I just watched the trailer fort he upcoming Pixar movie ‘Up’. Nothing special about that, I know. You can do the same on the apple website or on youtube for example.

The trailer indicates that the story will be about Carl Fredricksen, who appears to be a stubborn old man and who might have lived in his tiny, beloved house ever since while the rest of the city was growing bigger and bigger around him. The trailer then shows how Mr. Fredricksen is leaving this city with the help of a huge bunch of balloons tied at the top of his roof. Now the interesting thing is that although this plot sounds quite original it seems to be based on a rather true story.

Due to the lack of proper information so far, I could be totally wrong! But watching the trailer, a story came to my mind, which my old fellow Felix sent me a little while ago. It’s the story of Edith Macefield that you can read here.

Although Mrs. Macefield did not fly away with a bunch of balloons tied to her rooftop, I think there are some quite interesting similarities – especially concerning the set design!

Just compare this picture which I found via google with this photo from the article mentioned above.