Final Fantasy

Titolo originale: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Regia: Hironobu Sakaguchi |
Anno: 2001
Origine: Japan | United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Azione Fantasy Fantascienza Thriller Romance Animazione
Tag: future | dystopia | post-apocalyptic future | space travel | battle assignment | alien | downfall | soldier | scientist | fictional war | based on video game | adult animation | military | soul transference | motion capture | female scientist | alien creature | 2060s |
Cast: Peri Gilpin | Alec Baldwin | Ving Rhames | Ming-Na Wen | Steve Buscemi | Donald Sutherland | James Woods | Keith David | Jean Simmons | Matt McKenzie | John DeMita | Matt Adler | Steve Alterman | David Arnott | Cathy Cavadini | Lanei Chapman | Vicki Davis | Judi Durand | Greg Finley | Jack Fletcher | Julia Fletcher | Barbara Harris | David McCharen | Tracy Metro | David Michie | Richard Penn | David J. Randolph | Andrea Baker | Eric Aten | John DiMaggio | Alex Fernandez | David Rasner | Dwight Schultz |

Anno 2056. La Terra è invasa da spettri alieni, invisibili all'occhio umano e il cui solo contatto provoca la morte instantanea. I militari stanno per lanciare un attacco devastante al cuore della base aliena, ma questo potrebbe anche danneggiare o perfino distruggere il pianeta Terra. La dottoressa Ross e il Dottor Sid hanno trovato un'alternativa pacifica, ma nessuno sembra credere loro...

Approfondimenti

This was the first Final Fantasy not scored by series composer Nobuo Uematsu, the man behind th [...] D
After shooting and initial animation wrapped, completed scenes were fed to Square Pictures' cus [...] D
Prior to the film's release, there was speculation that the photo-realistic computer-generated [...] D
Ving Rhames' first time voice acting in a theatrical film. Later he'd go onto voice Cobra Bubbl [...] D
The Seiko wrist watch worn by Aki Ross (known as the "wrist halo"), which produces the map of N [...] D
The second theatrically released computer animated film to be based off already existing media [...] D
When Aki Ross is overlooking Old NYC, the map on her wrist computer is an actual map of Times S [...] D
In early storyboards, the character of Ryan Whitaker (voiced by Ving Rhames) was equipped with [...] D
Aki Ross was named #87 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" list for 2001, and was featured on the cov [...] D
James Woods and Keith David's 2nd Animated Film together, after Hercules (1997) released 4 year [...] D
Matt McKenzie, who voices the Major, is the only actor in the film to have also starred in a Fi [...] D
For fun, the producers created a music video featuring the characters (led by Aki) performing t [...] D
James Woods reprised his role of Hades from Hercules in the Kingdom Hearts franchise which also [...] D
During the conference scene where Hein and Sid debate how to kill the Phantoms. Some of the fac [...] D
The first computer-animated film to be rated M by the ACB (Australian Classification Board). D
Before Elliot Goldenthal was brought in to compose the score, the film was temp-tracked from Ja [...] D
Columbia Pictures' first theatrically-released animated feature since Care Bears Movie II: A Ne [...] D
When talking about Final Fantasy and its digital characters, Tom Hanks said, ''I am very troubl [...] D
The film takes place in 2065. D
Alec Baldwin's first time voice acting in a theatrical film. Later he'd go onto voice Butch the [...] D
The twin towers of the World Trade Center do not appear in any of the New York shots (except in [...] D
Steve Buscemi's first time voice acting in a theatrical film. Later he'd go onto voice Randall [...] D
Original male lead Matt Dillon visited the Square animation studio in Honolulu, saw completed f [...] D
The serial number 102171, that's found on the side of the Black Boa, is the birth date of one o [...] D
The final cut of the film removes the dramatic reveal that Aki is pregnant from the dialogue, a [...] D
Series Tradermark: [4] The Deep Eyes Squadron has four members, a reference to the Final Fantas [...] D
The first computer-animated film to be rated 12A by the BBFC. D
Due to the poor performance of the film at the box office, Square Pictures announced its "retir [...] D
Series Trademark: [Cid] In keeping with the tradition of characters named Cid in the Final Fant [...] D
Jeff Vintar was about to script a remake of The Lady from Shanghai for Columbia Pictures when a [...] D
The poor box office performance in theaters caused Square Pictures to shutdown. 2 years later i [...] D
Steve Buscemi voiced two revolutionary CGI films in one year - Final Fantasy (2001) (first phot [...] D
All backgrounds are hand painted. D
In an earlier version of the script, Cid and Aki were originally grandfather and granddaughter. [...] D
As of 2015, this film is the highest scoring video game adaptation on Rotten tomatoes at 44%. D
This is Alec Baldwin and Steve Buscemi's First Animated film together, their next would later b [...] D
Directorial debut and only cinematic film of Hironobu Sakaguchi. D
John Cygan's only theatrical film to be rated PG-13. All of Cygan's theatrical films were eithe [...] D
During preproduction, the script went through 50 incarnations. In one such form there was a sma [...] D
Keith David (first Council Member) and Ving Rhames (Ryan) would both work with Oprah Winfrey in [...] D
The first computer-animated film with a box-office bomb and the first animated film to not be n [...] D
When the movie was digitally-projected (Texas Instruments DLP), it became the first ever to inc [...] D
First computer animated film to be Rated PG-13 by the MPAA. D
Dr. Aki Ross' hair is only half as dense as the average human crop, however, that still left 60 [...] D
The motion capture work by Remington Scott pioneered for Final Fantasy led directly to his bein [...] D
Gray Edwards loses four guns over the course of the film. The first one in old New York, the se [...] D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. This film received one "recomme [...] D
Ming-Na Wen's second fully animated film after Mulan (1998). D
The first computer-generated animated motion picture with photo-realistic characters. D
The day and month shown after Aki's first dream (13 December) is director Hironobu Sakaguchi's [...] D
The total production time on the film was over four years. By the time the final shots were rendered [...] D
Columbia Pictures' first computer animated film. D