Lifted
An overconfident teenage alien seizes command of a spacecraft, tasked with abducting a slumbering farmer under the watchful glare of a stern instructor. But abducting humans demands precision and a tender touch, and after only a few missteps it becomes painfully clear why more people don't simply disappear each year.
Director(s)
Gary Rydstrom
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Facts
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Director Gary Rydstrom based the short's anxiety on his own discomfort operating large sound mixing equipment under scrutiny.
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The animated short was heavily inspired by the classic 1927 science fiction movie Metropolis and its visual style.
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CinemaSerf
Faced with a vast array of knobs and faders, it falls to the apprentice alien to try and remove the human from his bed, and tractor beam him through the window of his home so they can experiment on him as he sleeps - before returning him safely. Under the supervision of his elderly and rather unhelpful pal, he makes quite a hash of this process and it looks like he has little chance of succeeding and thereby passing the test... It's quite entertaining this - like a game of Tetris only without you having the wherewithal to ever get the squares to align. You can't help but feel for the youngster - and for the human who manages to remain asleep despite being tossed and bounced all around his house! It's a simple animation with quite a jaunty score and I quite enjoyed it. We all had to learn sometime!
Lifted FAQs
Gary Rydstrom is the director of Lifted.
The cast of Lifted includes Gary Rydstrom.
The duration of Lifted is 5 mins.
You can watch Lifted on Disney Plus (Subscription), fuboTV (Subscription), Amazon Video (Buy), Apple TV Store (Buy), Google Play Movies (Buy), YouTube (Buy), and Fandango At Home (Buy). Check this Fanbiz page for the latest platforms.
Lifted was released on 28 Dec 2006.
Lifted is listed under Family, Animation, Science Fiction, and Comedy on Fanbiz.
Lifted has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Faced with a vast array of knobs and faders, it falls to the apprentice alien to try and remove the human from his bed, and tractor beam him through the window of his home so th..."
1. Director Gary Rydstrom based the short's anxiety on his own discomfort operating large sound mixing equipment under scrutiny. 2. The animated short was heavily inspired by the classic 1927 science fiction movie Metropolis and its visual style.
