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Pixar's one class act.

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http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pixar-up-movie-2468059-home-show

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie.

From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, she was desperate to see it. Colby had been diagnosed with vascular cancer about three years ago, said her mother, Lisa Curtin, and at the beginning of this month it became apparent that she would die soon and was too ill to be moved to a theater to see the film.

After a family friend made frantic calls to Pixar to help grant Colby her dying wish, Pixar came to the rescue.

The company flew an employee with a DVD of Up, which is only in theaters, to the Curtins’ Huntington Beach home on June 10 for a private viewing of the movie.
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Color me SERIOUSLY impressed at Pixar's actions. Good to see big companies can still do something out of kindness rather than the potential for profit or a good PR opportunity.
 
Wow. I, too, am most impressed. Good for them. It's nice to know that there are a few big businesses that are still actually run by human beings who care about their customers.
 
Wow, that's awesome!

The article goes on to say that Colby died seven hours after watching the film. :(
 
:bolian::bolian:Hey-its very embarrassing to be caught crying at work. What a cool thing for the company to do.:bolian::bolian:
 
The cynic in me immediately smells PR stunt but the Pixar fan and human being just smiles.

From what i know of Pixar and the heart those movies exhibit i believe that they are just good people who did something for a young fan without eying good PR or expecting anything than a smile on her face as she watches the movie.
 
FPAlpha said:
The cynic in me immediately smells PR stunt but the Pixar fan and human being just smiles.

From what i know of Pixar and the heart those movies exhibit i believe that they are just good people who did something for a young fan without eying good PR or expecting anything than a smile on her face as she watches the movie.
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The fact that they declined comment makes me think they're not after the positive PR.
 
FPAlpha said:
The cynic in me immediately smells PR stunt but the Pixar fan and human being just smiles.

From what i know of Pixar and the heart those movies exhibit i believe that they are just good people who did something for a young fan without eying good PR or expecting anything than a smile on her face as she watches the movie.
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As someone who has dealt with their execs professionally-you are correct. They really are nice people. I really doubt PR factored into the equation.
 
I'm glad that the little girl got to see the movie before she passed.

Kudos to her family (for the initiative) and for Pixar (for making it happen).
 
What a sweet thing for the company to do. I'm glad that someone with enough pull to make it happen had the heart to do so.
 
Pixar's a good company. For instance, Wall*E is dedicated to Justin Wright, who was born with several congenital heart defects and given a transplant at age 12. His make-a-wish wish was to go to Pixar, which he did and told them he wanted to work for PIXAR, and they told him if he studied hard he would.

So he did. He went to college, graduated, got out and Pixar hired him. He did those drawings at the end of Ratatouille,andthe storyboards for Wall*E and was working on the short Presto!, before he collapsed from a heart attack at 27.
 
Hoser said:
Pixar's a good company. For instance, Wall*E is dedicated to Justin Wright, who was born with several congenital heart defects and given a transplant at age 12. His make-a-wish wish was to go to Pixar, which he did and told them he wanted to work for PIXAR, and they told him if he studied hard he would.

So he did. He went to college, graduated, got out and Pixar hired him. He did those drawings at the end of Ratatouille,andthe storyboards for Wall*E and was working on the short Presto!, before he collapsed from a heart attack at 27.
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so sad. :(
the original post's story too. :(
 
Oh wow. So terribly sad, and so wonderfully uplifting at the same time. God bless you, Pixar, for being in the business of making children dream wonderful dreams.

J.
 
Tulin said:
Emh said:
Wow, that's awesome!

The article goes on to say that Colby died seven hours after watching the film. :(
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Wow - imagine if the guy had missed his flight?!?
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The evil part of me wonders if they had never showed the film perhaps the kid would never die since she'd always be holding on waiting to see the movie.

The better part of me thinks it was really decent of Pixar to arrange the showing.
 
Man... That definitely tugs at the old heart strings. *Frak* :(

Definitely -- that company is a class act. Good to see that sort of thing in what can only be called a crummy world (most of the time) anymore.

Cheers,
-CM-
 
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