Where They Went

Up (2009)

Directed by Pete Docter

A widowed balloon salesman ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats it from his American city to a tabletop mountain in South America, with a young scout accidentally on board.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Carl and Ellie's house
    Carl and Ellie's house (fictional)
    ≈ 00:01:00
    InferredFictional

    Two adventure-mad children meet, marry and grow old together in the same house, dreaming of Paradise Falls.

  2. 2Lift-off
    Carl and Ellie's house (fictional)
    ≈ 00:12:00
    InferredFictional

    Hemmed in by construction and facing a retirement home, Carl floats his house away with Russell stuck on the porch.

  3. 3Tepui across from the falls
    Paradise Falls (fictional)
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    After a storm they land on the tepui across from the falls and start walking the floating house across, meeting Kevin the bird and Dug the dog.

  4. 4Muntz's airship den
    Paradise Falls (fictional)
    ≈ 00:50:00
    InferredFictional
  5. 5Paradise Falls
    Paradise Falls (fictional)
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  6. 6Badge ceremony
    Carl and Ellie's house (fictional)
    ≈ 01:26:00
    InferredFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
13,927 km
Places
2
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 13,927 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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