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UNITED STATES · 2009
Up
Synopsis
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Cinema Atlas Connection
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson cited Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo — a man dragging a massive steamship over a jungle mountain through sheer obsession — as the thematic blueprint for Up's second act. Carl dragging his house through the South American wilderness is Fitzcarraldo made animated, made family-film emotional. Docter documents this in commentary and interviews. Fitzcarraldo is available on Criterion Channel.
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