Return to Pandora! Avatar is the highest grossing film of all time. If you are looking for a great Christmas gift idea for someone, you really can’t go wrong if you buy Avatar Three-Disc Extended Collector’s Edition – Blu-ray
Disc one contains three movie versions. The first is the original theatrical edition which also includes a family audio track – this means that any objectionable language has been removed. The second movie is the special edition re-release which also includes a family audio track. And the third movie on the disc is the collector’s extended cut. This version includes sixteen additional minutes of film and includes an alternate opening occurring on Earth.
On Disc two you will find:
- Filmmaker’s Journey which includes more than 45 minutes of deleted scenes.
- Capturing Avatar: This is a feature-length documentary which covers James Cameron’s 16-year effort to make this movie. It include interviews with James Cameron, Jon Landau, and cast and crew
- A Message from Pandora: James Cameron’s visit to the Amazon rain forest
- The 2006 art reel: The original pitch of the Avatar vision
- Brother termite test: Original motion capture test
- The ILM prototype: Visual effects reel
- Screen tests: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana
- Zoë’s life cast: Makeup session footage
- On-set footage as live-action filming begins
- VFX progressions
- Crew film: The Volume
On Disc three are:
- Pandora’s Box Interactive scene deconstruction in which you can explore the stages of production of 17 different scenes through three viewing modes: capture level, template level, and final level with picture-in-picture reference
- Production featurettes: Sculpting Avatar, Creating the Banshee, Creating the Thanator, The AMP Suit, Flying Vehicles, Na’vi Costumes, Speaking Na’vi, Pandora Flora, Stunts, Performance Capture, Virtual Camera, The 3D Fusion Camera, The Simul-Cam, Editing Avatar, Scoring Avatar, Sound Design, The Haka: The Spirit of New Zealand
- The original script for Avatar
- The screenplay for Avatar written by James Cameron
- Pandorapedia: A comprehensive guide to Pandora and the Avatar saga
- Lyrics from five songs by James Cameron
- The art of Avatar: Over 1,850 images in 16 themed galleries (The World of Pandora, The Creatures, Pandora Flora, Pandora Bioluminescence, The Na’vi, The Avatars, Maquettes, Na’vi Weapons, Na’vi Props, Na’vi Musical Instruments, RDA Designs, Flying Vehicles, AMP Suit, Human Weapons, Land Vehicles, One-Sheet Concepts)
- BD-Live extras (requires BD-Live-enabled player and Internet connection–may be available a limited-time only): Crew Short: The Night Before Avatar; additional screen tests, including Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, and Laz Alonso; speaking Na’vi rehearsal footage; Weta Workshop: walk-and-talk presentation
This is the release everyone has been waiting for. If you know someone who longs for the world of Pandora, this is THE gift for them. Buy Avatar Three-Disc Extended Collector’s Edition – Blu-ray
