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After grossing $367 million dollars globally in theaters Disney is releasing Pixar's Up on DVD and Blu-ray come November 10, 2009. In addition to a single-disc DVD version ($29.99) there will be a two-disc DVD ($39.99) and a four-disc Blu-ray ($45.99) versions.

The special features on the two-disc Up DVD include:

• a commentary audio track by director Pete Docter and co-director Bob Peterson.
• "Dug's Special Mission": An all new original short film that follows the  misadventures of Dug as he attempts to complete his “special mission.” The short is directed by Up Story Supervisor, Ronnie Del Carmen.
• "The Many Endings of Muntz: Many ideas were hatched about how to dispose of the film’s arch villain, Muntz, and now viewers can see the many alternate endings proposed during story development.
• "Adventure is Out There": This action-packed documentary tells the story of the filmmakers’ own trek to the tepuis mountains of South America to research the design and story of the film.
• "Partly Cloudy": The hilarious short film that preceded screenings of Up. Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the  babies? The answer lies up in the stratosphere where the cloud Gus is a master at creating "dangerous" babies, which prove to be more than a handful for his loval delivery stork Peck. Directed by Pixar story artist, animator and voice actor Peter Sohn.
• A digital copy of the film.

Special features on the four-disc Blu-ray version include:

• "Cine-Explore": A visual montage of concept art, clips and documentary coverage that illustrates the directors' commentary.
• "Geriatric Hero": A character study of Carl, from research to realization including art and design, rigging, animation and story. It focuses on the issues of aging, "simplexity", shape-language and compelling character arcs.
• "Canine Companions": For anyone who ever wondered where CG puppies come from, an introduction to the design, behavior and language of dogs.
  
• "Russell: Wilderness Explorer": A character study of Russell from inspiration and design to finding the character arc and authentic voice for this wilderness ranger.
  
• "Our Giant Flightless Friend, Kevin": Find out how avian research and development at Pixar helped bring a mythical, 13-foot tall iridescent bird to life.
• "Homemakers of Pixar": Carl and Ellie's house is an important "character" in the film. Fans follow the development of the house from story to art to its ultimate realization in the computer.
• "Balloons and Flight": Carl’s house and Muntz's dirigible presented the filmmakers with two different problems—how could they make a physical impossibility possible? And, in the case of the dirigible, how would they unearth a fallen giant and let it soar?
• "Composing for Characters": Composer Michael Giacchino returns to score his third Disney Pixar feature film. See how the Up filmmakers collaborated with Giacchino to create the memorable score and compelling musical themes.
• "Married Life": The original story concept that became the powerful "Married Life" scene, showing Carl and Ellie's love story.
• "Global Guardian Badge Game": Players try to locate countries, states and capitals around the globe in a multi-layered BD-Exclusive geography game enhanced by BD-Live.
• A digital copy of the film and a standard definition DVD version are included.
  

Find out more about the production of Up by visiting the film's database page on Coming Attractions.