Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)
by Kerry Conran
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Actor: Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Michael GambonDirector: Kerry Conran
Brand: LAW,JUDE
Cinematographer: Eric Adkins
Writer: Kerry Conran
Editor: Sabrina Plisco
Producer: Aurelio De Laurentiis
Producer: Raffaella De Laurentiis
Producer: Bill Haber
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Tibetan (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: A Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
For amusement consider the previous reviews of this "near perfect" classic. One reviewer has done his home work....the other sadly, not!! Our cultural history is determined by COOL TYPES...whose memory includes the last thirty or less years and then a complete BLANK!!! "Chitty Chitty Bang! Bang!!" Whaaattt? How about the Max Fleischer Superman cartoons???? Captain Midnight and Icabod Mudd (With TWO D's)!!!? Ivan Shark and his daughter Fury?? Buck Rogers?? Airboy and Birdie???!!! The Blackhawks? The Flying Tigers???? Contrary to the impression of the actor in the Purple Rose of Cairo...our personal memories do not become the Script of the Whole World!!! There is something called Research to Fill in the Blank!!! The film had nothing to do with Jurassic Park (only in the restricted mind does the mention of DNA automatically suggest Jurassic Park.) or Star Wars or anything of the type!!! The film only departed from Classic Status by the banter of the actors designed to make certain the audience knew, "We're not taking this too seriously" (When you are cool, "The World Bores You!!")...destracting the audience from the action and the heroic pursuit of a goal, as Bugs Bunny would say, "Without expectation of recompense neither!!!" Gad! And, I might add, "Popular music did not begin with the Beatles" (in case anyone was wondering...). The film pays homage to the Great Heroes of the 1930's, 40's, and before!!! Did I mention Doc. Savage??? Beyond this, the film is replete with references to lovingly remembered (by us) and vacuously ignored (by them) icons of the earlier Golden Age of Adventure...where there were HEROES (no tongue in cheek, no excuses...just Heroes). In this time of Civilizational Malaise...might we need a HERO or two??
Summary of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)
While setting a milestone in the progress of digital filmmaking, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow resurrects a nostalgic fantasy world derived from a wide variety of vintage inspirations. It's a dazzling dream for anyone who appreciates the look and feel of golden-age sci-fi pulp magazines, drawing its unique, all-digital design from such diverse sources as Howard Hawks adventures, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Buck Rogers, Blackhawk comics, The Third Man, cliffhanger serials, and the action-packed Indiana Jones franchise. Writer-director Kerry Conran's feature debut is also guaranteed to inspire digital dreamers everywhere, suggesting a paradigm shift in the way CGI-dominated movies are made. It's a giddy adventure for the young and young-at-heart, in which ace pilot "Sky Captain" Joe Sullivan (Jude Law) and intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) must save the world from a mad scientist whose vision of the future has tragic implications for all humankind. Angelina Jolie drops in for a glorified cameo, but it's the ultra-fortunate neophyte Conran who's the star here. His clever riff on The Wizard of Oz is a marvel to behold, and the method of its creation is nothing less than revolutionary. --Jeff ShannonIn a fictional New York City of the late 1930's, pilot Joe \""Sky Captain\"" Sullivan teams up with former girlfriend and journalist Polly Parker to investigate a sudden attack on the city by giant robots, and their possible ties to the sudden disappearance of the world's top scientists.f the world's top scientists.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 10-APR-2007
Media Type: DVD
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