science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (pictured), creator
of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the
first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and remains the most
expensive film inspired by a video game of all time. Featuring the
voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods,
Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin and Steve Buscemi, The Spirits Within follows
scientists Aki Ross (Wen) and Doctor Sid (Sutherland) in their efforts
to free a post-apocalyptic Earth from the Phantoms, a mysterious and
deadly alien race. Square Pictures' staff of 200 rendered the film using
some of the most advanced processing capabilities available at the time,
taking about four years to complete it. The film debuted to mixed
critical reception, but was widely praised for the realism of the
computer-animated characters. It greatly exceeded its original budget,
costing $137 million and recovering only $85 million at the box office.
The film has been called a box office bomb and is blamed for the demise
of Square Pictures.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1260:
The Livonian Order suffered its greatest defeat in the 13th
century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Durbe>
1793:
Charlotte Corday assassinated Jean-Paul Marat, a leader in both
the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, in his bathtub.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Corday>
1941:
The Communist Party of Yugoslavia initiated a general and
popular uprising against Italian occupation forces in Montenegro that
was suppressed within six weeks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uprising_in_Montenegro>
1977:
Ethiopia and Somalia went to war over the disputed Ogaden
region in eastern Ethiopia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogaden_War>
2011:
Three coordinated bombings across Mumbai, India, killed 26
victims and injured 130 more.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tardigrade:
Sluggish; moving slowly.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tardigrade>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"What is too silly to be said may be sung" — well, yes; but
what is too subtle to be said, or too deeply felt, or too revealing or
too mysterious — these things can also be sung and can only be sung.
--Kenneth Clark
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Clark>
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