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| Category | Adventure DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Family Videos, Children/Family, Children (About), Based On A Novel, Brothers, Outer Space | | Starring | Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Tim Robbins, Peter Billingsley, Kristen Stewart, Derek Mears, Dax Shepard | | Director | Jon Favreau | | Composer | John Debney | | Editor | Dan Lebantal | | Executive Producer | William Teitler, Michael De Luca | | Producer | Ted Field, Scott Kroopf |
Two squabbling brothers are propelled into deepest, darkest space while plaing a mysterious game discovered in the basement of their old house. Stars Tim Robbins, directed by Jon Favreau; based on the best-selling book by the children's writer Chris Van Allsburg. Special features include director's audio commentary, making of, a visual effects documentary, lots more. Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau (SWINGERS, ELF) delivers another work of intelligent, charming family fare with this space adventure, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg (JUMANJI). Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another, bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire, he leaves them in the dubious care of older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart), who is sleeping upstairs. When Danny discovers an old board game called Zathura stored in the basement, his excitement is lost on Walter, who has no time for such old, boring toys. Soon, however, the game becomes impossible to ignore, as the boys are transported into space, and one of them must win in order to make it home again. Each turn brings a new, often dangerous, surprise, and the boys are faced with a murderous robot, an explosive meteor shower, and lizard-like aliens, while poor Lisa is cryogenically frozen early in the game. The adventure yields some heartwarming, family-friendly life lessons, and Dax Shepard (IDIOCRACY) is unusually subdued in his role as a stranded astronaut. Theatrical Release: November 11, 2005
Zathura Reviews: "Favreau and his effects team have fun with the retro-futurist stylings of the game....The relatively restrained use of computer imagery is refreshing..."
-- Matthew Taylor, Sight and Sound "ZATHURA is a rarity: a stellar fantasy that faces down childhood anxieties with feet-on-the-ground maturity." -- Grade: A-
-- Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly "In the enchanted limbo between waking and sleeping, ZATHURA feels both real and unreal, like a dream you could shake off at any moment."
-- Stephen Holden, New York Times Zathura | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2005 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8601  | | CD Universe Part number | 7016296 | | Catalog number | 13475 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 14, 2006 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Running Time | 101 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Special Edition; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Special Edition; Subtitled; Special Edition, Widescreen |
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Zathura DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Full Frame -
1.33
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Documentary: "Race to the Black Planet"
Audio Commentary: John Favreau - Director, Peter Billingsley - Star
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