Synopsis and Movies Up in the Air : The opening credits have a montage of aerial shots of the ground as seen from an airplane in flight, as "This Land Is Your Land" is being sung. The plane lands and we then see a series of head shots of people who have just received the news they have been fired. The reactions run the gamut between incredulousness, sadness to anger, and are directed at Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who is sitting calmly behind a desk. He works for CTC, Career Transition Coun...