After she suffers a miscarriage7 and they are told they cannot have a child, the two decide to realize their dream of visiting Paradise Falls. They save for the trip, but repeatedly have to spend the money on more pressing needs. Finally, the now elderly Carl arranges for the trip, but Ellie falls ill and dies. Years later, Carl still lives in the house, stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood homes are torn down and replaced by skyscrapers. When he accidentally injures a construction worker, the court deems him a public menace, ordering him to move to a retirement home. However, Carl resolves to keep his promise to Ellie by turning his house into a makeshift airship, using thousands of helium balloons. Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer who visited Carl in his effort to earn his final merit badge, for assisting the elderly, becomes an accidental stowaway. After surviving a thunderstorm, the flying house lands on a tepui opposite Paradise Falls. Carl and Russell harness themselves to the still buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa, hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate. Russell encounters a tall, colorful flightless bird, known as the mythical Snipe, whom he names Kevin. They then meet a Golden Retriever named Dug, who wears a special collar that allows him to speak and who vows to take the bird to his master. The next day, they encounter a pack of aggressive dogs led by Alpha, a Doberman Pinscher, and are taken to their master, who turns out to be Charles Muntz. The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore Ipod Download here. Muntz invites Carl and Russell aboard his dirigible, where he explains to them that he is searching for a giant bird. When Russell notes the birds similarity to Kevin, Muntz becomes hostile, believing they are attempting to capture the bird themselves. Carl flees with Kevin and Dug, but Muntz captures Kevin and starts a fire beneath Carls house, forcing him to choose between saving it or Kevin. After Carl saves the house, he and Russell eventually reach the falls, though Russell is upset at Carl for abandoning Kevin. Carl looks through Ellies childhood scrapbook and is surprised to find that she has filled in the blank pages with photos of their marriage, along with a note thanking him for the adventure and encouraging him to go have a new one. The repentant Carl goes outside, only to see Russell sailing off with some balloons and the propulsive leaf blower to try to rescue Kevin. By throwing out his furniture and keepsakes, Carl manages to lighten the house enough to follow. Russell is captured by Muntz, but Carl manages to board the dirigible, tether the house, and free Russell and Kevin. Dug inadvertently saddles Alpha with his cone of shame and becomes the dogs new leader. Muntz pursues them around the airship, trapping Dug, Kevin and Russell inside Carls house. Carl lures Kevin back onto the airship, with Dug and Russell clinging to her back. Muntz leaps after them, but snags his foot on some balloon lines and falls to his death. The house then descends out of sight through the clouds. After reuniting Kevin with her chicks, Carl and Russell fly the dirigible back to the city. Carl presents Russell with his final badge a grape soda cap that Ellie gave to Carl when they first met. Meanwhile, Carls house has landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls, fulfilling his promise to Ellie. Voice casteditEd Asner as Carl Fredricksen Jeremy Leary voiced Carl as a young boy. Docter and Rivera noted Asners television alter ego, Lou Grant, had been helpful in writing for Carl because it guided them in balancing likable and unlikable aspects of the curmudgeonly character. When they met Asner and presented him with a model of his character, he joked, I dont look anything like that. The appearance of Carl is meant to resemble Spencer Tracy as he appeared in his final film, Guess Whos Coming to Dinner. They tailored his dialogue for him, with short sentences and more consonants, which cemented the notion that Carl, post Ellie, is a disgruntled bear thats been poked awake during hibernation. In Colombia, unexpected publicity for the film was generated due to the uncanny similarity of Carl with Colombian ex president Julio Csar Turbay Ayala. Christopher Plummer as Charles F. Muntz. The name of his airship, the Spirit of Adventure, may have been inspired by Charles Lindberghs airplane, Spirit of St. Louis. 1. 3 In various interviews, Pete Docter has mentioned Howard Hughes and real life adventurers Charles Lindbergh and Percy Fawcett as inspirations for Muntz. Jordan Nagai as Russell. Throughout most of the film, he makes several comments to Carl that suggest that Russells father and mother are no longer together. Russells design was based on Pixar animator Peter Sohn. Docter auditioned 4. Nagai, who is Japanese American,1. Docter realized Nagai behaved and spoke non stop like Russell and chose him for the part. Nagai was eight years old when cast. Docter encouraged Nagai to act physically as well as vocally when recording the role, lifting him upside down and tickling him for the scene where Russell encounters Kevin. Asian Americans have positively noted Pixars first casting of an Asian lead character,2. Asians in Asian parts. Bob Peterson as Dug, the Golden Retriever misfit of Muntzs pack of dogs that can all communicate with humans through a device on each of their collars. Peterson knew he would voice Dug when he wrote his line I have just met you, and I love you, which was based on what a child told him when he was a camp counselor in the 1. The DVD release of the film features a short called Dugs Special Mission, which follows Dug just before his first meeting with Carl and Russell. Dug previously appeared in Ratatouille as a shadow on a wall that barks at Remy.