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Promotional items were shipped to cinemas under the name "Project 880."	D
The film reached the U.S. $500-million mark in 32 days, beating Il cavaliere oscuro (2008)'s previou [...]	D
James Cameron originally planned to have the film completed for release in 1999. At the time, the sp [...]	D
Mo'at, the spiritual leader of the Na'vi tribe, is referred to by the title "tsahik". It sounds simi [...]	D
The first of five proposed Avatar films.	D
To help the actors prepare for their roles, director James Cameron took the cast and crew to Hawaii, [...]	D
Jake's surname is also the name of a blue monster from Monsters Inc. and Monsters University James P [...]	D
In the original draft, Jake's name was Josh, while Neytiri's was Zuleika (a real female name of Arab [...]	D
The first completely digitally shot movie to win the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.	D
Was released for a third in international theaters in an attempt to overthrow 'Avengers: Endgame' wh [...]	D
There are striking similarities between the movie and the "Destination: Void" universe depicted by F [...]	D
The first and last character shots are of Jake Sully opening his eyes.	D
During the aftermath of Home Tree falling, James Horner employs the three-note motif used throughout [...]	D
The most feared land predator on Pandora is the thanator, similar to a Terrain panther. Originally t [...]	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed Avatar in 2009 . This film received one "recommend" and two "not recomm [...]	D
The film was reportedly conceived in the 1990s - an era when "Save the Rainforest" was a popular phr [...]	D
Before James Cameron left for his 1995 undersea expedition to the Titanic, his 80-page treatment for [...]	D
James Cameron: His voice is heard over the radio shortly after the Dragon Gunship appears on screen, [...]	D
Giovanni Ribisi and Wes Studi share the same birthday, December 17th.	D
At the time of auditioning, Sam Worthington was living in his car.	D
While the movie was often described as "anti-war" by critics and fans, James Cameron repeatedly said [...]	D
The film's original title was "Project 880." In the original script: Earth and its environmental pro [...]	D
James Cameron conceptualized "Avatar" after watching Disney's animated film Pocahontas (1995). He in [...]	D
James Cameron wanted Mauro Fiore to photograph this film because he admired Fiore's lush jungle phot [...]	D
The actors playing the Na'vi had cameras attached to their heads so that they filmed close-ups of th [...]	D
An early idea for Pandora was that the sky would be purple and the plants would be blue, but James C [...]	D
Na'vi have only hints of eyebrows which made the facial animation a bit more difficult, since eyebro [...]	D
The whooping and cackling sounds made by the wolf-like predators on Pandora are actually real spotte [...]	D
In Korean, "Na'vi" is spelled like "nabi," the Korean word for "butterfly," and a very common name f [...]	D
In the final battle sequence, Col. Quaritch sees Jake on his gunship and pushes the control stick to [...]	D
Stephen Lang has hinted that Col. Quaritch could return for a sequel, saying, "You think those two a [...]	D
The tree, Eh'wa, also bears a resemblance to the Hindi/Aramic/Urdu word "Hewa," which, in English, m [...]	D
There are two sound effects borrowed from Jurassic Park (1993) creatures. During Jake's run from the [...]	D
The biggest challenge in prepping the film for production, besides developing the new 3D Fusion Came [...]	D
Sam Worthington, an Australian, said in an interview that it was easier for him to master the Na'vi [...]	D
Jake Sully and Neytiri have a almost similar relationship to that of Hal Tara and Zita in Strings (2 [...]	D
Despite understanding the Na'vi are not placental mammals, James Cameron insisted from the start tha [...]	D
The film bares similarities to L'ultimo samurai (2003). 1. Both Jake Sully and Nathan Algren are sol [...]	D
At the beginning of the extended collector's edition, Jake is seen watching a TV news report about c [...]	D
At the beginning when Col. Quaritch is briefing the men on the situation on Pandora, there are blind [...]	D
Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Col. Quaritch. James Cameron rejected him because he'd [...]	D
James Cameron was convinced that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film when he saw Gol [...]	D
Neytiri's warpaint has a human handprint, implying Jake helped her apply it.	D
According to James Cameron, the design of the mountains in the film is inspired by the mountains aro [...]	D
First narrative film directed by James Cameron to not co-star any of the cast members of Terminator [...]	D
This story is about aliens (the term given to humans in this film) using overwhelming strength to in [...]	D
Jake's atrophied legs were prosthetics cast from the legs of a real paraplegic. Sam Worthington's re [...]	D
James Cameron: [feet] Close-up of Jake's feet when he moves them around in the soil; close-up of Col [...]	D
To appease 20th Century Fox's fears, and remembering the harrowing experience of Titanic (1997) and [...]	D
Zoe Saldana's Star Trek (2009) co-star Chris Pine and Guardiani della Galassia (2014) co-star Chris [...]	D
Alicia Vela-Bailey's debut.	D
The film takes place from 2148 to 2154.	D
The film has a similar plot to Battaglia per la Terra (2007). Both films are about human soldiers wh [...]	D
The concept of a network of trees, in which minds of the deceased continue to exist, appears in seve [...]	D
Avatars have eyebrows and five digits per hand and foot while the Na'vi only have four digits and no [...]	D
The Na'vi language was created entirely from scratch by linguist Dr. Paul R. Frommer. James Cameron [...]	D
This movie took four years to make, from pre-production to release.	D
Some CGI scenes took an average of 47 hours to render.	D
James Cameron said "some of the design choices were about colors affecting us psychologically, which [...]	D
James Cameron wanted an unknown actor to play Jake Sully, because it would give the character a "rea [...]	D
Composer James Horner stated that this was his most difficult film and the biggest challenge of his [...]	D
Col. Quaritch mentions that being on Pandora made him feel "like a shavetail Looie." "Shave tail" wa [...]	D
In the animated post-apocalyptic fantasy film Wizards (1977), the protagonist was called Avatar. The [...]	D
In an obvious nod to Alien (1979), James Cameron has an early long shot showing the company ship, IS [...]	D
Weta Digital and ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) had previously worked together on Contact (1997), Va [...]	D
English surrealist Roger Dean is not credited in the film, although several locations look very simi [...]	D
James Cameron felt it was remarkable that 25 years into his career, he was making a film and not kno [...]	D
The first film to gross $700 million domestically in the US. James Cameron's previous film, Titanic [...]	D
Calling the sizable pallets of explosives on-board the shuttle "Daisy Cutters" refers to the BLU-82B [...]	D
The first (and only, as of 2010) science fiction feature film by James Cameron that does not involve [...]	D
The movie was re-released in cinemas on August 27, 2010, little under 9 months after the theatrical [...]	D
Peter Mensah had appeared in two episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Sam [...]	D
The direhorse was intended to be a creature that Na'vi warriors use for riding and hunting. Conceive [...]	D
James Cameron disclosed on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009) that he began working on preli [...]	D
The Na'vi were partially inspired by a dream James Cameron's mother had about a tall, blue woman. Th [...]	D
One of Michael Mann's favorite films.	D
The joystick and throttle, used to remote-control the bulldozer, is a set of modified Saitek X52 Pro [...]	D
For the avatars the similarity to the humans portraying them had to be evident, at least for the fac [...]	D
The brand of Jake's wheelchair is "Grunt", which is another term for a marine infantryman.	D
All animals on Pandora have six limbs, except for the humans and Na'vi.	D
The first attack uses a gas called CN20, the same gas the Marines wanted to use in Aliens.	D
James Cameron based the design of Neytiri's costumes on a taparrabo, a loincloth thing worn by Mayan [...]	D
Brie Larson auditioned for a part, but forgets what role exactly.	D
Jake's opening narration "I started having these dreams of flying." foreshadows Jake riding on the I [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Production on the movie began in 2002.	D
According to Sam Worthington, he was invited to the casting via a phone call. The person who called [...]	D
In the scene that introduces the concept of the tree of souls to the viewer, Grace remarks that outs [...]	D
Any scene with Zoe Saldana was done 100% physically, facially and vocally all at the same time. It t [...]	D
When Trudy (Michelle Rodriguez) refers to needing to fly VFR, she is referring to the Visual Flight [...]	D
According to James Cameron, the Na'vi are blue to create a conceptual parallel with traditional Hind [...]	D
One of the artist working on the film was Chuck Comisky, who had once introduced director James Came [...]	D
Grace mentions there are ten to the fourth connections between each tree, and ten to the 12th trees [...]	D
Twenty of the world's top creature designers worked with James Cameron on the film, as well as chara [...]	D
Was the most pirated film of 2010 (16.58 million downloads on BitTorrent), ahead of Kick-Ass (2010) [...]	D
The highest-grossing film in post-communist Russia. It earned $111,411,877 there and a total of 13.3 [...]	D
The book Grace picks up in the abandoned school is "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss. Like the plot of the fi [...]	D
Can be seen as an adult science fiction version of the 1992 Children's animated movie "Fern Gully.,L [...]	D
James Cameron considers "Avatar" different from anything he's made before. He said making the film w [...]	D
Director James Cameron, known for being tough on set, allegedly kept a nail gun on set that he would [...]	D
On one of the posters for the film, an image of the right side of Neytiri's face is shown. If you lo [...]	D
In James Cameron's films, allies to the main characters often have Catholic references. In Aliens - [...]	D
First movie to ever cross the U.S. $2-billion mark worldwide (and later the U.S. $2.5-billion mark), [...]	D
Quaritch makes it very clear in his opening speech to the new meat that Pandora's wildlife are extre [...]	D
According to Jake's video logs, the entire film (on Pandora) takes place over a 96-day period. The f [...]	D
The movie is 40% live action and 60% photo-realistic CGI. A lot of motion capture technology was use [...]	D
The film was thrown into an unwanted spotlight when several filmmakers, including Canadian director [...]	D
The cigarette that Sigourney Weaver's character "smokes" is computer-generated.	D
Another early concept was that Pandora's animals would have six limbs rather than the Earthly norm o [...]	D
WILHELM SCREAM: When the gas munition hits the ground at the attack of The Home Tree.	D
On May 27th, 2017, the long anticipated Pandora: World of Avatar opened at Disney's Animal Kingdom t [...]	D
The RDA (Resources Development Administration)'s private security force members all wear French mili [...]	D
In 2021 it retook the title of highest- grossing film of all time from Avengers: Endgame (2019) afte [...]	D
Yunjin Kim appeared as Neytiri in an early test footage.	D
This is the second James Cameron film to feature an important character named Trudy. Trudy Chacon is [...]	D
Grace's avatar was the most difficult to realize. Sigourney Weaver's face wasn't a natural mesh with [...]	D
The spiral-shaped, retracting creatures Jake encounters early in the film are giant versions of Chri [...]	D
In much of the movie, Dr. Augustine's avatar wears a Stanford tank top. Sigourney Weaver attended St [...]	D
The word "na'vi" in Hebrew means prophet. A na'vi is a visionary or someone who communicates directl [...]	D
After a re-release in China, Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time once again in 2021	D
Pandora's design was inspired by a trip James Cameron took to the Rainforest CafÃ©.	D
The multiple breathing orifices seen on the larger animals of Pandora were inspired by the air intak [...]	D
Following the idea of the allegedly derivative plot from other similar movies, two mock trailers wer [...]	D
When Jake is examining his ponytail, Dr. Augustine states, "Don't play with that, you'll go blind." [...]	D
Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite, in short Neytiri--who was originally named "Zuleika Te Kaha Polenoma" i [...]	D
The Extended Collector's Edition DVD/Blu-Ray set has a collection of deleted scenes. The last one, t [...]	D
According to a CNN report, James Cameron visited the Brazilian rain forest more than once after rece [...]	D
This became the highest-grossing film of all time in 2010, and held the record until surpassed by Av [...]	D
When the woodsprites land on Jake's avatar, they cover every part of his body apart from his legs. I [...]	D
The 2012 Blu-ray 3D version was the last home video release to be THX certified.	D
One of the most expensive movies ever made (as of December 2009), with an estimated budget of $280,0 [...]	D
James Cameron's first directorial feature since Titanic (1997), which was the highest-grossing film [...]	D
The lean body and graceful motion of the mink inspired the design of the viperwolf. Jim Charmatz ren [...]	D
James Cameron claimed that he cast Sam Worthington as Jake Sully over other actors who auditioned fo [...]	D
In this film, Zoe Saldana's character Neytiri is an extraterrestrial who falls in love with Jake Sul [...]	D
All of the animals on Pandora have 6 limbs, yet the Na'vi only have 4. James included a scene showca [...]	D
Quaritch tells Dr. Augustine "Shut your piehole!". This is similar to a scene in James Cameron's pre [...]	D
Sigourney Weaver dyed her hair red for the film.	D
In the Thai version, Jake Sully is a "Navi" who becomes a "Na'vi." The Thai word for Marine is "Na-v [...]	D
It was the highest grossing movie for ten years with $2,789,700,000 until Avengers: Endgame (2019) b [...]	D
In April 2019, it was announced online Zoe Saldana's Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) co-star Vin Dies [...]	D
Avatar is Sigourney Weaver's seventh science fiction film. The film was released 30 years after Sigo [...]	D
Jake's atrophied legs were prosthetics created by Stan Winston Studio. John Rosengrant took a mold f [...]	D
The concept of lower gravity on Pandora was the justifcation for the evolution of giant fliers like [...]	D
Some of Avatar's story was actually based on one of James Cameron's other past projects: a futuristi [...]	D
In the extended version, when Jake lies in the gutter having been thrown out of the bar, there's an [...]	D
This became the highest-grossing film in South Korea (grossing about $105.48 million) and the first [...]	D
Jake Sully's initials (J.S.) are the same as John Smith, a central figure in the historical and ofte [...]	D
Sigourney Weaver plays a James Cameron persona for her character in this film. Sigourney stated in a [...]	D
The first movie to be shot with a 3D camera, released in 3D and in IMAX 3D to be nominated for the B [...]	D
The six-legged horses introduced near the beginning make grunting noises that are the same noises ma [...]	D
James Cameron wanted elegant, slender, blue-skinned cat creatures that retained humanoid forms with [...]	D
"Unobtainium" is a humorous term used mainly in the aerospace industry. It describes a material that [...]	D
Most of the animal noises heard in the movie are recycled dinosaur noises from Jurassic Park (1993), [...]	D
According to director James Cameron, Pandora is a moon in the planetary system of the star Alpha Cen [...]	D
In designing Neytiri, one of the challenges was making her look sufficiently alien but with enough f [...]	D
The color blue symbolises trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven [...]	D
The Na'vi people have four fingers on each hand, while the avatars have five fingers. This is how yo [...]	D
The common spirit of Pandora, where every creature is constantly connected to each other, and the pl [...]	D
In early December 2005, a casting call for the female lead was posted on the website of Mali Finn Ca [...]	D
Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal were the studio's first choices to play Jake Sully, but James Cameron [...]	D
The cap that Norm Spellman wears during his first trip into the Pandoran jungle has Braille symbols [...]	D
Chris Evans and Channing Tatum were on the shortlist to play Jake Sully.	D
In 2014 an article entitled "The 1960s Avatar TV Show" was posted to the web, claiming that the film [...]	D
The word "avatar" is Sanskrit for "incarnation." It is used extensively in Hindu scriptures to refer [...]	D
James Cameron felt that after working months and months on the Na'vi and the avatars and the creatur [...]	D
James Cameron himself made the first sketches for the different creatures that he imagined might pop [...]	D
Every drawing had to be approved by James Cameron before rendering to Photoshop. Once a rendering wa [...]	D
In the final battle sequence, Neytiri has a white hand print on her chest as part of her warpaint. I [...]	D
When Jake reassures Mo'at (the shaman) that he is "empty," it refers to his life being empty. The te [...]	D
The first time Sigourney Weaver has appeared in a James Cameron film since Aliens - Scontro finale ( [...]	D
In the film's original ending, Neytiri was going to be pregnant with Jake's child.	D
Ey'wa, the deity of the Na'vi people, is a mixed-up pronunciation of "Yahweh," the God of the Hebrew [...]	D
Grace Augustine says to Quaritch, "Or what, Ranger Rick, you going to shoot me?" Of course, he event [...]	D
Matt Damon once revealed that he turned down an offer from James Cameron to star in Avatar, which wo [...]	D
In the UK, the film was shipped in two parts, under the code name "Redbird." Reels 1-5 were delivere [...]	D

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