| The Island (2005)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Ewan McGregor |
Lincoln Six Echo/Tom Lincoln
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| Scarlett Johansson |
Jordan Two Delta/Sarah Jordan
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| Djimon Hounsou |
Albert Laurent
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| Sean Bean |
Merrick
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| Steve Buscemi |
McCord
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| Michael Clarke Duncan |
Starkweather
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| Ethan Phillips |
Jones Three Echo
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| Brian Stepanek |
Gandu Three Echo
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| Noa Tishby |
Community Announcer
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| Siobhan Flynn |
Lima One Alpha
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| Plot |
| When you add up all the best things about The Island, you might just conclude that there's hope yet for Hollywood's most critically reviled hit-maker, Michael Bay. Recruited by Steven Spielberg to direct this lavish and often breathtaking sci-fi action thriller, Bay rises to the occasion with an ambitious production that is, by his standards (and compared to Bay's earlier hits like The Rock and Armageddon), surprisingly intelligent as it explores the repercussions of cloning in a sealed-off society where humans are cultivated for spare parts, surrogate parenthood, and full-body replacements for wealthy clientele. But when two of the clones (Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johanssen) begin to question their fate and the motives of their keepers, they escape into the real world and The Island becomes just another Michael Bay action extravaganza, albeit an impressively exciting one. With elaborate chase scenes and a high-tech feast of CGI to dazzle the eye, The Island recycles much of the plot from 1979's Clonus while borrowing elements from Logan's Run, Gattaca and Minority Report, and while it's not as smartly conceived as those earlier films, there's no denying that, in many ways, it's Bay's best film to date. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Drama; Sci-Fi; Thriller |
| Director |
Michael Bay |
| Producer |
Michael Bay; Ian Bryce; Walter F. Parkes |
| Writer |
Caspian Tredwell-Owen; Alex Kurtzman; Roberto Orci |
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| Studio |
DreamWorks Home Ent. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
136 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
7/22/2005 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
637 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
6/6/2006 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 2.40:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
678149197020 |
| Release Date |
12/13/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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A Behind-The-Scenes look at the creation of the film's incredible action sequences and spectacular stunts
Commentary with Michael Bay |
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