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In theaters May 29
They've explored the depths of the sea, the edges of the earth, and the farthest reaches of outer space. So for their 10th feature film, Pixar's animation team had nowhere to go but...up. This flight of fancy tells the story of a curmudgeon (voiced by Ed Asner) who tries to escape his life by floating away in a house buoyed by balloons—only to find a chirpy 8-year-old stowaway onboard. Co-director Pete Docter says the team considered a deserted island for the pair's destination before settling on Venezuela's tabletop mountains (which inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World). So, for research purposes, Docter and 11 Pixar artists journeyed to the site in 2004. ''We hiked up to the top of the mountain and stayed there for three nights, painting and sketching. It was great,'' says Docter. Best of all? ''Everybody made it out alive.''
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