Avatar

Resource Information

The work Avatar represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lewisville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Avatar

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox ; written and directed by James Cameron ; produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau ; a Twentieth Century Fox presention in association with Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners ; director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; executive producers, Colin Wilson, Laeta Kalogridis

Title variation

James Cameron's Avatar

Creator

• Avatar (Motion picture : 2009)

Contributor

• Letteri, Joe, 1957-
• Moore, Joel David, 1977-
• Pounder, C. C. H.
• Refoua, John
• Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974-
• Rivkin, Stephen E
• Rodriguez, Michelle
• Rubeo, Mayes
• Saldana, Zoë, 1978-
• Scott, Deborah L., (Deborah Lynn), 1954-
• Sinclair, Kim, 1954-
• Stromberg, Robert, (Robert R)
• Studi, Wes
• Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-
• Wilson, Colin
• Worthington, Sam, 1976-
• Dune Entertainment
• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Alonso, Laz
• Cameron, James, 1954-
• Carter, Rick, 1950-
• Fiore, Mauro
• Horner, James
• Kalogridis, Laeta
• Landau, Jon, 1960-
• Lang, Stephen, 1952-

Actor

• Moore, Joel David, 1977-
• Studi, Wes
• Pounder, C. C. H.
• Alonso, Laz

Subject

• Life on other planets -- Drama
• Pandora (Imaginary place) -- Drama
• Extraterrestrial beings -- Drama
• Human-alien encounters -- Drama
• Science fiction films

Genre

• Drama
• Science fiction films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• por
• spa
• por
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's life, and this changes everything

Awards note

• Oscar winner for Best Achievement in Art Direction : Rick Carter (art director), Robert Stromberg (art director), and Kim Sinclair (set decorator) ; Best Achievement in Cinematography, Mauro Fiore; Best Achievement in Visual Effects, Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones.
• Golden Globe Awards, 2010: Best motion picture, drama ; best director, motion picture.
• BAFTA Awards, 2010: Best Production Design; Best Special Visual Effects.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Production designers, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg ; edited by Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; senior visual effects supervisor, Joe Letteri ; animation supervisors, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones ; costume designers, Mayes C. Rubeo, Deborah L. Scott ; set decorator, Kim Siclair ; director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; music composed by James Horner

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Rating: PG-13; for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking

Language note

English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese dialogue; optional Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.A83 2010

PerformerNote

Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso, Sigourney Weaver

Runtime

162

Technique

live action