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Avatar(v.f.) / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau ; written and directed by James Cameron.

Cameron, James, 1954- (screenwriter,, director,, editor of moving image work,, producer.). Landau, Jon, 1960- (producer.). Fiore, Mauro, (director of photography.). Worthington, Sam, 1976- (actor.). Saldana, Zoe, (actor.). Lang, Stephen, 1952- (actor.). Rodriguez, Michelle, (actor.). Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- (actor.). Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974- (actor.). Horner, James, (composer (expression)). Weta Digital (Firm), (animator.). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (distributor.). Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi. (Cast).

Summary:

Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, but despite his broken body, he is still a warrior at heart. Recruited to travel light years 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, he is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But everything changes when a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves his life.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (150 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2009.
  • Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2009.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; visual effects & animation, Weta Digital ; editors, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; music, James Horner ; production designers, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg.
Participant or Performer Note:
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.
CHV rating: PG.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
English language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Language Note:
Soundtrack dubbed in French, optional French subtitles.
Awards Note:
Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Art Direction : Rick Carter (art director), Robert Stromberg (art director), and Kim Sinclair (set decorator) ; Best Achievement in Cinematography, Mauro Fiore; Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed May 10, 2015).
Subject: Pandora (Imaginary place) > Drama.
Human-alien encounters > Drama.
Extraterrestrial beings > Drama.
Life on other planets > Drama.
Seres extraterrestres > Teatro.
Vida en otros planetas > Teatro.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Human-alien encounters.
Life on other planets.
Pandora (Imaginary place)
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Science fiction films.
Drama.
Streaming video.


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