Pixar grants girl's dying wish to see ‘Up’

@longadin on twitter says "Pixar fulfils dying wish of 10 year girl with private screening of the movie UP. heartbreaking..."

@ChrisVanPatten on twitter says "If you doubted Pixar was the best motion picture company producing today, check this:"

Oh my God, that's so fuckin' sad. :'(

Wow that story made me cry a lot (granted it evoked some deep personal emotions due to recently losing someone to cancer).

When I read that the young girl knew she was going to die and even said "“I’m ready (to die), but I’m going to wait for the movie," I broke down. I just cannot imagine being so young and so aware of your mortality. The fact that she died 7 hours after seeing the film just shows that she really was hanging on for this one dream. Im glad she and her family got to see that wish come true.

i gotta say, even if it was just publicity, that was sweet as hell of them.

got a little dewy eyed myself.

That's so great of them. I've always loved Pixar, but now I love them even more.

I am tearing up right now. This is a very sad situation. Can you imagine how that one worker feels?

awww that is so nice :) Go pixar :D

R.I.P Colby. I'm happy to know that you got to experience happiness one last time before you departed.

Aww! Pixar is so awesome. :)

right on Pixar

im glad the mother was able to get through to someone at pixar...and i hope that little girl liked the movie :o)

That's beautiful. A company built on childhood dreams, doesn't disregard the dreams of a sick child. Its how it should be. Disney and Pixar's job has always claimed to be making dreams come true. With a very simple action they were able to do that.

Forgive the interjection of religous thought, but I can only hope that the little girl is making her own journey up, to a happier place.

Who got the copy of the disc afterward?

i'm normally bitter, but this was...actually really sweet. good job, pixar, for granting a little girl's dying wish.

Yay Pixar. Way to go. Heartbreaking story.

Pixar FTW!

the uncomplicated wish of a young child..true innocence...free of sin..

Totally worth it too. Great film.

Sry everybody, but why was this girl's dying wish to see something that you could do for 7$ at the local theater?

That's so sad.

That's so sad...children that young shouldn't have to say they're ready to die.

Someone from the Giant corporation took some time out of their day for a dying little girl, good. Companies with giant loot stacks should be doing that all the time. Not for nothing, if I was that girls mother I woulda pirated it for her.... and the really sad thing is, that movie was fucking sad as hell, sadness + sadness + death = more sadness... and they took the movie back. Fuck

Bigdog,

First, there are a lot of companies with "giant loot stacks" that would never even consider doing something like this -- Pixar is to be commended...and I doubt VERY much that this was a publicity stunt.

Second, the movie up was not sad, it was...uplifting (pun intended). The woman in the beginning dies of old age after a long, happy and fulfilling life. Gee, I hope MY life is that sad! Then her surviving husband goes on an adventure, saves the weird bird, comforts a kids whose father is falling down on the job, beats the bad guys (and bad dogs) and saves the day. It was a wonderful move, full of hope, and when I think of all of the horrible, hopeless and frightening experiences that must have crowded that little girl's short life, I am so glad she spent a couple of her final hours doing this.

I don't know about the rest of you, but the best moments of MY life so far aren't just the bungee-jumping, mountain-climbing, award-wnning variety. In fact, the two hours I spent with MY kids at this movie were GREAT! None of us knows what is going to happen tomorrow or next week or next year. Just sitting and laughing (or even crying) with my healthy kids today, right now, is something to be deeply appreciated...this little girl's story reminded me of that important fact. She is no longer scared or suffering, so THAT is a blessing. But somewhere out there her parents are suffering terribly...my heart goes out to them...

Wow...

I hope she liked it.