Up is a 2009 American animated film directed by Pete Docter, who co-wrote the script with Bob Peterson. It stars the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, and Peterson. The film centers on elderly widower Carl Fredricksen (Asner) and Wilderness Explorer Russell (Nagai), who go on a journey to South America to fulfill a promise that Carl made to his late wife Ellie. Along the way, they encounter a talking dog named Dug (Peterson) and a giant bird named Kevin, who is being hunted by the explorer Charles Muntz (Plummer).
Up premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2009, and was released in theaters in the United States on May 29. It earned $735million worldwide, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2009. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Up holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
Up garnered various awards and nominations, primarily in the Best Animated Picture and Best Music categories, the latter composed by Michael Giacchino. Up was nominated for five Academy Awards at the 2010 ceremony, winning two: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. It was the second fully animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, following Beauty and the Beast (1991). Up became the third consecutive Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Animated Feature, after Ratatouille (2007) and WALL-E (2008). The film also won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. Up received nine nominations for the Annie Awards in eight categories, winning Best Animated Feature and Best Directing in a Feature Production. It also was selected as the Summer Movie Comedy at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, and received three Grammy Award nominations at 52nd Grammy Awards, winning two. Rivera received the Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild of America, while Docter, Peterson and Giacchino were honored with British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for their work on the film.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result Academy Awards March 7, 2010 Best Picture Jonas Rivera rowspan="2" Best Original Screenplay Pete Docter (screenplay/story), Bob Peterson (screenplay/story), and Tom McCarthy (story) Best Animated Feature Pete DocterWon Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Best Sound Editing Tom Myers and Michael Silvers Annie Awards February 6, 2010 Best Animated Feature Pete Docter and Bob PetersonWon Best Animated Effects Eric Froemling rowspan="3" Best Character Animation in a Feature Production Daniel Nguyen Best Character Design in a Feature Production Daniel López Muñoz Best Directing in a Feature Production Pete DocterWon Best Music in a Feature Production Michael Giacchino rowspan="4" Best Storyboarding in a Feature Production Ronnie Del Carmen Peter Sohn Best Writing in a Feature Production Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, and Bob Peterson Artios Awards November 2, 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animation Feature Natalie Lyon and Kevin ReherWon Austin Film Critics Award December 15, 2009 Best Animated Film Best Music Michael Giacchino British Academy Film Awards February 21, 2010 Best Animated Film Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Best Film Music Michael Giacchino Best Original Screenplay Pete Docter and Bob Peterson rowspan="2" Best Sound Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, and Michael Silvers Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 21, 2009 Best Animated Feature Won Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Best Original Screenplay Bob Peterson Columbus Film Critics Association Awards January 7, 2010 Best Score Michael Giacchino rowspan="2" Best Animated Feature Up Critics Choice Awards January 15, 2010 Best Animated FeatureWon Best Picture Best Score Michael GiacchinoWon Best Original Screenplay Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2009 Best Animated FilmWon Eddie Awards February 14, 2010 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Kevin Nolting East West Players April 19, 2010 Breakout Performance Award Jordan Nagai EWP Visionary Award Pixar Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2009 Best Animated Feature Golden Eagle Award January 21, 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Up Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010 Best Animated Feature Film Pete Docter and Bob PetersonWon Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Golden Reel Awards February 20, 2010 Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film Golden Tomatoes Awards January 10, 2010 Wide Release Grammy Awards January 31, 2010 Best Instrumental Arrangement Michael Giacchino and Tim Simonec Best Instrumental Composition Michael GiacchinoWon Best Score Soundtrack Album Hugo Awards September 5, 2010 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, and Bob Peterson rowspan="2" Irish Film and Television Awards February 20, 2010 Best International Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards January 3, 2010 Best Animated FilmWon National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards January 14, 2010 Best Animated Feature Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 27, 2010 Favorite Animated Movie Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2010 Best Animated Film Pete Docter Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Best Picture rowspan="2" Best Original Screenplay Bob Peterson Palm Dog Award May 22, 2009 Best Canine Performance during the Cannes Film Festival "Dug"Won Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards December 22, 2009 Best Animated Film Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Producers Guild of America Award January 24, 2010 Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Jonas Rivera Theatrical Motion Pictures rowspan="6" Satellite Awards December 20, 2009 Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score Michael Giacchino Saturn Awards June 24, 2010 Best Animated Film Pete Docter Best Music Michael Giacchino Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards December 13, 2009 Best Animated FeatureWon Teen Choice Awards August 9, 2009 Choice Summer Movie: Comedy Visual Effects Society February 10, 2010 Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Gary Bruins, Pete Docter, Steve May, and Jonas Rivera Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Ed Asner, Carmen Ngai, Brian Tindall, and Ron Zorman Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Alexis Angelidis, Eric Froemling, Jason Johnston, and Jon Reisch Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 7, 2009 Best Animated Feature Best Film rowspan="2" Best Original Screenplay Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Women Film Critics Circle December 9, 2009 Best Family FilmWon
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