With a job traveling around the country firing people, Ryan Bingham enjoys his life living out of a suitcase, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a new hire and a potential love interest.
In the scene where Bob (J.K. Simmons) shows Ryan a photo of his two children, it is a photo of Simmons' real children.
George Clooney's wardrobe for the entire film fits in a single carry-on suitcase.
Many of the people seen fired in the film are not actors, but people who were recently laid off. The filmmakers put out ads in St. Louis and Detroit posing as a documentary crew looking to document the effect of the recession. When people showed up, they were instructed to treat the camera like the person who fired them and respond as they did, or use the opportunity to say what they wished they had. A way to discern who are the actors, and who are the real people, is that the real people do not have dialogue with George Clooney or Anna Kendrick, as they were shot separately. Jason Reitman did this intentionally, feeling that the real people would freak out Clooney and Kendrick.
Up in the Air 2009
23 Dec 2009 ● English ● 1 hr 49 mins
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