Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ming-Na Wen
Dr. Aki Ross (voice)
Alec Baldwin
Cap. Gray Edwards (voice)
Ving Rhames
Sgt. Ryan Whitaker (voice)
Steve Buscemi
Off. Neil Fleming (voice)
Peri Gilpin
Off. Jane Proudfoot (voice)
Donald Sutherland
Dr. Cid (voice)
James Woods
General Hein (voice)
Keith David
Council Member (voice)
Jean Simmons
Council Member (voice)
Matt McKenzie
Major Elliot (voice)
John DeMita
BCR Soldier #1 / Space Station Technician #2 / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Adler
Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Alterman
Additional Voices (voice)
David Arnott
Additional Voices (voice)
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices (voice)
Lanei Chapman
Additional Voices (voice)
Vicki Davis
Additional Voices (voice)
Judi M. Durand
Additional Voices (voice)
Akio Sakai
Producer
Greg Finley
Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Fletcher
Additional Voices (voice) / Casting / Screenplay
Julia Fletcher
Additional Voices (voice)
Barbara Harris
Additional Voices (voice) / ADR Voice Casting
David McCharen
Additional Voices (voice)
Tracy Metro
Additional Voices (voice)
David Michie
Additional Voices (voice)
Richard Penn
Additional Voices (voice)
David J. Randolph
Additional Voices (voice)
Andrea Baker
Additional Voices (voice)
Eric Aten
Deep Eyes (uncredited)
John DiMaggio
BFW Soldier #1 (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Fernandez
Space Station Technician #3 (voice) (uncredited)
David Rasner
Space Station Technician #1 & 4 (voice) (uncredited)
Dwight Schultz
Scan Technician (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher S. Capp
Editor
Chris Lee
Producer
Jun Aida
Producer
Dirk Brossé
Original Music Composer
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Director
Motonori Sakakibara
Director / Director of Photography
Al Reinert
Screenplay
Ramin Mebdy
Screenplay
Elliot Goldenthal
Original Music Composer
Joel Iwataki
Original Music Composer
Jeff Vintar
Screenplay
Mauro Borrelli
Production Design
Colin C.L. Fong
Stunt Coordinator
Bruce Jurgens
CG Supervisor
Teru Yoshida
Sequence Supervisor
Gary Mundell
CG Supervisor
Roy Sato
Animation
Robert Shoup
Sound Effects Editor
Curtis Roush
Music Editor
David Farmer
Sound Effects Editor
James Twomey
Sound Recordist
Remo Balcells
Visual Effects Supervisor
Patrick Janicke
Conceptual Design
William M. Steinberg
First Assistant Editor
Jim McKee
Sound Effects Editor
Andrew R. Jones
Animation Director
Dennis Leonard
Supervising Sound Editor
Yasushi Nirasawa
Creature Design
Jeff Darby
Sound Effects Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Designer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 2, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 46m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$137,000,000
Box Office$85,131,830
Genres
Wiki.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in 2010. The film stars the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin, and Steve Buscemi, and follows scientists Aki Ross and Doctor Sid in their efforts to free a post-apocalyptic Earth from the Phantoms, a mysterious, deadly alien race who has driven the remnants of humanity into "barrier cities". Aki and Sid must fight against General Hein, who wants to use more violent means to end the conflict.
Square Pictures rendered the film using some of the most advanced processing capabilities available at the time. A render farm of 960 workstations was tasked with rendering each of the film's 141,964 frames. It took a staff of 200 about four years to complete The Spirits Within. Square intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the world's first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles.
The Spirits Within premiered in Los Angeles on July 2, 2001, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 11. It received mixed reviews, but was widely praised for its characters' realism. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget toward the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million (equivalent to $205 million in 2022); it grossed only $85.1 million at the box office. The film has been called a box-office bomb and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures.