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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) - Special Collector's Edition


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Four 1/2 out of Five

Movie

Rating: PG (sequences of stylized sci-fi violence and brief mild language)
Length: 106 minutes

Video

Widescreen 1.78:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

Captions

English, Spanish

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Plot

Flying robots attack New York city in 1939 and two people that used to be an "item"e;, a pilot (Law) and reporter (Paltrow), team up to unravel the mystery.

Pros

This entire movie was filmed in a studio using blue screen technology and the picture is sharp. The story is entertaining and the banter between the two leads, Law and Paltrow, is entertaining to say-the-least. This film and story has a great old-style look and feel to it while still using modern technology.

Cons

If you're an Angelina Jolie fan don't let her name on the cover fool you into thinking she plays a major role in this film; she's only on the screen for about 15 minutes.

Extras

  • Audio Commentary by Producer Jon Avnet
  • Audio Commentary by Writer and Director Kerry Conran and the VFX Crew
  • "Brave New World": Chapters 1 & 2 Featurettes
  • "The Art of World of Tomorrow" Featurette
  • The Original Six-Minute Short
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Real

Recommendation

This is a fun movie that should be in every Sci-Fi fan's collection. I do not understand why it's rated so poorly at IMDb, I find it very enjoyable. It is interesting that the actor playing the great American hero is a Brit and the actor in charge of the British forces is an American.

Director

Actors

Ling Bai - Mysterious Woman
[Anna and the King (1999), The Breed, The Crow, Wild Wild West]
Trevor Baxter - Dr. Jennings
Khan Bonfils - Creepy
Julian Curry - Dr. Vargas
Omid Djalili - Kaji
[The Mummy (1999)]
Michael Gambon - Editor Paley
[Gosford Park, The Insider, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Open Range, Sleepy Hollow]
Samta Gyatso - Scary
Louis Hilyer - Executive Officer
Angelina Jolie - Franky
[Alexander, Beowulf, The Bone Collector, Gia, Gone in 60 Seconds, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Original Sin]
Jude Law - Sky Captain
[AI: Artificial Intelligence, The Aviator, Cold Mountain, Enemy at the Gates, Gattaca, The Tallented Mr. Ripley]
Peter Law - Dr. Kessler
Laurence Olivier - Dr. Totenkopf
[A Bridge Too Far, Battle of Britain, The Boys from Brazil, Clash of the Titans, Spartacus]
Gwyneth Paltrow - Polly Perkins
[Iron Man, The Royal Tenenbaums, Se7en, The Talented Mr. Ripley]
Giovanni Ribisi - Dex
[Basic, Cold Mountain, Flight of the Phoenix, The Gift, Gone in 60 Seconds, Heaven, The Postman, Saving Private Ryan]
Jon Rumney - German Scientist

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