems him a public menace and orders him to move to a retirement home. However, Carl resolves to keep his promise to Ellie to live by Paradise Falls, South America. Having worked his entire life as a balloon salesman, he turns his house into a makeshift airship by attaching hundreds of helium balloons to it and flies away.
Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his final merit badge for "Assisting the Elderly", becomes an accidental stowaway. Before Carl can drop Russell off, a cumulonimbus storm drives them all the way to South America. The house lands on a tepui opposite Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. Russell encounters a tall colorful bird whom he names Kevin, who is trying to gather food for her chicks. They then meet a Golden Retriever named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak, and who vows to take the bird to his master. The next day, they encounter a pack of aggressive dogs led by Alpha, a Doberman Pinscher, and are taken to their master, an elderly renowned explorer named Charles F. Muntz who is searching for Kevin.
Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his airship, where he explains to them that he is still searching for the giant bird he promised to bring back. Russell notes the bird's similarity to Kevin and Muntz becomes hostile, thinking they are attempting to capture the bird for themselves-he implies he has killed other visitors he suspected of doing the same thing.
Carl and Russell flee with Kevin and Dug across a gorge, but Kevin is injured when Alpha bites her leg. Using the tracking device on Dug's collar, Muntz finds and captures Kevin, then sets fire to Carl's house, which pops many of the balloons. Carl is forced to decide whether to save his house or Kevin; he chooses his house, upsetting Russell. Carl finally parks the house at Paradise Falls, where Carl sadly looks through Ellie's childhood scrapbook and finds a final note thanking him for their adventure and encouraging him to have a new one.
Reinvigorated, Carl goes outside, only to see Russell flying away, using some balloons and a leaf blower, to try to rescue Kevin. Carl lightens the house enough for him and Dug to follow. Muntz captures Russell, but Carl and Dug board the airship and free both Russell and Kevin. Muntz pursues them around the airship and corners Kevin, Dug, and Russell inside Carl's house. They escape by jumping back onto the airship after Carl lures Kevin with chocolate; Muntz leaps after them, but gets caught on some balloon lines and falls to the ground far below. The house, having lost too many balloons, descends out of sight through the clouds.
Carl and Russell reunite Kevin with her chicks and fly the airship back home, taking all of Muntz's dogs with them. Russell receives his Assisting the Elderly badge and Carl gives him a bottle cap from a grape soda called The Ellie Badge, the same one given to him by Ellie during his first encounter with her when they were children. Carl then becomes a grandpa-like figure to Russell. Unbeknownst to Carl, his house lands on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, fulfilling his promise to Ellie.
Carl Fredricksen continues living in the house he and his wife Ellie, who fell ill and died, fixed up, stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood around him is replaced by skyscrapers. When he unintentionally injures a construction worker, the developer trying to buy his place seizes the opportunity. The court deems him a public menace and orders him to move to a retirement home. However, Carl resolves to keep his promise to Ellie to live by Paradise Falls, South America. Having worked his entire life as a balloon salesman, he turns his house into a makeshift airship by attaching hundreds of helium balloons to it and flies away.
Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his final merit badge for "Assisting the Elderly", becomes an accidental stowaway. Before Carl can drop Russell off, a cumulonimbus storm drives them all the way to South America. The house lands on a tepui opposite Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still-buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. Russell encounters a tall colorful bird whom he names Kevin, who is trying to gather food for her chicks. They then meet a Golden Retriever named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak, and who vows to take the bird to his master. The next day, they encounter a pack of aggressive dogs led by Alpha, a Doberman Pinscher, and are taken to their master, an elderly renowned explorer named Charles F. Muntz who is searching for Kevin.
Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his airship, where he explains to them that he is still searching for the giant bird he promised to bring back. Russell notes the bird's similarity to Kevin and Muntz becomes hostile, thinking they are attempting to capture the bird for themselves-he implies he has killed other visitors he suspected of doing the same thing.
Carl and Russell flee with Kevin and Dug across a gorge, but Kevin is injured when Alpha bites her leg. Using the tracking device on Dug's collar, Muntz finds and captures Kevin, then sets fire to Carl's house, which pops many of the balloons. Carl is forced to decide whether to save his house or Kevin; he chooses his house, upsetting Russell. Carl finally parks the house at Paradise Falls, where Carl sadly looks through Ellie's childhood scrapbook and finds a final note thanking him for their adventure and encouraging him to have a new one.
Reinvigorated, Carl goes outside, only to see Russell flying away, using some balloons and a leaf blower, to try to rescue Kevin. Carl lightens the house enough for him and Dug to follow. Muntz captures Russell, but Carl and Dug board the airship and free both Russell and Kevin. Muntz pursues them around the airship and corners Kevin, Dug, and Russell inside Carl's house. They escape by jumping back onto the airship after Carl lures Kevin with chocolate; Muntz leaps after them, but gets caught on some balloon lines and falls to the ground far below. The house, having lost too many balloons, descends out of sight through the clouds.
Carl and Russell reunite Kevin with her chicks and fly the airship back home, taking all of Muntz's dogs with them. Russell receives his Assisting the Elderly badge and Carl gives him a bottle cap from a grape soda called The Ellie Badge, the same one given to him by Ellie during his first encounter with her when they were children. Carl then becomes a grandpa-like figure to Russell. Unbeknownst to Carl, his house lands on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, fulfilling his promise to Ellie.