Avatar [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau ; written and directed by James Cameron.
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FilmPublisher number: 2271367 | 20th Century FoxLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment : Lightstorm Entertainment, [2010]Edition: Extended collector's edDescription: 3 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Title on container: James Cameron's Avatar
- Avatar (Motion picture : 2009).
- Director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; editors, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; music, James Horner.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | SF/FANT Avatar | Checked out | 05/18/2024 | 33111009509965 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron. The film, which marks Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's Titanic, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a war veteran who gets called to the depths of space to pick up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a megacorporation looking to mine the planet of Pandora for a valued ore. Unfortunately the biggest deposit of the prized substance lies underneath the home of the Na'vi, a ten-foot-tall, blue-skinned native tribe who have been at war with the security arm of the company, lead by Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang). Because of the planet's hostile atmosphere, humans have genetically grown half-alien/half-human bodies which they can jack their consciousnesses into and explore the world in. Since Jake's brother already had an incredibly expensive Avatar grown for him, he's able to connect with it using the same DNA code and experience first-hand the joys of Pandora while giving the scientific team, led by Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), some well-needed protection against the planet's more hostile forces. On a chance meeting after getting separated from his team, Jake's Avatar is rescued by Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a Na'vi princess, who brings him into her tribe in order to give the humans a second chance at relating to this new environment. When word gets out of his increasing time with the alien species, Quaritch enlists Jake to do some reconnaissance for the company, as they'd like to persuade the tribe to move their home before taking more drastic measures to harness the treasure hidden below. Yet as Jake becomes one with the tribe and begins to understand the secrets of Pandora, his conscience is torn between his new adopted world and the wheelchair-bound one awaiting him when the psychic connection to his Avatar is broken. Soon battle lines are drawn and Jake needs to decide which side he will fight on when the time comes. The film was shot on the proprietary FUSION digital 3D cameras developed by Cameron in collaboration with Vince Pace, and offers a groundbreaking mix of live-action dramatic performances and computer-generated effects. The revolutionary motion-capture system created for the film allows the facial expressions of actors to be captured as a virtual camera system enables them to see what their computer-generated counterparts will be seeing in the film, and Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning Weta Digital visual-effects house supervises Avatar's complex special effects. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Exclusive alternate opening on earth; Capturing Avatar featurette; over 45 min. of deleted scenes; Family audio track available; and more.
Avatar. pt. 1 -- Avatar. pt. 2 -- Filmmakers' journey.
Director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; editors, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; music, James Horner.
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver.
Experience the spectacular world of James Cameron's Avatar as never before with this collector's ed. release. Watch all three versions of the film, than treat your senses to an unprecedented beyond the scenes look at the greatest adventure of all time! When his twin brother dies in an accident, paraplegic ex-Marine Jake Sully takes his place on a mission to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. Sully works with a group of scientists cloning near-duplicates of the planet's inhabitants, the Na'vi, whom specially trained scientists can control mentally to foster peace between the corporation and the natives. But when Sully finds himself lost on Pandora and trapped in a Na'vi clone body, a beautiful Na'vi woman saves his life and Sully discovers the corporation's plan to mine the mineral--at any cost.
CHV rating: 14A; for violence, not recommend for children.
Extended version: Unrated; contains material different from the PG-13-rated version.
Theatrical version: Rating: PG-13; for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), THX Dolby surround (English, Spanish, and French).
Closed-captioned.
English, French or Spanish dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf or hard of hearing.