Early incarnations included a New York City divided in an \"upper city\" and \"lower city\", riot police, oxygen salesmen, and dispensing machines, and even French Foreign Legion desert troops and European biohazard soldiers. [22] The original script, written by Sakaguchi, was titled Gaia. [75] Edited by Steven L. Kent, the 240 page color book contains a foreword by director Sakaguchi and extensive information on all aspects of the film's creation, including concept art, storyboards, sets and props, layout, motion capture and animation, as well as a draft of the full script. Her death led Sakaguchi to reflect on what happened to the spirit after death, and these thoughts resurfaced while he was planning the film, eventually taking the form of the Gaia hypothesis. Hein continues to fire the Zeus cannon despite overheating warnings and unintentionally destroys the cannon and himself. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a computer animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the popular series of RPG video games Final Fantasy produced by Square Enix. When Aki awakens, she and Gray combine it with the other seven. [18] By the end of production Square had a total of 15 terabytes of artwork for the film. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and was the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia in 2010. [18] The film consists of 141,964 frames, with each frame taking an average of 90 minutes to render. The asteriod brought with it strange, ghost-like alien beings called Phantoms, ranging from vaguely humaniod to monsterously huge. [41] The last song on the album and the second and final song to play during the film's credits (after "The Dream Within") is "Spirit Dreams Inside" by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. [22] A novelization was written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Pocket Books in June 2001. [21] In order to keep the film in line with Hironobu Sakaguchi's vision as director, several script rewrites took place,[26] most in the initial stages of production. If the ambitious mix of East–West, movie-game and anime-action doesn't pay off, we may still remember this as the moment true CG actors were born. "[57] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Cities submerged by melting ice caps (A.I. FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN is an animated New Age pagan science fiction fantasy with alien ghosts and demonic possession. [44] Christopher Coleman from Tracksounds gave the soundtrack 10 out of 10, stating the feel of the album was "expansive and majestic" and that the score elevated the viewing experience of the film. [41] Director Hironobu Sakaguchi opted for the acclaimed Goldenthal instead of Nobuo Uematsu, the composer of the Final Fantasy games' soundtracks, a decision met with mixed opinions as the former was completely unknown to many of the games' fans. [42] In the liner notes to the album, Goldenthal describes the soundtrack as combining "orchestration techniques associated with the late 20th-century Polish avant-garde, as well as my own experiments from Alien 3, and 19th-century Straussian brass and string instrumentation. Sid uses the seventh spirit to bring Aki's infection back under control, reviving her. See Phantom Ghost! [12] Ming-Na stated that she would be willing if asked to continue voicing Aki. The ghost is slowly consuming her soul. Manusia yang tersisa hidup di dalam “kota-kota pelindung” di penjuru dunia dan berusaha membebaskan planet mereka dari para Phantom, sebuah ras alien. Dann M Super Reviewer Nov 26, 2012 2 VIDEOS | 185 IMAGES. Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Phantom_(The_Spirits_Within)?oldid=3297605. A group of artists, aptly named "The Phantom Team", created and animated all of the phantom creatures. The movie's working title was simply \"Gaia\". If Aki is not as real as a human actress, she's about as human as a Playmate who has been retouched to glossy perfection. purge]A phantom is a ghost, a physical manifestation of the soul or spirit of a deceased person. Humanity has been decimated by an invasion of Phantoms, insubstantial aliens that extract and devour the spirits of … Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. 2001 106 minutes. [46], The album peaked at No. It housed 960 Pentium III-933 MHz workstations. [18] It is estimated that over the film's four-year production, approximately 200 people put in a combined 120 years of work on it. [84] Peter Bracke gave the Blu-ray version 4 out of 5 stars overall.[82]. $12.99 Buy HD. Broken Base: A lot of fans were annoyed that none of the games were adapted to the big screen before Spirits Within, while others argue that each game … Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer-animated Science Fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the pimple-poppingly popular Final Fantasy series of role-playing games. Official Title: en verified Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: Official Title: ja ファイナルファンタジー (2001): Type: Movie: Year: 02.07.2001: Tags: action Action anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. The film was co-produced by Chris Lee Productions, a subsidiary of Sony/Columbia Pictures, and Square Pictures, the film affiliate of Square Co., the Tokyo-based company that produced the popular It has received mostly poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.4 and a MetaScore of 49. The protagonist of the movie is a strong-willed scientist entirely devoted to saving the human race from the Phantoms overrunning the planet. [83][84] Peter Bracke from High-Def Digest stated the DVD was "so packed with extras it was almost overwhelming", stating that Sony went "all-out" on the extra features in a likely attempt to boost DVD sales and recover losses. [11] Aki only made one appearance outside of the film; in 2002 she appeared in a demonstration video that Square Pictures made to present to The Wachowskis before developing Final Flight of the Osiris for The Animatrix. The total cost of the film was $137 million, and the world wide gross only came to $85 million. [41], The film's score was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra[19] with Belgian composer Dirk Brossé conducting. [36][37] This concept describes when a robot or animated character becomes very realistic, but subtly different enough from reality to feel "creepy". [17][18] Animator Matthew Hackett stated that while motion capture was effective for many of the scenes, in others animators still had to add movements manually. 19 on Billboard's Top Soundtracks list and No. It was Dr. Sid who created the barrier within Aki that contains the phantom, and helps her survive. Aki Ross's voice actor, Ming-Na Wen, was selected for a perceived fit between her personality and Aki's. Sakaguchi indicated the reason for this was the lack of powerful gaming hardware at the time, feeling the graphics in any game adaptation would be far too much of a step down from the graphics in the film itself. Artificial Intelligence), earth-shattering meteors oozing with alien slime and landscapes toasted by invading phantoms (Final Fantasy) give a bleak outlook for the human race.. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. [80], A two-disc DVD version of the film was released on October 23, 2001, with the Blu-ray edition released on August 7, 2007. [5] The film has been called a box office bomb[9] and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures.[10]. A woman and a group of soldiers are attacked by phantoms and the humans fire weapons killing some (they scream, growl and disintegrate when they are hit). 193 on the Billboard 200 on July 28, 2001. They also contained a version of the film in its basic CGI and sketch form, with the option of pop-up comments on the film. The year is 2065 and Earth has been taken over by phantom alien forms. Chris Taylor from Time magazine noted that video game adaptations had a poor track record at the box office and that it was Sakaguchi's first feature film. Fifteen featurettes, including seven on character biographies, three on vehicle comparisons and an interactive "Making Of" featurette, were also included. PG-13 | 1h 46min | Animation, Action, Adventure | 11 July 2001 (USA) 2:14 | Trailer. [14] She gradually accustomed herself to the difficulty of working without the presence and spontaneity of real actors, and commented that the voice-acting work did not take much time, as she would just go into the studio "once or twice a month for about four months" with no need for make-up and costuming sessions. Character movements were filmed using motion capture technology. The year is 2065 and Earth has been taken over by phantom alien forms. $3.99 Rent HD. The concept of artificial life and resurrection was also discussed, and compared to similar themes in the 1914 book Locus Solus; the Phantoms in The Spirits Within were considered to be brought to life by various forces: by the alien planet's red Gaia and then by human spiritual energy. [56], The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 45% based on 146 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. 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There was no motion capture used for the Phantom animations. Aki is concerned the cannon will damage Earth's Gaia (a spirit representing its ecosystem) and delays the use of it by revealing that she has been infected and the collected spirit signatures are keeping her infection stable, convincing the council that there may be another way to defeat the Phantoms. At first it was very lonely sitting in that booth and eerie to see (Aki's) lips move and my words coming out, but slowly I began to enjoy my time with Aki, and I became attuned to her. [86] The DVD was nominated for "Best DVD Special Edition Release" at the 28th Saturn Awards. Aki is pulled from the crater holding Gray's body, and is seen looking into the newly liberated world. Gray sacrifices himself as a medium needed to physically transmit the completed spirit into the alien Gaia. Just before they can reach it, Hein fires the Zeus cannon into the crater, not only destroying the eighth spirit but also revealing the Phantom Gaia. "[59] He also expressed a desire for the film to succeed in hopes of seeing more films made in its image, though he was skeptical of its ability to be accepted. [47] The track "The Dream Within" was nominated for "Best Original Song Written for a Film" at the 2002 World Soundtrack Awards, but lost to "If I Didn't Have You" which was composed for Monsters, Inc..[48], Before the film's release, there was already skepticism of its potential to be financially successful. Described by one artist as his favorite vehicle in the movie, the Phantom Transporter self-destructs by crashing into the enemy, the Phantoms inside are kept safe from the shock by a protective jelly. [82] A single-disc edition of the film with significantly less special features was released on August 27, 2002. Edit. A 2001 film, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, was a breakthrough for photorealistic CGI humans. Now with Final Fantasy VII Remake reviving series interest, the question arises: what is The Spirits Within‘s legacy? Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy franchise. He noted that while he did not once feel convinced Aki Ross was an actual human being, she was "lifelike", stating her creators "dare us to admire their craft. [11] The workload was so light it did not interfere with her acting commitments in the television series ER. [74] The Making of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, a companion book, was published by BradyGames in August 2001. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Characters. [63] Entertainment Weekly named Aki an "it girl", stating that "Calling this action heroine a cartoon would be like calling a Rembrandt a doodle. This Phantoms concered much of the Earth, as weaponary is ineffective against them and contact with a living being cause the being's soul to be removed, killing them. In the distant future an asteriod colided with Earth. It took a staff of 200 about four years to complete The Spirits Within. Final Fantasy Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. [7][8] It features the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin and Steve Buscemi. A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. The Whale-Phantom is a monolithic phantom only seen in the pre-production version of the. [65] The same image appeared in the "Babes: The Girls of Sci Fi" special issue of SFX. "[61], Aki's appearance was received positively by critics,[62] with praise for the finer details of the character model such as the rendering of her hair. However, this revelation leads Hein to incorrectly conclude that she is being controlled by the Phantoms. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a 2001 computer animated drama about a scientist who makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Aki has a vision of the Phantom home planet, where she is able to receive the eighth spirit from the alien particles in herself. Still, despite its issues, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is an amazing technical achievement, and is a fun and entertaining science fiction film. Phantoms, in the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within are initially depicted as alien invaders. [81] Two weeks before it was released the DVD version was listed on Amazon.com as one of the most-anticipated releases, and it was expected to recoup some of the money lost on the film's disappointing box office performance. [20] 1,327 scenes in total needed to be filmed to animate the digital characters. [22] The film's final cost of $137 million,[5] which included about $30 million spent on marketing by the film's distributor Columbia Pictures,[27] escalated from an original budget rumored to be around $70 million. [68], The merger between Square and Enix, which had been under consideration since at least 2000 according to Yasuhiro Fukushima, Enix chairman at the time, was delayed because of the failure of the film and Enix's hesitation at merging with a company that had just lost a substantial amount of money. [22] The film had high cost overruns towards the end of filming. "[73] Although the film was loosely based on a video game series, there were never any plans for a game adaptation of the film itself. [41] A review from Filmtracks gave the album 4 out of 5, calling it "an easy album to recommend", adding "parts of it will blow you out of your seat. [19] The screenplay was written by Al Reinert and Jeff Vintar. An enemy whose mere touch is fatal, the Phantoms appear the more dangerous enemy, but as they will come to find out, their human nemeses are also not to be trifled with. The website's critical consensus reads, "The movie raises the bar for computer animated movies, but the story is dull and emotionally removed. A render farm consisting of 960 workstations was tasked with rendering each of the film's 141,964 frames. "[12], While Square ruled out any chance of a sequel to The Spirits Within before it was even completed, Sakaguchi intended to position Aki as being the "main star" for Square Pictures, using her in later games and films by Square, and including the flexibility of being able to modify aspects such as her age for such appearances. 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 follows scientists Aki Ross and Doctor Sid in their efforts to free a post-apocalyptic Earth from a mysterious and deadly alien race known as the Phantoms, which has driven the remnants of humanity into "barrier cities". In terms of box office admissions, the film sold 5,961,378 tickets in the United States,[4] 1,456,523 tickets in France,[52] 4,299,604 tickets in other European countries,[4] 446,728 tickets in Brazil,[53] and 160,100 tickets in Seoul City (South Korea). [12] Ming-Na, who found the role via her publicist,[13] said she felt like she had given birth with her voice to the character. [11], Square accumulated four SGI Origin 2000 series servers, four Onyx2 systems, and 167 Octane workstations for the film's production. [83] Dustin Somner from Blu-ray.com gave the Blu-ray version 5 out of 5 stars for video quality and special features, and 4½ stars for audio quality. A soldier shoots at a phantom and hits a barrel of flammable material that explodes and throws him to the ground. In one of the incarnations, there was a small child named Meg, who had a much larger part in the … [79] The film's trailer was nominated for the "Golden Fleece" award at the 3rd Golden Trailer Awards. Notably, it did not perform any better in Japan, where the Final Fantasy franchise was created and is quite popular. Other features included Aki's dream viewable as a whole sequence, the film's original opening sequence, and intentional outtakes. It received a mixed critical reception, but was widely praised for the realism of the computer-animated characters. In the year 2065, creatures known as Phantoms have driven humanity to live in barrier cities protected from their influence. [15] Aki's character model bears 60,000 hairs, each of which were separately and fully animated and rendered. [5] In Japan, the film grossed ¥1 billion. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. [25] Lee compared The Spirits Within, the first full-length photorealistic animated film, to Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel animated film. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and was the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia in 2010. [54] This adds up to 12,324,333 tickets sold in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Seoul. In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. A scientist makes a last stand on Earth with the help of a ragtag team of soldiers against an invasion of alien phantoms. [17] The film debuted on July 2, 2001 at the Mann Bruins Theater in Los Angeles, California,[49] and was released in the United States on July 11, making $32 million in North America and going on to gross $85 million in worldwide box office receipts. He lowers a shielded vehicle, with Aki and Gray aboard, into the crater to locate the final spirit. [78] Conversely, the film was also nominated in the worst screenplay category at the 2001 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, but lost to Pearl Harbor. [87] Aaron Beierle from DVD Talk gave a positive review of the DVD, rating it 4½ out of 5 stars for audio quality, video quality and special features. [66] Ruth La Ferla from The New York Times described her as having the "sinewy efficiency" of Alien franchise character Ellen Ripley and visual appeal of Julia Roberts' portrayal of Erin Brockovich. [29] Dan Mayers from Sight & Sound stated the film followed the same theme typically found in Final Fantasy video games: "A party of heroes averts impending global holocaust by drawing on their individual skills, gaining knowledge through challenges and emerging victorious with new-found love and respect for themselves and their companions. Edit. [19], The album was met with positive reviews. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget towards the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million; it grossed only $85 million at the box office. Sci-fi & fantasy. The year is 2065 and Earth has been taken over by phantom alien forms. Sid finds the eighth spirit at the crater site of the alien asteroid's impact on Earth. Hein escapes and boards the Zeus space-station where he finally receives authorization to fire the cannon. 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