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Review I'm glad that all six Star Wars movies are on Blu-ray, but I'm not happy with some changes to the two films of the original trilogy. It includes the heroic sacrifice of one of the main characters and the scene where R2-D2 is busy hiding from the Tusken Raiders. If only the franchise's creator, George Lucas, would stop this excessive tinkering and start with improvements appropriate for Star Wars fans.
THE COMPLETE SAGA Blu-ray has stunning quality, better colour, and many extras, including documentaries and deleted scenes. Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Set Ever
The Avengers Release Date: 25th April 2012 - Australia Production Companies Marvel Studios (presents)
Paramount Pictures (in association
with) Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia
Genre: Action
Rating: M
Runtime: 142 minutes
Budget: $220,000,000
Box Office Gross: $1,518,815,515 (Worldwide) Plot Summary When Earth faces an unexpected threat to global security, S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury assembles a team of heroes from around the world. The group includes Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, and the Hulk, who must defend Earth against Loki (Thor's brother), the God of Mischief. Once united, these superheroes must prepare to stop Loki from conquering the planet and unleashing a powerful force they've never seen.
Cast
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tony
Stark/Iron Man
Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/
Captain America
Mark Ruffalo - Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk
Lou Ferrigno - Hulk (Voice) (Uncredited)
Chris Hemsworth - Thor
Scarlett Johansson - Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow
Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton/Hawkeye
Tom Hiddleston - Loki
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
Cobie Smulders - Maria Hill
Clark Gregg - Phil Coulson
Stellan Skarsgard - Erik Selvig
Gwyneth Paltrow - Pepper Potts
Paul Bettany - JARVIS (Voice)
Alexis Denisof - The Other
Jerzy Skolimowski - Georgi Luchkov
Maximiliano Hernandez - Agent Sitwell
Powers Boothe - Gideon Malick
Jenny Agutter - Councilwoman Hawley
Kenneth Tigar - German Old
Man
Harry Dean Stanton - Security
Guard
Josh Cowdrey - Maintenance
Guy
Ashley Johnson - Waitress
Robert Clohessy - Police Sergeant
Enver Gjokaj - Young Cop
Brent McGee - Faceless Pilot
Stan Lee - Himself (Cameo)
Crew
Story/Screenplay/Director - Joss Whedon Based on the Marvel
Comics/Executive Producer -
Stan Lee
Based on the Marvel Comics/"Captain America" Creator - Jack Kirby
"Captain America" Creator - Joe Simon
Story - Zak Penn Executive Producers - Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Jon Favreau, Alan Fine and Jeremy Latcham
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Patricia Whitcher
Producer - Kevin Feige
Casting Directors - Sarah Finn
and Randi Hiller
Production Designer - James
Chinlund
Visual Development
Supervisors - Charlie Wen
and Ryan Meinerding
Illustrators - Steve Jung,
Taki Kunitake, Paul Ozzino,
Chris Ross and Nathan Schroeder
Visual Development
Illustrators - Rodney
Fuentebella, Adi Granov,
Ian McCaig, Andy Park,
Paul Saunders, Justin Sweet
and Jackson Sze
Supervising Art Director - Richard L. Johnson
Art Directors - Benjamin Edelberg,
Jann K. Angel, Gregory S. Hooper,
William D. Hunter and Randy Moore
Set Decorator - Victor J. Zolfo
Property Master - Andrew Petrotta
Costume Designer - Alexandra Byrne
Director of Photography - Seamus McGarvey
Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit - Chris O'Hara
Fight Coordinator - Jonathan Eusebio
Special Effects Supervisor - Daniel Sudick
Suit Construction Supervisors: Legacy Effects -
Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan
Visual Effects Supervisor - Janek Sirrs
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Jeff White
Visual Effects Supervisors: Scanline VFX -
Bryan Grill and Stephen Trojansky
Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Guy Williams
Visual Effects Supervisors: Hydraulx -
Colin & Greg Strause
Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Erik Nash
Visual Effects Supervisor: Fuel VFX -
Simon Maddison
Second Unit Visual Effects Supervisor -
Jake Morrison
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -
Jason Smith
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM
Singapore - Nigel Sumner
Visual Effects Producer - Susan Pickett
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Katie Lynch
Visual Effects Producer: Digital Domain -
Daniel Brimer
Visual Effects Executive Producer: ILM -
Wayne Billheimer
Visual Effects Art Directors: ILM -
Yanick Dusseault, Aaron McBride
and Alex Jaeger
Digital Effects Supervisors: Weta Digital -
Daniel Macarin and Thrain Shadbolt
Digital Production Supervisors: ILM -
Michael Di Como and Michael Bauer
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Marc Chu
Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital -
Aaron Gilman
CGI Supervisors: ILM - David Meny,
Raul Essig and Kevin Sprout
CG Sequence Supervisors: ILM -
Christopher Balog, Leandro Estebecorena,
Polly Ing, Akira Orikasa, John Walker,
Steve Braggs, Jeremy Goldman,
Cyrus Jam, Cristin Pescosolido,
Jeff Wozniak, Jay Cooper,
Gerald Gutschmidt, Tom Martinek,
Anthony Rispoli, Scott Younkin,
Stephen DeLuca, Jen Howard,
Tory Mercer and Greg Salter
Previsualisation Supervisor: The Third Floor -
Nicholas Markel
Digital Model Supervisors: ILM - Bruce Holcomb
and Giovanni Nakpil
Digital Matte Supervisor: ILM - Richard Bluff
Compositing Supervisors: Weta Digital -
Tim Hey and Matt Holland
Film Editors - Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek
Additional Editor - Paul Rubell
Supervising Sound Editor - Frank E. Eulner
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Sound Mixer - Christopher Boyes
ADR Supervisor - Becky Sullivan
Sound Effects Editors - Steve Boedekker,
Teresa Eckton, J.R. Grubbs, Scott Guitteau
and Kyrsten Mate
Re-Recording Sound Mixer - Lola Hirschberg
Additional Re-Recording Mixer - David Parker
Foley Artists - Jana Vance and Sean England
Music - Alan Silvestri
Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan
Review Before the film's release, I knew adapting its
comic-book stories would be hard because they had too many superheroes. In stunning 3D, THE AVENGERS is clearly one big superhero movie with action, comedy, and drama. I want to thank director Joss Whedon for bringing the Avengers comic book series to the
big screen, a feat that would have been impossible to adapt. The
actors from the previous Marvel films have returned for this one, except
for Edward Norton, who plays Dr Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk. Mark Ruffalo now assumes the mantle of the green-skinned character. He has re-envisioned
the role with much boldness and ferocity.
I must admit that THE AVENGERS was an enjoyable movie. I highly recommend this movie to anyone, especially Marvel fans. Here's hoping Warner and DC make a Justice League movie similar to Marvel's title film. Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever
Production Companies Amercent Films American Entertainment Partners L.P. Davis Entertainment Lawrence Gordon Productions Silver Pictures 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Distribution 20th Century Fox Australia
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Rating: M
Runtime: 107 minutes
Budget: $18,000,000
Box Office Gross: $98,268,458 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary A seasoned paramilitary
rescue unit led by Major
Dutch Schaefer is looking for hostages held captive by guerrilla fighters in the Central American jungle. At first, while it seems like a successful mission, something horrifying and inexplicable is about to happen. One by one, the men get hunted down by an enemy unimaginably more deadly than any in this world!
Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger - Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer Carl Weathers - George Dillon Elpidia Carrillo - Anna Bill Duke - Mac Eliot Jesse Ventura - Blain Cooper Sonny Landham - Billy Sole Richard Chaves - Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez Shane Black - Rick Hawkins R. G. Armstrong - Major General Homer Phillips Kevin Peter Hall - The Predator/Helicopter Pilot Peter Cullen - The Predator (Voice) (Uncredited)
Crew
Director - John McTiernan
Writer/Executive Producer - Jim Thomas
Writer - John Thomas Associate Producer/ Production Designer - John Vallone Associate Producer/ Production Manager/First Assistant Director -
Beau Marks Executive Producer - Laurence Pereira
Producers - Lawrence Gordon,
Joel Silver and John Davis Technical Advisor - Gary Goldman Casting Director - Jackie Burch
Creature Creator - Stan Winston Makeup Designer and Creator - Scott H. Eddo
Mud Makeup - Jeff Dawn
Director of Photography - Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Frank E. Johnson
Director of Photography: Mexico -
León Sánchez
First Camera Assistant/Steadicam Operator -
Robert Agganis
Thermal Camera: Second Unit - David Eggby
Unit Managers - Anna Roth and Antonio Rubio
Second Assistant Directors - J. Tom Archuleta
and K.C. Colwell Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Craig R. Baxley
Special Effects Supervisors - Laurencio Cordero
and Al Di Sarro
Art Department Coordinator/Concept Artist:
Creature Effects Unit - Steve Wang
Art Department Coordinators: Creature
Effects Unit - Matt Rose and Shannon Shea
Mechanical Department: Creature Effects
Unit - David Kindlon, Richard J. Landon,
Brent Scrivner and Wayne Sturm
Visual Effects Supervisors - Michael Bigelow and Joel Hynek
Visual Effects Producer - Robert M. Greenberg Visual Consultant - Richard Greenberg
Design Consultant - Jeff Burks
Thermal Vision Effects Supervisor -
Stuart Robertson
Editors - Mark Helfrich and John F. Link
Assistant Film Editors - Kimberley Bennett,
Bryan H. Carroll, Mark Elson, Julie Feiner,
Carol Fitzgerald, Rudy Freeman,
John Henzel, William J. Meshover
and Willie Navarro
Supervising Sound Effects Editors -
Richard L. Anderson and David E. Stone
Special Sound Effects - John Pospisil
Special Vocalisation - Peter Cullen
Re-Recording Mixers - Don J. Bassman,
Kevin F. Cleary and Richard Overton
Foley Artists - Vanessa Theme Ament
and Robin Harlan
Music - Alan Silvestri
Awards 1988 Academy Awards Best Visual Effects - Joel Hynek, Robert M. &
Richard Greenberg and Stan Winston (Nominated) Review Although PREDATOR may sound frightening, it is an action-packed sci-fi film with surprises. The movie blends two genres with a horror feel and features an engaging, suspenseful plot. It had groundbreaking visual effects and explosive action sequences. I liked the titular creature's design. What makes it notable is its intimidating presence and advanced technology. Arnold Schwarzenegger did a terrific job with his acting performance because he is my all-time favourite actor. Adding to the film's charm is the ensemble cast's chemistry and memorable one-liners. It is the second time I have seen Chubbs. Oops! I mean, the character played by Carl Weathers gets killed off, the first being Happy Gilmore, and I love the quote by Arnie, "GET TO THE CHOPPER!"
I describe this movie in one word. SPECTACULAR. It is a timeless movie that, even with age, will never become boring and unwatchable, especially for those who were once too young to watch the PREDATOR films.
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Marvel Enterprises (presents) Marvel Studios
Fairview Entertainment (in association with)
Dark Blades Films
Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Rating: M Runtime: 126 minutes
Budget: $140,000,000
Box Office Gross: $585,796,247 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
When wealthy philanthropist Tony Stark ventures into Iraqi territory for a weapons demonstration, he gets injured and captured by Afghan terrorists who take him to their hideout. While imprisoned, Tony invents a weaponised suit of armour and attempts to escape using it. He safely returns home and uses his high-tech to perfect the armour, becoming the world's saviour, Iron Man. Cast
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony
Stark/Iron Man Terrence Howard - Lt. Colonel
James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Jeff Bridges - Obadiah Stane
Gwyneth Paltrow - Virginia
"Pepper" Potts
Shaun Toub - Dr. Yinsen
Faran Tahir - Raza
Paul Bettany - JARVIS (Voice)
Jon Favreau - Hogan
Leslie Bibb - Christine Everhart
Clark Gregg - Agent Phil
Coulson
Bill Smitrovich - General Gabriel
Sayed Badreya - Abu Bakaar
Peter Billingsley - William
Ginter Riva
Tim Guinee - Major Allen
Kevin Foster - Jimmy Garrett Noel - Pratt
Eileen Weisinger - Ramirez
Ahmed Ahmed - Ahmed
Fahim Fazli - Omar
Gerard Sanders - Howard Stark
Nazanin Boniadi - Amira Ahmed
Thomas Craig Plumer - Colonel Craig
Jim Cramer - Himself (Cameo)
Stan Lee - Himself (Cameo)
Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury (Cameo) (Uncredited)
Crew
Executive Producer/Director - Jon Favreau
Based on the Marvel Comic Book/
Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Based on the Marvel Comic Book -
Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby
Screenplay - Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby,
Art Marcum and Mark Holloway
Script Supervisors - Rebecca Robertson
and Cristina Weigmann
Executive Producers - Ari Arad,
Peter Billingsley, Jeremy Latcham
and David Maisel
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Louis D'Esposito
Executive Producer/Executive in Charge of
Production - Ross Fanger
Producers - Avid Arad and Kevin Feige
Co-Producer/Visual Effects Producer -
Victoria Alonso
Military Advisor - Harry Humphries
Casting Directors - Sarah Finn and Randi Hiller
Production Designer - J. Michael Riva
Supervising Art Director - David F. Klassen
Art Directors - Richard F. Mays
and Susan Wexler
Set Decorator - Lauri Gaffin
Property Master - Russell Bobbitt
Costume Designers - Rebecca Gregg and Laura Jean Shannon
Suit Consultant - Adi Granov
Director of Photography/A-Camera Operator -
Matthew Libatique
Additional Photography - Gabriel Beristain
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Jonathan Taylor
Aerial Director of Photography - David B. Nowell
Aerial Camera Operator - Craig O'Brien
Helicopter Pilot - Kevin LaRosa
First Assistant Camera: "B" Camera - Taylor Matheson
Production Supervisor - David J. Grant
First Assistant Director - Eric Heffron
Second Assistant Director - Michael J. Moore
Second Assistant Director: Second Unit -
Chris Castaldi
Additional Second Second Assistant Director -
Marvin Williams
Second Unit Director - Phil Neilson
Location Managers - Molly Allen
and Liz Matthews
Stunt Coordinator - Thomas Robinson Harper
Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit - Keith Woulard
Aerial Stunt Coordinator - Tim Rigby
Special Effects Coordinator - Daniel Sudick
Special Effects - Stan Winston (Uncredited)
Suit Model Department Key Coordinator:
Stan Winston Studio - David Merritt
Second Unit Co-Coordinator: Stan Winston
Studio - Christopher Swift
Studio Co-Administrator: Stan Winston Studio -
John Rosengrant
Visual Effects Supervisor - John Nelson
Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Ben Snow
Visual Effects Supervisor: The Orphanage -
Jonathan Rothbart
Visual Effects Supervisor: Lola Visual Effects -
Edson Williams
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - Wesley Sewell
Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Wayne Billheimer
Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Aaron McBride
Physical Suit Effects Supervisor - Shane Mahan
Visualisation/HUD Effects Supervisor - Kent Seki
Animation Supervisor: ILM - Hal T. Hickel
Associate Animation Supervisor: ILM - Marc Chu
Digital Production Supervisor: ILM - Douglas Smythe
Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Jeff Sutherland
CG Supervisor: ILM - Philippe Rebours
Digital Model Supervisor: ILM - Bruce Holcomb
Viewpaint Supervisor: ILM - Ron Woodall
Creature Supervisor: ILM - James Tooley
Film Editor - Dan Lebental
Additional Editors - Derek Brechin,
Greg Parsons and Michael Tronick
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor
(Uncredited)/Re-Recording Mixer - Christopher Boyes
Sound Designer - Shannon Mills
Supervising Sound Editor - Frank E. Eulner
ADR Supervisor - Michael Silvers
ADR Editor - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Sound Mixer - Mark Ulano
Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella
Foley Artists - Ronni Brown, Ellen Heuer,
Dennie Thorpe and Lana Vance
Re-Recording Mixer - Lora Hirschberg
Music - Ramin Djawadi
Additional Music Arranger/Composer/
Musician: Drums - Ryeland Allison
Additional Music Arrangers/Composers -
Lorne Balfe, Clay Duncan, Bobby Tahouri
and Atli Orvarsson (Uncredited)
Music Supervisor - Dave Jordan
Executive Music Producer - Hans Zimmer
Score Recordist - Geoff Foster
Score Mixer - Alan Meyerson
Awards 2009 Academy Awards
Best Sound Editing - Frank E. Eulner and
Christopher Boyes (Nominated)
Best Visual Effects - John Nelson, Ben Snow,
Daniel Sudick and Shane Mahan (Nominated)
Review Stunning and completely extraordinary, IRON MAN is possibly Jon Favreau's best-directed movie. The feature addresses the growing interest of Marvel comic book readers. It boasts splendid action, visuals, and remarkable performances by Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and Jeff Bridges as the villain.
While IRON MAN is an enjoyable superhero film, I stand corrected that DC Comics reigns supreme over Marvel. I am and always will be loyal to DC. Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits Release Date: 5th April 2012 - Australia
Production Companies
Aardman Animations
Sony Pictures Animation Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia
Genre: Animation/Family
Rating: G
Runtime: 88 minutes
Budget: $60,000,000
Box Office Gross: $123,054,041 (Worldwide) Plot Summary
The Pirate Captain sets out
on a mission to defeat his
rivals Black Bellamy and
Cutlass Liz for the Pirate
of the Year Award.
Voice Cast
Hugh Grant - The Pirate Captain
Salma Hayek - Cutlass Liz
Jeremy Piven - Black Bellamy
Imelda Staunton - Queen Victoria
David Tennant - Charles Darwin
Martin Freeman - The Pirate
with a Scarf
Lenny Henry - Peg-Leg Hastings
Brendan Gleeson - The
Pirate with Gout Ashley Jensen - The
Surprisingly Curvaceous
Pirate
Brian Blessed - The Pirate King
Russell Tovey - The Albino Pirate
Mike Cooper - Admiral Collingwood
David Schneider - Scarlett Morgan Crew
Producer/Director - Peter Lord
Co-Director - Jeff Newitt
Based on Book/Screenplay -
Gideon Defoe
Executive Producer - Carla Shelley
Co-Executive Producer - Sarah Smith
Producers - Julie Lockhart &
David Sproxton
Production Designer - Norman Garwood
Conceptual Illustrator - Marcin Lichowski
Conceptual Artist/Graphic Design Supervisor/
End Title Designer - Gavin Lines
Character Designers - Sylvain Deboissy,
Jonny Duddle & Carlos Grangel
Additional Character Designers - Christophe Lourdelet
& Jeff Newitt
Head of Story - Rejean Bourdages
Head of Props - Jane Kite
Senior Animation Supervisor - Jay Grace
Animation Supervisor - Loyd Price
Director of Photography - Frank Passingham
Head of Camera and Lighting - Tom Barnes
Visual Effects Supervisor - Andrew Morley
CG Supervisors - Chris King,
Edward Chaplin & Ben Toogood
Film Editor - Justin Krish
Music - Theodore Shapiro Review
Considering for what it really owes to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie franchise, 'THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS' provides a lot of comedy which includes gags as well as adventure for this plundering stop-motion picture and is very highly-intelligent. The film did have fine vocal talents such as Hugh Grant who plays the charismatic Pirate Captain while other recognizable stars like the former Tenth Doctor, David Tennant as the historical figure Charles Darwin.
Although Aardman did quite a good job on the movie, it was an entertaining claymation film that is definitely a must-see booty in the cinemas.
Crew
Producer/Director - Peter Berg
Writers - Erich & Jon Hoeber
Executive Producers - Braden Aftergood and Jon Mone
Producers - Sarah Aubrey,
Brian Goldner, Duncan
Henderson, Bennett Schneir & Scott Stuber
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager - Todd Arnow
Co-Producer/First Assistant Director - Eric Heffron
Production Designer - Neil Spisak
Lead Conceptual Designer - George Hull
Set Decorator - Larry Dias
Costume Designers - Louise Mingenbach &
Kimberly A. Tillman
Marine Consultant - Daniel F. Malone
Cinematography - Tobias A. Schliessler
Special Effects Supervisor - Burt Dalton
Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM - Grady Cofer
& Pablo Helman
Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -
Nathan McGuinness
Visual Effects Producer - Kevin Elam
Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Aaron McBride
Computer Graphics Supervisor - Willi Geiger
Film Editors - Colby Parker Jr,
Billy Rich & Paul Rubell
Music Consultant - Dave Jordan
Music - Steve Jablonsky
Review
'BATTLESHIP' is full of action with thrills, explosions and even pretty cool visuals. I actually thought that the film was quite great, but now instead I think it was actually a disappointment. It was quite similar to the first 'Transformers' movie by Michael Bay which I find to be a case of copycatting. It's actually based on a board game which was the main problem. I believe that this starting point made the picture look ridiculous and adding to it were aliens and direction by Peter Berg. None of these factors are going to help the movie. I'm no huge fan of the singer Rihanna, but her acting debut is alright, but not fantastic. I only praise the other actors who did a good job in the movie such as Taylor Kitsch and Liam Neeson.
For those who have played the Battleship game, I thought I was going to encourage you to see this movie adaptation, but I didn't really know that 'BATTLESHIP' was either good, average or bad. Having seen it now, let me get this straight, I've changed my mind and it did sink. Just stick with the board game.
The Incredibles Release Date: 26th December 2004 - Australia
Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
Pixar Animation Studios
Distribution Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia
Genre: Animation/Family/
Action
Rating: PG Runtime: 115 minutes
Budget: $92,000,000
Box Office Gross: $631,607,053 (Worldwide) Plot Summary
Bob Parr and his wife Helen were once Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, the greatest superheroes. But then, ongoing lawsuits have made the supers illegal and forced them into hiding. Fifteen years later, they're in the suburbs with their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack, living their "normal" lives. Yearning to be back in the life of heroism, Bob receives an unknown communication that summons him to an island
where he can become
a hero again. Soon, Mr.
Incredible's life is at stake,
and it's up to the family to
save him and countless innocents who are also in peril.
Voice Cast
Craig T. Nelson - Bob Parr/Mr.
Incredible
Holly Hunter - Helen Parr/
Elastigirl
Spencer Fox - Dashiell Robert 'Dash' Parr
Sarah Vowell - Violet Parr
Eli Fucile - Jack-Jack Parr
Maeve Andrews - Jack-Jack Parr
Jason Lee - Buddy Pine/ Syndrome
Samuel L. Jackson - Lucius
Best/Frozone
Elizabeth Peña - Mirage
Brad Bird - Edna Mode
Bret 'Brook' Parker - Kari
Bud Luckey - Rick Decker
Wallace Shawn - Gilbert Huph
Lou Romano - Bernie Kropp
Wayne Carney - Principal
Michael Bird - Tony Rydinger
Kimberly Adair Clark - Honey
Dominique Louis - Bomb Voyage
John Ratzenberger - The Underminer
Teddy Newton - Newsreel Narrator
John Walker - Reverend (Uncredited)
Frank Thomas - Additional Voices (Cameo)
Ollie Johnston - Additional Voices (Cameo)
Crew
Writer/Director - Brad Bird
Producer - John Walker
Associate Producer - Kori Rae
Executive Producer - John Lasseter
Production Designer - Lou Romano
Art Director - Ralph Eggleston
Art Director: Shading - Bryn Imagire
Character Designer/Supervising Animator -
Tony Fucile
Character Designer/End Titles - Teddy Newton
Additional Character Design/Supervising
Animator - Stephen Clay Hunter
Additional Character Design - Albert Lozano
Animation Character Developers/Animators -
John Kahrs, Angus MacLane, Dave Mullins and Robert H. Russ
Story Supervisor/Visual Development -
Mark Andrews
Production Manager - Katherine Sarafian
Supervising Animator - Alan Barillaro
Character Supervisor - Bill Wise
Set Sequence Supervisor - Nigel Hardwidge
Hair & Cloth Simulation Supervisor -
Mark Thomas Henne
Directors of Photography - Andrew Jimenez,
Patrick Lin and Janet Lucroy
Lead Lighting Artists - Danielle Feinberg
and John Warren
Supervising Technical Director - Rick Sayre
Effects Supervisor - Sandra Ford Karpman
Film Editor - Stephen Schaffer
Second Film Editor - Robert Grahamjones
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Mixer - Randy Thom
Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Effects
Editor (Uncredited) - Will Files
Supervising Sound Editor - Michael Silvers
Assistant Supervising Sound Editor -
David Acord
Sound Effects Editors - Teresa Eckton
and Krysten Mate
Re-Recording Mixer - Gary A. Rizzo
Foley Artists - Jana Vance,
Dennie Thorpe and Ellen Heuer
Music - Michael Giacchino
Music Production Supervisor - Tom MacDougall
Awards 2005 Academy Awards
Best Sound Editing - Michael Silvers and
Randy Thom (Won)
Best Animated Feature - Brad Bird (Won)
------------------------
Best Writing, Original Screenplay - Brad Bird
(Nominated)
Best Sound Mixing - Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo and Doc Kane (Nominated) Review THE INCREDIBLES is, you know, how that says it all. It offers plenty of fun and wit, as well as action scenes. These aspects made this CGI film look outstanding. The animation studio Pixar and its people, including director Brad Bird, did a tremendous job with the movie. It strongly appeals to young boys who are interested in superheroes. I liked three things about this animated feature: the supporting protagonist, Frozone, voiced by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the humorous scene when the same character asks his wife where his super-suit is, and the jazzy music score by Michael Giacchino.
THE INCREDIBLES may have borrowed the elements from comic books like those made by Marvel. It is the best superhero animated film that everyone who has seen Pixar movies like Toy Story 1, 2, 3, WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and others will enjoy watching.
David Prowse - Darth Vader
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