X-Men /

Chronicles the beginnings of professor Xavier's super-powered X-students. The battle focuses on their primary sinister foe, Magneto, who has his mutant minions at his side. A George Wallace-like senator launchs a campaign against mutantkind which, of course, only complicates things for our hero...

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Uniform Title:X-Men (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Bad Hat Harry Productions (Firm), Digital Domain, Inc, Donner/Schuler-Donner Productions (Firm), Genetics Entertainment (Firm), Marvel Entertainment Group, Springwood Productions (Firm), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Shuler-Donner, Lauren, Winter, Ralph, 1952-, Singer, Bryan, 1965-, Jackman, Hugh, Stewart, Patrick, 1940-, McKellen, Ian, Janssen, Famke, 1964-, Marsden, James, 1973-, Berry, Halle, Paquin, Anna
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Language tracks: English (5.1 and 5.1 DTS), French, and Spanish; optional subtitles in English and French.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]
Edition:1.5 collector's ed., widescreen ed.
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Summary:Chronicles the beginnings of professor Xavier's super-powered X-students. The battle focuses on their primary sinister foe, Magneto, who has his mutant minions at his side. A George Wallace-like senator launchs a campaign against mutantkind which, of course, only complicates things for our heroes.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.
Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Feb. 11, 2003.
Special features: disc 1. Full-length audio commentary by director Bryan Singer and Brian Peck ; Enhanced viewing mode--takes you behind the scenes as you watch the film with: 17 all-new featurettes, 6 deleted scenes with optional director's commentary -- disc 2. Introduction by Bryan Singer ; "The uncanny suspects" preproduction-featurette ; "X-factor: the look of the X-Men" costume featurette ; "The special effects of the X-Men" visual effects featurette ; "Reflection of the X-Men" retrospective featurette ; Exclusive movie premiere footage--from Ellis Island and around the world ; Multi-angle scene studies--lets you see the action from the director's chair ; Animatic-to-film comparisons ; Still photo galleries: character concept art, hardware, locations, Magneto, Xavier's school ; 3 theatrical trailers ; 9 TV spots ; 12 Web interstitials ; Exclusive X-Men 2 sneak preview teaser and much more.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (315 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 inserts.
Format:DVD; THX digitally mastered; Dolby digital surround; dual layer; aspect ratio: 2.35:1 (anamorphic widescreen).
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13. Bonus features not rated or closed-captioned.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Newton Thomas Sigel ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ... [et al.] ; music, Michael Kamen ; costume designer, Louise Mingenbach ; production designer, John Myhre.