Cirque Du Soleil - Worlds Away

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY [2012] [Limited 3D Edition] [3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy] A Magical Journey through the World of Cirque du Soleil! Experience The Adventure That Will Take You Worlds Away!Visionary filmmakers James Cameron [‘AVATAR’] and Andrew Adamson [‘SHREK’] invite you on a spectacular adventure unlike anything you've seen before. Leap, soar, swim and dance with the legendary performers of Cirque du Soleil as they transport a young couple on a “magical journey” worlds away and beyond imagination.FILM FACT: Awards: Golden Trailer Awards: Nominated: Paramount Pictures and The AV Squad for The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over.Cast: Erica Linz, Igor Zaripov, Lutz Halbhubner, John Clarke, Dallas Barnett, Tanya Drewery, Sarah Houbolt, Ascia Maybury, Damien Gordon, Zach Brickland, Iren Goed, Roufan Gan, Pei Pei Lane, Shaowei Xin, Stephen Cooper, Mengkai Shi, James Fletcher, Wenbo Zheng, Mariska du Plessis, Dan Hales, Graham Candy, Mike Baker, Matt Gillanders, Alan Thompson, Haoyuen Chen, Alexander Dryjenko, Roman Ermolenkov, Sébastian Fortier, Florence Gaillard, Yevgen Kuz'min, Xun Li, Petro Marakhovskyy, Alexandre Plotnikov, Andrei Ridetski, Dimitry Vorobiev, Sheila Joy Buford and Gyulnara KaraevaDirectors: Andrew Adamson and James CameronProducers: Andrew Adamson, Aron Warner, Cary Granat, Ed Jones, Jacques Méthé, James Cameron and Martin BolducScreenplay: Andrew AdamsonComposers: Benoît Jutras and Stephen BartonCinematography: Brett TurnbullVideo Resolution: 1080p [Technicolor]Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French: 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish: 5.1 Dolby Digital and Portuguese: 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio DescriptionSubtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish and PortugueseRunning Time: 91 minutesRegion: Blu-ray: All Regions and DVD: NTSCNumber of discs: 3Studio: Paramount PicturesAndrew's 3D Blu-ray Review: James Cameron and Andrew Adamson join forces to present a fantastical love story, featuring the best of the world-famous circus troupe's elaborate performances. The world's most famous acrobatic troupe delivers a feast of surreal beauty and moments of breath-catching wonder in the skilfully staged 3D film ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away.'A greatest-hits extravaganza tenuously linked by a love-story narrative and the 3D film relies on directors Andrew Adamson and James Cameron's use of slow-motion, close-ups and inventive camera angles to smooth the transition from big top to big screen presentation on this spectacular 3D Blu-ray disc.The undeniably spectacular skills of the Cirque du Soleil performers lose little in translation, although the intimate moments work decidedly better, as cinema-goers catch each slap of the aerialists' mid-air hand grasps and every droplet of water splashed. The elastic female gymnast doing solo backflips inside an oversized brandy glass was a totally boring pointless viewing experience in my personal opinion and should have been taken out of the whole show.With more than 100 million tickets sold across six continents for Cirque du Soleil stage shows, the brand is certainly a spectacular experience for all ages. The new medium of this 3D Blu-ray disc opens up the experience to an even wider audience, in exploring this awesome experimental artistic stunning film, to savour time after time with this beautiful 3D Blu-ray disc.The story opens with something that would never happen at a live Cirque du Soleil performance, a fall from The Aerialist [Igor Zaripov]. Mia [Erica Linz], a petite outsider visiting a down-at-heel old-timey circus, the kind with sword-swallowers and bearded ladies, is drawn to one of the performers. He's a trapeze artist simply known as The Aerialist [Igor Zaripov] and when she catches his eye mid-air, he breaks concentration and plunges to the ground.The sand of the rink gives way and she follows him down the rabbit hole, as it were, into a parallel universe where she meets that madly prancing clown [John Clarke]. He escorts her through a series of fantastical realms populated by trampolining superheroes, rider less tricycles and giant double-jointed spiders from the company's Las Vegas shows, including O, Mystére, Believe and Viva.As Mia [Erica Linz] wanders through these dreamscapes clutching a poster of The Aerialist [Igor Zaripov] to her chest, Mia [Erica Linz] alternates eye-widening with theatrical brow-furrowing. Let's just say that as an actress, she's a good acrobat, which is made clear in the gorgeously romantic finale. The brow-furrowing is understandable, though, as, like most abstractedly mystical Cirque du Soleil stage shows, the action follows the logic of a dream.Still, the unifying accomplishment is in the giddy acrobatics, sleek sensuality and heart-stopping derring-do of the performers, as well as the constantly sumptuous, transporting immersive cinematography, and the final result is some of the coolest cinema performance footage ever recorded in 3D. Some acts are physically astounding and technically well staged; especially the aerial pas de deux finale is especially very good and spectacular.Most Cirque du Soleil shows do have a story line, usually a young person on a quest, and "Worlds Away" does that extremely well. Acted without dialogue, the plot concerns a gamine acrobat [Erica Linz] who attends a shabby, real-world carnival and is so entranced by a handsome The Aerialist [Igor Zaripov] that she's compelled to follow him, Alice-like, down a hole and into another universe. There, a bordering-on-creepy clown escorts her through show-stopping numbers from Cirque du Soleil's Vegas shows. The opening set from "O" features swimmers, acrobats, and contortionists in, on, and above water. A segment from "Kà" boasts Imperial China-influenced visuals, costumes, and makeup with acrobats performing gravity-defying stunts on a near-vertical platform. Less eye-popping is the "Whole Lotta Shakin'" number from the now-closed "Viva Elvis." A segment from "Love" features The Beatles "Octopus's Garden" with troupe members suspended like chandeliers and dripping in white tendrils like floating jellyfish. "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite" boasts a Sgt. Pepper-like master of ceremonies presiding over an assortment of Fellini-esque characters.Cirque du Soleil live performance in this 3D Blu-ray, are considered the epitome of the ultimate "contemporary circus;" the show draws inspiration from circus styles around the world, usually weaving a very loosely-structured storyline in the process. In other words: the narrative for ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' is mostly meant as an excuse to stage a variety of Cirque du Soleil set pieces and routines, which were captured using James Cameron's PACE Fusion 3D camera system and wow does it work for me, spectacularly.That said, James Cameron's PACE Fusion 3D system is great for expansive and immersive visuals, which “Worlds Away” should offer in loads. Similarly, it's impossible to not admire the athleticism of Cirque du Soleil performers and marvel at how often they're but a single misstep away from greatly injuring themselves; obviously, you won't have to worry about that happening in this 3D Blu-ray. Anyone who's ever wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil live stage performance, but never been able to for whatever reason, that it is too expensive, no nearby location: this is the way to go.It's not much of a spoiler to reveal that Mia and The Aerialist eventually are reunited, and we finally get the chance to see them become active participants, thanks to a beautiful stunning airborne aerobic acrobatic performance. Fireworks signify the explosion of romance in the air, and the film then comes to an abrupt conclusion. The cast even takes bows, over end credits set to The Beatles "All You Need is Love."3D Blu-ray Video Quality – This is a combination Andrew Adamson and James Cameron production, so, as to be expected by now, Worlds Away was an original high definition 3D production shot with the PACE Fusion 3D system. It comes to this 3D Blu-ray with a stunning 1080p encoded image and an aspect ratio of 1.78:1 which is totally awesome. Like most productions from ‘AVATAR' to the more recent ‘Life of Pi' which again is shot with the PACE Fusion 3D system, and gives the 3D a totally natural and gorgeous vision. In the very opening scene, there is a bit of a pop-up book look, and, on my display, some issues with crosstalk. However, once we move to the Circus Maximus and beyond, these issues dissolve and we are given a strong 3D effect with great depth. In 2D, the image is strong as well, offering a lot of detail and texture with no anomalies to speak of.3D Blu-ray Audio Quality – ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' features a dazzling 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Surround soundtrack. It's smooth but also aggressive, making extensive and natural use of the surround channels in every scene. Musical delivery is precise, showing great clarity and seamless flow around the stage. The track makes use of a positive, balanced low end, whether a rumbling train, which displays great sound imaging that moves from one side to the other or in support to the music. The film is littered with all sorts of distinct, well-placed, and demonstration-worthy moments that bring the world to life and are guaranteed to put even the best sound system through its paces. This is a marvellous listening experience that alone is worth the price of the 3D Blu-ray disc.3D Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:Special Feature: Making Worlds Away [2012] [1080p] [16:9] [2:26] Here we get an in-depth look at the amazing fantasy presentation of Cirque du Soleil and we get an interesting perspective from the likes of James Cameron [Executive Producer]; Andrew Adamson [Producer/Writer/Director]; Erica Linz [Mia] and Martin Bolduc [Producer]. Despite it not being a very long special feature, it is still an interesting look at what makes Cirque du Soleil so magical and spectacular.Special Feature: A Day in the Life with Erica Linz [2012] [1080p] [16:9] [13:24] Here we get another intimate look behind-the-scene on how the artists go about training for the acrobats and visual presentation of Cirque du Soleil and of course the main presenter is the main female character in the show, which of course is Erica Linz. We also get introduced to the other acrobatic performers, who are Pierre-Luc Sylvain; Kyle DesChamps and Cheetah Platt. We also get to see behind-the-scene on how the filming was produced for the show, with contributions from Andrew Adamson and James Cameron.Trailer: Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas Commercial [2012] [1080p] [16:9] [1:01] This is a very spectacular commercial, showing off what makes Cirque du Soleil so special, magical and awesome, that takes you into a fantasy world we would all love to be in.Finally, `Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' has a soul, a very human soul that surpasses in spirit and accomplishment even the cutting-edge technology used to bring it the screen. For all the marvels behind the scenes, ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' truly dazzles through the skill of its performers. It's an amazing spectacle of human agility that's been seen before but perhaps not quite at this level of perfect execution. It makes for a nice escape from the phoniness of Hollywood even as the world of ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' is itself incredibly stylized and offers a glimpse into something uniquely human and very much real, even under makeup, costumes, and through the prism of the latest in technology. Paramount's Blu-ray 3D release of ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' delivers excellent and stunning video images and equally awesome audio surround sound. Supplements are few, but despite this, this 3D Blu-ray release nevertheless comes with a top rating. Highly Recommended!Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film AficionadoLe Cinema ParadisoUnited Kingdom

If you love Cirque Du Soleil, or have ever wanted to see a Cirque show, you should definitely watch this

.WOW! A real VISUAL FEAST. Incredible talent and imagination. (This starts a bit slow but hang in there, you get used to the pace and it's a great show.) I always wanted to see a live performance in Vegas but it's pretty pricey for me and will probably never happen - so I was THRILLED to have the opportunity to see them perform in this movie. I was not disappointed at all!The acrobatics, the skill, the choreography, the fantastic sets etc. are about impossible NOT to appreciate. The acrobatics, by the way, are somewhat creepy at times but even still you just can't help but appreciate the incredible control and talent of these artists - it's fantastic, sometimes sensual and perhaps erotic (but G rated so it's ok for the kids to watch)I believe you have to think of this movie like watching a weird dream - a circus kind of dream. And, you don't have to "understand" it to appreciate it. Just enjoy the show, the costumes, the talent, the cool sets, the pure fantasy of it all.There IS a loose "story" of sorts to this dialogue-free show... A young girl goes to a circus and is watching an aerialist IN WHITE PANTS who falls (30+ feet?) to the sand of the circus ring floor which collapses to suck him in (like falling into the sand in the top part of an hour-glass). She rushes from the audience seats to help him when he falls and gets sucked in too - into another circus type world/dimension. Turns out he's been "captured". She see's many cool circus acts in this new place as she looks for him. And there is a "battle" of sorts (all on visible wires, but it doesn't matter that you can see the wires because it's just cool to watch and you can't help but appreciate the precision of choreography and all to keep that many wires from getting crossed/tangled while they do all this, and - small spoiler: the captured (WHITE PANTS) aerialist is freed. Once freed, he goes wandering around and like the girl, he also sees some incredible things.About 3/5 of the way through, the WHITE PANTS aerialist and the girl almost find each other but are kept apart. The girl seems to walk out of the circus tent area (back to where they fell through??) and a group of the people that helped rescue the WHITE PANTS guy come across her and she tries to show them the flier/picture of the guy she's looking for but before they can help her they are attacked by creatures and the girl falls into a chasm or something. (Then comes a spiked wall fight with NO wires).Eventually, the girl wakes up in a safe place and the guy in the WHITE PANTS finds her and they do some aerial stuff together, flirt, play and fall in love...All in all it's pretty cool - fantastic even. Sit back and enjoy the dreamlike fantasy - worth watching more than once!

After watching the 3D version I came away feeling like it could have been a lot better. I admire the amazing strength work and skill of the performers, however, the story element is just not compelling. The most disappointing part is the 3D. The images appear mostly flat and there is not much to be gained from watching it that way. As this is all set on stage it should have been so much more impressive at showing depth on screen and drawing the viewer in.

Very pleased with the purchase. I love Cirque du Soleil last 30 years. This seller is very honest. Not only they informed about the marks on DVD on amazon.co.uk, but before sending me DVD they troubled themselves to send me the message to ensure I am aware of scratch marks on DVD. They didn’t matter, quality of DVD is excellent and I watched the amazing performance directed by THIS James Cameron. Cirque du Soleil live performance cost £100 and more (and rightly so!), I can watch the performance for as many times as I please for a fiver. Bargain! Very pleased with both the seller and the product.

I ordered this to see how it looked in 3D - and I was absolutely delighted! A must for your 3D DVD collection. Apart from the interesting story line , the acts are stunning, as is to be expected with Cirque du Soleil. It was nice to be able to view it close up. My only disappointment was in the special features on the second Blue Ray disc- it did not really go into detail about the way it was filmed. However, I am glad that Cameron did show the wires that were used to support the players in the most of the acts. Loved the quirky characters and costumes in the Beatles numbers.I envisage showing this to a great many friends of all ages; who may have seen their staged performances, but never close up in 3D. Such a treat!

I saw this by chance, while looking for another DVD. I have bought other DVDVs of them in the past, but for me this is even better. It has been put together by the director of the film Avatar, and I was mesmerised from start to end. You know that these artists are actually doing these performances live, but your mind keeps saying this cannot be possible. I would highly recommend that you buy this. It is a DVD that can be watched again and again.

Flashy, but lacks the continuity and concentration on the performers, which makes the films around live performances so appealing to me.