Disney-Pixar’s ‘Up’ to Get Boost at Cannes

Compiled by Dave Itzkoff

Published: March 19, 2009 NY Times

Can you wear 3-D glasses with your micro-bikinis on the ultra-trendy beaches of Cannes? Walt Disney and its Pixar animation unit announced that a 3-D presentation of its coming animated feature “Up” has been selected as the opening-night premiere of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In a news release the studio said that the film, directed by Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”), about a 78-year-old man who embarks on a journey by tying thousands of balloons to his house, above, would be shown at the opening ceremony on May 13. Disney said it was the first time that either an animated feature or a 3-D feature had been selected as the opening-night film, though animated movies including “Dumbo,” “Fritz the Cat” and “Waltz With Bashir” have been shown at Cannes. “Up” is scheduled to open in the United States on May 29.