Avatar (2009 film)
Avatar marketed as James Camerons Avatar is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and coedited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a roomtemperature superconductor. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Navi a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The films title refers to a genetically engineered Navi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.
By 2154, humans have depleted Earths natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The Resources Development Administration, RDA for short, mines for a valuable mineral unobtanium on Pandora, a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Navi, 10foot tall 3.0m, blueskinned, sapient humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa.To explore Pandoras biosphere, scientists use Navihuman hybrids called avatars, operated by genetically matched humans Jake Sully, a paraplegic former Marine, replaces his deceased identical twin brother as an operator of one. Dr. Grace Augustine, head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate replacement but accepts his assignment as a bodyguard. While protecting the avatars of Grace and scientist Norm Spellman as they collect biological data, Jakes avatar is attacked by a thanator and flees into the forest, where he is rescued by Neytiri, a female Navi. Witnessing an auspicious sign, she takes him to her clan, whereupon Neytiris mother Moat, the clans spiritual leader, orders her daughter to initiate Jake into their society. ........
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