THE BLUFF COUNCIL: "Up In the Air" | Movie Review |
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For their brand new film discussion series "What I Miss?" hosts Ev Durán and Keith Macri decided to compare each of their Top Ten Favorite Movies of All Time lists and argue about them. Trouble was, each of them had put the exact same film in their number ten slot: "Up In the Air." Watch as the pair struggles to manage their discomfort that comes with agreeing with each other, and witness Ev commit one of the more awful hair atrocities of the past decade.
--- Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Walter Kirn. The story is centered on corporate "downsizer" Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) and his travels. Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Danny McBride also star. Filming was primarily in St. Louis, Missouri, which substituted for a number of other cities. Several scenes were filmed in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas and Miami. Reitman promoted Up in the Air with personal appearances at film festivals and other showings, starting with the Telluride Film Festival on September 5, 2009. The Los Angeles premiere was at the Mann Village Theater on November 30, 2009. Paramount scheduled a limited North American release on December 4, 2009, broadening the release on December 11, 2009, with a wide release on December 23, 2009. The film was met with critical acclaim, for Reitman's screenplay and direction, and the performances by Clooney, Farmiga and Kendrick. National Board of Review and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association named Up in the Air the Best Picture of 2009. It received eight Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations and garnered a win for Adapted Screenplay, six Golden Globe Award nominations, earning a win for Best Screenplay, and three Screen Actors Guild nominations. It received six Oscar nominations and recognition from numerous critics' associations. Source: Wikipedia |