Inception

Theatrical Release Date: 2010 07 16 (USA - IMAX) / 2010 07 16 (USA) / 2010 (USA)

UPC: 883929106127

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence]

Summary: Visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this psychological sci-fi action film about a thief who possesses the power to enter into the dreams of others. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) doesn't steal things, he steals ideas. By projecting himself deep into the subconscious of his targets, he can glean information that even the best computer hackers can't get to. In the world of corporate espionage, Cobb is the ultimate weapon. But even weapons have their weakness, and when Cobb loses everything, he's forced to embark on one final mission in a desperate quest for redemption. This time, Cobb won't be harvesting an idea, but sowing one. Should he and his team of specialists succeed, they will have discovered a new frontier in the art of psychic espionage. They've planned everything to perfection, and they have all the tools to get the job done. Their mission is complicated, however, by the sudden appearance of a malevolent foe that seems to know exactly what they're up to, and precisely how to stop them. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Cinematography – American Society of Cinematographers Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Production Design – L.A. Film Critics Association Best Director – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film – Art Directors Guild Best British Supporting Actor – London Film Critics Association Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Director – London Film Critics Association Top Ten Film – Austin Film Critics Best Director – London Film Critics Association Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Cinematography – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Music – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Visual Effects – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Production Design – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Mixing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Inception

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/07/2010

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 148 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Inception
1. Scene 1 [11:41]
2. Scene 2 [9:55]
3. Scene 3 [9:42]
4. Scene 4 [10:01]
5. Scene 5 [9:50]
6. Scene 6 [10:07]
7. Scene 7 [9:07]
8. Scene 8 [2:32]
9. Scene 9 [9:13]
10. Scene 10 [9:36]
11. Scene 11 [8:45]
12. Scene 12 [10:43]
13. Scene 13 [9:31]
14. Scene 14 [9:14]
15. Scene 15 [10:45]

Perry Seibert

Directors have been trying to replicate the world of dreams since the beginning of cinema, and acknowledged masters like Buñuel and David Lynch became renowned for their ability to visually articulate the subconscious mind. With his ingeniously inventive psychological thriller Inception, Christopher Nolan stakes his claim on this ambitious cinematic territory.

The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, a thief who, with the help of his partner Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), steals information from victims' dreams while they sleep. After a rare failure on his most recent corporate espionage job, their intended mark, Saito (Ken Watanabe), makes Dom an offer he can't refuse. Turns out our main character has legal problems stemming from his wife's death that prevent Dom from returning to the United States to see his children. The rich and powerful Saito offers to wipe away those troubles if Dom will, instead of stealing an idea from a particular business competitor, put an idea into the man's mind. Most believe this task, known as "inception," isn't possible, but Dom knows from personal history that he can do it. Aside from putting together the right team to get the job done, Dom's biggest obstacle is his deceased wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard). More precisely, it's his memories of her, because when he goes into people's dreams he brings his own subconscious with him, and Dom's projections of Mal constantly undermine his efforts.

One of the most striking aspects of Inception is that it looks like a big-budget special-effects spectacle, but it sounds like a talky art film -- it's an ambitious combination of something like Dreamscape and Last Year at Marienbad, but with a somber tone. Revealing much more about the plot would be unkind because learning Nolan's rules for traveling through other people's subconscious is most of the fun. For a movie so dependent on exposition -- traditionally the most boring element of any story -- Inception skillfully (though not always gracefully) makes it work. Nolan keeps us off-balance with both the visuals and the storytelling so that we will listen closely when the characters explain various intricacies -- like how to force themselves awake out of a dream within a dream within a dream.

Half the reason a director casts a powerful figure like DiCaprio is to help the viewer through all the information. Sure, DiCaprio has the chops to play a haunted man with magnetic vulnerability -- much as he did in Shutter Island -- and Inception is another chance to appreciate why he's on the short list of genuine movie stars. But his engaging presence also helps sell the movie's insanely intricate plot developments; since Cobb always seems like he knows exactly what's going on, we trust that it all makes sense.

And what exactly makes sense is an unavoidable question throughout Inception. Nowhere do we suspend disbelief as readily, willingly, and automatically as when we dream, but Inception comes uncannily close to grabbing us just as authoritatively. Because of that, it makes complete and total sense while it's playing, but upon reflection the gaping logical holes are too numerous to list here.

Logic isn't what matters most in Inception, though. For all the detailed talk about mazes and architecture and chemistry and neuroscience, the movie is most concerned not with the brain but with the heart. Like The Prestige, Nolan gives viewers an ending that is open-ended enough that you could read the film in various ways, and how you react to the movie will tell you more about yourself than it will about Nolan.

But that's true of dreams as well, because interpretations of dreams mean far more than experiencing them. Nolan has given us a dream we can share -- a puzzle to dissect, debate, and ponder -- and odds are strong that the conversations Inception inspires will end up being just as interesting as the movie itself. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Hans Zimmer  Composer (Music Score) 
Chris Brigham  Executive Producer 
Christopher Nolan  Director 
Christopher Nolan  Producer 
Christopher Nolan  Screenwriter 
Emma Thomas  Producer 
Thomas Tull  Executive Producer 
Leonardo DiCaprio  Actor 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt  Actor 
Ellen Page  Actor 
Tom Hardy  Actor 
Ken Watanabe  Actor 
Dileep Rao  Actor 
Cillian Murphy  Actor 
Tom Berenger  Actor 
Marion Cotillard  Actor 
Pete Postlethwaite  Actor 
Michael Caine  Actor 
Lukas Haas  Actor 
Tai-Li Lee  Actor 
Claire Geare  Actor 
Magnus Nolan  Actor 
Taylor Geare  Actor 
Jonathan Geare  Actor 
Tohoru Masamune  Actor 
Yuji Okumoto  Actor 
Earl Cameron  Actor 
Ryan Hayward  Actor 
Miranda Nolan  Actor 
Russ Fega  Actor 
Tim Kelleher  Actor 
Talulah Riley  Actor 
Nicolas Clerc  Actor 
Coralie Dedykere  Actor 
Silvie Laguna  Actor 
Virgile Bramly  Actor 
Jean-Michel Dagory  Actor 
Helena Cullinan  Actor 
Mark Fleischmann  Actor 
Shelley Lang  Actor 
Adam Cole  Actor 
Jack Murray  Actor 
Kraig Thornber  Actor 
Angela Nathenson  Actor 
Natasha Beaumont  Actor 
Marc Raducci  Actor 
Carl Gilliard  Actor 
Jill Maddrell  Actor 
Alex Lombard  Actor 
Nicole Pulliam  Actor 
Peter Basham  Actor 
Michael Gaston  Actor 
Felix Scott  Actor 
Andrew Pleavin  Actor 
Lisa Reynolds  Actor 
Jason Tendell  Actor 
Jack Gilroy  Actor 
Shannon Welles  Actor 

Country: USA