Lifted (2006)

Directed by

Gary Rydstrom

Genre

science fiction, comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 825 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alien teenager attempts a routine abduction of a sleeping human to pass his final exam. His bumbling efforts in the spaceship and the human's uncooperative reactions lead to a series of funny mishaps.

playfullightheartedwhimsicalcomicalslapstickgentleeasygoingsilly

What happens

Lifted is a 2006 American animated science fiction short film written and directed by Gary Rydstrom and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. This is the directorial debut of Rydstrom, a Academy Award-winning sound designer, editor and mixer, and the first produced by Katherine Sarafian, who went on to produce Pixar's Brave released in 2012. Inspired by Metropolis (1927), the short debuted on October 12, 2006 at the 42nd Chicago International Film Festival at Columbia College, and was released theatrically with Pixar's Ratatouille on June 29, 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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