Pixar is the film studio that can do no wrong. With a better track record than the Japanese economy, Pixar now has… count them… 10 hit films under its belt. When your two worst received movies earn $825 million together (A Bug’s Life and Cars) you would think the studio could begin slacking off (*cough* Dream Works) and we would be none the wiser.
Not Pixar. Colby Curtin was a 10-year-old girl living in Huntington Beach, CA diagnosed with vascular cancer in December 2005. At the beginning of June it became apparent that Colby would die soon. Her dying wish? See Pixar latest film Up.
“When I watched it, I had really no idea about the content of the theme of the movie,” said Curtin [Colby's mother], 46. “I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that (Colby) was going to go up. Up to heaven.”
Pixar heard of Colby’s story from a friend of the family that made frantic calls to the studio. The studio flew an employee with a copy of the movie to the Curin’s home in Huntington Beach. Sadly, Colby died a mere seven hours after viewing Up on June 10 at her home.
Apparently, Colby saw Dream Works’ Monsters vs. Aliens in April but was impressed by the preview for Up. When Colby’s condition worsened on June 4 her mother asked hospice workers for a wheelchair so she could go see the movie in theaters. That wheelchair was never delivered. Five days later it was apparent that she could not leave her bed and all hope was nearly lost for Colby.
When asked by her mother if she was ready to die Colby said:
“I’m ready (to die), but I’m going to wait for the movie.”
- Colby Curtin. Photo credits: Carole Lynch
Source: Pixar grants girl’s dying wish to see Up
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