Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Earth is a desolate wasteland in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Humanity has been
decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the
spirits of living things. The few remaining humans have retreated to a handful of cities
that are protected by massive bio-energy shields. The beautiful Dr. Aki Ross and her mentor Dr. Sid have discovered that the
energy signatures of eight key Earth spirits can cancel out and destroy the Phantoms.
With the help of Captain Edwards and his band of marines, they must
scour the globe for the last two remaining spirits before General Hein
manipulates the refugee government into attacking the aliens with an orbital laser that
may also destroy the Earth.
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Production notes
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• DISC ONE
• Feature-length commentary by co-director Motonori Sakakibara, sequence supervisor
Hiroyuki Hayashida, sets & props lead artist Tatsuro Maruyama, and Phantom supervisor
Takao Noguchi (in Japanese with English or French subtitles)
• Feature-length commentary by animation director Andy Jones, editor Chris S.
Capp, and staging director Tani Kunitake
• Isolated score with commentary by composer Elliot Goldenthal
• Storyboard/Playblast selects of the film with optional filmmaker commentary or subtitled
factoids
• Interactive animated menus, featuring CGI introductions created by Square Pictures
• DISC TWO:
• Original interactive documentary: "The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within." Dig
deeper and link out to information pods that spotlight: Final Fantasy Thriller music video,
mini-movie: Aki's Dream, two face wraps (Aki, Dr. Sid), character morphs, matte art
explorations, compositing builds
• Multiple workshops including: seven in-depth character files, three vehicle scale
comparisons (Bandit, Quatro, Black Boa), trailer explorations, sets and props
• Final Fantasy Shuffler: Become the filmmaker by re-editing the council
conference-room scene from the film. Complete the edit and play back your final cut.
• DVD-ROM exclusive interactive film exploration: complete screenplay, virtual tour of
Square Pictures, screensaver, Weblinks
• Interactive animated menus
• Widescreen anamorphic format
• Number of discs: 2
