Can Pixar Prove What Goes Up Does Not Have to Come Down? Review of Disney/Pixar’s UP
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Read our review of Pixar’s tenth film here.
Forget the Palm d’Or, Dug from Disney/Pixar’s UP Takes the Palm Dog
The American Free Press is reporting that Dug and the rest of his canine pack (Alpha, Beta, Gamma and perhaps a couple of others) have secured the top canine prize at Cannes, the Palm Dog, which celebrates dogs on film.
From the article: “Up was a favourite from the word go as it featured loveable Dug and a pack of wild but wonderful hounds with comically malfunctioning human voice collars,” said journalist Toby Rose.
For more information on the award, check out the article here.
UP House Makes Cameo Appearance on The Simpsons (Video)
On the episode titled ‘Coming to Homerica,’ originally airing on May 17, 2009, Homer and his buddies form a border-guarding group a la the Minutemen Project. When a cluster balloon recon mission goes awry, the Carl Fredricksen house makes its Simpsons debut.
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Categories: Movies, Pixar, Television Tags: Pixar, The Simpsons, UP, Video
Photo Coverage of UP Premiere at Cannes
In honor of the premiere of UP taking place later today in Hollywood, we’d like to travel in the UP-posite direction and head back to France so that we may bring you photo coverage of the red carpet premiere of UP at the Cannes festival. Images from WireImage and ©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
Enjoy D23 Events Nationwide this Summer – from Los Angeles to Chicago to New York & In-Between
The following are a list of events being held for D23 members in Los Angeles, Anaheim, Orlando, Chicago, Las Vegas, New York City, San Francisco and Burbank. Remember that your D23 membership card will be required to attend all events. Visit http://www.d23expo.com for more details. Read more…
Categories: Disneyland, Disneyland Resort, Epcot, Movies, Pixar, Theatre, Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Tags: Anaheim, Broadway, Burbank, Chicago, D23, F&GF, Las Vegas, Mary Poppins, New York City, Pixar, San Francisco, Tony Orlando, UP, WDS
First Look: Carl, Russell and Dug from Disney/Pixar’s ‘Up’ at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
UP's Russell, Carl and Dug appearing at Disney's Hollywood Studios. © Gene Duncan/Disney
As we reported earlier, guests can meet the stars of Disney/Pixar’s UP at the animation building at Disney’s Hollywood Studios beginning tomorrow, May 15.
Here we get our first look at the trio as they visit the park a day early to take in the sites. No word yet if the animation building will be taking flight any time soon.
Categories: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Movies, Pixar, Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Tags: Carl Fredricksen, Characters, Dug, Pixar, Russell, UP
A Close-UP Look at the Zeppelin by Airship Ventures
In this doctored composite image, the Graf Zeppelin moors itself to the Empire State Building
Harking back to a romanticized future of the past, the sepia-toned skies of today could be very well have been filled with massive airships transporting passengers from coast to coast and country to country. But while you shouldn’t expect to see a zeppelin mooring to the Empire State Building any time soon (yes, that’s right – the once tallest building in the world was indeed intended to be a docking station for zeppelins – see here for more information), you can find one today piloting the skies of California.
The largest of only three zeppelins operating in the world today, the Eureka was recently brought to the United States by privately owned Airship Ventures, offering customers a once-in-a-lifetime experience as they fly over California using a means of transportation that hasn’t been seen in this country in decades. In fact, Airship Ventures is the only airship company operating today that allows the public to enjoy its services.
Categories: Movies Tags: Airship Ventures, blimp, Pixar, Promotions, UP, zeppelin
Look Up in the Sky! It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s… It’s… Well… UP!
Cluster Balloon Chair and Up Zeppelin at Pixar Studios. Photo courtesy of Pixar.
Disney/Pixar has teamed up with cluster balloon pilot Jonathan Trappe to promote the UPcoming new film by recreating Carl Fredricksen’s helium-tastic voyage on a much smaller scale (right down to using Carl’s armchair instead of his house). Two teams will be leading a 20-city tour on either coast which already began back in late April.
Today, the west coast tour visited the Pixar Studios campus as shown in the photo on the left.
Remaining tour dates are as follows:
EAST COAST TOUR
May 11: Cleveland, OH
May 14 through May 19: New York City
May 21 or May 22: Boston, MA
May 25 through May 29: Philadelphia , PA –or- Washington , D.C.
WEST COAST TOUR
May 7 or May 8: San Francisco, CA / Press Day
May 11 or May 12: Sacramento, CA
May 14 or May 15: Dallas, TX
May 18 or May 19: Phoenix, AZ
May 21 or May 22: San Diego, CA
May 25 through May 29: Los Angeles, CA
For more information on the tour including cities that have already been visited, check out Trappe’s website.
It's a classic case of which way is Up? As the crew of the Up zeppelin keep an eye on the Up Cluster Balloon. Photo courtesy of Airship Ventures.
Also trailblazing the skies (as seen in the photo above) is an Up-branded zeppelin from Airship Ventures. For a great read, check out their blog at Up Ship! which offers dozens of photos and videos of behind the scenes work at the company including work on the Up zeppelin, including this great view of the cluster balloon launching at the studios.
Categories: Movies, Pixar Tags: Airship Ventures, Cluster Balloon, Jonathan Trappe, Pixar, Promotions, UP
First Look: Aflac Commercial Featuring Disney/Pixar’s Up (Video)
Stitch Kingdom is very proud to bring you a first look at the Aflac commercial set to air on the FOX Network May 9 during the Southern 500 at Darlington. At this time, we do not have any details on when the commercial will be airing during the race coverage. Enjoy.
Special thanks again to Aflac.
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