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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kerry Conran
Produced by
Written by Kerry Conran
Starring
Music by Edward Shearmur
Cinematography Eric Adkins
Edited by Sabrina Plisco
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)
Running time
106 minutes
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • German
  • Tibetan
Budget $70 million
Box office $58 million
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Soundtrack album by Edward Shearmur
Released September 7, 2004
Genre Soundtrack
Label Sony
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Empire 3/5 stars
Filmtracks 4/5 stars
Movie Wave 4/5 stars
ScoreNotes 8/10 stars
SoundtrackNet 4.5/5 stars

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction action-adventure film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut, and produced by Jon Avnet, Sadie Frost, Jude Law, and Marsha Oglesby. The film stars Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie; it is an example of the "dieselpunk" genre.

Conran spent four years making a black and white teaser with a bluescreen set up in his living room and using a Macintosh IIci. He was able to show it to Avnet, who was so impressed that he spent two years working with him on his screenplay. No major studio was interested in Sky Captain, but Avnet convinced Aurelio De Laurentiis to finance Sky Captain without a distribution deal.

Almost 100 digital artists, modelers, animators and compositors created the multi-layered 2D and 3D backgrounds for the live-action footage while the entire movie was sketched out via hand-drawn storyboards and then re-created as CGI animatics. Ten months before Conran made it, he shot it entirely with stand-ins in Los Angeles and then created it in animatics so the actors could envision it.

Despite being a box office bomb, generating $58 million for a $70 million budget, Sky Captain received largely positive reviews, and is regarded as a cult classic. It is notable as one of the first major films, along with 2004's Casshern and Immortal, and 2005's Sin City, to be shot entirely on a "digital backlot", blending actors with CGI surroundings.


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