Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
Visual Effects
First photorealistic human CGI—still holds up in moments
Score
Elliot Goldenthal's haunting orchestral grandeur
Production
Four years, $137 million, one spectacular bankruptcy
Director
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Ming-Na Wen
Dr. Aki Ross (voice)
Donald Sutherland
Dr. Sid (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)
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each of Aki's 60,000 hairs was individually animated, taking 20% of the entire render farm's power.
This box office bomb ($85M worldwide) directly caused Square's merger with Enix and killed Hollywood's motion capture ambitions for years.
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