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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543444589
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 4185
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 2007
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Fifty years into the future a team of astronauts are sent to deploy a device to reignite the dying sun.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/RACE AGAINST TIME Rating: R UPC: 024543444589 Manufacturer No: 2244458
Amazon.com:
A novel blend of doomsday thriller and meditative science fiction, Danny Boyle's Sunshine imagines a disturbing future in which mankind must re-ignite the sun or face total extinction. A team of scientists and crew members (played by an eclectic cast that includes Cillian Murphy from Boyle's 28 Days Later, The Fantastic Four's Chris Evans, Rose Byrne of TV's Damages, and martial-arts legend Michelle Yeoh) is dispatched to the dying star, but disaster strikes from almost every conceivable angle; as the crew is whittled down by accidents and psychological breaks, the survivors must discover a way to carry out the mission or seal the fate of the world's population. Alternately exciting and pensive, Sunshine's dichotomous tone may throw viewers expecting a special-effects bonanza (though the film's visuals are frequently stunning), but for those who recall such cerebral '70s efforts as Silent Running and Phase IV, Boyle's unusual take will be refreshing and even fascinating. The DVD includes commentaries by Boyle and Dr. Brian Cox, who served as the film's science advisor; Boyle also lends his voice to a brace of deleted scenes, including an alternate ending (which doesn't improve on the one used in the film). Thorough production diaries cover every aspect of the film's execution, from casting to special effects design, while a pair of unrelated short films by Chris Shepherd and Dan Arnold seems to be included only as a gesture of Boyle's appreciation for these directors. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good Story/Good Cast negated by a Lousy director
Danny Boyle has got to be stopped from making any more movies. This was a good movie made bad by a director trying to...God knows what he was trying to do with the ridiculous vibrating camera angles and the extreme closeups every five seconds. You will walk away from this feeling cheated. The acting was good and the story was acceptable. There is a good movie some where in there if you could just edit out all the ridiculous film school "Oh I'm innovative!" crap that Danny Boyle saw fit to jam into ... Read More
Rating: - It's all dark
I am a sci-fi fan myself - I read sci-fi books, subscribe on and off to a sci-fi magazine and watch sci-fi movies. I would happily tolerate something that's less than a masterpiece if I could find just a little bit of that something that makes sci-fi such a great form of expression: imagination, out-of-the-box thinking, daring to provoke, wonder at the infinity that's surrounding us, the passion to explore. I can't say that I found much of that in 'Sunshine'.
The premises are impossible ... Read More
Rating:  - Why Bad Things Happen to Good Films
I was enjoying this film up until the last 20 minutes or so. We have an enjoyable , intelligent science fiction space drama with some real moments of suspense as the gallant crew attempts to complete their mission of "re-igniting" the dying Sun, when ... WHAM!...out of left field comes this inane, confusing slasher flic finale. What a bummer! It's like the director took ill before the film was finished and handed over the end to his insane nephew who had his own vision of what the film should be. ... Read More
Rating:  - very well done film
All though I rarely comment on a film I feel that this one requires it. As a viewer of many Sci Fi films and that includes the first showing of " the earth stood still". I believe that as an amature (can't spell) movie goer This film provides what intelligent movies demand. It is not a quick CGI ridden film but one that demands the attention of the viewer. In an age where most Sci Fi films depend on special effects and/or
CGI because they have little to tell, this film will demand of the viewer ... Read More
Rating:  - Philosophical and visually arresting - great film for a small crowd
I think one of my friend's reaction best sums up the mainstream perspective: bubble-gum in mouth, she yawned several times throughout the movie, and ended with "that was kinda boring sorry" . Well, it was expected. This is no Star Wars, Alien, or Armageddon. Those were geared toward entertainment; this movie is brain food imo. It caters to the crowd that likes the immersive experience rather than the actual plot - which some hardcore sci-fi fans consider too unrealistic. Suspend your astrophysics misgivings ... Read More
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