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Up in the Air

Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

Director

Jason Reitman

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Box Office

$83,823,381

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 6 Oscars. 75 wins & 171 nominations total

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Ryan Bingham

Alex Goran

Natalie Keener

Craig Gregory

Kara Bingham

Julie Bingham

Melanie Lynskey

Bob

Maynard Finch

Jim Miller

Steve

Zach Galifianakis

Kevin

Samuels

Young MC

Conference DJ

Tammy

Adrienne Lamping

Flight Attendant

Ned

Club Hostess

Check-in Lady

Laura Ackermann

Business Woman

Airport Clerk

Alex's Husband (voice)

Hilton Clerk

Dianne

Purser

San Francisco Manager

Irate IT

Goalquest Host

Software Dude

Rental Car Assistant

Conference Worker (as Michelle Reitman)

Wedding Cousin (as Jennifer Nitzband)

Wedding Pastor

Band Leader

Wedding Coordinator

Ellen Gutierrez

Makeout Dave

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Lamorris Conner

Terminated Employee

Deborah L. Norman

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee (as Arthur Hill)

Terminated Employee

Patricia Allison

Terminated Employee

David F. Rybicki

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee (as Kevin D. Lewis)

K. Darnell Lewis

Terminated Employee

Jo Michelle Favaro

Terminated Employee

Stephanie Janiunas

Terminated Employee

Thomas M. Martilotti

Terminated Employee

Erin Welsh-Krengel

Terminated Employee

Marlene Gorkiewicz

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Wilbur Weidlich

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Terminated Employee

Software Woman

Business Traveler / IT Conference Attendee

Software Tech

Jeffrey Arrington

Business Traveler

Break Room Co-worker

Gate Agent

Courtney Benjamin

Extra

Michael Bentele

Stewardess

Nicole Blaszczyk

Make-Out IT

1st Officer

Conference Room Executive

Laid-Off Worker

Man in Yellow Shirt

Detroit Co-Worker

Shawn I. Chevalier

Software Model

CTC Team Member

Convention Attendee

Wedding Guest

Extra

Bikini Girl

Karla Dieseldorff

Flight Attendant

Vanessa Elgrichi

Desk Girl

IT Guy

Extra

Miami Convention Attendee

Business Traveler

Conference Atendee

Extra

Dockside Shopper

Angela Golden Bryan

Airport Employee

Charlotte Grace

Traveler

Airport Traveler

Joe Hammerstone

Flight Attendant

Lanette Fugit Hannah

Software Dude

Angel Goodman

Ernesto Hernandez

Flight Attendant

Karen Barnes

Conference Room Executive

Sergeant Perez

Andrew Kruczynski

Flight Attendant

Suzanne LaChasse

Software Technician

Computer Geek at Miami Convention

Airport Traveler

Software Tech

Christian Lopez

Software Convention Geek

Business Traveler

Runako Marshall

Bikini Girl

Meredith Martin

Traveler

Libby McDermott

Child Traveler

Anastasia Maria Mili

Software Tech

Airline Passenger

Wedding Guest

JÃ¸rgen Pedersen

Hertz Customer

Woman at the Marina

Convetion Attendee

Army Soldier

Kissing Couple

Carlos Medina / Computer Tech

Sterling Royston

Airport Pedestrian

Business Traveler

Tourist

Wedding Attendant

Traveler

Bob's Daughter

Extra

Airport Traveler

Flight Attendant

Conference Attendee

Conference Attendee

Businessman at Lunch

Business Traveler

Morris Lee Sullivan

IT Conference Waitress #1

Mia Terez Deuschle

Key Maker

Business Traveler

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Ryan Bingham Jim Miller Alex Goran Natalie Keener Bob Terminated Employee Steve San Francisco Manager Flight Attendant Business Woman Hilton Clerk Check-in Lady Kara Bingham Karen Barnes Craig Gregory Maynard Finch Kevin Irate It Ned

I don't know where this is coming fromHow am I supposed to go back as a manand explain this to my wife that I lost my jobOn a stress levelI've heard that losing your job is like a death in the familyBut personally I feel more likethe people I worked with - Up in the Air

I don't know where this is coming fromHow am I supposed...

Did I do something wrongI mean is there something I could do differently hereThis is not an assessment of your productivityYou gotta try not to take this personallyDon't take it personallySteven I want you to review this packetTake it seriously I think - Up in the Air

Did I do something wrongI mean is there something I could do...

Well, anybody who ever built an empire or changed the world sat where you are right now. - Up in the Air

Well, anybody who ever built an empire or changed the world...

I'm gonna need your keycard. - Up in the Air

I'm gonna need your keycard.

Thank you. - Up in the Air

When I run my card, the system automatically prompts the desk clerk to greet me with this exact statement. - Up in the Air

When I run my card, the system automatically prompts the...

All the things you probably hate about traveling, the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi, are warm reminders that I'm home. - Up in the Air

All the things you probably hate about traveling, the...

Do you want the cancer - Up in the Air

Do you want the cancer

Do you want the cancer? - Up in the Air

Do you want the cancer?

How much does your life weighImagine for a second that you're carrying a backpackI want you to feel the straps on your shouldersFeel themNow I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your lifeYou start with the little things the things on - Up in the Air

How much does your life weighImagine for a second that...

You put me in a Dodge Stratus in Kansas CityThey were completely out of all full size sedansDid you try YesI reminded them of your remarkableNo 1 Gold Club status and years in the programThey are literally moving mountains to see you in a SebringFair - Up in the Air

You put me in a Dodge Stratus in Kansas CityThey were...

How is my little road warriorHey 20 minutes from boarding into a world of blissReal good numbers out of Phoenix Ry guyHey you know that Big Auto is about to cutanother 10K before the end of the monthNo kidding Yeah Christmas came early - Up in the Air

How is my little road warriorHey 20 minutes from boarding...

Yeah, I am. - Up in the Air

Maplewood cardHow dare you bring that into this palaceHilton offers equal value and better foodbut the Maplewood gives out warm cookies at check inThey got you with the cookies did theyYeah I'm a sucker for simulated hospitalityYou know there's an - Up in the Air

Maplewood cardHow dare you bring that into this palaceHilton...

So we came up with this master plan which was for meto put gauze to put bandages on both my handsThen we got on the planetransatlantic flying to ZürichWalked up Waited till it was darkand walked up to the bathroom with herEverybody was watching the movie - Up in the Air

So we came up with this master plan which was for meto put...

-You've done that? - Up in the Air

-You've done that?

We can always use that room with the ice machine. - Up in the Air

We can always use that room with the ice machine.

Good call on that towel rack. - Up in the Air

Good call on that towel rack.

All right I'm in Newark on the 12th Modesto on the 13thOklahoma City on the 15thAny Southwest I'll be swinging by Albuquerque week of the 16thNo but I'll be in Florida on the 20thFort Lauderdale MiamiThat's nothing Forty minutesI should probably go back - Up in the Air

All right I'm in Newark on the 12th Modesto on the...

I should probably go back to my room so I can wake up in my bed. - Up in the Air

I should probably go back to my room so I can wake up in my...

Nice meeting you. - Up in the Air

Nice meeting you.

Every family has the one person who keeps the genealogy in checkThat's my sister Kara the glueFine You and the kidsMissy's outstanding Matthew made varsity How's the roadCouldn't be better Good So RyanYeahI didn't even want to have to ask you thisbecause - Up in the Air

Every family has the one person who keeps the genealogy in...

You're awfully isolated the way you liveIsolated I'm surrounded - Up in the Air

You're awfully isolated the way you liveIsolated...

Last year, I spent 322 days on the road, which means I had to spend 43 miserable days at home. - Up in the Air

Last year, I spent 322 days on the road, which means I had...

Hey, neighbor. - Up in the Air

Wow. Yeah, it's my sister. I haven't met the guy yet. They're getting married. -Lots of luck. -I kno - Up in the Air

Wow. Yeah, it's my sister. I haven't met the guy...

Okay. I am just... I'm thrilled that everyone's back under one roof. - Up in the Air

Okay. I am just... I'm thrilled that everyone's...

I know there's been a lot of whispering about why we're hereso let me jump right in Retailers are down 20Auto industry is in the dumpHousing market doesn't have a heartbeatIt is one of the worst times on record for AmericaThis is our momentNow last summer - Up in the Air

I know there's been a lot of whispering about why...

I know there's been a lot of whispering about why we're here - Up in the Air

I know there's been a lot of whispering about why...

If there's one word I want to leave you with today it's thisGlocalGlocalOur global must become localThis company keeps 23 people on the road at least 250 days a yearIt's expensive and it's inefficientWhen I came to Craig three months ago with thishe told - Up in the Air

If there's one word I want to leave you with today...

He told me and quite astutely it's only a problem if you have a solution - Up in the Air

He told me and quite astutely it's only a problem if...

Mr Laskin the reason we're having this conversationis your position is no longer availableI don't understand I'm firedHearing the words you've been let go is never easyChange is always scary but consider the followingAnybody who ever built an empire or - Up in the Air

Mr Laskin the reason we're having this conversationis...

No more hours lost to weather delays - Up in the Air

No more hours lost to weather delays

Tell me you're not taking this seriouslyThat's why I brought the entire company in from the roadbecause we're not taking it seriouslyThere is a methodology to what I do There is a reason why it worksCoke and IBM have been doing this for years all rightAre - Up in the Air

Tell me you're not taking this seriouslyThat's why...

Mr Bingham I regret to inform youthat your position at this company is no longer availableWho the hell are you My name is Miss KeenerI'm here today to discuss your future My futureThe only one who can fire me is Craig GregoryMr Gregory hired me to handle - Up in the Air

Mr Bingham I regret to inform youthat your position at this...

This is the most personal situation that you are ever gonna enterso before you try to revolutionize my businessI'd like to know that you actually know my business - Up in the Air

This is the most personal situation that you are ever gonna...

-No. -Yeah. - Up in the Air

We're ringing the bell. - Up in the Air

We're ringing the bell.

What Follow meI really like my luggageThat's exactly what it is it's luggageYou know how much time you lose by checking inI don't know Five 10 minutes Thirty five minutes a flightI travel 270 days a yearThat's 157 hours That makes seven daysYou're willing - Up in the Air

What Follow meI really like my luggageThat's exactly...

You don't need this. - Up in the Air

You don't need this.

Bingo, Asians. - Up in the Air

Five words Randomly selected for additional screening - Up in the Air

Five words Randomly selected for additional screening

Are you mad at your computerI type with purpose - Up in the Air

Are you mad at your computerI type with purpose

What is it that you're working on so furiouslyI'm building a workflow of firing techniquesIt's questions and responses actions and reactionsIt's a script taking you through the steps of firing someoneWho's it forWell theoretically you could put it in the - Up in the Air

What is it that you're working on so furiouslyI'm...

Natalie what is it you think we do hereWe prepare the newly unemployedfor the emotional and physical hurdles of job huntingwhile minimizing legal blowbackThat's what we're selling It's not what we're doingOkay What are we doingWe are here to make limbo - Up in the Air

Natalie what is it you think we do hereWe prepare the newly...

I got to grab this. - Up in the Air

I got to grab this.

You never calledWell I wasn't sure what was appropriateAppropriateRyan I'm not some waitress you banged in a snowstormThat word has no place in our vocabularyI am the woman that you don't have to worry aboutSounds like a trapListen the next time that - Up in the Air

You never calledWell I wasn't sure what was...

I am the woman that you don't have to worry about - Up in the Air

I am the woman that you don't have to worry about

All you have to do today is watch and listen. - Up in the Air

All you have to do today is watch and listen.

How do you sleep at night man HowHow's your family They sleeping well at nightElectricity still onHeat still on Refrigerator full of foodGas tank full of gasGoing to Chuck E Cheese this weekend or somethingNot meNo my kids we're not gonna do anything - Up in the Air

How do you sleep at night man HowHow's your family They...

What do you suggest I tell themPerhaps you're underestimating the positive effectthat your career transition can have on your childrenThe positive effectI make about 90 grand a year nowUnemployment is what 250 bucks a weekIs that one of your positive - Up in the Air

What do you suggest I tell themPerhaps you're...

You know why kids love athletesI don't know Because they screw lingerie modelsNo that's why we love athletesKids love athletes because they follow their dreams - Up in the Air

You know why kids love athletesI don't know Because...

-Well, I can't dunk. - Up in the Air

-Well, I can't dunk.

Your résumé says that you minored in French culinary artsMost students they work on the fryer at KFCbut you bussed tables at Il Picador to support yourselfAnd then you get out of college and you come and you work hereHow much did they first pay you to - Up in the Air

Your résumé says that you minored in French culinary...

He just waltzes in and cuts in line? - Up in the Air

He just waltzes in and cuts in line?

Hungry muchOur business expense allots 40 each for dinnerI plan on grabbing as many miles as I canOkay you got to fill me in on the miles thingWhat is that aboutAre you talking about like frequent flyer milesYou really want to know I'm dying to knowI - Up in the Air

Hungry muchOur business expense allots 40 each for dinnerI...

Fear of mortality It's like Yeah you're gonna die one dayAnd why do you suppose that's singular to menProbably because you can't have babiesThe baby argument - Up in the Air

Fear of mortality It's like Yeah you're gonna die...

If I had that many miles, I would show up at an airport, look at the destination board, pick a place and go. - Up in the Air

If I had that many miles, I would show up at an airport,...

Okay. Closer. Way closer. Still closer. Closer. Okay. A little left. Okay, down a little. Too far. U - Up in the Air

Okay. Closer. Way closer. Still closer. Closer. Okay. A...

Well, that's a keeper. - Up in the Air

Well, that's a keeper.

Do you know how fucked this place is now? - Up in the Air

Do you know how fucked this place is now?

I am the one thing the one thingpreventing this place from being totally fucked in the assSometimes they just need to vent - Up in the Air

I am the one thing the one thingpreventing this place from...

Sometimes they just need to vent. - Up in the Air

Sometimes they just need to vent.

Please for the love of God can I fire the next one - Up in the Air

Please for the love of God can I fire the next one

Miss Barnes thank you for joining us I'm here to be fired rightWell we're here to talk about your futureYou don't have to sugarcoat it I get the drillWhat are they offeringInside the packet you'll find a clearly worked out severance packageGive me the - Up in the Air

Miss Barnes thank you for joining us I'm here to be...

People say these things all the time. - Up in the Air

People say these things all the time.

So they don't ever actually do itNo No it's just talkHow do you know Do you follow upI mean no Nothing good's gonna come of that - Up in the Air

So they don't ever actually do itNo No it's just...

You ready to go back in? - Up in the Air

You ready to go back in?

No, I'm fine. - Up in the Air

No I don't even think of him that way He's old - Up in the Air

No I don't even think of him that way He's old

I'm done? - Up in the Air

Are you okay? - Up in the Air

You don't need to carry all that weight. - Up in the Air

You don't need to carry all that weight.

Never NoEver NoYou never want to get married NopeNever want kids Not a chanceEver NeverIs that so bizarre YesYes it isI just don't see the value in itAll right sell it to me WhatSell me marriageOkay how about love OkayStability just somebody you can count - Up in the Air

Never NoEver NoYou never want to get married NopeNever want...

How about just not dying aloneStarting when I was 12we moved each one of my grandparents into a nursing facilityMy parents went the same wayMake no mistake we all die aloneNow those cult members in San Diego with the Kool Aid and the sneakersthey didn't - Up in the Air

How about just not dying aloneStarting when I was 12we moved...

Fuck. Brian left me. - Up in the Air

Fuck. Brian left me.

All right. - Up in the Air

Natalie, this is Alex, my friend. - Up in the Air

Natalie, this is Alex, my friend.

He broke up with you over text message? - Up in the Air

He broke up with you over text message?

What a weaselly prickYeah But what does that make meSomeone who falls for a prick We all fall for themPricks are spontaneous they're unpredictable and they're funAnd then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks - Up in the Air

What a weaselly prickYeah But what does that make meSomeone...

When I was 16 I thought by 23 I'd be marriedmaybe have a kidcorner office by day entertaining at nightI was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by nowYeah life can underwhelm you that wayI mean where did you think you'd be byIt doesn't work that wayAt - Up in the Air

When I was 16 I thought by 23 I'd be marriedmaybe have...

Please let him earn more money than I do. - Up in the Air

Please let him earn more money than I do.

A nice smile. - Up in the Air

Wow, that was depressing. - Up in the Air

Wow, that was depressing.

I should just date women Tried itWe're no picnic ourselvesI don't mind being married to my careerand I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I fall asleepI just don't want to settleYou're young Right now you see settling as some sort of a failureIt is by - Up in the Air

I should just date women Tried itWe're no picnic...

So, what's the plan for the evening? - Up in the Air

So, what's the plan for the evening?

Jennifer Chu? - Up in the Air

Doing all right? - Up in the Air

Doing all right?

You're so prettyYou're exactly what I wanna look like in 15 years - Up in the Air

You're so prettyYou're exactly what I wanna look...

-Hi. I'm Dave. -I'm Natalie. - Up in the Air

-Hi. I'm Dave. -I'm Natalie.

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Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

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Director: Jason Reitman

Writer: Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2009

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: $83,823,381

Released: 23 Dec 2009

Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. 75 wins & 171 nominations total

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Also watch: The Descendants, The American, Detroit, Burn After Reading, Thank You for Smoking, Leatherheads, Michael Clayton, Here Comes the Boom, Syriana, Intolerable Cruelty, Spanglish, Uptown Girls, Confidence, Henry V, Walking Tall, Sgt Bilko, Pillow Talk, Great Expectations, The Court Jester