Battle for Terra (2007) Terra (original title)

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Director:

Aristomenis Tsirbas

Writers:

Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay)
Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)

Release Date:

1 May 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

They are coming

Plot:

A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.

Plot Keywords:

Annihilation | Planet | Battle | Alien | Based On Short Film

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Chad Allen	...	Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette	...	Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch	...	Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom	...	Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly	...	Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox	...	General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross	...	Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Interrogator Wright (voice)
James Devoti	...	Colonel Wheeler (voice) (as Jim Devoti)
Chris Evans	...	Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner	...	Doron (voice)
Danny Glover	...	President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden	...	Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden	...	Tumi (voice)
Vanessa Johansson	...	Sora (voice)
Brian Johnson	...	Lt. Johnson (voice) (as Brian D. Jonson)
David Krumholtz	...	Terrian Commander (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Fabric Merchant (voice)
Justin Long	...	Senn (voice)
Josh Miller	...	Tuki (voice) (as Worm Miller)
Laraine Newman	...	Toy Merchant (voice)
Amanda Peet	...	Maria Montez (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Elder Vorin (voice)
Timi Prulhiere	...	Terrian 1 (voice)
Dennis Quaid	...	Roven (voice)
Michael Scovotti	...	Lt. Evans (voice)
Zoe Sidel	...	Kima
Danny Trejo	...	Elder Barum (voice)
Luke Wilson	...	Jim Stanton (voice)
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Mala (voice)

Directed by
Aristomenis Tsirbas

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Evan Spiliotopoulos		screenplay
Aristomenis Tsirbas		story

Produced by
Guido Baechler	....	consulting producer
Keith Calder	....	producer
Ryan Colucci	....	producer
Dane Allan Smith	....	producer
Jessica Wu	....	producer

Original Music by
Abel Korzeniowski

Cinematography by
Aristomenis Tsirbas

Film Editing by
J. Kathleen Gibson

Casting by
Michelle Morris

Production Design by
Aristomenis Tsirbas

Production Management
Melissa Lawson Cheung	....	post-production supervisor (as Melissa Lawson)

Sound Department
Mark Allen	....	supervising sound designer
David Betancourt	....	foley mixer
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
John Fuentes	....	sound effects editor
John-Thomas Graves	....	sound effects editor
John-Thomas Graves	....	sound recordist
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Trevor Jolly	....	sound supervisor
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brent Kiser	....	sound recordist
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Donald Lyles	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Marcus	....	director of sound services
Jeffrey A. Pitts	....	sound effects editor
Eddie Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Nathan Smith	....	adr recordist
Nathan Smith	....	sound designer
Nathan Smith	....	supervising sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Tami Treadwell	....	adr mixer
Christoph Wörndle	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Radoslav Bakalov	....	additional character animator (as Rado Bakalov)
Jürgen Brunner	....	digital artist: stereoscopic conversion: Battle for Terra
Adam Chrystie	....	infrastructure and pipeline supervisor
Erin Clark	....	visual effects
Gregg Domain	....	lighter
Gregg Domain	....	visual effects technical director
Rodrigo Dorsch	....	digital compositor
Paul Gimm	....	lighting technical director
Tom K. Gurney	....	character animator
Richard Hurrey	....	character rigger
Steve Kaplan	....	digital compositor
Steve Kaplan	....	stereoscopic conversion
Dimitri Loginowski	....	lighter
Dimitri Loginowski	....	visual effects supervisor
David Maldonado	....	digital artist
Allan Nadel	....	digital compositor
Allan Nadel	....	lead compositor
Allan Nadel	....	stereoscopic conversion
Ricardo Nadu	....	additional character animator
Ricardo Nadu	....	lead character rigger
Iva Petkova	....	digital artist
Peter Pflaum	....	digital artist: stereoscopic conversion
Heather Shrewsbury	....	character animator
Dane Allan Smith	....	stereoscopic producer
Dane Allan Smith	....	visual effects producer
Tom Sorem	....	character animator
Robert Tobin	....	digital artist
Robert Tobin	....	lighter
Emily Goff Voorhies	....	lighting technical director
Will Wira	....	senior CG sequence supervisor

Animation Department
Jeremy Collins	....	character animator
Michael Galbraith	....	animator
Tom Judd	....	animator
Kevin Koch	....	animator
Billy-Vu Lam	....	animator
Soyeon Park	....	digital artist intern
Harry Porudominsky	....	character animator
Shannon Pytlak	....	animator
Mike Safianoff	....	animator
Heather Shrewsbury	....	character animator
Dane Stogner	....	animator

Casting Department
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Daniella Friedman	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Melissa Lawson Cheung	....	first assistant editor (as Melissa Lawson)
Joe Finley	....	3d colorist
Jim May	....	additional editor
Stewart McAlpine	....	assistant editor
Zara Park	....	digital intermediate post supervisor (as Zara Roberts)
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer
Sarah Beth Shapiro	....	assistant editor
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator
Joel Iwataki	....	music score mixer
Abel Korzeniowski	....	orchestrator
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor
Bryan Lawson	....	music supervisor
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Sam Zeines	....	assistant music editor

Other crew
Adam Ballesteros	....	assistant: keith calder
Adam Ballesteros	....	assistant: producers
J.P. Duprey	....	office production assistant
Chris Harding	....	production coordinator
Paul Lavoie	....	digital production manager
Ryan W. Reid	....	network system administrator
Jennessa Rose	....	voices
Amy Skerkoski	....	assistant to the producers
Amy Skerkoski	....	production coordinator: stereoscopic 3D team
Anne Lockhart	....	additional voices (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Menithings Productions
• Snoot Entertainment

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Distribution Company (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• InterComFilm (2009) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Roadside Attractions (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• SolotresD (2010) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Viva International Pictures (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Works UK Distribution, The (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Coral Pictures (2010) (South Korea) (all media)
• Equinoxe Films (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Hagi (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Luxor Entertainment (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• Rézo Films (2010) (France) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Ssamzie Entertainment (2009) (South Korea) (all media)

Other Companies

• Digital Film Tree  post consulting and integration
• Fintage CAM  Collection Account Management
• Wow & Flutter  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Terra" - USA (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and some thematic elements

Runtime:

USA:85 min | Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Spain:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Germany:12 | Ireland:PG | Mexico:A | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG

Company:

Menithings Productions

Trivia:

Originally conceived as a film with live actors playing the human characters.

Quotes:

Mala:Together... forever... in life.

Movie Connections:

References Skywhales (1983)

TERRA is worth seeing - best film we saw at Toronto

I was at the gala premiere of Terra in Toronto and was absolutely blown away by this film- I'm not a big festival goer- but I was in Toronto on vacation and saw something about Terra on the local news. It's hard to believe that 'kickmekenneth' and I were at the same screening. I've never commented on these types of websites but came across this review when I was looking for info about this film. The film was incredible- the world Tsirbas created is gorgeous and totally unique. I felt as though I was watching a painting come to life. It was so refreshing to experience an animated story whose characters had depth and conflict like those in a dramatic live action film. The environmental and anti-war themes were expertly woven into the plot and clearly Danny Glover, Brian Cox and Justin Long felt strongly enough about this film to present the premiere and Danny Glover was gracious enough to talk with us afterward. Terra's only flaw may be that it is ahead of its time in the US – where we are are used to our animated characters being simplistic, forgettable talking animals. TERRA is the future of CGI. I took a group of children who have not stopped talking about this film since the screening- we go to all the animated films, and I've never seen this kind of reaction from them. I also noticed a few adult audience members sniffling tears at the dramatic conclusion. BRAVO Mr. Tsirbas! This is a film worth seeing... Does anyone know who Mr. Tsirbas is or where I can learn more?