With its premiere in 2009, ‘Up – Altas Aventuras’ became one of Pixar’s greatest films, since in addition to winning the Oscar in the categories “Best Animation Film” and “Best Soundtrack” it was the second animation in history to compete the golden statuette as “Best Film”, the main category of the highest award in the film industry.
The success is due to the iconic story that narrates the adventure that a widowed old man named Carl Friedericksen embarks alongside Russell, a boy who loves exploring nature, after deciding that he will make his house fly from his neighborhood in the United States to Paradise Falls, a mysterious and beautiful place in the middle of the mountains of Venezuela.
However, for his classic residence to leave the ground and soar to the skies, Carl had to attach thousands of helium gas balloons around its walls, doors and windows, which not only transformed the home he lived in with Ellie into a kind of ship, but also made it possible for him to fly towards his big dream.
But, have you ever stopped to think how many balloons would it really take to lift Carl’s house? RECREIO answers you right below!
Thousands or millions?
Together, the colorful balloons that remained in the air even after storms and attacks by flying beings, add up to 20,622 units, as revealed by Screenrant. However, the amount that was entered by the animators is nowhere near the portion that could actually send the house traveling through the skies.
This is because, scientific analyzes show that a helium balloon is capable of lifting about 0.066 pounds, while an average house has between 80,000 and 160,000 pounds of weight, that is, for a residence to fly, it would need something between 6 and 12 million of balloons.
The exact amount of balloons for Carl’s house cannot be calculated based on the numbers above since, for the account to work, it would be necessary to know the real weight of the Friedericksen home and this value was never mentioned in the film.
Still, according to Screenrant, the film’s co-director, Pete Doctor, revealed the approximate number. According to him, around 23.5 million units would be needed, that is, if the number is correct, only 0.0008 percent of the necessary balloons were used during the entire plot.
‘Up: High Adventures’ from real life
It is worth remembering that the story that appeared in fiction gained time in real life. That’s because, on October 22 in the city of São Pedro, in the interior of São Paulo, the Brazilian parachutist Luigi Canitook to the skies in a replica of Carl Friedericksen.
To achieve the feat, Luigi had a team of 66 people and the support of a special effects professional in TV and cinema, Gilsom Figueiredowho was responsible for building the little house, which weighed kennel and from the parachute it weighed 210 kg.
Figueiredo he also took care of the balloons, which totaled almost a thousand units made of resistant latex filled with 42 cylinders of helium gas. It is important to mention that for this version, each balloon could lift 339 grams of weight from the ground, as specified by GQ magazine.
Source: Recreio
