Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mist... Read allRyan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 75 wins & 171 nominations total
- Kevin
- (as Chris Lowell)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Bob shows Ryan a photo of his two children, it is a photo of J.K. Simmons's real children.
- GoofsWhen Ryan asks how many miles a round-the-world flight would cost, he's told it's 500,000 miles. On American a first class round-the-world flight costs 300,000 miles (and even less for lower classes). However, the trip is for two people, not just one.
- Quotes
Ryan Bingham: [on the docks in Miami] You know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet just for a second?
Natalie Keener: Yes.
Ryan Bingham: [shrugs] Right. Well, I don't.
Natalie Keener: you're an asshole.
- Crazy creditsThere is a voice recording by Kevin Renick addressing to Jason Reitman mid-credit, stating the reason he wrote the song and the original recording of the song.
- ConnectionsEdited into De wereld draait door: Episode #5.84 (2010)
- SoundtracksThis Land Is Your Land
Written by Woody Guthrie
Performed by Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
Courtesy of Daptone Records
Clooney has an interesting job that really keeps him moving. He works for a firm that specializes in aiding fired workers make a transition. I can testify myself that getting fired can be traumatic. In my case though my firing lasted two months and I went back to my old job and stayed there until retirement.
Clooney's boss Jason Bateman has him going all over the country. He says that he spent only about 43 days in his sparse apartment in Omaha. It really is sparse the various hotel rooms look more homey. But a woman who also spends a lot of time traveling on her job Vera Famiga and a woman who is being trained by Clooney, Anna Kendrick help him see that maybe his life and lack of commitment isn't the best thing for him.
Nor is his stated goal of gaining 10 million frequent flier miles. He spends so much time in the air that all the airline personnel on all the airlines know him on a first name basis. That's one significant accomplishment. Maybe Clooney should have taken up with a stewardess.
The characters are drawn well in this script which got one of several Academy Award nominations, in this case for adapted screenplay. Up In The Air also got Academy recognition for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Clooney, Best Actress for Famigia, and Best Supporting Actress for Kendrick. I thought Kendrick was especially good as the young lady who sees a career treadmill she doesn't like and gets off.
Up In The Air is an intelligent and modern comedy with some characters I think we can all identify with.
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- Also known as
- Bay Lên Trời Cao
- Filming locations
- Cheshire Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, USA(Wedding shower scene)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $83,823,381
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,181,450
- Dec 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $166,842,739
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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