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Avalon (Japan Version - English Subtitles)

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Ghost in the Shell auteur Oshii Mamoru has made four live-action feature films in his career, the most recent being 2001's groundbreaking Polish-Japanese sci-fi co-production Avalon. Primarily filmed in Poland with a Polish cast and Polish dialogue, Avalon is very much in keeping with Oshii's style and aesthetic, playing with metaphysical themes in a strikingly rendered, technologically advanced and imagined world of the future.

In the distant future, everyone is connected to an addictive virtual reality game called Avalon. In contrast to the mundane humdrum of the real world, the game takes players into a fantastical war-torn realm where they do battle with modern and medieval weapons of their choosing. Though the game is virtual, it has very real consequences for the players. As they enter higher levels, players let their spirits remain in the game, leaving their physical bodies to wither in a comatose state. When player Ash (Malgorzata Foremniak) discovers there is a secret hidden level in Avalon called "Special A", she forms a team and embarks on a quest to find the level.

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Product Title:	Avalon (Japan Version - English Subtitles) Avalon (日本版 - 英文字幕) Avalon (日本版 - 英文字幕) アヴァロン (日本版) Avalon (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Artist Name(s):	Oshii Mamoru \| Japanese Movie 押井守 \| 日本映畫押井守 \| 日本映画押井守 \| Japanese Movie Oshii Mamoru \| Japanese Movie
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Release Date:	2001-07-25
Publisher Product Code:	BCBJ-867
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English, Japanese
Country of Origin:	Japan
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher:	Bandai
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1001818107

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タイトル	:	アヴァロン〜Avalon〜: （通常版）
出演	:	マウゴジャータ・フォレムニャック／ヴァディスワフ・コヴァルスキ／イエジ・グデイコ／ダリッシュ・ビスクプスキ
監督	:	押井守

押井守がデジタル技術を駆使して実写でもアニメでもない、未だかつて誰も観たことのない"第三の映画"に挑戦！

時は近未来。現実に希望を見出せない若者たちは、あるゲームに熱中していた。それは、"パーティー"と称する非合法集団や無数のゲームフリークスを出現させた危険な仮想戦闘ゲーム、"アヴァロン"。架空の世界で繰り返される死。その見返りとしての興奮と報酬。その世界で一目置かれる孤高の女戦士・アッシュは、最終フィールド・クラスAで戦っていた。彼女はある日、最終クラスを超えるクラスSAという幻のフィールドが存在する、という噂を耳にする。そこは一攫千金の世界だが、一度足を踏み入れた者は廃人になってしまうリセット不能の世界でもあるという。"アヴァロン"の幻のフィールドを探し求めて、禁断の扉を開けた彼女を待っていたものは…。
アニメ映画「攻殻機動隊」で世界の注目を集めた押井守がポーランドで3ヶ月に及ぶロケを敢行。実写、アニメ、CGを全てデータ化してコンピューター上で再構築するという、全編デジタル・スルーで描いた驚異のハイパー・デジタル・アドベンチャーである。戦闘シーンの音響効果はアカデミー賞受賞のランディ・トムが担当。ドルビーデジタル・サラウンドEXが震えるほどの臨場感をもたらしている。また、ポーランド軍の全面協力により撮影された本物の銃器や戦車、ヘリコプターなどの迫力ある映像も見どころとなっている。

映像特典：劇場特報／劇場予告編／テレビCM

テクニカル・インフォメーション
色 : カラー
画面 : 16：9／4：3（LB）
言語／音声 : ポーランド語：DD（サラウンドEX）／日本語：DD（2chサラウンド）

その他の情報
製作年 : 2000
著作権 : (C)2000 Mamoru Oshii and Avalon Project.
日本小売価格 : \4800

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.9 out of 10 (7)

Anonymous

February 26, 2004

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1 people found the following helpful

Not great Customer Review Rated Bad 5 - 5 out of 10

I just couldn't get excited about this film despite it being highly reviewed. You need to understand RPGs in order to understand the film. It is slow and pensive. The effects are fantastic, but there are so few. I hated the ending because it felt like the director just took a camcorder around with him in public rather than attempt to stage extras. Great idea, great effects, but just not enough effort to make this a truly great film all round.

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January 13, 2003

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Good film, worth seeing. Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10

This movie is interesting and had some great effects! It is a trip to watch a movie in Polish after watching so many asian movies. This movie is not what you expect, you can't guess the whole story after 5 minutes.

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August 22, 2002

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Avalon Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

Remember this when you see the movie...
Welcome to Avalon.

Great Movie, a masterpiece. Bettre then Ghost in the Shell. The Graphic effets are just impressive. The computer interfaces are just plain imaginative. The story is just impressive. This is a must see movie. We can see the master Mamoru Oshii in work with this movie. Bravo from CANADA.

The Matrix as just became a Kidy Movie.
have fun...people.

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