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Uniform title:	Avatar (Motion picture : 2009)
Imprint:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2009. Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (150 min.))
Language:	English
Subject:	Pandora (Imaginary place) -- Drama. Human-alien encounters -- Drama. Extraterrestrial beings -- Drama. Life on other planets -- Drama. Extraterrestrial beings. Human-alien encounters. Life on other planets. Pandora (Imaginary place) Streaming video. Science fiction films. Fiction films. Feature films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Science fiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12684696

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Other authors / contributors:	Cameron, James, 1954- screenwriter, director, editor of moving image work, producer. Landau, Jon, 1960- producer. Fiore, Mauro, director of photography. Worthington, Sam, 1976- actor. Saldana, Zoe, actor. Lang, Stephen, 1952- actor. Rodriguez, Michelle, actor. Weaver, Sigourney, 1949- actor. Ribisi, Giovanni, 1974- actor. Horner, James, composer (expression) Weta Digital (Firm), animator. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company. Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), distributor.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	streaming video file
Notes:	Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2009. Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 26, 2015). Access restricted to subscribers. Director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; visual effects & animation, Weta Digital ; editors, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; music, James Horner ; production designers, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi. Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Summary:	Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, but despite his broken body, he is still a warrior at heart. 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 everything changes when a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves his life.
Target Audience:	MPAA 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
Publisher's no.:	F030776 Criterion-on-Demand

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Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 2009. Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 26, 2015).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (150 min.))
Format:	Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Audience:	MPAA 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
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Mauro Fiore ; visual effects & animation, Weta Digital ; editors, Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron ; music, James Horner ; production designers, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg.
Access:	Access restricted to subscribers.