Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Andy Jones

Writers:

Andy Wachowski (written by) &
Larry Wachowski (written by)

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

After discovering a force of machines on their way to Zion, a crew of a the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn the city using the Matrix.

Plot Keywords:

The Matrix | Chase | Martial Arts | CGI Film | Cell Phone

Cast

Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Thadeus (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Jue (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Crew Man (voice) (as John DiMaggio)
Tom Kenny	...	Operator (voice)
Rick Gomez	...	Pilot (voice)
Tara Strong	...	Crew Woman (voice)
Bette Ford	...	Old Woman (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miyoko Asô	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Mizuki Saito	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Haruo Satou	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Tomotake Shigematsu	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Makoto Yasumura	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Atsuko Yuya	...	(voice: Japanese version)

Directed by
Andy Jones

Writing credits
Andy Wachowski		(written by) &
Larry Wachowski		(written by)

Produced by
Jun Aida	....	producer
Spencer Lamm	....	executive producer
Gary Mundell	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	executive producer
Cameron Stevning	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Don Davis

Film Editing by
Christopher S. Capp

Casting by
Jack Fletcher

Production Design by
Owen Paterson

Art Direction by
Tani Kunitake

Costume Design by
Kym Barrett

Production Management
Ivy Agregan	....	production manager
Naoko Muldowney	....	computer graphics production manager
Meghan Nishimizu	....	production manager

Art Department
Tani Kunitake	....	lead storyboard artist
Richard Mahon	....	concept artist
Christian Scheurer	....	lead matte painter

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects designer
Paul Hackner	....	assistant sound editor
Andrew Lackey	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Mayumi Arakaki	....	visual effects coordinator
Kevin Bjorke	....	imaging supervisor
Andy Harbeck	....	CG artist
Toby Haruno	....	senior character animator: Square Pictures
Thomas Roland Johnson	....	matte painter
Kory Juul	....	digital compositor
Kory Juul	....	lighting artist
Koji Kawamura	....	visual effects
Miku Kayama	....	lead compositor
Takumi Kimura	....	lead lighting artist
Mach Tony Kobayashi	....	visual effects
Richard Mahon	....	digital matte painter
Grant Niesner	....	3D creature designer: EON Entertainment
Kevin Ochs	....	lead character technical director
Stuart Partridge	....	compositor
Steve Preeg	....	visual effects
James Rogers	....	visual effects supervisor
Jake Rowell	....	digital character artist
Ben Rush	....	lead character technical director
Jeff Schu	....	character animator
Remington Scott	....	motion production director
David Seager	....	computer graphics supervisor: Square USA
Tomoko Shin	....	digital compositor
Eric Sterner	....	modeler
Koji Tanaka	....	visual effects
Joanne Thiel	....	visual effects
Christopher Walsh	....	character animator
Teru Yoshida	....	lead lighting artist
Masahito Yoshioka	....	visual effects

Stunts
Alicia Vela-Bailey	....	motion capture stuntman

Animation Department
Steve Giesler	....	lead character artist
Matthew Hackett	....	lead animator
Roy Sato	....	senior animator

Editorial Department
Christina DeSilva	....	editorial manager

Other crew
Jay Carina	....	technical director
Jack Fletcher	....	voice director

Production Companies

• Silver Pictures
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Roadshow Entertainment
• Village Roadshow Entertainment
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Warner Bros.

Other Companies

• Square USA  animation production

Also Known As:

Final Flight of the Osiris (USA)
The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris (USA) (series title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, sensuality and language.

Runtime:

9 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia) | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13

Company:

Silver Pictures

Trivia:

To demonstrate that a CGI Matrix film was possible, Square Pictures created a short. They took the Aki character from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, gave her a haircut and a different outfit, and animated a fight between her and a "Sentinel" robot from the Matrix series. The finished "Final Flight" also drew on the technological and artistic assets Square had assembled together for their Final Fantasy movie.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Return to Source: Philosophy & 'The Matrix' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

CONGA FURY

Excellent, a must see for Matrix fans.

The only reason I went to see Dreamcatcher was to see Final flight of the Osiris! I was certainly not disappointed. At first I thought they were real people, the animation was brilliant. I thought it was just a nice little story. The crew just managing to post the information off in the Matrix just as the ship was destroyed in the real world. This really does get you even more excited about the Matrix sequels coming up.

Dreamcatcher was a wierd movie, not really worth the money, but see it just to see this short, you wont be disappointed:)

I give it a 10