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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (106 min)
Synopsis: The year is 2065 AD. The Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr. Sid, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to destroy the alien presence and pure enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the final spirit.
Cast: Ming-Na Wen (Doctor Aki Ross); Alec Baldwin (Captain Gary Edwards); Donald Sutherland (Dr. Sid); James Woods (General Hein); Steve Buscemi (Neil); Ving Rhames (Ryan); Peri Gilpin (Jane); Keith David (Council Member #1); Jean Simmons (Council Member #2); Matt McKenzie (Major Elliot); John DeMita (BCR Soldier #1)
Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi
US Release Date: July 11, 2001 (Premiered on July 2, 2001 at Mann Bruins Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: October 23, 2001 (DVD); August 27, 2002 (DVD); August 7, 2007 (Blu-ray); November 2021 (4K Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010.
• Columbia Pictures' first theatrically-released animated feature since Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986).
• Square Pictures intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the world's first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget toward the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million; it grossed only $85.1 million at the box office. The film has been called a box-office bomb and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures.
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (106 min)
Synopsis: The year is 2065 AD. The Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a strange dream and guided by her mentor, Dr. Sid, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to destroy the alien presence and pure enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the final spirit.
Cast: Ming-Na Wen (Doctor Aki Ross); Alec Baldwin (Captain Gary Edwards); Donald Sutherland (Dr. Sid); James Woods (General Hein); Steve Buscemi (Neil); Ving Rhames (Ryan); Peri Gilpin (Jane); Keith David (Council Member #1); Jean Simmons (Council Member #2); Matt McKenzie (Major Elliot); John DeMita (BCR Soldier #1)
Directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi
US Release Date: July 11, 2001 (Premiered on July 2, 2001 at Mann Bruins Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: October 23, 2001 (DVD); August 27, 2002 (DVD); August 7, 2007 (Blu-ray); November 2021 (4K Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010.
• Columbia Pictures' first theatrically-released animated feature since Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986).
• Square Pictures intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the world's first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget toward the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million; it grossed only $85.1 million at the box office. The film has been called a box-office bomb and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures.
The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.
