Monday, December 20, 2010

Tron Review











Tron


Release Date: 3rd December 1982 Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Productions
Lisberger/Kushner

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: G

Runtime: 96 minutes


Budget: $17,000,000

Box Office Gross: $50,000,525 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A young computer genius named Kevin Flynn tries to hack into the mainframe of ENCOM, where he searches for evidence that the video games he wrote got stolen by a senior executive of ENCOM, Ed Dillinger. Unfortunately, Dillinger's Master Control Program (MCP) zaps Flynn into the digital world where computer programs are the alter-egos of the people who created them and sentenced him to die within the game. With the help of an electronic security program named Tron, Flynn escapes and has to help Tron defeat the MCP before he can go back to the "real" world.


Cast
Jeff Bridges – Kevin Flynn/Clu
Bruce Boxleitner – Alan Bradley/Tron
David Warner – Ed
Dillinger/Sark/Master
Control Program (Voice)
(Uncredited)
Cindy Morgan – Lora Baines/
Yori
Barnard Hughes – Dr.
Walter Gibbs/Dumont
Dan Shor – Ram/Popcorn
Co-Worker
Peter Jurasik – Crom
Stuart Thomas – Peter/
Sark's Lieutenant
Craig Chudy – Warrior #1
Vince Deadrick –
Warrior #2
Sam Schatz – Expert Disc
Warrior
Jackson Botswick – Head
Guard
David S. Cass Sr. – Factory
Guard
Gerald Berns – Guard #1
Bob Neill – Guard #2
Ted White – Guard #3
Mark Stewart – Guard #4
Michael Sax – Guard #5
Tony Brubaker – Guard #6
Charlie Pirceni – Tank Commander
Pierre Vuilleumier – Tank
Gunner #1
Erik Cord – Tank Gunner #2
Loyd Catlett – Conscript #1/Video Game Cowboy
Michael Dudikoff – Conscript #2
Richard Bruce Friedman –
Video Game Player
Rick Beck – Boy in Video
Game Arcade
Jon Kenworthy – Boy in
Video Game Arcade

Crew
Story/Writer/Director/Visual
Effects Concepts – Steven Lisberger
Story – Bonnie MacBird
Associate Producer/Visual Effects Supervisor –
Harrison Ellenshaw
Executive Producer – Ron Miller
Producer – Donald Kushner
Technical Advisor – Sam Schatz (Uncredited)
Production Designer – Dean Edward Mitzner
Pre-Production Concepts Roger Allers,
Chris Lane and Peter Mueller
Pre-Production Concepts/Production
Storyboards/Effects Animator – John Norton
Conceptual Artist: Electronic World – Syd Mead
Conceptual Artist/Design: Electronic World –
Jean 'Moebius' Giraud
Conceptual Artist: Electronic World/
Background Designer – Peter Loyd
Production Storyboards Andy Gaskill
Production Storyboards/Computer Image
Choreography Bill Kroyer and Jerry Rees
Electronic Conceptual Design/Computer/
Visual Effects Supervisor – Richard Taylor
Art Directors John B. Mansbridge and 
Al Roelofs
Set Decorator – Roger M. Shook
Costume Design – Eloise Jenssen and
Rosanna Norton
Makeup Supervisor – Robert J. Schiffer
Director of Photography – Bruce Logan
Camera Operators – Gregg Heschong,
Rexford L. Metz and Ronald M. Vargas Sr.
First Assistant Camera – Jamie Anderson,
Horace Jordan, Lynn Tomes and Michael D. Weldon
Stunt Coordinator Richard E. Butler
Effects Technical Supervisor John Scheele
Effects Unit Managers – David V. Lester
and Stephen McEveety
Technology Concepts: MAGI Synthavision –
Phil Mittleman
Scene Creation Concepts: MAGI Synthavision –
Larry Elin
Scene Programmers: MAGI Synthavision –
Chris Wedge and Nancy Hunter Campi
Design Supervisor: Robert Abel & Associates –
Kenny Mirman
Systems Programmers: Robert Abel &
Associates – Frank Vitz, Bill Kovacs,
Richard Baily and Tim McGovern
Systems Supervisor: Robert Abel & Associates –
Robert Abel
Computer Production Supervisor: Digital
Effects Inc. – Jeffrey Kleiser
Photographic Process Lab Supervisors 
Art Cruickshank and Peter Anderson
Opticals – Bob Broughton
Matte Production Supervisor – Arnie Wong
Sound Effects Design & Synthesis – Frank Serafine
Sound Design/Music Supervisor – Michael Fremer
Sound Department Supervisor – Robert Hathaway
Supervising Sound Editor – Gordon Ecker Jr.
Re-Recording Mixers - Bob, Lee &
Michael Minkler
Film Editor – Jeff Gourson
Music – Wendy Carlos
Songs – Journey


Awards

1983 Academy Awards
Best Costume Design Eloise Jenssen
and Rosanna Norton (Nominated)
Best Sound Michael, Bob & Lee Minkler
and James LaRue (Nominated)


Review
TRON is an iconic, dazzling, imaginatively conceived movie filled with terrific state-of-the-art (though now dated) CGI visuals. It is one of my favourite movies ever and is the cornerstone of computer animation. Because of this, the film inspired countless filmmakers and animators to explore computer-generated imagery. One of my favourite scenes in the movie is the Light Cycle battle, which has become iconic in film history. It has a brilliant cast of Jeff Bridges, Cindy Morgan, Bruce Boxleitner and David Warner, all of whom are engaging.

TRON is a true classic and a must-see for anyone interested in the history of computer-generated animation and this film. If you have seen this movie and have liked it, you will enjoy its sequel, Tron: Legacy. Did I mention that the Disney studio is planning a third Tron movie? This film should be exciting for all Tron fans.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

2 comments:

  1. Yes I think the CGI effects were great! I enjoyed this movie it is definitely worth seeing I haven't seen the sequel Tron Legacy, I missed it at the cinema and I will have to wait to hire it on DVD.
    Wonderful blog look forward to seeing more.

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  2. i loved this movie it was out of this world. i will forget this review

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