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'Up' and 'Marley & Me' Among Dog Movie Winners
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Maybe it's because I saw De Sica's classic Umberto D. again over the weekend, or maybe it's because I'm excited for tomorrow's release of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Cujo on DVD and Blu-ray, but I've got movie dogs on the brain. Last night I even randomly spent some time watching YouTube clips of my all-time favorite movie dog, Asta, from the Thin Man franchise (played by Skippy, who also appears in Bringing Up Baby and The Awful Truth). So it was coincidentally fun this morning learning that the Fido Awards happened over the weekend. The ceremony, nicknamed the "canine Oscars," occurred in London Saturday, when trophies were handed out in five separate categories. To my surprise, the Fidos don't exclude animated dogs, as the talking dog, Dug, from Pixar's Up won the Blockbuster Bowser award, beating out pups from Gran Torino, Inglourious Basterds and another animation, Coraline, in the category.
What Happened Once Carl's House Took Off In 'Up'?
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In all of your viewings of Up, did you ever wonder what happened to the Shady Oaks employees who helplessly watched as Carl floated up, up, and away? Well, wonder no more. Pixar wrote and animated a little short called George and AJ that answers all your questions, and then some. Watch carefully when Carl's house soars over their heads -- you'll see an angle that reveals just where one particular character was hanging on for dear life.
What's really cute about this short is that it isn't just about George and AJ, but what the entire city thought of Carl's flying house. Up never stopped and went back to North America to see if anyone noticed his unusual method of flight (and very wisely, too), but this spin-off deals with some of the ramifications. It's funny and moving, and makes for a bittersweet commentary on just how we deal with the elderly members of our society.
Now, if we can just get a spin-off that tells what Russell's mother thought about her son's prolonged absence. Somehow, I don't think any cell phone he may have had on him could get good reception at Paradise Falls ....
The short is embedded below the jump, and it's just the thing to watch on a dreary Monday. Enjoy!
Discuss: Trailers Full of Deleted Scenes
Filed under: Action », Animation », Comedy », Romance », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Disney », Warner Brothers », Fox Searchlight », Trailers and Clips »
Last year, when I interviewed Kimberly Peirce for Stop-Loss, I asked why a relationship played up between Ryan Phillippe's character and Abbie Cornish's in the trailer seemed absent from the final film, not to mention a confrontation between Phillippe and the senator he's driven cross-country to reach coming to a close over the phone and not in person. She explained that about as soon as they had to start editing the film itself, they had to turn over the footage to the promotional department for them to work with simultaneously, and that things don't always match up as a result.
Now, every once in a while, usually in regard to Apatow's oft-tested and whittled-down comedies, absent jokes and alternate takes come as a little surprise. But the year-old teaser for Terminator Salvation capped itself by showing Christian Bale facing off against a robot hiding underwater -- a scene that should appear early on in the film, but doesn't. In Disney/Pixar's Up, our geriatric hero doesn't blow a raspberry as he departs with his house (perhaps for the best), and in 500 Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt does not in fact board a bus filled with Zooey Deschanels (certainly for the worst).
What's the most striking occasion you can think of where a scene regularly flaunted in the trailers or TV spots was nowhere to be seen in theaters, and was clearly part of a scene and not a one-off teaser like Pixar themselves so often indulges in?
Cinematical Seven: Our Most Anticipated Films of Summer '09
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Not many movie-going summers have had the good sense or fortune to formally kick themselves off with the likes of Hugh Jackman and his razor-sharp jazz hands, but as these are the times in which we live in, it's a clear indication that we're in for about eighteen weeks of spectacular spectaculars worth gulping down popcorn and guzzling down pop* with.
Eugene's already shone the spotlight on a fair amount of smaller titles worth your while, so our staff tried to keep the focus on that which we haven't seen, those spectacles for which we're most excited and least likely to text during. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: sit down and shut up, because these are the seven movies that we're fairly f**kin' pumped for.
(*Okay, I pretty much never call soda that, but you get the idea.)
Pixar's 'Up' to Open 62nd Cannes Film Festival
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For the first time in history an animated film is opening the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Just announced this morning, Pixar's Up will become the first Disney film since Dumbo to premiere at the prestigious festival, and it will also mark the first time they screened an animated film in 3D. The 3D aspect of Up is also a first for Pixar -- so there will be plenty of cherries being popped in France come May.
Cannes has warmed up to animated films these last few years, with studio's staging elaborate events to promote their projects -- like Jerry Seinfeld flying through the air in a bee costume to promote Bee Movie, and Jack Black arriving on a boat last year with an assortment of Kung Fu Pandas to promote that film. No word on what fantastical stunt Disney will churn out, but I imagine it will include a whole bunch of multi-colored balloons. Other animated films to have played at the festival include Dumbo (1947), The Fantastic Planet (1973), Fritz the Cat (1974), Shrek (2001), The Triplets of Belleville (2003), Shrek 2 (2004), Over the Hedge (2006), Kung Fu Panda (2008) and Waltz with Bashir (2008).
The 62nd Festival de Cannes will run from May 13 to May 24. For more on Up, check out our preview of the film over here. Up arrives in theaters on May 29.
Cinematical Previews Pixar's 'Up'
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Note: This post will contain minor story and character spoilers for the movie Up, so read at your own risk.
Yesterday, Cinematical was lucky enough to be among a few selected press outlets who were invited to preview 45 minutes of the new Pixar film, Up, followed by a Q&A with Up director Pete Docter (Monsters Inc.) and producer Jonas Rivera. Up is only the second Pixar film (behind The Incredibles) to feature humans as the main characters, although as the flick moves along it becomes more of an ensemble with dogs and giant birds and God knows what else (remember, we only watched 45 minutes). And like WALL-E, Up also feels like two separate films -- with the first part serving as set up and backstory, while the second part jumps right into a dazzling action-adventure on the top of a mountain in South America.
Indie Roundup: 'Sweetgrass,' 'Clarkworld,' 'Broken Embraces'
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