Dated released : May 29, 2009
Quality : DVDRip
Info : IMDbPro
Genre : ANIMATION / CARTOON
Cast : Edward Asner as Carl Fredricksen Docter and Rivera noted Asner's television alter ego, Lou Grant had been helpful in writing for Carl, because it guided them in balancing likable and unlikeable aspects of the curmudgeonly character When they met Asner and presented him with a model of his character, he joked, "I don't look anything like that." (the appearance of Carl is meant to resemble Spencer Tracy as he appeared in his final film, Guess Who's 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 that's been poked awake during hibernation , Jordan Nagai as Russell On their journey, Russell makes several comments to Carl that suggest that Russell's father and mother are no longer together Russell's design was based on Pixar animator Peter Sohn Docter auditioned 400 boys in a nationwide casting call for the part Nagai, who is Japanese-American showed up to an audition with his brother, who was actually the one auditioning. Docter realized Nagai behaved and spoke non-stop like Russell and chose him for the part Nagai was 8 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 Pixar's first casting of an Asian lead character in contrast to the common practice of casting non-Asians in Asian parts , Bob Peterson as Dug, a Golden Retriever who can talk He is the misfit of a pack of talking dogs owned by Muntz 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 1980s. The DVD release of the film features a short called Dug's Special Mission, which follows Dug just prior to his first meeting with Carl and Russell. Dug previously appeared in Ratatouille as a shadow on a wall that barks at Remy , Peterson also voices Alpha a talking Doberman Pinscher and the leader of Muntz's pack of dogs. Pete Docter has stated that Alpha "thinks of himself as Clint Eastwood". Despite his menacing appearance, a frequent malfunction in Alpha's translating collar causes his voice to sound comically high-pitched and squeaky, as if he had been breathing helium. The normal voice for his translator is a resonant, intimidating bass. With both voices, Alpha has a roundabout speech pattern that causes his sentences to be longer than necessary , Pete Docter as Kevin. The bird's iridescent appearance is based upon the male Himalayan monal pheasant Other than voicing Kevin, Docter also voices Campmaster Strauch, Russell's camp master, seen at the end of the film , Christopher Plummer as Charles F. Muntz. Muntz is an old explorer looking for the beast of Paradise Falls, he vowed to not return to North America until he had captured the creature. He uses a group of dogs to aid Kaye as the newsreel announcer , Mickie McGowan as Police Officer Edith, a police officer who gives Carl a court order to move into a retirement home , Danny Mann as Construction Worker Steve, a construction worker with whom Carl gets into a fight , Donald Fullilove as Nurse George and Jess Harnell as Nurse AJ, nurses sent to pick up Carl and take him to a retirement home , Josh Cooley as Omega, another dog in Muntz's pack .
