Pixar’s “Up” Will Lift The Down at Heart
‘Up’ is the tenth featured film from the Pixar stable and is set to hit cinemas in May 2009. ‘Up’ is the story of a 78 year old widower called Carl Fredricksen who longs to fulfil his wife Ellie’s childhood dreams. Ellie and Carl met and grew up in a small American mid western town where Ellie had often dreamed of exploring the globe and climbing mountains. When threatened by developers that he must leave his house for an assisted retirement home, Carl decides to fulfil his promise to Ellie to see the world. Carl teams up with an unlikely accomplice in the form of Russell, an eight year old enthusiastic explorer. Together the odd couple contend with unfamiliar lands, unpleasant villains and unfriendly creatures.
