Final Fantasy The Spirits Within
Animated science-fiction adventure - the first film featuring a cast consisting entirely of computer-generated 'photo-realistic' characters: set in the future the earth is under threat from attack by a force of spectral aliens. Dr Aki Ross is sent to Old New York City to investigate but is infected by the aliens. She tries to find a solution before the military launch all out war. Based on the 1987 computer game.
Cast & credits
Cast
- voice of Doctor Aki Ross Wen Ming-na
- voice of Captain Gray Edwards Alec Baldwin
- voice of Ryan Ving Rhames
- voice of Neil Steve Buscemi
- voice of Jane Peri Gilpin
- voice of Doctor Sid Donald Sutherland
- voice of General Hein James Woods
- voice of council member 1 Keith David
- voice of council member 2 Jean Simmons
- voice of Major Elliot Matt Mckenzie
- voice of BCR soldier 1 John Demita
- voice of space station technician 2 John Demita
- voice of BFW soldier 1 John Dimaggio
- voice of space station technician 3 Alex Fernandez
- voice of space station technician 1&4 David Rasner
- voice of scan technician Dwight Schultz
- additional voice Matt Adler
- additional voice Steve Alterman
- additional voice David Arnott
- additional voice Cathy Cavadini
- additional voice Lanei Chapman
- additional voice Vicki Davis
- additional voice John Demita
- additional voice Judi Durand
- additional voice Greg Finley
- additional voice Jack Fletcher
- additional voice Julia Fletcher
- additional voice Barbara Iley
- additional voice David McCharen
- additional voice Tracy Metro
- additional voice David Michie
- additional voice Richard Penn
- additional voice David Randolph
- additional voice Andrea Taylor
Credits
Direction
- Director Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Co-director Moto Sakakibara
- Staging Director Tani Kunitake
- Voice Director Jack Fletcher
Production
- ©/Presented by Columbia Pictures Corporation
- Production Company Square Pictures
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Amuse Inc.
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Bandai
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Dentsu
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Digicube Co
- Final Fantasy Film Partners GaGa Communications
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Humax Pictures Inc
- Final Fantasy Film Partners Square
- Producer Hironobu Sakaguchi
- Producer Jun Aida
- Producer Chris Lee
- Producer (Additional Prod Support) Toshio Yamamoto
- Line Producer Deirdre Morrison
- Associate Producer Katsuhiko Toyota
- Associate Producer Dan Kletzky
- Production Manager Hiroyoshi Hamada
- Production Manager Kaoru Hiyama Rogers
- Production Manager Terry Sasaki
- Production Manager Kenji Takemoto
- Production Co-ordinator Mayumi Arakaki
- Production Co-ordinator Artemio De Pala
- Production Co-ordinator Christina De Silva
- Production Co-ordinator Thomas Hendrickson
- Production Co-ordinator Keiko Jaffuel
- Production Co-ordinator Noriko Wada
- Production Co-ordinator Caroline Winkler
- Post-production Supervisor Kerry Shea
Casting
- Casting Jack Fletcher
- Casting (ADR Voice) Barbara Harris
Writing
- Written by Al Reinert
- Written by Jeff Vintar
- Pre-production Writer (Add Prod Support) Giti Ohtsuka
- Pre-production Writer (Add Prod Support) Shigeru Kimiya
- Additional Dialogue Jack Fletcher
- Original Story by Hironobu Sakaguchi
Photography
- Lighting Supervisor David Seager
- Lead Lighting Artist Angela M. Eliasz
- Lead Lighting Artist Greg Lev
- Lead Lighting Artist John Monos
- Lead Lighting Artist Jeff Stern
- Lighting Artist Bela Brozsek
- Lighting Artist Herman Cheng
- Lighting Artist Mark De La Garza
- Lighting Artist Michael Foley
- Lighting Artist Haskell Friedman
- Lighting Artist Rika Fujimoto
- Lighting Artist Ho Hsun
- Lighting Artist Yoshihito Ikuta
- Lighting Artist Ryan Leasher
- Lighting Artist Stanley Miskiewicz
- Lighting Artist Frank Ritlop
- Lighting Artist Saba Roufchaie
- Lighting Artist Hiroyuki Seshita
- Lighting Artist Michiko Seshita
- Lighting Artist Don Taylor
- Lighting Artist Carlos A. Vidal
- Lighting Artist (Addit Prod Support) Shigeki Hayashi
Special Effects
- Visual Effects Art Director Takahiko Akiyama
- Visual Effects Supervisor Remo Balcells
- Visual Effects Manager Chris Paizis
- Lead Visual Effects Artist Yasuko Asakura
- Lead Visual Effects Artist Spencer Knapp
- Lead Visual Effects Artist Gustav Melich
- Lead Visual Effects Artist David Tanner
- Lead Visual Effects Artist Joanne Thiel
- Visual Effects Artist Jeffrey Benoit
- Visual Effects Artist Andy Chen
- Visual Effects Artist Matt Davies
- Visual Effects Artist Petronella Evers
- Visual Effects Artist Michael Fadollone
- Visual Effects Artist Steve Galle
- Visual Effects Artist David Howe
- Visual Effects Artist Kenneth Ibrahim
- Visual Effects Artist Muqeem Khan
- Visual Effects Artist Mach Tony Kobayashi
- Visual Effects Artist Lee Hae-jeon
- Visual Effects Artist Rosa Lin
- Visual Effects Artist Jeffrey Martin
- Visual Effects Artist Sandor Rabb
- Visual Effects Artist Michael Rivero
- Visual Effects Artist Rob Shrider
- Visual Effects Artist Neville Spiteri
- Visual Effects Artist Paul Van Camp
- Compositing Supervisor James Rogers
- Senior Compositor Tim Crosbie
- Lead Compositor Miku Kayama
- Lead Compositor Stephen Lunn
- Lead Compositor Ron Roberts
- Compositor Jon Bowen
- Compositor Sonia Calvert
- Compositor Feric Yi Feng
- Compositor Jerry Hall
- Compositor Lily Vasconcellos Ibbotson
- Compositor Kory Juul
- Compositor D. Flint Klingler
- Compositor Tetsuo Maeda
- Compositor Will McCoy
- Compositor Heiji Morishita
- Compositor Adam K. Moura
- Compositor Hideto Ozaki
- Compositor Geoff Richardson
- Compositor Josh Saeta
- Compositor Andrew Schwartz
- Compositor Tomoko Shin
- Compositor Sharmishtha Sohoni
- Compositor Kat Szuminska
- Compositor Linda Tremblay
- Additional Digital Compositing Services Photon VFX
- Additional Rendering Services Wam!Net
- Laser Film Recording EFilm
- Digital Matte Painter Ronnie Bushaw
- Digital Matte Painter Roger Gibbon
- Digital Matte Painter Roger Kupelian
- Digital Matte Painter Richard Mahon
- Digital Matte Painter Craig Mullins
- Digital Matte Painter Christian Scheurer
- Digital Matte Painter Masahiko Tani
- Digital Matte Painter Kazumasa Uchio
- Creature Supervisor Takao Noguchi
- Creature Design Yasushi Nirasawa
- Creature Technical Director Yoshinori Moriizumi
- Creature Effects Artist Koji Kawamura
- Creature Effects Artist Kengo Takeuchi
- Creature Effects Artist Koji Tanaka
- Creature Effects Artist Takuji Tomooka
- Creature Effects Artist Masahito Yoshioka
- Research/Development (Supervisor) Kazuyuki Hashimoto
- Research/Development (Manager) Kaveh Kardan
- Research/Development (Co-ordinator) Ayumi Baba
- Research/Development (Co-ordinator) Masahiro Yoshida
- Computer Graphics (Supervisor) Gary Mundell
- Computer Graphics (Producer) Cameron Stevning
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Ivy Agregan
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Rei Matsuoka
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Naoko Muldowney
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Ken Niiyama
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Meghan Nishimizu
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Kay Sasatomi
- Computer Graphics (Manager) Hiroshi Tanaka
- CG Designer (Additional Prod Support) Shoichi Matsubara
- CG Designer (Additional Prod Support) Takayuki Taketa
- CG Designer (Additional Prod Support) Semin Tho
- CG Designer (Additional Prod Support) Yoshihiro Komori
Animation
- Animation Director Andy Jones
- Sequence Supervisor Eiji Fujii
- Sequence Supervisor Hiroyuki Hayashida
- Sequence Supervisor Kenichi Isaka
- Sequence Supervisor Takumi Kimura
- Sequence Supervisor Claude Precourt
- Sequence Supervisor Steve Preeg
- Sequence Supervisor Tery 'Yosh' Yoshida
- Character Supervisor Taiji Okusawa
- Lead Char Animator (Dr Aki Ross) Roy Sato
- Lead Char Animator (Capt Gray Edwards) Toby M. Haruno
- Lead Char Animator (Capt Gray Edwards) Ben Rush
- Lead Char Animator (Ryan) Christopher Walsh
- Lead Char Animator (Neil) Jay Randall
- Lead Char Animator (Jane) Alice V. Kaiserian
- Lead Char Animator (Dr Sid) Louis Lefebvre
- Lead Char Animator (General Hein) Matthew T. Hackett
- Lead Char Animator (Major Elliot) Timothy Heath
- Lead Animator Kim Jongbo
- Character Animator Robin Akin
- Character Animator Walton Burgwyn
- Character Animator Kelly Hartigan Goldstein
- Character Animator Yoshinobu Inano
- Character Animator Jong Yung Sheng
- Character Animator Michael Kitchen
- Character Animator Kanji Nishida
- Character Animator Kunihiko Noguchi
- Character Animator Jeff Schu
- Character Animator Eric M. Weiss
- Character Animator Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
- Character Animator Cindy Yamauchi
- Original Character Design Shuko Murase
- Lead Character Artist Steven Eric Giesler
- Character Artist Francisco A. Cortina
- Character Artist Véronique Garcia
- Character Artist Koichi Iwatsuka
- Character Artist Tatsuya Kosaka
- Character Artist René Morel
- Character Artist Jeremy Ray
- Cloth Simulation Artist Patricia Pawlak
- Cloth Simulation Artist Cheryl Rye
- Character Technical Director Ben Cheung
- Character Technical Director Naotaka Horiguchi
- Character Technical Director Ayumu Imaizumi
- Character Technical Director Kevin M. Ochs
- Production Systems Supervisor Troy Brooks
- Production Software Supervisor Shinichi Soeda
- System Director Koichi Ise
- System Administration Supervisor Masayuki Kasuya
- Rendering/Shading Supervisor Kevin Björke
- Rendering Technical Director Kelly Cowles
- Rendering Technical Director Michael Fu
- Rendering Technical Director Bret Hughes
- Rendering Technical Director Satomi Uchida
- Sequence Technical Director Jay Carina
- Sequence Technical Director Tetsuichiro Kitagawa
- Sequence Technical Director Ken Saito
- Sequence Technical Director Eric Salituro
- Sequence Technical Director Kiyoshi Shigenaga
- Image Supervisor Michael Gibson
- Layout Supervisor Takashi Kubota
- Layout Artist Yoshinori Kanada
- Layout Artist Shinichi Kimura
- Layout Artist Yoshihiro Kitano
- Layout Artist Mamoru Kurosawa
- Layout Artist Andrea Maiolo
- Layout Artist Yuichi Nakamura
- Layout Artist Hideki Sudo
- Motion Capture (Director) Jack Fletcher
- Motion Capture (Director) Remington Scott
- Motion Capture (Director) Bradley G. Bate
- Motion Capture (Supervisor) Yoshinobu Shima
- Motion Capture (Engineer) Udai Haraguchi
- Motion Capture (Engineer) Matthew Karnes
- Motion Capture (Set Designer) Ron Perry
- Motion Capture (Staff) James Brennan
- Motion Capture (Staff) Gemini Burke
- Motion Capture (Staff) Jamie Dixon
- Motion Capture (Staff) Tory Mei-Lin Eldridge
- Motion Capture (Staff) Rod Gnapp
- Motion Capture (Staff) Wesley Mann
- Motion Capture (Staff) Matt Mckenzie
- Motion Capture (Staff) Michael Scott Ryan
- Motion Capture (Staff) Erik Sebusch
Editing
- Editor Christopher S. Capp
- Associate Editor Keiichi Kojima
- Editorial Manager Heather Elisa Hill
- Editorial Co-ordinator Keiko Shinozuka
Design
- Sets/Props Supervisor Tadao Odaka
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Daniel Casey
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Andrew Harbeck
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Hiroshi 'Duck' Kamohara
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Koji Kobayashi
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Tatsuro Maruyama
- Lead Sets/Props Artist Bo Mosley
- Sets/Props Artist Sergio Garcia Abad
- Sets/Props Artist Eriko Arata
- Sets/Props Artist Robert Bourgeault
- Sets/Props Artist Karl Coyner
- Sets/Props Artist James Dargie
- Sets/Props Artist Alejandro Gil
- Sets/Props Artist Takuya Hada
- Sets/Props Artist Takehiko Hoashi
- Sets/Props Artist Masahisa Kaneko
- Sets/Props Artist Jae H. Kim
- Sets/Props Artist Lisa Kim
- Sets/Props Artist Edmund Leo
- Sets/Props Artist Takahiro Matsuhira
- Sets/Props Artist Clear Menser
- Sets/Props Artist Andrea Merlo
- Sets/Props Artist Motohito Nasu
- Sets/Props Artist Behrooz Roozbeh
- Sets/Props Artist Jake Rowell
- Sets/Props Artist Naoya Shigematsu
- Sets/Props Artist Eric Sterner
- Sets/Props Artist Tan Suan Ching
- Sets/Props Artist Michael Withem
- Texture Artist Claudia Candia
- Texture Artist Robin Foley
- Texture Artist Takayuki Hayashi
- Texture Artist Hiroshi Mori
- Graphic Designer Kanwa Nagafuri
- Graphic Designer Osamu Yamazaki
- Mechanical Designer (Addit Prod Support) Shinji Aramaki
- Mechanical Designer (Addit Prod Support) Rei Nakahara
- Conceptual Design Artist Kazunori Nakazawa
- Concept Artist Eric Brown
- Concept Artist Patrick Janicke
- Concept Artist Thomas Roland Johnson
- Concept Artist Tony Kim
- Concept Artist Joseph Moro
- Concept Artist Shuko Murase
- Concept Artist Nobuhito Sue
- Mechanical Designer Yoshinori Sayama
- Conceptual Designer (Addit Prod Support) Hitoshi Yoneda
- Storyboard Artist John Fox
- Storyboard Artist Trevor Goring
- Storyboard Artist Ray Harvie
- Storyboard Artist Tim Holtrop
- Storyboard Artist Ed Klautky
- Storyboard Artist Shinsaku Kozuma
- Storyboard Artist Mark Moretti
- Storyboard Artist Akira Oguro
- Storyboard Artist Masao Okubo
- Storyboard Artist Mark Vena
- Storyboard Artist Masahito Yamashita
Make-up
- Make-up Artist (Additional Prod Support) Daisuke Dobashi
Music
- Music Elliot Goldenthal
- Music Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
- Music Performed by London Voices
- Solo Vocal Lara Fabian
- [Orchestra] Conducted by Dirk Brossé
- Orchestrations Robert Elhai
- Orchestrations Elliot Goldenthal
- Music Supervisor Richard Rudolph
- Music Producer Gohl/McLaughlin
- Music Producer Elliot Goldenthal
- Electronic Music Producer Richard Martinez
- Supervising Music Editor Curtis Roush
Sound
- [Score] Recorder/Mixer Joel Iwataki
- Sound Design Randy Thom
- Re-recording Mixer Randy Thom
- Re-recording Mixer Gary A. Rizzo
- Mix Technician Gabriel Guy
- Re-recordist Ronald G. Roumas
- Machine Room Operator Steve Romanko
- Machine Room Operator Sean England
- Digital Transfer Jonathan Greber
- Digital Transfer Christopher Barron
- Digital Transfer Tim Burby
- Digital Transfer John Countryman
- Digital Editorial Services David Hunter
- Digital Editorial Services Brian Chumney
- Digital Editorial Services Noah Katz
- Supervising Sound Editor Dennis Leonard
- Additional Sound Effects Editing Robert Shoup
- Additional Sound Effects Editing David Farmer
- Additional Sound Effects Editing Jim Mckee
- Additional Sound Effects Editing Chris Scarabosio
- Additional Sound Effects Editing Andrea Stelter Gard
- ADR Editor Suzanne Fox
- Foley Artist Dennie Thorpe
- Foley Artist Jana Vance
- Foley Recordist Frank 'Pepe' Merel
- Foley Mixer Tony Eckert
- Foley Editor Andrea Stelter Gard
Stunts
- Action Sequence Director Colin Fong