Apr 16, 2010

Up:Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score

At this year’s Oscars, the award for the Best Animated Feature and the Best Original Score won by the movie "Up".The movie directed by Pete Docter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D.

Up features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson, and Jordan Nagai. The movie is Pixar's tenth feature film and the studio's first to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D. This movie was also shown in Dolby 3D in selected theaters.

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The movie focuses on an aged widower named Carl Fredricksen and an serious young Wilderness Explorer named Russell who fly to South America in a dwelling that is suspended by helium balloons. The film has received tremendously positive reviews, and has grossed around $731 million worldwide, making it Pixar's second-most commercially winning film, behind "Finding Nemo".

From the time of its release, Up has been commended by critics. As of October 17, 2009, Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of critics have granted the film a positive review, based on 252 reviews, with a review average of 8.6/10.[53] The film also is credited with holding a score of 88 on the review aggregator website Metacritic as of August 1, 2009.

An interview  with the director  Pete Docter can be found in this website:

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