Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within [Blu-ray]

Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara, Jack Fletcher

Overview

The first feature-length motion picture to use computer-generated imagery to create not only effects, props, and environments but also the human cast members themselves, this lavish science-fiction adventure follows closely on the heels of another video game-based film, Tomb Raider (2001). Ming-Na provides the voice of Dr. Aki Ross, a female scientist in the year 2065, a time when Earth has been overrun by extraterrestrial phantoms borne of a crashed meteor. Humans have been pushed back to cities protected by barriers that keep the marauding space monsters away, but time is running out. Fatally infected by one of the ghostly beasts, Ross seeks information about their purpose and physiology, assisted by her mentor Dr. Sid (voice of Donald Sutherland) and the Deep Eyes military squad of courageous Captain Gray Edwards (voice of Alec Baldwin). Tension develops between Aki's quest to stop the alien onslaught through study and the more extreme solution favored by the vengeful, saber-rattling General Hein (voice of James Woods), who would destroy both the aliens and the Earth itself. Aki ultimately comes to realize that the key to unlocking the mystery of the invaders lies within her own dreams.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2016
UPC:	0043396482180
Original Release:	2001
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	25,524

Special Features

Two Feature-Length commentaries: ; co-director, Moto Sakakibara, sequence supervisor, Hiroyuki Hayashida, sets & props lead artist, Tatsuro Maruyama, phantom supervisor, Takao Noguchi, amimation director, Andy Jones, editor, Christopher S. Capp, staging director,Tani Kunitake; Joke outtakes; Matte Art explorations; Original opening; The Gray project; Interactive documentary: the making of Final Fantasy; Theatrical trailers and more.

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cathy Cavadini	Actor
David Arnott	Actor
Matt Adler	Actor
Ming-Na Wen	Dr. Aki Ross
Alec Baldwin	Capt. Gray Edwards
Ving Rhames	Ryan Whittaker
Steve Buscemi	Neil
Peri Gilpin	Jane
Donald Sutherland	Dr. Sid
James Woods	Gen. Hein
Keith David	Council Member No. 1
Jean Simmons	Council Member No. 2
Matt McKenzie	Maj. Elliot
Elliot Goldenthal	Composer

Technical Credits

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Al Reinert

Jeff Vintar

Hironobu Sakaguchi	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Motonori Sakakibara	Director
Jack Fletcher	Director
Jun Aida	Producer
Chris Lee	Producer
Akio Sakai	Producer
Al Reinert	Screenwriter
Jeff Vintar	Screenwriter
Randy Thom	Sound/Sound Designer
Remington Scott	Producer
Sakakibara Motonori	Director

Editorial Reviews

The film tells a story that would have seemed traditional in the golden age of Asimov, van Vogt and Heinlein. But science fiction fans of that era would have wept with joy at the visuals.... Is there a future for this kind of expensive filmmaking ($140 million, I've heard)? I hope so, because I want to see more movies like this, and see how much further they can push the technology.