Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) USA
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Director:Kerry Conran
Studio:Paramount
Writer:Kerry Conran
Rating:3.5 (352 votes)
Rated:PG
ASIN:B0006IIPIK
UPC:0097363434146
Price:$9.98
Awards:3 wins & 11 nominations
Genre:Sci Fi
Release:2005-01-25
IMDb:0346156
Duration:106
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English
Subtitles:Spanish
Features:Special Edition
"Brave New World" featurette
The original 6-minute short
Kerry Conran  ...  (Director)
Kerry Conran  ...  (Writer)
 
Gwyneth Paltrow  ...  Polly Perkins
Jude Law  ...  Sky Captain
Giovanni Ribisi  ...  Dex
Michael Gambon  ...  Editor Paley
Ling Bai  ...  Mysterious Woman (as Bai Ling)
Omid Djalili  ...  Kaji
Laurence Olivier  ...  Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage) (as Sir Laurence Olivier)
Angelina Jolie  ...  Franky
Trevor Baxter  ...  Dr. Jennings
Julian Curry  ...  Dr. Vargas
Peter Law  ...  Dr. Kessler
Jon Rumney  ...  German Scientist
Khan Bonfils  ...  Creepy
Samta Gyatso  ...  Scary
Louis Hilyer  ...  Executive Officer
Comments: Join the Resistance

Summary: While setting a milestone in the progress of digital filmmaking, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" resurrects a nostalgic fantasy world derived from a wide variety of vintage inspirations. It's a dazzling dream for anyone who appreciates the look and feel of golden-age sci-fi pulp magazines, drawing its unique, all-digital design from such diverse sources as Howard Hawks adventures, Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", "Buck Rogers", "Blackhawk" comics, "The Third Man", cliffhanger serials, and the action-packed Indiana Jones franchise. Writer-director Kerry Conran's feature debut is also guaranteed to inspire digital dreamers everywhere, suggesting a paradigm shift in the way CGI-dominated movies are made. It's a giddy adventure for the young and young-at-heart, in which ace pilot "Sky Captain" Joe Sullivan (Jude Law) and intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) must save the world from a mad scientist whose vision of the future has tragic implications for all humankind. Angelina Jolie drops in for a glorified cameo, but it's the ultra-fortunate neophyte Conran who's the star here. His clever riff on "The Wizard of Oz" is a marvel to behold, and the method of its creation is nothing less than revolutionary. "--Jeff Shannon"