''Up'' is a 1984 American

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed by

Mike Hoover Mike Hoover is an American mountaineer, rock climber and cinematographer. He first became known for an Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated documentary short, ''Solo'', in which he climbed a fictional mountain solo. His first major involvement in ...

and Tim Huntley. In 1985, it won an

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for Best Short Subject at the

57th Academy Awards The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Jack Lemmon presided over the ceremonies. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and ...

. The film depicts a man who sets a hawk free, then tries to find it in the wild on his hang glider.

Cast

* Ed Cesar as Himself * Erick McWayne as The Boy

References

External links

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