I have never heard of Pixar or of “Up” but I just found this story on the Internet:
A child's last wish
10-year-old Colby Curtin died of cancer this week, but before she passed away, her final wish was fulfilled. The child had desperately wanted to see the new Pixar movie, "Up." Unfortunately, she was too ill to go to the theater. According to various articles within the Buzz, Pixar was told of Colby's illness. The company sent a representative to deliver a DVD for Colby to watch in her room. Though she could no longer see, her mother narrated the action. Colby died several hours after the movie ended, and searches on "up movie make a wish" and "colby curtin up" both soared.
That is so sad but it is so nice that her family worked so hard to get her last wish for her. I know nothing about Pixar but that is so great of them to do that for the girl and her family. God bless them.
The story was on Yahoo! Buzz and written by Mike Krumboltz.
The following is from the Pixar blog:
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Dying girl gets to see 'Up' at home [UPDATE]
“By far the saddest, most moving, story this blogger has ever posted on:
Colby, a 10-year-old California girl dying of cancer, too sick to leave her home, got her wish of seeing Up last Wednesday in a rather extraordinary way.
After receiving "frantic" calls from determined family friends, Pixar flew an employee to the girl's home in Huntington Beach (about 415 miles from San Francisco/Emeryville) on a day's notice with a copy of the film on DVD (and a bag full of Up stuff) so she and her family could watch it. Afterwards, the disc was returned with the employee responsible for its safekeeping. Colby died about seven hours later.
Reportedly, "Pixar officials declined to comment on the story or name the employees involved". This could suggest that the Pixarian who visited the family —whose "eyes were just welled up"— might be more well-known than the studio wants to let on.
Read the full story at The Orange County Register.
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Update: This story is understandably receiving a lot of attention —worldwide, in fact.
At last count, at least 198 news/media outlets had picked up the OC Register story, according to Google News, foremost among them the Associated Press (AP). Specifically online, it made the homepage of major social news websites like Digg and Reddit, and has been emailed countless times by individuals.
Even the normally snide commenters at blogs like The Consumerist and Gizmodo have been moved by the tragedy and, like others, are giving Pixar heaps of kudos for its gracious, 'classy', 'human', handling of things.”
OK I looked up Pixar on the Internet. I love most of the movies they have made. I just never paid any attention to who made the film. Great company and they did a real nice thing.
