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Tron /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Disney's exclusive archive collectionProducer: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Productions [1982]Distributor: Venice, CA : Lisberger-Kushner Productions [1982]Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video [1995]Manufacturer: Tokyo, JPN : Kuraray, [1995]Beginning or single date created: 1982.Edition: CAV Widescreen Edition; Laser DiscDescription: 3 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 12" ; booklet with liner notes and chapter stopsUniform titles:
  • Tron (Motion picture : 1982)
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Special features : -- New digital THX-mastered transfer, presented entirely in the full-feature CAV standard play format. -- Painstakingly restored from the original 65mm Vista Vision and Super 70 elements. -- Full-color booklet with liner notes, rare photos and chapter stops. -- Exclusive audio commentaries by director Steven Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner and Visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw & Richard Taylor on analog track 1 (left). -- Music and effects track in mono isolated on analog track 2 (right). -- Rare pre-production animation tests. -- Excerpts from behind-the-scenes documentaries, "Beyond Tron" and "Computers Are People Too". -- Inspirational designs by Futuristic Artists, Syd Mead, Peter lloyd and Jean "Moebius" Giraud. -- Deleted scences. -- Original soundtrack music deleted from the film. -- 6 original theatrical trailers. -- Preliminary art including conceptual background paintings, storyboards and designs sketches for the characters, vehicles and environment of the electronic world. -- Computer animation design and demo reels. -- Original publicity and merchandising materials
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Bruce Logan ; production designer, Dean Edward Mitzner ; film editor, Jeff Gourson ; music by Wendy Carlos ; music performed by Los Angeles Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bowden, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Douglas Gamley ; orchestrations by Jorge Calandrelli ; "Only solutions", "1990's theme" written and performed by Journey ; conceptual artists, Syd Mead, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, Peter Lloyd ; costumes designed by Elois Jenssen, Rosanna Norton ; associate producer, Harrison Ellenshaw ; visual effects supervised by Richard Taylor, Harrison Ellenshaw ; story by Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird.
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Dan Shor, Peter Jurasik, Tony Stephano.Summary: When a brilliant video game maker named Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing.
List(s) this item appears in: New Films and Books
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC LaserDisc films - Not For Loan SP 433 - Screening Room D-0151 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 16055001751

Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.

First home release of the film in original widescreen format.

Special features : -- New digital THX-mastered transfer, presented entirely in the full-feature CAV standard play format. -- Painstakingly restored from the original 65mm Vista Vision and Super 70 elements. -- Full-color booklet with liner notes, rare photos and chapter stops. -- Exclusive audio commentaries by director Steven Lisberger, producer Donald Kushner and Visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw & Richard Taylor on analog track 1 (left). -- Music and effects track in mono isolated on analog track 2 (right). -- Rare pre-production animation tests. -- Excerpts from behind-the-scenes documentaries, "Beyond Tron" and "Computers Are People Too". -- Inspirational designs by Futuristic Artists, Syd Mead, Peter lloyd and Jean "Moebius" Giraud. -- Deleted scences. -- Original soundtrack music deleted from the film. -- 6 original theatrical trailers. -- Preliminary art including conceptual background paintings, storyboards and designs sketches for the characters, vehicles and environment of the electronic world. -- Computer animation design and demo reels. -- Original publicity and merchandising materials

MPAA Rating: PG.

Analog tracks do not have dialogue. Letterboxed. Laser disc.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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