Wednesday, July 11, 2001

PG-13

For sci-fi action violence

Animation, Sci-Fi

Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Ving Rhames, Donald Sutherland

Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar

Jack Fletcher, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara

Final Fantasy (2001)

Set on Earth in the year 2065, destruction and confusion surround us. Cities are deserted, the population is decimated, and the precious few humans who remain must find a way to survive. In this world, we face death as we part with our loved ones. We begin to question what "life" and "love" are, and what is the philosophical definition of the "heart." After all in this world, science has analyzed life and death, expressing life as a form of energy. Beyond the riveting battle scenes, Final Fantasy will take you on a journey of personal discovery into both the real and fantasy worlds, drawing you deep into its characterizations and themes: love, friendship, dreams, adventure, life and death.

For Final Fantasy, the digital backlot is not where you would expect it to be, in Hollywood - but rather it is located in tropical Hawaii. Next to the beautiful Pacific Ocean, Square has selected Harbor Court in downtown Honolulu as the home to more than 150 computer graphic artists from all over the world, including Hollywood, Tokyo and Europe. There, surrounded by state-of-the-art computers and software programs, artists are able to transform their vision into reality set on a computer screen. It is in this environment where Square is producing Final Fantasy as a successful and entertaining film with the leading computer graphic technology.