In Pixar’s Up (2009) Carl and Ellie break into their Paradise Falls savings jar in order to pay for Carl’s hospital bill, this is actually a clever reference to the fact that the American healthcare system is literal garbage.
Another detail: Ed Asner did not know he was being recorded for a movie. They just presented him with a fat Asian boy and they wrote a script around what he said.
Liamiller on May 19th, 2020 at 03:45 UTC »
That nod was quite subtle
MetaBotch on May 19th, 2020 at 04:02 UTC »
In other countries they omit that scene so that kids don't ask their parents about why Carl and Ellie had to pay a hospital money.
BreatheMyStink on May 19th, 2020 at 05:08 UTC »
Another detail: Ed Asner did not know he was being recorded for a movie. They just presented him with a fat Asian boy and they wrote a script around what he said.