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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. H...

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Uniform Title:	Avatar (Motion picture : 2009)
Corporate Authors:	Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners (Firm), Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors:	Cameron, James, 1954-, Landau, Jon, 1960-, Wilson, Colin, Kalogridis, Laeta, Letteri, Joe, 1957-, Carter, Rick, 1950-, Stromberg, Robert (Robert R.), Sinclair, Kim, 1954-, Fiore, Mauro, Horner, James, Worthington, Sam, 1976-, Saldana, Zoë, 1978-, Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974-, Rodriguez, Michelle, Weaver, Sigourney, 1949-, Lang, Stephen, 1952-, Moore, Joel David, 1977- (Actor), Pounder, C. C. H. (Actor), Studi, Wes (Actor), Alonso, Laz (Actor), Rivkin, Stephen E., Refoua, John, Rubeo, Mayes, Scott, Deborah L. (Deborah Lynn), 1954-
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	English French Spanish Portuguese
Language Notes:	English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese dialogue; optional Spanish or Portuguese subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio.
Published:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox, ©2010.
Subjects:	Human-alien encounters > Drama. Extraterrestrial beings > Drama. Life on other planets > Drama. Pandora (Imaginary place) > Drama. Extranjeros > Teatro. Vida en otros planetas > Teatro. Extraterrestrial beings. Human-alien encounters. Life on other planets. Pandora (Imaginary place) Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Science fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Action and adventure films. Fantasy films. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

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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.
Item Description:	Title from container. Some blu-ray versions issued with companion dvd copy in standard format. Blu-ray videodisc release of the 2009 motion picture.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Blu-ray disc, widescreen; requires Blu-ray player; Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD master audio, English Dolby surround ; Spanish, French and Portuguese, 5.1 Dolby digital; copy-protected.
Audience:	Rating: PG-13; for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.
Awards:	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.
Production Credits:	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.