Avatar (2009) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $13.99 (HD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Director: a list of 34 titles created 29 Jun 2012 a list of 38 titles created 04 Jan 2013 a list of 27 titles created 06 Oct 2013 a list of 31 titles created 26 Apr 2015 a list of 22 titles created 2 months ago Search for " Avatar " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 3 Oscars. Another 81 wins & 121 nominations.

See more awards » Videos A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. Director: James Cameron A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. Director: Ang Lee Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. Director: Francis Lawrence Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident which leaves them alone in space. Director: Alfonso Cuarón Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. Director: Gary Ross After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

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Director: Zack Snyder In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. Director: Alex Proyas Edit Storyline When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

Written by The Massie Twins Return to Pandora See more » Genres: Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 18 December 2009 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Avatar: An IMAX 3D Experience See more » Filming Locations: £8,509,050 (UK) (18 December 2009) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia In 2014 an article entitled "The 1960s Avatar TV Show" was posted to the web, claiming that the film was actually a re-imagining of a science-fiction television series from 1963. It supposedly starred William Shatner as Jake Sully (until being replaced by Roger Ewing in season 3) and featured several images from other 1960s sci-fi films and series, with the actors' skin tinted blue. Despite claiming to be authentic, it was entirely a hoax. See more » Goofs In the first battle sequence, Jake is seen shooting his weapon upwards, towards a helicopter.

However, in the next sequence, the helicopter is shown being hit, but the bullets are coming down, opposite from the direction Jake shot them. See more » Quotes [first lines] Jake Sully : [Narrating] When I was lying in the V.A. hospital with a big hole blown through the middle of my life, I started having these dreams of flying. I was free. But sooner or later, you always have to wake up. The initial end credits soar over the world of Pandora. See more » Connections Visually amazing, but otherwise average at best 22 December 2009 | by hutchinson_3 (United States) – See all my reviews Yeah this movie took several steps forward in terms of cinematography and filming technology, but that is all that can really be said to be what makes this film worth seeing. Everything else that makes a film great is totally lack luster. There is no deep character development. Why does Jake Sully really want to become a part of the Navi? What was life on Earth like? What really makes him want to break away from his roots there? Is it just the ability to walk?

I mean are there no more Native Americans or Buddhists left on Earth (which is clearly who the Navi were based off of) to give him that spiritual satisfaction? How does he feel about filling his brother's shoes? Twin relationship? The conflict between scientists and the military is not developed. Every supporting character was a stock character. Michelle Rodriguez somehow manages to have a place in Hollywood after literally playing the same type of character in every film she is in (Fast and the Furious, SWAT, Blue Crush...yeah just put her in a futuristic helicopter and thats her in this one). Was Sigourney Weaver supposed to be a mother figure? How did the bad guy from the Last of the Mohicans feel about faking a Native American language? The plot was totally predictable, and the dialogue was crap. It was like James Cameron turned in his dialogue assignment a day late. This movie deserves no award nominations at all outside of those in technical categories. 171 of 288 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Avatar (film) | Avatar Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Avatar 2 Avatar is a science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron , starring Sam Worthington , Zoë Saldaña , Stephen Lang , Michelle Rodriguez , and Sigourney Weaver . It was made by Lightstorm Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox on December 18, 2009. The film is set in the year 2154 on Pandora , a fictional Earth -like moon in a distant planetary system. Humans are engaged in mining Pandora's reserves of a precious mineral known as unobtanium , while the Na'vi — the sapient and sentient race of humanoids indigenous to the moon — resist the colonists' expansion, which threatens the continued existence of the Na'vi and the Pandoran ecosystem. The film's title refers to the remotely controlled, genetically engineered human-Na'vi bodies used by the film's human characters to interact with the indigenous population. Contents Plot Jake arrives at Hell's Gate In the year 2154, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a former U.S.

Marine paralyzed from the waist down due to wounds sustained in combat, is selected to participate in the Avatar Program . Originally, the position was supposed to be filled by his identical twin brother Tom Sully , who was recently killed by a man who attempted to rob him of his money. Arriving from the six-year journey from Earth to Pandora , Jake awakes from cryosleep with hundreds of other personnel to work at the human colony on this inhabited moon of Polyphemus , one of three fictional gas giants orbiting Alpha Centauri A. Jake meets with Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), a hardened and seasoned military veteran who is in charge of security on the colony. Quaritch welcomes the new personnel and military soldiers and briefs them on Pandora. It is mostly covered with lush rainforests and wildlife, and home to the primitive Na'vi , a sentient race of tall, blue-skinned humanoids. The colony personnel and military are under the jurisdiction of the Resources Development Administration (RDA), a non-governmental organization back on Earth. Jake is introduced to Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), a biologist who arrived on the same rotation of personnel as he did and Dr.

Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), a botanist as well as the leader of the Avatar Program, which allows humans to control avatars , which are genetically engineered human-Na’vi hybrids who look like Na'vi. Using the avatars, Grace and her team have made some considerable progress teaching some Na’vi their ways and English as well as learning their language and culture. Grace is not pleased with RDA administrator Parker Selfridge's (Giovanni Ribisi) decision to use Jake to replace his brother’s avatar position, as she will have to spend time training him in Na’vi culture as well as teaching him how to control his avatar. Parker stresses that the RDA needs to mine the extremely valuable mineral unobtanium, which can be found in huge deposits on Pandora. Meanwhile, Quaritch makes Jake his informant to gather information on the Na’vi and their home, the Hometree (kelutral), which has huge deposits of unobtanium buried deep below its surface. He wants Jake to gain their trust and convince them to leave their home within three months.

After being trained for several weeks in his new body, Jake, Grace and Norm explore the native wildlife with Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a retired Marine pilot who is assigned to ferry them to their location. While Grace and Norm study the wildlife, Jake encounters a group of hammerhead titanotheres , a rhinoceros-like animal species. However, the titanotheres flee from a thanator (palulukan), a terrifying land predator. Grace shouts at her group to flee. Jake runs from the thanator, who is after him, and loses most of his equipment and weapon in the process. He narrowly escapes death from the predator and falls into raging rivers below. As darkness falls, Jake creates a fire torch using a sap substance on the trees, and once more runs and fights a large group of small sized viperwolves (nantang). A female Na’vi named Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) rescues him and kills several of the viperwolves before they all flee. Neytiri is at first angry with Jake for having caused her to kill the viperwolves needlessly and leaves him.

Jake goes after Neytiri, who tells him not to follow as she knows he is an avatar hybrid - a dreamwalker from the Sky People . Jake is caught by her fellow Na’vi, but Neytiri defuses the situation by telling her people that she witnessed him being chosen by the seeds of Eywa , a spiritual entity that the Na’vi worship, which indicate him as a pure spirit. Meeting Eytukan (Wes Studi) and Mo'at (C. C. H. Pounder), the leaders of the Omaticaya clan , who are also Neytiri’s parents, Jake presents himself as a warrior "dreamwalker", a term the Na’vi used to call the avatar hybrids, with his intention to learn from them. Eytukan and Mo’at agree to teach Jake, making a reluctant Neytiri his tutor. From that day on, Jake spends his time learning the ways and culture of the Na’vi warriors, while jumping back to his original human body to report to Parker and Quaritch on information regarding the aliens. Grace arranges the movement of the avatar team to a remote camp in the Hallejuiah Mountains after finding out from Dr.

Max Patel that Jake has been having regular communications with Quaritch about the Na'vi. In his avatar form, Jake learns how to bond and control his flying mountain banshee , while gaining respect and admiration from the Na’vi, his relationship with Neytiri continuing to grow, but also earning the jealousy and annoyance of Tsu'tey (Laz Alonso), Neytiri’s betrothed and next in line to be the clan leader. Reporting back to Quaritch, the Colonel wants Jake to begin his plan to convince the tribe to leave the Hometree , but Jake is now reluctant and weary of his fellow humans to exploit the moon’s resources. He tells Quaritch that he will attempt to convince the tribe once he is made part of the People, a ceremony granting the greatest honor to an avatar. That night, Jake undergoes the ceremony where Eytukan considers him as one of their own and made part of the People, with Grace and Neytiri looking on. Jake is now part of the Omaticaya clan, and with this he can choose his mate; he and Neytiri choose each other and spend that night mating at the Tree of Voices , and they are now mated for life.

When Jake and Neytiri awake, they encounter several bulldozers, sent by the RDA, destroying the nearby forests. In his attempt to stop them, Jake destroys one of the machine’s camera arrays. Returning to the Hometree, Tsu'tey confronts him for mating with Neytiri. Before anything else can happen, Jake and Grace are suddenly sent back to their human bodies when soldiers sent by Quaritch arrive and open their link units to take them back by force. Quaritch and Parker have seen footage of Jake destroying the bulldozer’s cameras and have checked his entry logs, indicating him as losing interest to participate in the plan as well as committing possible treason. Grace tells an unbelieving Parker that the trees and plant life make up a huge network which connects the spiritual consciousness of all life, including the Na’vi, and must not be destroyed. Given a chance to attempt a final plea to the tribe to leave their home, Jake and Grace return to their avatar forms but the Na'vi refuse to listen after Jake reveals he was sent by his superiors to convince them to move. They are bound and labelled as traitors by the Na'vi who intend to defend themselves.

A large strike force led by Quaritch destroys the Hometree, firing incendiary rounds that topple it to the ground, while killing large numbers of the tribe, despite their attempts to retaliate. Mo’at releases Jake and Grace from their bonds and pleads them to save her tribe. Eytukan is killed in the destruction, leaving Neytiri devastated. She tells Jake to stay away when he tries to comfort her. Jake observes the destruction site In the chaos, Jake and Grace are sent back to their original bodies to be placed under arrest for treason, along with Norm, who tried to stop the military from disabling their avatar forms. Trudy Chacon rescues the avatar team from prison and flies them to safety, however Grace is shot by Quaritch when he attempts to stop them from leaving the colony. The team has the camp container holding the avatar transfer pods sent near the Tree of Souls , where the remaining Omaticaya tribe has fled to safety. Jake makes his intention to redeem himself in the eyes of the Na’vi and successfully tames and controls a great leonopteryx , an enormous flying creature related to the banshee, making him the sixth Toruk Makto in Na'vi history.

Jake makes a plea to Mo’at to save Grace from dying. This is done by trying to have her consciousness transferred permanently into her avatar form, using the Tree of Souls, before her human body expires. However, it is too late, as Grace is too weak to be transferred. Before she passes away, she tells Jake that she’s seen Eywa and the holy entity does exist. Following Grace's death, he asks Tsu’tey, who has been made clan leader, and the entire tribe to stand with him and face the humans. Having earned back the tribe’s trust, Jake makes plans to join with other clans to strike back at the human forces. Surveying the Na’vi, Quaritch learns that other clans have converged with the Omaticaya at the Tree of Souls and decides to destroy them and their holy ground to put an end to their defiance once and for all. The night before the battle, Jake appeals to Ewya to fight along side the Na'vi, asking her to look into Grace's memories of Earth. A huge military fleet commandeered by Quaritch approach the Tree of Souls, beginning the Assault on the Tree of Souls .

Thousands of Na’vi warriors led by Jake and Tsu’tey take to the skies and attack the fleet, causing huge losses on both sides. Neytiri is knocked off her banshee and flees the military ground forces, while Norm’s avatar is shot, forcing him to jump back to his real body and continue the fight as a human. Tsu’tey makes a valiant attempt to take down the shuttle carrying the explosives, but is shot and falls to the forest below. Trudy makes a valiant attempt to protect Jake from Quaritch's Dragon , but is outgunned and killed. When all things seem bleak, the native wildlife of Pandora strikes back in force, seemingly responding to Jake's earlier plea to Eywa for help. The ground and aerial troops are scattered by the wildlife, while the shuttle carrying the explosives is destroyed before it reaches the Tree of Souls. During the wildlife's attack on the ground, a thanator approaches Neytiri and offers her to ride it. She accepts by bonding with it. Jake manages to bring down Quaritch’s gunship, but the Colonel manages to get into his AMP suit and escape the ship's destruction.

Finding the camp containing the avatar pods by chance, Quaritch attempts to destroy Jake’s body but Neytiri and her thanator attack him. However, Quaritch kills the thanator with his AMP and is about to kill Neytiri when Jake arrives to challenge him. As they fight, Jake destroys the AMP’s life support and canopy but is caught in the mech’s grip. Neytiri saves Jake by planting two arrows into Quaritch’s chest, killing the Colonel. The camp is damaged during Quaritch's attack and leaks deadly Pandoran air, leaving Jake's human body almost dying from the poisonous air until Neytiri helps him put on his exopack. At this moment, Jake says to Neytiri " I See you ", the traditional Na'vi greeting. Neytiri begins to shed tears of joy and says it back to him. The words take on an entirely new meaning as Jake is in his human form. Avatar logo shown before closing credits. Having put an end to the military's attack, the Na'vi round up the remaining RDA personnel to be sent back to Earth , while allowing a select group to stay with them on Pandora, which includes Jake, Norm, the avatar team and many other RDA defectors.

Jake decides to stay in his avatar form forever, and concludes his final entry log of his experiences on his birthday. Returning to the Tree of Souls, he undergoes the consciousness transfer from his human body to his avatar form, and awakens to a new life as a Na'vi. Cast Humans Sam Worthington as Jake Sully , a Marine veteran, paralyzed from the waist down that volunteers to go to Pandora as an avatar driver. There he falls in love with the Na'vi princess, Neytiri. He is the main protagonist of the film. Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine , a xenobotanist that mentors Jake Sully and helps him in the amazing planet of Pandora. She is in charge of the Avatar Program . Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy Chacon , a SecOps pilot that takes the avatar team to different parts on Pandora. Joel David Moore as Norm Spellman , an anthropologist who studies plant and nature life (like Dr. Grace Augustine). Stephen Lang as Miles Quaritch , the chief of security on Pandora. He has a profound disregard for Pandoran life and is the main antagonist.

Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge , the Administrator of the RDA who does anything for money and the second-most prominent villain, after Quaritch. Matt Gerald as Lyle Wainfleet , a SecOps corporal. Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel , the doctor of the operation that passes the human mind on an avatar. Na'vi Zoe Saldana as Neytiri , the Omaticaya clan princess that Jake falls in love with. CCH Pounder as Mo'at , the clan's spiritual leader and mother of Neytiri. She feels uncomfortable about the humans visiting her home planet. Laz Alonso as Tsu'tey , the clan's finest warrior that was supposed to mate with Neytiri. Wes Studi as Eytukan , the clan's leader and father of Neytiri. He is well-respected by his people. Production The first on-set image to be released. Avatar had been in development since 1994 by James Cameron, who wrote a 114-page scriptment for the film.

Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Titanic, and the film would have been released in 1999, but according to James Cameron, "technology needed to catch up" with his vision of the film. In early 2006, James Cameron developed the script, the language, and the culture of Pandora. He stated that since Avatar was successful, there will be at least two sequels. The film was first titled Project 880 , and was released in traditional 2D and 3D formats, along with an IMAX 3D release in selected theaters. The film is estimated to have cost over $300 million to produce, and another estimated $200 million for the distribution and other costs, thus totaling to about half a billion dollars. Avatar was touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production. Release Opening to critical acclaim, it earned an estimated $27 million on its opening day and an estimated $77,025,481 domestically its opening weekend.

Worldwide, the film grossed an estimated $232,180,000 its opening weekend, the ninth largest opening-weekend gross of all time, and the largest for a non-franchise, non-sequel and original film. It was also considered to be a front-runner for awards and nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards. So far, it has been nominated to 4 Golden Globes, 2 of which it won: Best Director and Best Motion Picture (Drama). The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and moderate tobacco usage. The movie utlimately grossed $2,781,132,032 worldwide (including the re-release), surpassing Titanic as the highest grossing film of all time, worldwide. Special Edition Re-release There was a theatrical re-release of the film in theaters on August 27, 2010, it included an extra 9 minutes of footage. It was only released in 3-D and IMAX 3-D and was only in theaters for one week.

The following scenes and shots were added: Extended first flight over Pandora, with the team seeing a Sturmbeest herd. The animal was not featured in the original theatrical release. Grace, Norm and Jake visit the Old School House . Grace tells Jake how it was closed: Sylwanin , along with several other Na'vi children, had burned an RDA bulldozer and fled to Grace's school seeking protection. RDA soldiers, however, followed the children to the school and opened fire. Despite Grace's best efforts to keep the Na'vi safe, Sylwanin and many others were killed and Grace herself was shot. Extended bioluminescent jungle scene, during Jake's first night on Pandora. The scene near the campfire is extended. Neytiri tells Jake her full name. A scene is added after Jake, Grace, Trudy and Norm arrive at the remote base Site 26 in the Hallelujah Mountains . In this scene, it is explained why the mountains float. Expanded fan lizard scene. Expanded Iknimaya scene, with Neytiri flying past on Seze .

A sturmbeest hunt after Jake learns to ride an ikran (Jake kills one of these creatures with his bow from atop his ikran). The mating scene is extended and shows Jake and Neytiri connecting their queues and the deep meaning that this act has for the Na'vi. Another added scene is inserted after the destruction of the Tree of Voices by RDA bulldozers . Tsu'tey leads a war party against the RDA. The Na'vi attack the bulldozers and kill the human escorts, leaving the equipment destroyed and burning. Even the soldiers in AMP suits are killed. This scene shows Lyle Wainfleet reporting the scene of the attack to the Operations Center , where Miles Quaritch and Parker Selfridge observe the aftermath. It serves as the decisive moment for the RDA to destroy the Hometree. Extended Hammerhead Titanothere attack scene during the battle. Extended combat between Quaritch, Jake and Neytiri. A scene near the end of the film where a mortally wounded Tsu'tey assigns the clan's leadership to Jake and orders him to end his agony. Jake unwillingly does so, and recites a prayer for him.

Extended Collector's Edition Extended Collector's Edition Blu-ray The Extended Collector's Edition contained a further seven minutes compared to the special edition and omitted two minor shots. The Earth opening, in which Jake Sully attempts to intervene in a bar fight. He then witnesses his brother's funeral, and hears about his opportunity on Pandora. An additional shot during the landing sequence. Additional dialogue in the link room following Jake's first night in Hometree. After months in the Na'vi part of his life, Jake starts to hate human food. Jake refuses to eat a microwave-heated burrito, a food considered by the Na'vi (in the script) as "food for larvae." Additional dialogue ahead of the attack on the Hometree, with Grace musing about the situation. "You know, they never wanted us to succeed. They bulldozed the sacred site on purpose - to trigger a response. They're fabricating a war. They get what they want." Other Deleted Scenes There were a number of other scenes left unfinished at various stages in the production process. About 45 minutes of footage exists for the following entries, which were present on the Extended Collector's Edition's second disc.

Additionally, the original script had a number of unused scenes and these are also listed below. Stingbat Attack: Jake, in his wheelchair, comes near the fence that surrounds Hells Gate, staring at a creature that resembles a stingbat, orange and has wings that appear more bat like, attacks the fence, trying to get at him, but is killed by Lyle Wainfleet. The script had a character working in Hell's Kitchen named Hegner, who lost his Avatar to a Thanator. "Hegner felt himself die, and he hasn't been right since. Added to the trauma is the loss... the loss of his other life, the one lived in his avatar body." In the script, Trudy Chacon and Norm Spellman have a romantic relationship. Before she crashes, Trudy whispers: "Norm, I love you." Jake discovers their relationship, when, getting out of a link, finds them sharing their intimacy in Norm's bunk. The script version of Tsu'tey's death was marginally longer, having had his queue cut off by Lyle Wainfleet. The mating scene between Jake and Neytiri has some additional dialogue.

The Dreamhunt: After having captured his ikran, Jake is actually an "adult" Na'vi. The last rite is the Uniltaron , when a Na'vi will discover his "protective animal", similar to rituals in some Native American cultures. During the rite, Jake sees a toruk , the "last shadow," and is shy about sharing his vision, as the animal is considered to be a symbol of bad luck. Mo'at decrees that the vision is not clear and that Jake is not obliged to share it. Hunt Festival: Another scene sees Jake and Tsu'tey, during a hunt festival, engage in a drinking contest. Tsu'tey is ready to open himself emotionally to Jake, but Neytiri interrupts them and takes Jake to dance with her, angering Tsu'tey. While Jake and Neytiri dance in the front of the fire, Tsu'tey watches them jealously. The Challenge: In another scene, Tsu'tey, upon learning that Jake and Neytiri are mated for life, challenges Jake to a fight to the death. Jake accepts the challenge, and the two fight with staffs.

The fight ends when Jake and Grace are returned to their human bodies by Quaritch, and Tsu'tey is stopped from killing Jake's inert avatar by Neytiri. You're a long way from Earth: Prior to the Assault on the Tree of Souls, Quaritch takes over the operation, much to Selfridge's fury, who angrily berates the Colonel for "turning the mine-workers local into a freakin' militia!" and tries to stop him from proceeding with the assault. Quaritch dismisses Selfridge and prepares for the upcoming battle. New Life: Neytiri was shown in this scene to be pregnant with Jake's child. Soundtrack The soundtrack of the movie. Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture was released on December 15, 2009 by composer James Horner . A promotional 3 disc set was also released. A 5 disc set referred to as Avatar: Complete Score was announced, but the set was leaked ahead of the launch and ultimately never released commercially. Finally, there was a CD single of the song I See You , performed by Leona Lewis , which was released on December 3, 2009.

Awards Best Director (James Cameron) (Winner) Academy Awards Music (Score) (James Horner) (Nominated) Best Picture (James Cameron and Jon Landau) (Nominated) Sound Editing (Nominated) Best Cinematography (Mauro Fiore) (Nominated) Best Director (James Cameron) (Nominated) Best Editing (Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron) (Nominated) Best Film (Nominated) Best Original Screenplay (James Cameron) (Nominated) DVD / Blu-ray Releases Blu-ray Edition The theatrical version of the movie was released on April 22nd, 2010 on Blu-ray and DVD . This was a bare-bones release, containing nothing in the way of special features. The Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition , containing all three versions of the film and bonus content, was released on November 16th, 2010. It is a three disc set, containing behind the scenes material as well as deleted scenes. A 3D version featuring the theatrical cut was also released in late 2010. This version was exclusively bundled with Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players.

A general release was planned for Q1 of 2011, [2] but the bundling period was extend by one year until early 2012. [3] Albeit for copies circulating on the internet, these discs were never made available for individual sale. Instead, a limited 3D edition was released on October 16, 2012. [4] Sequels On December 11, 2009, one week before Avatar was released to theaters, James Cameron hinted that he intended to make two sequels if Avatar was successful enough. There are now three sequels in development, with Avatar 2 scheduled for Summer 2018. While the film franchise was originally intended to be a trilogy, a prequel has also been announced, set 35 years before the first film. Trivia General The font used for the film's logo is Papyrus, with a few minor adjustments. A casting call was posted on the website of Mali Finn Casting in early December 2005 for the female lead. The casting call was erroneously reported to be for James Cameron's Battle Angel, then planned for 2011.

Actors Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Colonel Quaritch. He met with James Cameron three times and saw some of the 3D footage, but in the end it simply came down to the fact that Cameron didn't want people thinking it was Aliens (1986) all over again, as Sigourney Weaver had already been cast. Sigourney Weaver plays a "James Cameron" persona for her character in Avatar. Sigourney stated in an interview, "I teased him because to me I'm playing Jim Cameron in the movie as this kind of brilliant, approach-driven, idealistic perfectionist. But that same somebody has a great heart underneath. So I have to say I was always kind of channeling him." The second James Cameron film that doesn't feature either Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Jennette Goldstein, or Arnold Schwarzennegger, the first being Piranha 2: The Spawning. Production James Cameron originally attempted to get the film made in 1999 as his immediate follow-up to Titanic (1997). However, at the time, the special effects he wanted for the movie ran the proposed budget up to $400 million.

No studio would fund the film, and it was subsequently shelved for almost ten years. James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic (1997). The movie is 40% live action and 60% photo-realistic CGI. A large amount of motion capture technology was used for the CGI scenes. Seeing the character of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) convinced James Cameron that CGI effects had progressed enough to make Avatar (2009). The third and final collaboration involving director Cameron and music composer James Horner prior to the latter's tragic death (the other two being 1986's Alien and 1997's Titanic). Movie The film is rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking, according to commercials on air. It is James Cameron's third film to receive this rating (with Titanic and The Abyss). The mating scene was cut short in the original release because James Cameron felt that it would make some audience members feel uncomfortable, and to avoid an "R" rating of the film.

Avatar was the first film to feature the new 20th Century Fox logo, which is animated by Blue Sky Studios, the makers of Ice Age (2002). The major part of the film takes place in August 2154, 200 years after James Cameron's birth (* 16. August 1954). President Obama watched Avatar on December 31, 2009 with his family. Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time. Taking inflation into account, it ranks 2nd, behind only Gone with the Wind. Avatar is the first film to earn more than $2 billion worldwide at the box office. References James Cameron - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Director James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his screenwriting ambition. He landed his first ...

See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 25 people created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 26 people created 27 Aug 2011 a list of 23 people created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 27 people created 08 Jun 2014 a list of 22 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of James Cameron's work have you seen? User Polls Won 3 Oscars. Another 64 wins & 57 nominations.

See more awards » Known For | Edit Filmography 2002 The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (Video Game) (characters) Dark Angel (TV Series) (created by - 42 episodes, 2000 - 2002) (story - 1 episode, 2002) (written by - 1 episode, 2000) 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Video Game) (story) 1991 Terminator (Short) (concept) 1989 The Abyss (written by) 1986 Aliens (screenplay) / (story) 1981 Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (screenplay - as H.A. Milton) 1978 Xenogenesis (Short) (writer) 2014-2016 Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 17 episodes) - Uprising (2016) ... (executive producer) - Safe Passage (2016) ... (executive producer) - Priceless (2016) ...

(executive producer) 2012 Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2011 Sanctum (executive producer) 2006 The Exodus Decoded (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) 2005 Titanic Adventure (TV Movie documentary) (producer) 2002 Expedition: Bismarck (TV Movie documentary) 2002 Dark Angel (TV Series) (1 episode) 1988 Alien Nation (re-write - uncredited) 1986 Aliens (queen alien designer - uncredited) 1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School (production assistant - uncredited) Hide Visual effects (3 credits) 1995 Apollo 13 (visual effects consultant - uncredited) 1981 Escape from New York (director of photography: special visual effects - as Jim Cameron) / (matte artwork - as Jim Cameron) 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (additional director of photography: special photographic effects - as Jim Cameron) / (miniature design and construction - as Jim Cameron) Hide 1993 Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss

' (Video documentary) (director of photography: additional photography) Hide 1997 Titanic (artist: Jack's sketches - uncredited) 1982 Android (design consultant - as Jim Cameron) Hide 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars (as Jim Cameron) Hide 1981 Galaxy of Terror (second unit director) Hide 2014 The Dark Horse (very special thanks) 2013 Gravity (the producers would like to thank) 2013 Pacific Rim (special thanks) 2013 All Is Lost (the producers wish to thank: for the studio) 2012 The Killers In Connecticut (very special thanks) 2012 Terminator: Termination (Short) (special thanks - as James Cameron and his Lawyers) 2010 Crew Film: TheVolume (very special thanks) 2010 Nothing New (TV Series) (special thanks - 1 episode) 2001 Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (Video documentary) (special thanks) 2000 Alien: Resurrection (Video Game) (special thanks) 1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hang

man's Daughter (Video) (special thanks - as Jim Cameron) 1999/II Requiem (Short) (special thanks) 1999 Virus (special thanks) 1998 StarCraft (Video Game) (thanks) 1997 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode) 1994 Urban Strike (Video Game) (special thanks) 1993 Cronos (special thanks) 1991 The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (TV Short documentary) (special thanks) 1990 Blue Steel (special thanks - as J.

C.) Hide 2012-2016 MythBusters (TV Series documentary) Himself 2015 Upgrades: VFX of 'Terminator Genisys' (Video documentary short) Himself 2012-2014 The Colbert Report (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Click (TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2012 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2012 IC Places Hollywood (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee 2011 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2008-2011 The Hour (TV Series) Himself 2010 A Message from Pandora (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Avatar: Production Materials (Video short) Himself 2010 Capturing Avatar (Video documentary) Himself 2010 Aliens: Enhancement Pods (Video documentary) Himself 2010 Scream Awards 2010 (TV Special) Himself 2009-2010 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2010 Larry

 King Live (TV Series) Himself 2010 Democracy Now!

(TV Series) Himself 2010 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Himself 2009-2010 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director (segment "Kathryn Bigelow") / Himself (segment "Cameron's Avatar") 2010 Beyond Words (Video documentary) Himself 1997-2010 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2005-2010 The View (TV Series) Himself 2010 Canada for Haiti (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1989-2009 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2009 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(TV Series) Himself 2009 Today's Close Up (TV Series) Himself 2009 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2007 Mars Rising (TV Series documentary) Himself 2007 Creating an X5 (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Dark Angel: Genesis (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Max Resurrected (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 In the Cutz (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2006 Hollywood Science (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Beyond Tomorrow (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 The Exodus Decoded (TV Movie documentary) Narrator 2005 Titanic Adventure (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 Young Hollywood Awards (TV Special) Himself 2005 Titanic: EPK Press Kit (Video documentary short) Himself 2005 Last Mysteries of the Titanic (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2003 'Solaris': Behind the Planet (Video documentary short) Himself 2003 T2: On the Set (Video documentary short)

 Himself 2003 The Buzz (TV Series) Himself 2002 Expedition: Bismarck (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2002 Iron and Beyond (Video documentary short) Himself - Director 1997-2002 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 WWE Raw (TV Series) Himself 2001 Alien Evolution (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2000 2000 ALMA Awards (TV Special) Himself - Presenter 2000 The Ultimate Auction (TV Movie) Himself - Introduction (segment "Titanic") 1999 Virus: Ghost in the Machine (Video documentary short) Himself 1999 The Directors (TV Series documentary) Himself 1998 Titanic Explorer (Video Game) Himself (voice) 1998 Mad About You (TV Series) Himself 1998 Titanic: Breaking New Ground (TV Special documentary) Himself 1998 Howard Stern (TV Series) Himself 1997 Directors: James Cameron (Video documentary) Himself 1994-1997 Movie Magic (TV Series documentary) Himself 1994 Lista Top

 40 (TV Series) Himself 1994 The Making of 'True Lies' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1992 The Making of 'Alien 3' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1989 The Making of 'The Abyss' (Video documentary short) Himself 1984 The Making of 'Terminator' (TV Short documentary) Himself 2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2010-2016 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director / Himself - Director (segment "Kathryn Bigelow") / Himself (segment "Cameron's Avatar") 2016 Greatest 90s Movies (TV Movie) Himself 2015 30 Greatest Disaster Movies (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Director, Titanic - Episode #50.6 (2013) ...

Himself - Director (uncredited) - Episode #42.18 (2009) ... Himself - Producer / Director / Writer 2010 Today's Close Up (TV Series) Himself 2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Who Is Alan Smithee? (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 1998 Beyond Titanic (TV Movie documentary) Himself Personal Details Other Works: Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan , Scarecrow Press, 2006. See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 21 Interviews | 20 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: J. C. | Jim Cameron | James Cameron and his Lawyers | H.A. Milton Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: On Sigourney Weaver : I like her very much.

She's just a natural. Not too exotic. Very hard-nosed, intelligent. And flawed too, in the sense she is flawed by emotion. People root for her in Alien (1979) because she's so often coming up with the logical solution to some problem and then it just won't work. See more » Trivia: A magazine article written about him in the 1980s described how he had three desks set up in his house. At one desk, he was writing the script to The Terminator (1984), on another, he was finishing the script to Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and on the third, he was writing Aliens (1986). See more » Trademark: Known on-set for being very tough and demanding, and having a temper... hence his nickname "Iron Jim". However, off-set he is known to be very kind. See more » Nickname: Avatar The Movie (Official Trailer) - YouTube Avatar The Movie (Official Trailer) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented.

This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 7, 2009 Avatar is an upcoming 3-D science fiction epic film directed by James Cameron, due to be released on December 18, 2009 by 20th Century Fox. The film is Lightstorm Entertainment's latest project, and Cameron's first fictional film in 12 years, having last directed Titanic in 1997. With an estimated budget of $237 million, Avatar is currently the fourth most expensive film The Story The storys protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake travels to Pandora, a lush jungle-covered extraterrestrial moon filled with incredible life forms, some beautiful, many terrifying. Pandora is also home to the Navi, a sentient humanoid race that humans consider primitive, yet are more physically capable than humans. Standing three meters tall (approximately 10ft), with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Navi live in harmony with their unspoiled world.

As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Navi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence. Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Navi hybrids known as Avatars. The Avatars are living, breathing bodies that are controlled by a human "driver" through a technology that links the driver's mind to their Avatar body. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake can be whole once again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora's beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Navi female, Neytiri, whose beauty is matched only by her ferocity in battle. Over time, Jake integrates himself into Neytiri's clan, and begins to fall in love with her. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth, and the Navi, forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.

Category Watch Avatar Online - Full Movie from 2009 - Yidio Watch Avatar "Enter the World of Pandora." Avatar is an epic science fiction film that was released in 2009. It was directed by James Cameron. Avatar takes place in the year 2154. In the movie, humans have greatly damaged Earth’s atmosphere so much that hey have turned their attention towards Pandora. Pandora is a moon that has many natural resources that humans need to survive. They are beginning to harvest Pandora for its resources. Pandora is populated by the Na'vi people, who are tall, thin, blue creatures. The humans have figured out how to inhabit Na’vi bodies as a way to explore Pandora. They operate them as if they were characters in a computer game, basically using them as avatars. One human, Jake Sully, is the main character. Jake is a paraplegic in real life and his avatar character is a bodyguard for scientists doing work on Pandora. One day, while protecting the scientists, he is attacked and then rescued by Neytiri. Neytiri is a beautiful female Na’vi.

Neytiri takes Jake to the Hometree, where the Na’vi live and she introduces him to the rest of the clan. Many of the Na’vi are suspicious of Jake but Neytiri believes in him. Over a period of three months, Jake and Neytiri begin to fall in love and they choose each other as life mates. The humans are furious at Jake for his betrayal and tell him they will give him legs again if he comes back to their base. Jake says no and the humans become furious, they try to kill him and destroy the Hometree. Jake disables their bulldozers and leads the Na’vi in defending themselves from the humans. Some of the Na’vi distrust Jake and they believe he is a spy. During all the fighting many Na’vi, including Neytiri’s father, are killed. Jake prays to Eywa, a goddess, to help him save the Na’vi people. In the end, the humans are banished from Pandora and Jake becomes an Na’vi permanently. Avatar is a visually arresting film and it is long, at 162 minutes. There is a lot of action and fighting as well as romance between Jake and Neytiri.

It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver. Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron will create a live 'Avatar' show - LA Times Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron will create a live 'Avatar' show Avatar A scene from the 2009 movie "Avatar," directed by James Cameron. A scene from the 2009 movie "Avatar," directed by James Cameron. (WETA / Twentieth Century Fox) David Ng Contact Reporter 'Avatar' to become a Cirque du Soleil touring show The blue-skinned Na'vi creatures of the 2009 movie "Avatar" will get the Cirque du Soleil treatment in a new live production that is being developed by James Cameron and the Montreal company. The arena show is expected to open in late 2015, before the first of three upcoming "Avatar" sequels hits the big screen. Cirque announced the "Avatar" show on Thursday at a trade conference in Montreal. "Our relationship with Jim Cameron began with my visit at his 'Avatar' cutting room," said Daniel Lamarre, president and chief executive of Cirque.

The new production will feature a collaboration between Cirque and Lightstorm Entertainment, which is Cameron's production company. 20th Century Fox , the studio behind "Avatar" and its sequels, is also a partner on the live show. Cirque said it will tour the "Avatar" show globally. No further details, including who will direct it, have been announced. The movie "Avatar" grossed more than $2.78 billion worldwide and won three Academy Awards . Starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana , the sci-fi adventure featured groundbreaking visual effects -- including motion-capture technology -- as well as digital 3-D photography. Cameron is working on three sequels to the movie, the first of which is expected to be released in 2016. With a burst of shimmering confetti and streamers, Cirque du Soleil's "Iris" bade a festive "au revoir" to Los Angeles on Saturday at the Dolby Theatre. The show, which opened in 2011 and is believed to have cost close to $100 million to produce, was supposed to run for at least 10 years in Hollywood...

With a burst of shimmering confetti and streamers, Cirque du Soleil's "Iris" bade a festive "au revoir" to Los Angeles on Saturday at the Dolby Theatre. The show, which opened in 2011 and is believed to have cost close to $100 million to produce, was supposed to run for at least 10 years in Hollywood... (David Ng) Cirque has collaborated with Cameron before, on the 2012 movie "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away," a 3-D feature that included acts from some of Cirque's most popular live productions. In a prepared statement, Cameron said that "over the years, I have discovered the extraordinary talents and imaginations of both the artists and the creative forces behind Cirque du Soleil.... I know we share the common goal of bringing audiences to another level of entertainment experiences. I look forward to doing just that on this project." Photos Los Angeles Times photographers document the year in arts and culture. "Avatar" will mark the first time that Cirque has created a show based on a movie.

Avatar Movie Review & Film Summary (2009) | Roger Ebert Tweet Watching "Avatar," I felt sort of the same as when I saw "Star Wars" in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations. James Cameron 's film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz, just as his " Titanic " was. Once again, he has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film. There is still at least one man in Hollywood who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely. Advertisement "Avatar" is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message. It is predestined to launch a cult. It contains such visual detailing that it would reward repeating viewings. It invents a new language, Na'vi, as "Lord of the Rings" did, although mercifully I doubt this one can be spoken by humans, even teenage humans. It creates new movie stars. It is an Event, one of those films you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation.

The story, set in the year 2154, involves a mission by U. S. Armed Forces to an earth-sized moon in orbit around a massive star. This new world, Pandora, is a rich source of a mineral Earth desperately needs. Pandora represents not even a remote threat to Earth, but we nevertheless send in ex-military mercenaries to attack and conquer them. Gung-ho warriors employ machine guns and pilot armored hover ships on bombing runs. You are free to find this an allegory about contemporary politics. Cameron obviously does. Pandora harbors a planetary forest inhabited peacefully by the Na'vi, a blue-skinned, golden-eyed race of slender giants, each one perhaps 12 feet tall. The atmosphere is not breathable by humans, and the landscape makes us pygmies. To venture out of our landing craft, we use avatars--Na'vi lookalikes grown organically and mind-controlled by humans who remain wired up in a trance-like state on the ship. While acting as avatars, they see, fear, taste and feel like Na'vi, and have all the same physical adeptness.

Advertisement This last quality is liberating for the hero, Jake Sully ( Sam Worthington ), who is a paraplegic. He's been recruited because he's a genetic match for a dead identical twin, who an expensive avatar was created for. In avatar state he can walk again, and as his payment for this duty he will be given a very expensive operation to restore movement to his legs. In theory he's in no danger, because if his avatar is destroyed, his human form remains untouched. In theory. On Pandora, Jake begins as a good soldier and then goes native after his life is saved by the lithe and brave Neytiri ( Zoe Saldana ). He finds it is indeed true, as the aggressive Col. Miles Quaritch ( Stephen Lang ) briefed them, that nearly every species of life here wants him for lunch. (Avatars are not be made of Na'vi flesh, but try explaining that to a charging 30-ton rhino with a snout like a hammerhead shark). The Na'vi survive on this planet by knowing it well, living in harmony with nature, and being wise about the creatures they share with. In this and countless other ways they resemble Native Americans.

Like them, they tame another species to carry them around--not horses, but graceful flying dragon-like creatures. The scene involving Jake capturing and taming one of these great beasts is one of the film's greats sequences. Advertisement Like "Star Wars" and "LOTR," "Avatar" employs a new generation of special effects. Cameron said it would, and many doubted him. It does. Pandora is very largely CGI. The Na'vi are embodied through motion capture techniques, convincingly. They look like specific, persuasive individuals, yet sidestep the eerie Uncanny Valley effect. And Cameron and his artists succeed at the difficult challenge of making Neytiri a blue-skinned giantess with golden eyes and a long, supple tail, and yet--I'll be damned. Sexy. At 163 minutes, the film doesn't feel too long. It contains so much. The human stories. The Na'vi stories, for the Na'vi are also developed as individuals. The complexity of the planet, which harbors a global secret. The ultimate warfare, with Jake joining the resistance against his former comrades.

Small graceful details like a floating creature that looks like a cross between a blowing dandelion seed and a drifting jellyfish, and embodies goodness. Or astonishing floating cloud-islands. I've complained that many recent films abandon story telling in their third acts and go for wall-to-wall action. Cameron essentially does that here, but has invested well in establishing his characters so that it matters what they do in battle and how they do it. There are issues at stake greater than simply which side wins. Advertisement Cameron promised he'd unveil the next generation of 3-D in "Avatar." I'm a notorious skeptic about this process, a needless distraction from the perfect realism of movies in 2-D. Cameron's iteration is the best I've seen -- and more importantly, one of the most carefully-employed. The film never uses 3-D simply because it has it, and doesn't promiscuously violate the fourth wall. He also seems quite aware of 3-D's weakness for dimming the picture, and even with a film set largely in interiors and a rain forest, there's sufficient light. I saw the film in 3-D on a good screen at the AMC River East and was impressed. I might be awesome in True IMAX.

Good luck in getting a ticket before February. It takes a hell of a lot of nerve for a man to stand up at the Oscarcast and proclaim himself King of the World. James Cameron just got re-elected. Popular Blog Posts

Question: Who directed the 2009 film ‘Avatar’?
Answer: James Cameron