Article: 'Up' has movie director feeling on top of the world

In earlier films, the Pixar folks have made audiences care about action figures (the "Toy Story" movies), insects ("A Bug's Life"), nightmare-inducing creatures ("Monsters, Inc."), fish ("Finding Nemo"), a family of superheroes ("The Incredibles"), automobiles ("Cars"), a gourmand rodent ("Ratatouille") and robots ("WALL-E").

Pixar's latest could be its riskiest venture to date.

The state-of-the-art, digital animation house and current Disney production partner is returning this week with "Up."

It's a comedy-adventure about a septuagenarian, Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner), who finally takes the vacation he's been planning all of his life -- in his home, which has been buoyed by ...

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