Up

Pete Docter described Up as a "resurrection" story and named Casablanca and A Christmas Carol as its models: a man who has lost something and regains a purpose.

Pete Docter described The Station Agent as "the biggest single influence on Up early on".

Docter named A Christmas Carol with Casablanca as the model for Up's resurrection story.

Docter and co-director Bob Peterson cited Dumbo and Peter Pan, with the Muppets and Miyazaki, as touchstones for Up's simple, emotional storytelling and its flight.

A Pixar employee compared the scene of Carl hauling his house through the jungle to Fitzcarraldo and The Mission, and Docter watched both.

Docter watched The Mission and Fitzcarraldo after a colleague compared Up's jungle-hauling scene to them.

Docter and Peterson cited Peter Pan and Dumbo among their touchstones for Up.

Paradise Falls is modelled on Angel Falls and the table-top mountains of Venezuela, which the filmmakers visited, and Kevin, the giant flightless bird, was designed from real birds.