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Up is the 10th film from Pixar Animation Studios. The others are Toy Story; A Bug’s Life; Toy Story 2; Monsters, Inc; Finding Nemo; The Incredibles; Cars; Ratatouille and Wall E.

Paradise Falls, Carl's dream destination in Up, is based on Angel Falls in Venezuela (the tallest waterfall on Earth at 3300 feet). In the film, for artistic reasons, Paradise Falls is far taller at 9700 feet.

John Ratzenberger is the only actor to voice a role in all 10 of the Disney-Pixar films. In addition to his role as Construction Foreman Tom in Up, he provided the voice of the charming and witty Hamm the piggy bank in Toy Story (reprised in Toy Story 2 and the upcoming Toy Story 3), P.T. Flea in A Bug's Life, Yeti the snow monster in Monsters, Inc., a school of Moonfish in Finding Nemo, a philosophical character named Underminer in The Incredibles, a Mac-truck in Cars, Mustafa, the head waiter in Ratatouille, and John, a human living aboard the spaceship Axiom in Wall E.

The next full-fledged feature film, Toy Story 3, is slated for release on June 18, 2010.

The average amount of time required to render a single frame of film for Up was between five and six hours. Some complicated frames took up to 20 hours. For every second of film, 24 frames are required.

Stereoscopic Supervisor Bob Whitehill, who oversaw the 3D aspects of Up, views the film as one of the greatest 3D films of all time. Using a "depth budget," the 3D team worked to match the filmmakers' "point of interest" with the "point of convergence" to give the film another visual cue to tell the story, while adding excitement and dimension to the adventure. The film's climactic airship battle, complete with dogs in biplanes, is one of the most exciting uses of 3D.

The Pizza Planet Truck, which first made an appearance in Toy Story, has made a cameo in nearly every Pixar film. In Up, the Pizza Planet truck can be seen at the intersection when Carl's house flies over the town. It's also in the Fentons Creamery parking lot at the end of the film.

Director Pete Docter of Up named Disney storyman and writer Joe Grant in the film's dedication to the real life Carl and Ellie Fredricksens who inspired us to create our own Adventure Books." Grant was part of the 1937 team that created Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and wrote Dumbo and Fantasia. The mentor, friend and source of inspiration to Docter and countless others continued to work at the Walt Disney Animation Studios up until his death in 2005, one week shy of his 97th birthday.