Summary
Sydney is a young, blind violinist who is given the chance to see for the first time since childhood through a miraculous corneal transplant. As Sydney adjusts to a dizzying new world of colors and shapes, she is haunted by frightening visions of death which captures the doomed and dragging them away from the world of the living. Terrorized and on the brink of insanity, Sydney is convinced that her anonymous eye donor has opened the door to a terrifying world only she can see and the secret information it holds.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Blind women
-- United States
-- Drama.
Cornea -- Transplantation -- United States -- Drama. Visions -- United States -- Drama. Supernatural -- Drama. Women violinists -- United States -- Drama. Feature films. Horror films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Suspense films. |
| Publisher | Santa Monica, Calif. :Lionsgate,2008 |
| Edition | [2-disc special ed.] ; Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Granger, Don.
Wagner, Paula. Gutierrez, Sebastian. Moreau, David. Palud, Xavier. Alba, Jessica, 1981- Nivola, Alessandro. Posey, Parker, 1968- Šerbedžija, Rade, 1946- Romero, Fernanda. Ticotin, Rachel. Babatunde, Obba. Mora, Danny. Moretz, Chloë, 1997- Hui, Jo Jo Yuet-chun. Pang, Oxide, 1965- Pang, Danny. Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm) Paramount Vantage. Cruise/Wagner Productions (Firm) Vertigo Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin, Obba Babatundé, Danny Mora, Chloe Moretz. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Jeffrey Jur ; editor, Patrick Lussier ; music, Marco Beltrami ; costume designer, Michael Dennison ; production designer, James Spencer ; visual effects supervisors, Mike Uguccioni, Marc Varisco. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence/terror and some disturbing content. |
| Language |
English Spanish English (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Based on the 2002 "Jian gui" screenplay by Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui and Oxide Pang and Danny Pang. Special features: "Birth of the Shadowman" featurette; "Becoming Sydney" featurette; "Shadow world: the paranormal past" featurette; "Dissecting a disaster" featurette; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer. Disc 2 contains a digital copy of the feature film. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentations; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD-ROM |
| Other | Classic View |