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New Directors<br />
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BaTTlE fOR TERRa<br />
WEST COaST pREmIERE<br />
USa<br />
2007<br />
100 min<br />
DiR Aristomenis Tsirbas<br />
PROD Keith Calder, Dane Allan Smith, Jessica<br />
Wu, Ryan Colucci<br />
SCR Evan Spiliotopoulous<br />
Cam Aristomenis Tsirbas<br />
ED J. Kathleen Gibson<br />
mUS Abel Korzeniowski<br />
CaST Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Dennis<br />
Quaid, Brian Cox, Chris Evans, James Garner,<br />
Danny Glover<br />
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CaUSES Environment; War, Conflict &<br />
Reconciliation<br />
Esurance is proud to support<br />
animation in all its forms.<br />
In his first feature-length, independently produced<br />
animated film, director Aristomenis Tsirbas has created a<br />
beautiful, tranquil world most anyone would love to inhabit.<br />
That’s just the problem. While the moon-eyed, tadpole-like<br />
denizens of Terra live peacefully amid towering reeds and<br />
gentle space whales, another species is eyeing the planet<br />
as a potential new home—and this time the invaders are<br />
us. As Earth Force’s giant ship appears in the sky, the<br />
predominantly passive Terrareans are slow to recognize<br />
they are under attack. But freethinking, strong-willed<br />
Mala (voiced by SFIFF52 Midnight Award recipient Evan<br />
Rachel Wood) sees her father being abducted and knows<br />
something is terribly wrong. She comes across wounded<br />
pilot Jim Stanton (Luke Wilson) and decides to rescue<br />
and revive him, with the understanding that he will help<br />
secure her father’s release. Mala and Jim gradually forge<br />
an unexpected alliance and begin to understand both the<br />
motivations and moral failings of their two species, as<br />
the conflict between Earthlings and Terrareans escalates<br />
into a desperate fight for survival. With an all-star vocal<br />
cast (including Brian Cox, James Garner, Dennis Quaid<br />
and a hilarious David Cross as the WALL-E-esque robot<br />
sidekick) and lush CGI animation, Battle for Terra’s<br />
family-friendly, sci-fi action comes with a socially conscious<br />
spin—posing tough ethical and philosophical questions<br />
around the environment, war and human compassion.<br />
We’ve experienced many on-screen alien invasions over<br />
the years. It’s an intriguing turn of events to find ourselves<br />
on the opposite side of the death ray. Who’s the alien<br />
now? Recommended for ages seven and up.<br />
—Joanne Parsont<br />
aRiSTOmEniS TSiRBaS<br />
Aristomenis Tsirbas worked as a production designer, visual<br />
effects artist (Titanic) and visual and digital effects supervisor<br />
(A Wrinkle in Time, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) before<br />
making the leap to writing and directing, founding the production<br />
company MeniThings in 2000 to support original CGI and<br />
live-action content for film and TV. Tsirbas wrote and directed<br />
a series of successful short films, including Ray Tracey in Full<br />
Tilt (2000), Mech Warrior: Vengeance (2000) and the awardwinning<br />
The Freak (SFIFF 2002), before turning his animated<br />
short film Terra (2003) into a feature directorial debut.<br />
SaT apR 25 12:00 KaBUKI BaTT25K<br />
WED apR 29 6:45 KaBUKI BaTT29K
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