Avatar (2009)

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Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.

James Cameron

Jon Landau

James Horner

Mauro Fiore

James Cameron

John Refoua

Stephen E. Rivkin

Lightstorm Entertainment

Dune Entertainment

Ingenious Film Partners

USA

English

Hamakua Coast, Hawaii, USA

Hughes Aircraft - 909 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, California, USA

Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA (rain forest)

Los Angeles, California, USA

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Playa Vista, California, USA

Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (studio)

Wellington, New Zealand

Academy Awards

2010 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction

2010 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2010 Won Oscar Best Achievement in Visual Effects

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Directing James Cameron

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Editing

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score James Horner

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Sound

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Achievement in Sound Editing Christopher Boyes Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

2010 Nominated Oscar Best Motion Picture of the Year James Cameron Jon Landau

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor Sam Worthington

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actress Zoe Saldana

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Director James Cameron

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Fantasy Film

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Music James Horner

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Special Effects

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor Stephen Lang

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress Sigourney Weaver

2010 Nominated Saturn Award Best Writing James Cameron

American Cinema Editors

2010 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic)

American Society of Cinematographers

2010 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Mauro Fiore

Art Directors Guild

2010 Won Excellence in Production Design Award Fantasy Films

BAFTA Awards

2010 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Production Design

2010 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Special Visual Effects

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Director James Cameron

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Editing

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film James Cameron Jon Landau

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Music James Horner

2010 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Sound

Black Reel Awards

2010 Nominated Black Reel Best Supporting Actress Zoe Saldana

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Action Movie

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Art Direction

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Editing John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Sound

2010 Won Critics Choice Award Best Visual Effects

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Director James Cameron

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Makeup

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Best Picture

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2009 Nominated CFCA Award Best Original Score James Horner

Cinema Audio Society, USA

2010 Nominated C.A.S. Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2010 Nominated CDG Award Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Fantasy Mayes C. Rubeo Deborah Lynn Scott

César Awards, France

2010 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) James Cameron USA.

Directors Guild of America

2010 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures James Cameron

Empire Awards, UK

2010 Won Empire Award Best Actress Zoe Saldana

2010 Won Empire Award Best Director James Cameron

2010 Won Empire Award Best Film

2010 Nominated Empire Award Best Actor Sam Worthington

2010 Nominated Empire Award Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2009 Won FFCC Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

Golden Globes

2010 Won Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture James Cameron

2010 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Score - Motion Picture James Horner

2010 Nominated Golden Globe Best Original Song - Motion Picture James Horner Simon Franglen Kuk Harrell For the song "I See You".

Image Awards

2010 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Zoe Saldana

Irish Film and Television Awards

2010 Nominated IFTA Award Best International Film

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Won Sierra Award Best Art Direction

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2010 Nominated ALFS Award Director of the Year James Cameron

2010 Nominated ALFS Award Film of the Year

MTV Movie Awards

2010 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance Zoe Saldana

2010 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight Stephen Lang Sam Worthington

2010 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss Zoe Saldana Sam Worthington

2010 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Movie

2010 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Villain Stephen Lang

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2010 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film

2010 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film

2010 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2010 Nominated OFCS Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2010 Nominated OFCS Award Best Director James Cameron

2010 Nominated OFCS Award Best Editing John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin

PGA Awards

2010 Nominated Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award Theatrical Motion Pictures James Cameron Jon Landau

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2009 Won PFCS Award Best Cinematography Mauro Fiore

2009 Won PFCS Award Best Film Editing James Cameron John Refoua Stephen E. Rivkin

2009 Won PFCS Award Best Production Design Rick Carter Robert Stromberg

2009 Won PFCS Award Best Visual Effects

Visual Effects Society Awards

2010 Won VES Award Best Single Visual Effect of the Year For Quarich's escape.

2010 Won VES Award Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture For Neytiri.

2010 Won VES Award Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture For the jungle/biolume.

2010 Won VES Award Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture For Pandora.

2010 Won VES Award Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture For Samson/home tree/floating mountains/ampsuit.

2010 Won VES Award Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture

2010 Nominated VES Award Best Single Visual Effect of the Year For Neytiri drinking.

2010 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture for the end battle.

2010 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture

2010 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture For the Willow Glade.

2010 Nominated VES Award Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture For the floating mountains.

Writers Guild of America, USA

2010 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Original Screenplay James Cameron

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During wartime soldier Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) tries to find inner peace by going native in his Avatar, finding a more grounded, loving existence among the indigenous (alien) peoples he has been taught are his enemy.

An "avatar" is a genetically engineered alien body that allows one to survive in the hostile atmosphere of the moon Pandora.

James Cameron conceived the idea of Avatar when he was working on Titanic, but the technology wasn't available then to bring his vision to life on the screen.

Cameron wrote Avatar in 1995.

The actors performed their roles and then animators used those performances to make the avatars look life-like on the screen. WETA Digital made the avatars do exactly what the actors did during the performance capture sessions.

Shot in stereoscopic 3-D using the Fusion Camera System, co-developed by Cameron and Pace. The Fusion Camera System took seven years to create and is now the most advanced system of its kind.

Worthington went through weapons training and special physical training to play Jake. Worthington says it was getting ready to play the role mentally that was the most important part of preparing for Avatar. "I didn't want my prep to be like boot camp," he says. "Anyone can do push-ups. I hung out with Jim [Cameron's] brother, John David, a former Marine. To me it was more about capturing the way these Marines see the world - and how their training can make them think they're unstoppable."

Seeing the character of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) convinced James Cameron that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film.

Each frame (1/24 of a second) of the CGI scenes took an average of 47 hours to complete.

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Jake Sully: Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream

Jake Sully: One life ends, another begins.

Moat: It is decided. My daughter will teach you our ways. Learn well, "Jakesully", and we will see if your insanity can be cured

Col. Quaritch: You are not in Kansas anymore, you are on Pandora, ladies and gentlemen, respect that fact every second of every day.

Dr. Grace Augustine: They're pissing on us and not even giving us the courtesy of calling it rain.

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In the command deck area, Parker Selfridgee is practicing his putting with 3 balls, shooting one into the cup with a perfect shot allowing the viewer to see the other two balls sitting next to the other near his feet. Grace comes into the deck to speak with Parker and the two balls that are adjacent are now separated, Parker lines up his shot, putts and when Grace kicks the cup we see the two balls rejoined next to one another once more.

In the scene where the escape the hanger, the transport ship is shot up and the glass to the cockpit is damaged. Later we see the glass is not broken when they fight to destroy the bomb ship.

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A fully believable, flesh-and-blood (albeit not human flesh and blood) romance is the beating heart of "Avatar." Cameron has never made a movie just to show off visual pyrotechnics: Every bit of technology in "Avatar" serves the greater purpose of a deeply felt love story. Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter.

Avatar is entertainment of the highest order. It's the best movie of 2009. Reviewed by: James Berardinelli of ReelViews.

This is, simply put, one of the most beautiful movies you'll ever see. Reviewed by: Nick Starkey of Premiere.

Once again, [Cameron] has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film. There is still at least one man in Hollywood who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely. Reviewed by: Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times

It's been twelve years since "Titanic," but the King of the World has returned with a flawed but fantastic tour de force that, taken on its merits as a film, especially in two dimensions, warrants four stars. However, if you can wrap a pair of 3D glasses round your peepers, this becomes a transcendent, full-on five-star experience that's the closest we'll ever come to setting foot on a strange new world. Just don't leave it so long next time, eh, Jim? Reviewed by: Chris Hewitt of Empire.
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