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DISC ONE: 4K UHD
- Audio Commentary with Producer Jon Avnet - this feature-length track from Avnet focuses on the producing side of getting Sky Captain made from pre-production to the actual shoot with live actors. He shares lots of details from his meetings with Kerry Conran, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. One gets the sense while listening to Avnet that he applied his experience as a director well while mentoring the neophyte Conran. Avnet explains his strategy to get Sky Captain financed and picked up by a major studio. The track's first half is the strongest. Avnet's commentary only contains one gap. A must listen! In English, not subtitled.
- Audio Commentary with Director Kerry Conran, Production Designer Kevin Conran, Animation Director Steve Yamamoto, and Visual Effects Supervisor Darin Hollings - this group commentary is more screen specific than Avnet's. The filmmakers chat about about how the effects work was designed and executed. Kerry Conran discusses working with the actors. The track includes several gaps, including an extended one. They stop talking as the end-credits song begins. All four speak in English. The track isn't subtitled.
DISC TWO: Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary with Producer Jon Avnet - this feature-length track from Avnet focuses on the producing side of getting Sky Captain made from pre-production to the actual shoot with live actors. He shares lots of details from his meetings with Kerry Conran, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. One gets the sense while listening to Avnet that he applied his experience as a director well while mentoring the neophyte Conran. Avnet explains his strategy to get Sky Captain financed and picked up by a major studio. The track's first half is the strongest. Avnet's commentary only contains one gap. In English, not subtitled.
- Audio Commentary with Director Kerry Conran, Production Designer Kevin Conran, Animation Director Steve Yamamoto, and Visual Effects Supervisor Darin Hollings - this group commentary is more screen specific than Avnet's. The filmmakers chat about about how the effects work was designed and executed. Kerry Conran discusses working with the actors. The track includes several gaps, including an extended one. They stop talking as the end-credits song begins. All four speak in English. The track isn't subtitled.
- Brave New World – Part One (28:12, upconverted to 1080i) - This is the first of a two-part making-of doc. The interviewees include producer Jon Avnet, production/costume designer Kevin Conran, writer/director Kerry Conran, producer Marsha Oglesby, visual effects supervisor Darin Hollings, visual effects producer Daniel Rucinski, special photographic process Stephen Lawes, animation director/digital effects supervisor Steve Yamamoto, animation supervisor Rob Dressel, CG lighting director Michael Sean Foley, production supervisor Matthew Feitshans as well as actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and Angelina Jolie. There is home-movie footage from 1998 of Kerry Conran working on his short The World of Tomorrow in his apartment, script-readings with Paltrow and Law, and behind-the-scenes footage. All participants speak in English. The track isn't subtitled.
- Brave New World – Part Two (23:35, upconverted to 1080i) - We hear remarks from Oglesby, Kerry Conran, Kevin Conran, Hollings, modeling supervisor Zack Petroc, Yamamoto, Dressel, Feitshans, director of systems engineering Brian Chacon, Avnet, Lawes, Rucinski, and editor Sabrina Plisco. This program focuses on compositing work, photo 2D animation, 3D CGI animation, and prepping Sky Captain for theatrical release. All commentators speak in English. The track isn't subtitled.
- The Art of World of Tomorrow (8:21, upconverted to 1080i) - this featurette presents interviews with production designer/costumer designer Kevin Conran. Various storyboards and sketches drawn for the film are shown. Conran discusses the influence architect Hugh Ferris had on his designs. He also talks about coming up with flapping wings for some of the planes and the different robots. Additionally, he comments on the costumes he outfitted for Frankie and the Mysterious Woman. In English, not subtitled.
- The Original Six-Minute Short: The World of Tomorrow (6:04, upconverted to 1080i) - Kerry Conran's original short, which was seen by producers Marsha Oglesby and Jon Avnet. This was his calling card for the Sky Captain feature. This cool short is titled "Chapter One: Mechanical Monsters." It contains a lot of footage that was the basis for the first reel of Sky Captain. It is presented with a Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo track (192 kbps). In English, not subtitled.
- Deleted Scenes (5:10) - two omitted scenes known as "Totenkopf's Torture Room" and "The Conveyor Belt" on the movie's DVD. The second excised scene displays some extensive animatics work and blue-screen shots with the actors. Each scene appears in non-anamorphic 1.85:1 and comes with a Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix (192 kbps). In English, not subtitled.
- Anatomy of a Virtual Scene (7:55) - this extra on the Sky Captain shows before-and-after comparisons of the animatics and composite work performed for some scenes for the film. The featurette contains remarks by animation supervisor Rob Dressel and compositing supervisor Stephen Lawes. In English, not subtitled.
- Gag Reel (2:33, upscaled to 1080i) - a reel of goofs and gaffes committed by the cast in a few scenes. It shows the blue screens they were shot against along with props.
- Theatrical Trailers (4:51 altogether, 1080p) - three trailers (with runtimes of 1:58, 1:39, and 1:13) for Sky Captain presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound (448 kbps).
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