Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today.
General Note: Closed-captioned.Special features: film's groundbreaking special effects featurette; the vision behind the film's animation featurette; a front row seat at the original short that catipulted 'Sky Capital' into a major motion picture featurette; deleted scenes; gag reel.Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Eric Adkins ; animation director, Steven F. Yamamoto ; editor, Sabrina Plisco ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Stella McCartney ; production and costume designer, Kevin Conran ; senior visual effects supervisor, Scott E. Anderson ; special photographic process, Stephen Lawes.
Participant or Performer Note: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili, Sir Laurence Olivier.
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MPAA rating: PG; for sequences of stylized sci-fi violence and brief mild language.