Thursday 1 April 2010

Life of a film - Avatar

Synopsis

When Jake Sully a paraplegic marines twin brother is killed. He steps in to take his brothers place on a mission on another world called Pandora. This world has its own people called the Na’vi they have their own language and culture which is very different to what Jake is used to. By using futuristic technology Jake uses a Na’vi identity to collect information for the military whilst simultaneously learning the way of the Na’vi. With the information he has provided to the military, they invade in search of wealthy goods. Jake has to decide whether to side with his new Na’vi family or his own race which he personally disagrees with. He chooses the Na’vi and finds himself in a fight for the future of Pandora

Box office takings
Worldwide so far: $2,638,270,443 (14th March 2010)
Opening weekend: £77,025,481

Cast List
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/fullcredits#cast
Budget – $237 million
Directed by – James Cameron
Produced by - James Cameron and Jon Landau
Written by - James Cameron
Music by – James Horner
Cinematography – Mauro
Editing - James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
Studio - Lightstorm Entertainment (Terminator 2, True Lies, Titanic)
- Dune Entertainment (The Hills have Eyes 1+2, Jumper, The Happening, Jennifer’s Body)
- Ingenious Film Partners (Eragon, Hot Fuzz, Hairspray, X Men Origins, I Love You Beth Cooper)
Distributed by – 20th Century Fox
Distributed In – UK, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Egypt, France, South Korea, Switzerland, USA, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Columbia, Croatia, Czech republic, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Panama, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Japan, Poland, Pakistan, China, Italy, Georgia.
Home Exhibition – DVD, Blu-Ray, IPod, PSP Disk.

Movie Posters from different countries


bibliography

http://www.hiscifi.com/files/images/avatar_movie_poster.thumbnail.jpg

http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/emmalangman/files/2010/02/avatar-movie-poster3.jpg

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/avatar_french_poster1.jpg

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/fullcredits#cast

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/Avatar-movie-poster.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)