Avatar (2009)

Avatar Official Trailer (HD) 20th Century FOX

Avatar (2009)

Director: James Cameron

Synopsis

A paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Male Deaths

• Laz Alonso (Tsu'tey)
• Matt Gerald (Corporal Lyle Wainfleet)
• Stephen Lang (Colonel Miles Quartich)
• Joel David Moore (Norm Spellman)
• Wes Studi (Eytukan)
• Sam Worthington (Jake Sully / Tom Sully)
• Sean Anthony Moran (Sean Fike)

Female Deaths

• Michelle Rodriguez (Trudy Chacon)
• Sigourney Weaver (Dr. Grace Augustine)

Gallery

Sam Worthington

Wes Studi

Sigourney Weaver

Michelle Rodriguez

Stephen Lang

Trivia

1. At the time of auditioning, Sam Worthington was living in his car.
2. The first completely digitally shot movie to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography.
3. This movie took four years to make, from pre-production to release.
4. James Cameron was convinced that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film when he saw Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
5. Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal were the studio's first choices to play Jake Sully, but James Cameron decided to cast the less-known Sam Worthington in the lead role.
6. Chris Pine auditioned for the lead role and said that it was his worst audition ever.
7. The cigarette that Sigourney Weaver's character "smokes" is computer-generated.
8. Some CGI scenes took an average of 47 hours to render.