Disney•Pixar`s "Up" Red-Carpet Premiere Saturday, May 16, at the El Capitan Theatre

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Mon May 11, 2009 3:08pm EDT 

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Disney•Pixar:

 WHAT:        Hollywood Boulevard will be filled with hundreds of colorful balloons for the world premiere of "Up," Disney•Pixar`s first full-length feature being released in Disney Digital 3-D. The hilarious journey is filled with comedy, adventure, heartfelt emotion and stunning visuals that will sweep audiences to a compelling lost world.                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 WHO:         FILMMAKERS: Pete Docter (director/screenplay), Jonas Rivera (producer), Bob Peterson (co-director/screenplay/voice of Dug), John Lasseter (executive producer), Andrew Stanton (executive producer), Michael Giacchino (composer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
              
CAST: Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, Danny Mann, David Kaye, Jess Harnell, Mickie McGowan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
              
SPECIAL GUESTS: Gary Sinise, Gilles Marini, Melissa Joan Hart, Mimi Rogers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 WHEN:        Saturday, May 16, 2009                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
              Press Check-in:                                                                                                                                                            1:00 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
              Red Carpet:                                                                                                                                                                1:30 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
              Film screening:                                                                                                                                                            3:00 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 WHERE:       El Capitan Theatre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
              
6838 Hollywood Blvd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
              
Hollywood, CA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 ABOUT        From Disney•Pixar comes "Up," a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Award®-nominated director Pete Docter ("Monsters,       
 THE MOVIE:   Inc."), Disney•Pixar`s "Up" invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth. UP will be presented in Disney Digital 3-D in select theaters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 


YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED

Check out Disney.com/UP for more information about the film, or text UP to
DISNEY (347639). Data rates may apply. Press materials are available at
www.wdsfilmpr.com. 





Disney•Pixar
Please email for information on coverage:
Domestic: Carman Knight, WDS.Events.RSVP@disney.com
International: Olivier Mouroux, olivier.mouroux@disney.com
Online: Andrew Runyon, andrew.runyon@disney.com
Photographers: Holly Clark, bvpmphotorsvp@email.disney.com



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