Credit: Fox Home Entertainment
CENTURY CITY, Calif. — In the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind with it . . . but even the coldest reaches of space burn with the heat of humanity’s will to survive in the thrilling sci-fi adventure Sunshine, launching onto DVD and Blu-Ray Disc (BD) January 8 from Fox Home Entertainment. “One of the brightest science-fiction forays ever realized on film” (Chicago Tribune), Sunshine follows a daring crew of eight men and women as they boldly fight against the inevitable by striving for the impossible: to deliver a device into the heart of the sun in an attempt to breathe new life into the star. Helmed by visionary director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, The Beach), who injects the genre with a shot of adrenaline and human pathos by exploring both the depths of space and the heights of heroism, Sunshine has been hailed as “a thinking person’s thriller” (EntertainmentWeekly.com). Fighting against all odds for the survival of the human race is an all-star cast that includes Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Red Eye), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Michelle Yeoh (Babylon A.D., Memoirs Of A Geisha) and Rose Byrne (28 Weeks Later, Troy). But when the crew stumbles across a distress beacon from a spaceship lost years before, their journey into the unknown becomes even more harrowing and their reach for the supreme star grows all the more perilous.
The Sunshine DVD features deleted scenes, director commentary, web production diaries and two short films and is available for the suggested retail price of $29.98 U.S./$43.48 Canada. Sunshine will also be available day-and-date in high-def format on Blu-ray Disc (BD) priced at $39.98 U.S. / $49.98 Canada. Prebook is December 12, 2007.
DVD Special Features
The Sunshine DVD is presented in widescreen format, and features English 5.1 Dolby Digital as well as Spanish and French Dolby Surround and English, Spanish and French subtitles. Bonus materials include:
* Audio Commentary By Director Danny Boyle
* Deleted Scenes With Commentary By Danny Boyle, Including:
o Playing Chess
o It Really Takes It Out Of You
o Washing Carrots In The Oxygen Garden
o Coolant Redirection
o Cooking
o Wake-up
o Demolished Oxygen Garden
o Searle Meets Capa
o In Deeper Space Than We Are
o Prepping For Docking
o Rough Docking Procedure
o Fight And Then We Die
o Alternate Ending
* Web Production Diaries
o Danny Boyle Introduction
o Zero G Flight
o Cillian Murphy
o Pre Viz
o Science Of The Sun
o Hiroyuki
o Troy Garity Harvey Introduction
o Voice Of Icarus
o Michelle And O2 Garden
o Anita Screens
o Alwin Kuchler
o Cliff Curtis
o Bumps And Stunts
o Benny
o The Science Of Space Travel Physiology
o Space Suit
o Rose Intro
o Love Letters
o Chris Evans
o VFX
o Big Bangs
o The Science Of Sun Death
* Short Films
o Dad’s Dead Directed By Chris Shepherd
o Mole Hills Directed By Dan Arnold
Synopsis:
You’ve never seen anything like Sunshine, the stunningly original sci-fi action-adventure from groundbreaking director Danny Boyle. It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission begins to unravel and they find themselves fighting not only for their lives, but for the future of us all.
