Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman
Certificate: 15

“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life.” With a spartan apartment and a neatly packed suitcase, Ryan Bingham’s (Clooney) life doesn’t weigh very much, which is just as well as he spends his time up in the air. He flies around the US, working for a company that fires people working for other companies.

Were you upset when George Clooney ran away from London? The bright side is that he gave us more time ask questions to some other cool people: director Jason Reitman (who did Juno and Thank You for Smoking), and Clooney's co-stars Vera Fargima and Anna Kendrick...

Up in the Air is based on a book. If I'd read it, would I recognize it in the film?

JR: Yes and no. The book is about a man who fires people for a living, a man who obsessively collects air miles but if I had directed the book exactly as it was, these lovely ladies wouldn’t be here because they're not in the book. I use the book as a toolbox - there’s a story that I want to tell and I’m looking for the right words. In this case I took a main character, I liked his occupation, I liked his life philosophy, and from there I built a plot around it to ask the questions I wanted to ask.

Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga
Certificate: TBC

“How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life.” With a Spartan apartment and living out of a suitcase, Ryan Bingham’s (Clooney) life doesn’t weigh very much, which is just as well as he lives his life Up in the Air. He flies around the US, working for a company that fires people working for other companies.