Pete Docter goes UP

[yoyoflamingo]

Interesting that the VP of marketing said the Hartford one was the world premiere...

[ALIASd]

An interesting & crowd-pleasing statement. Again, glad you had the opportunity to see it this weekend. A treat is a treat, very cool of them to take it on the road.

The Austin event on 4/18 was originally pointed out to me by a WDP publicist:

The world premiere of the film is at Cannes on May 13. UP was chosen to be the opening film of the festival, the first ever animated film to be awarded that honor.

Before that premiere, however, lucky folks in Ausitn, Texas will get an even earlier screening! On Saturday, April 18, Ain’t It Cool News, Fantastic Fest and The Alamo Kids Club are hosting a free sneak preview screening of UP at the digitally retrofitted Alamo Drafthouse Village. The director of UP, Pete Docter, will be present and available for a Q&A following the screening. Also, before the film, we will be previewing the new Pixar short PARTLY CLOUDY with director Peter Sohn and producer Kevin Reher in attendance.

We have 50 tickets to give away to the Kids Club Facebook group. Please RSVP on the Kids Club Facebook page and indicate on the wall how many tickets you would like. Priority goes to people who are bringing a child so please indicate whether you will be bringing a child in your wall post. By the end of the day on the 15th, we will post to the event wall and the Kids club wall the final ticket winners chosen at random from those who sign up. Harry is also giving away some tickets to this screening on Ain’t It Cool News.

If you don’t make either of the lists, we will have a small standby line on the day of the show. Please note that this will be a digital 2D presentation of UP as the 3D effects are not yet complete. UP opens nationwide (and at the Village) on May 29th.

Sneak Preview of Pixar’s UP this Saturday! | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog

[NeverNeverland]

Well, maybe Donald meant it in another way... Jim Hill (not the most reputable source) has an article on it, and the writer said:
But as Evans stated this past Saturday afternoon in front of a packed house in the Aetna Theater at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, “this is technically the world premiere of ‘Up.’ The first time this film has been screened for members of the general public.”

So I guess that other screening doesn't count as "the general public"

Oh and I also meant that you should share the INFORMATION on upcoming screenings... just saying that the are screenings without giving out info doesn't help anyone. I did some looking around the web and found a few, but no SoCal ones. I'm starting a thread in the movies section. Hopefully you'll contribute.

[ALIASd]

Cannes sets sail with 'Up' world premiere

Festivalgoers accessorize black tie attire with 3-D glasses

Cannes sets sail with 'Up' world premiere

[ALIASd]

For a chance to win a pass for 2 to see UP in West Los Angeles on 5/27 PM me now thru 11:59PM Friday 5/15, one entry per MiceChat member please.

We'll randomly select a name from all eligible entries this weekend and contact the lucky winner via PM, and post their MC name in this thread.

Bonne Chance!

[ALIASd]

Pixar's 'Up' floats but doesn't soar with opening-night crowd

By Steven Zeitchik
The Hollywood Reporter
May 13, 2009

The great animation experiment at Cannes' opening night just came to an end, and while it wasn't the incongruous experience it could have been -- tuxedoes and 3-D glasses, French cinephiles and cartoons -- we wouldn't describe it as, um, a soaring success either.

The audience -- the people around us, anyway -- seemed to enjoy the movie as it played, laughing at the comedic turns, clenching up at the action scenes and shedding a tear (beneath their 3-D glasses) during the wonderfully effective melancholy moments.

But the post-screening response -- an overused but accurate gauge -- was noticeably tempered. The continuous waves of ovation that can last five or 10 minutes when an audience really loves a Cannes film (especially an opening-night one), didn't happen.

Instead, what followed the credits was scattered applause that lasted about one or two minutes. Respectable, but, to our ears, very modest. It wasn't a disaster like "The Da Vinci Code" or "Marie Antoinette" -- but it wasn't "The Diving Bell & the Butterfly," either.

During the applause, Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter and "Up" director Pete Docter stood at their seats for the customary basking. As we watched them in close-up on the giant screen, there seemed to be a little discomfort on their faces, a disappointment that the clapping wasn't more hearty. (The applause ended when Lasseter shouted an abrupt "merci beaucoup.")

Of course, none of this will affect the movie's performance -- it didn't for "Da Vinci" (and a good reaction didn't help "Blindness" last year).

And you have to gve the movie a little credit and a little slack --
this is the first time something like this has been tried, Plus people aren't quite sure how to clap after an animated movie ends -- the credits offers all sorts of doo-dads and don't offer a neat ending, while the lack of actors seems to make festgoers confused as to who, exactly, they should clap for.

Still, given how high the appreciation-ometer could have gone, it was notable to see it rise only a little.

Pixar's 'Up' floats but doesn't soar with opening-night crowd--The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

[Coheteboy]

That's a bummer. I hope it's only their own confusion on clapping for an animated 3D movie rather than it not being good.

[ALIASd]

One night with 99.9% adults in formal wear in France. Won't make a difference in the megaplexes elsewhere!

[ALIASd]

"UP" - Los Angeles Premiere -Arrivals
05/16/2009 - the El Capitan Theatre
Hollywood, CA, United States

photo gallery at:
Item Listing

[ALIASd]

Originally Posted by ALIASd

For a chance to win a pass for 2 to see UP in West Los Angeles on 5/27 PM me now thru 11:59PM Friday 5/15, one entry per MiceChat member please.

We'll randomly select a name from all eligible entries this weekend and contact the lucky winner via PM, and post their MC name in this thread.

Bonne Chance!

CONGRATULATIONS to LuvsLilo - ENJOY!

[ALIASd]

Well-Rounded Boy, Meet Old Square

How Pixar’s wizards gave shape, literally, to the four main characters in “Up.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/mo...r=1&ref=movies

Up,’ Inside and Out
The director Pete Docter and the production designer Ricky Nierva discuss their work designing characters for the 3-D animated film “Up.”
‘Up,’ Inside and Out - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

[ALIASd]

The short film "Partly Cloudy" which will be released with "UP" it will be available on iTunes when "UP" hits the theaters on the 29th.

[brand42]

I'm only a 5 minute subway ride away from the El Capitan so I headed out there yesterday in the late afternoon in hopes of getting some nice photos.

Enjoy!

[ALIASd]

Terrific shots - thanks!

[ALIASd]

Carl's house from 'UP' made a cameo appearance on last night's episode of 'The Simpsons'.