Ice Age: Special Edition (Australia)
The ice age is coming
Certificate: G
Running Time: 78 mins
Retail Price: 34.95
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
Twenty thousand years ago, at the dawn of the Ice Age, three completely mismatched creatures have been brought together by a twist of fate. Sid, a fast talking and comical sloth, Manfred, a moody wooly mammoth and Diego, a sinister saber tooth tiger reluctantly team up to help return a human baby to his father. Before their incredible journey ends, this unlikely trio will confront boiling lava pits, escape treacherous ice tunnels and meet a prehistoric squirrel rat named Scrat who is frantically trying to bury his beloved acorn. Join the weirdest herd in history for the coolest adventure of all time – ICE AGE!
Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer
Featurette: "Gone Nutty: Scrat’s Missing Adventure"
3 Scrat Reveal Segments
6 Blue Sky Featurettes
Audio Commentary by Director Chris Wedge & Co-Director Carlos Saldanha
Deleted Scenes with optional commentary
HBO Special: "Behind The Scenes Of Ice Age"
Interactive Character Galleries – 400 Static Images
International Clips (Single Reel)
Making Of Ice Age Documentary
Multi Angle Comparison Sequences with 5 angles each
Sid on Sid
Sid Voice Development (Video with narration)
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Chris Wedge
Carlos Saldanha
Written By:
Mike Thurmeier
Jeff Siergey
Xeth Feinberg
Doug Compton
Galen T. Chu
James Bresnahan
Peter Ackerman
Michael Berg
Michael J. Wilson
Starring:
Jack Black
Goran Visnjic
Denis Leary
John Leguizamo
Ray Romano
Soundtrack By:
David Newman
Editor:
John Carnochan
Production Designer:
Brian McEntee
Producer:
Lori Forte
John C. Donkin
Executive Producer:
Christopher Meledandri
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox
Your Opinions and Comments
While we`ve had quite a few CG movies lately, this one clearly stands out as being the funniest.
The video transfer is superb. There are no compression signs and the CG is outstanding (with the exception of the humans, which are animated pretty badly). The sequences involving water and ice flakes are nothing short of amazing and they simply ooze of detail.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is great. The surrounds are constantly used and give a very enveloping sound (yet not too overwhelming).
The characters` voices are spot on.
The menus are very nicely animated with sound.
The extras include a commentary by the director, an extensive behind the scenes look, a short animated movie, multiple angles scenes, 6 deleted scenes, a picture gallery and a multi-lingual clip. For a single disc edition, the extras are quite impressive.
Bottom line - a very funny and well done CG movie that ought to be in each and every one`s collection.