<P> Up was Pixar's first film to be presented in Disney Digital 3 - D . </P> <P> Up was released on May 29, 2009, and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film to do so . The film grossed over $735 million, and received positive reviews, with critics commending the humor and heart of the film . Asner's vocal performance was praised, as was the montage of Carl and his wife Ellie aging together . The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making it the second animated film in history to receive such a nomination, following Beauty and the Beast (1991). </P> <P> Nine - year - old Carl Fredricksen idolizes famous explorer Charles F. Muntz . When Muntz is accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant exotic bird he says he discovered at Paradise Falls, he vows not to return until he captures one alive . One day, Carl befriends a girl named Ellie, also a Muntz fan . She confides to Carl her desire to move her "clubhouse"--an abandoned house in the neighborhood--to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls . </P> <P> Carl and Ellie grow up, marry and live in the restored house . After Ellie suffers a miscarriage and they are told they cannot have a child, the couple remembers their childhood dream of visiting Paradise Falls . They save for the trip, but repeatedly have to spend the money on more pressing needs . Finally, the now elderly Carl arranges for the trip but Ellie suddenly falls ill, is hospitalized and dies . </P>

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