“Sky Captain” now available on HD-DVD
Trylon has alerted us that Sky Captain is now available on Paramount High-Definition DVD. According to a review of the new package, the DVD features all of the extras that were on the standard release, as well as an “Anatomy of a Virtual Scene” and the film’s three theatrical trailers.
To purchase the DVD via Amazon, click here.
Category: DVDPosted by Alex on July 29th, 2006 @ 10:15 pm | Link | No Comments »
SCWT Named one of IGN’s Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies of All-Time
BobFM on the forums posted a link to IGN FilmForce’s “Top 25 Sci-Fi Movies of All-Time”–Sky Captain is #19 on the list, behind Forbidden Planet and followed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Todd Gilchrist, editor-in-chief of IGN DVD writes:
“Sky Captain is the most imaginative family-oriented sci-fi movie since the original Star Wars, and boasts enough ideas to fill a dozen Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park and Star Wars movies for decades. The action is brisk, engaging, and dizzyingly staged; the story is jam-packed with clever concepts and novel ideas; and the characters, much like those discovered in a galaxy far, far away, are archetypes that prove uniquely compatible to the universe of future-primitive ideas that Conran creates.”
The complete list can be found here.
Fans will remember that Sky Captain was one of the few films to garner a 5-star rating from IGN FilmForce.
Category: Internet ArticlesPosted by Alex on January 4th, 2006 @ 3:29 pm | Link | No Comments »
Happy Anniversary, Sky Captain
Today is September 17th, the same day that Sky Captain was released in the United States in 2004…so naturally, that means the movie is one year old today.
I realize I’ve been totally sucking at updating the site and such, but I will try to do something eventually. In the meantime, for any other lurkers out there who haven’t been to the forums, there are still people there you can talk to if you want. Also, trylon has graciously made an ‘unofficial’ chatroom for the movie, which everyone is encouraged to check out. You can do so here: http://iversonic.com/scwt/
Category: General NewsPosted by Alex on September 17th, 2005 @ 9:23 pm | Link | No Comments »
Happy Birthday Angelina Jolie
Happy birthday to Angelina Jolie (Franky Cook)! She turns 30 years old today.
Category: General NewsPosted by Alex on June 4th, 2005 @ 2:06 am | Link | No Comments »
MTV Movie Award nomination; Saturn Awards win
The list of MTV Movie Award nominations was announed today, and Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow were among the nominees in the “Best Kiss” category. Their competition consists of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams (The Notebook), Natalie Portman and Zack Braff (Garden State), Jennifer Garner and Natassia Malthe (Elektra), and Elisha Cuthbert and Emile Hirsch (The Girl Next Door).
For a full list of nominees (and a chance to vote for your favorites), visit MTV.com.
Meanwhile, Sky Captain picked up two Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Congratulations to Kevin Conran and Stella McCartney (Best Costume), and Kerry Conran (Filmmakers Showcase Award)! For a full list of award winners, see the Academy’s site.
Category: AwardsPosted by Alex on May 4th, 2005 @ 5:07 pm | Link | No Comments »
Reference Checkers Wanted
Anyone who wants a way to contribute to the site, here’s your first chance! I’m looking for people to help me out with confirming the user-submitted references of the references section. As you can imagine, I haven’t seen every single thing that Sky Captain references, so I can’t say for sure if some references should be given a yes or a no, but there are probably some others who can. These people should have a pretty decent amount of experience with sci-fi or classic films, comic books, etc., obviously, as those are the types of things most likely to be referenced.
If you’re interested in helping out, join the forums (if you haven’t already) and send me (Alex) a PM. I’ll get back to you with the details. Thanks in advance!
Category: General News, Site UpdatesPosted by Alex on February 20th, 2005 @ 7:50 pm | Link | No Comments »
Sky Captain Nominated for 5 Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has nominated Sky Captain for 5 Saturn Awards. It was nominated in the following categories: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor (Giovanni Ribisi), Best Supporting Actress (Angelina Jolie), Best Music (Edward Shearmur), and Best Costume (Stella McCartney). For a full list of nominees, click here.
The winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 3, 2005.
Click here for the Saturn Awards’ website.
Category: AwardsPosted by Alex on February 9th, 2005 @ 10:32 pm | Link | No Comments »
Sky Captain ranks#2 in DVD sales
Sky Captain has ranked #2 on the DVD sales charts for the week ending January 30th! The widescreen DVD only lost out to Alien vs. Predator, which also opened on the same day. At the moment, I’m unable to find any actual numbers (amount of money earned, number of units sold), so anyone who’s got some would be much appreciated!
Meanwhile, in rentals, the movie ranked #3, earning $8.14 million. (source: IMDb)
Category: DVDPosted by Alex on February 3rd, 2005 @ 9:52 pm | Link | No Comments »
Promo Playing Cards?
trylon writes on the forums:
“Ion [Thunderbird, another forum member] tipped me off to some playing cards with the Sky Captain logo being given out as free promos at DVD stores. Keep an eye out for them.”
As always, if I hear any more details I’ll post them.
Category: General NewsPosted by Alex on January 29th, 2005 @ 10:53 pm | Link | No Comments »
Screencaps of the Original 6-minute Short
I’ve screencapped Kerry Conran’s original 6-minute short, which can be found on the DVD. There are about 60 caps in total, and I got about one cap for every shot in the short.
If you would like to see them, head on over to its album in the gallery here: TFL gallery
Category: MultimediaPosted by Alex on January 29th, 2005 @ 4:55 pm | Link | No Comments »
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