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Love Pixar’s Up? Then you’ll love their latest exclusive short feature Shaky Oaks employees George and AJ. If you’ve ever wondered what happened to them after Carl’s house floated away, now you know:
Finding Nemo made you cry? Then don’t read on about what Pixar’s done now.
The movie company got a call recently – a ten-year-old with terminal cancer wanted to see Up. Only Colby Curtin was too sick to be taken to a movie theater for a screening.
So the company did the unheard of. They let go one DVD of the only-in-theaters movie, sending it with a Pixar employee (on hand to keep the movie off the streets) to Huntington Beach, Calif. for a private in-home screening at Colby’s house.
Seven hours after she watched the movie, little Colby died. She got what she wanted – she’d promised her mom she’d hang on long enough to see the movie.
It’s such a sad story, I almost didn’t write about it here on Babble. But what prompted me to was the news that this wasn’t some Make a Wish Foundation gig. Continue reading »
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