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Director:
Writer:
Kazunori Itô (writer)
Release Date:
20 January 2001 (Japan)
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Tagline:
Dare to enter a world of future videogames
Plot:
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon...
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War Game
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Purse Snatcher
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Awards:
3 wins
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1 nomination
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Full Synopsis and Poster for Mamoru Oshii’s Assault Girls
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Assault Girls Trailer. It’s Like Dune, Except with Hot Japanese Chicks.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Malgorzata Foremniak | ... | Ash | |
| Wladyslaw Kowalski | ... | Game Master | |
| Jerzy Gudejko | ... | Murphy | |
| Dariusz Biskupski | ... | Bishop | |
| Bartlomiej Swiderski | ... | Stunner (as Bartek Swiderski) | |
| Katarzyna Bargielowska | ... | Receptionist | |
| Alicja Sapryk | ... | Gill | |
| Michal Breitenwald | ... | Murphy of Nine Sisters | |
| Zuzanna Kasz | ... | Ghost | |
| Adam Szyszkowski | ... | Player A | |
| Krzysztof Szczerbinski | ... | Player B (as Krszysztof Szczerbinski) | |
| Marek Stawinski | ... | Player C | |
| Jaroslaw Budnik | ... | Cooper (voice) | |
| Andrzej Debski | ... | Cusinart (voice) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Avalon (International: English title)
Gate to Avalon (Hong Kong: English title) (video box title)
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Gate to Avalon (Hong Kong: English title) (video box title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violence.
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Runtime:
106 min
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Color |
Black and White (Sepiatone)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:T |
South Korea:15 |
Canada:PG |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:12 |
USA:R |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13
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Director Trademark: [Mamoru Oshii] [biblical quote]
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Continuity: When Ash is holding Murphy after shooting him, he is holding a gun in his right hand. The shot then switches to his other hand dropping bullets and when the shot returns to both of them the gun is missing.
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Quotes:
Ash:
Let me ask you something. Are you accessing from a terminal somewhere or are you part of the system itself?
Game Master: What does it matter? You couldn't confirm it anyway.
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Game Master: What does it matter? You couldn't confirm it anyway.
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References Kôkaku kidôtai (1995)
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I think many of the complaints about this movie are by those that overlook one of the most obvious statements of the movie... that day to day life is boring & tedious, (walking hallways, taking lonely boring train rides, feeding your dog, watching an annoying person eat) all the while the visual world (read spiritual, artistic, visionary, higher level, etc.) is breath-taking. None of the characters of this world are privy to the visual poetry we are being exposed to as viewers... and that is part of the point, they are blind to it... yet it's a reminder that technological obsessiveness, or material obsessiveness, blinds everyone from simple visual beauty. The lighting alone in the movie was incredibly inventive, variations of sepia tones that went from red to green to blue during the course of the movie... overall the lighting and photography in the movie was amazing. You could take any given frame of this film and have a very beautiful photograph. There is a lot of CGI work in this movie that many nay-sayers called "low budget" and didn't even notice. Watch at the very end of the movie how the ghost's mouth wavers, almost like the Mona Lisa, from sad half-frown into a smirk, and this was done in post. I'm sure many people missed very subtle and beautiful touches like this on first viewing. If someone were to critique it for lack of complexity, I would agree... Blade Runner was not "deep" in the same way... but both, upon multiple viewings, remain almost timelessly poignant while being very reflective of when they were made, and I'm sure in 10 years this movie will seem as striking, as Blade Runner is to me now over 20 years since it's release. This will be one to watch over and over again every 6 months.
One caveat... the Miramax version is rubbish. The translations are horrible and stupid. Literally you lose half the meaning of the film. At one point Ashe is talking to the Gamemaster discussing Avalon (the mythic island) and discussing Odin and the helmet of forgetting... right as she puts the VR helmet on. In the Miramax version... the Gamemaster just says "be careful it's dangerous in there"... etc. Not even close, it's like they didn't bother even attempting a real translation, pathetic.