The Up Hollywood Premiere was held earlier today at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Up "insider" on Twitter, @gossUP_girl tweeted through the whole experience. We’ve compiled a guided tour of the festivities based on these updates; please click on the links to view relevant pictures.
First and foremost, Hollywood Boulevard had to be cleared for decorations (such as this "foating" Up house) and the green carpet! Yes… green!! Before the screening jugglers, stilt walkers, and other performers were seen doing their thing among Carl, Russell and Dug, even the Aflac/Up NASCAR was there!
Don’t forget the VIPs and stars! Guests at the event included the marvelous crew of Up (seen here crossing the street to get to the premiere) including Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Jonas Rivera, Michael Giacchino and John Lasseter! The group was presented with this awesome Up house made of chocolate! More Pixarians were there, but unfortunately no pictures of them are available at the moment.
The cast of Up talked to the press and were happy to be attending. Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Delroy Lindo, Elie & Pete Docter and the rest of the voice talent were happy to celebrate the occasion. Of course, Pixar’s good luck charm, John Ratzenberger, was there too! Other special guests included Jeff Garlin, Patton Oswalt, Jon Voight, Justin Chambers, Melissa Joan Hart, Blink 182, Barbara Eden, Tia Carrere, Mimi Rogers and Eve Plumb among others.
It seems the premiere was a huge success! Look out for possible extended coverage in the next few days.
Last modified: May 16, 2009
I went down there yesterday with my father and sister, and the premiere was awesome! Although the photographs shot by “gossUP_girl” are a hundred times better than the ones I captured, I did manage to bring home a fair few pictures of the event, which I’ll post up later. (I may have managed to get a picture of both Patton Oswalt and Peter Sohn, but I’ll have to double-check….) My dad snapped some photographs, as well, so I’ll post up a couple of those, too.
Thanks for highlighting this coverage!
This makes me so sad. We don’t get Up in Australia until Spetember 3rd, and I’m pretty sure somehow someone will tell me a spoiler inadvertantly in the next 4 months…