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Article: Pixar's Docter gives grouch shots of humanity
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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IT ALL STARTED with a grumpy old man, some balloons and a house
floating in the sky.
Pete Docter, director of Emeryville-based Pixar's new "Up," says
he and writer Bob Peterson "were making a list of things we wanted
to play with in terms of animated films. And a grouchy old man with
an extreme attitude, a get-off-my-lawn kind of guy, just seemed like
a fun character to play with. He would be funny instead of off-
putting."
More than four years later, the old man and the house have
evolved into "Up," a soaring, poignant and visually stunning
animated movie that opens today. Along the way, it has become the
most complex film produced by Pixar -- both technically and in terms
of its story -- ...