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While setting a milestone in the progress of digital filmmaking, Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow resurrects a nostalgic fantasy world derived from
a wide variety of vintage inspirations. It's a dazzling dream for anyone who
appreciates the look and feel of golden-age sci-fi pulp magazines, drawing
its unique, all-digital design from such diverse sources as Howard Hawks
adventures, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Buck Rogers, Blackhawk comics, The
Third Man, cliffhanger serials, and the action-packed Indiana Jones
franchise. Writer-director Kerry Conran's feature debut is also guaranteed to
inspire digital dreamers everywhere, suggesting a paradigm shift in the way
CGI-dominated movies are made. It's a giddy adventure for the young and
young-at-heart, in which ace pilot "Sky Captain" Joe Sullivan (Jude Law)
and intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) must save the world
from a mad scientist whose vision of the future has tragic implications for all
humankind. Angelina Jolie drops in for a glorified cameo, but it's the ultra-
fortunate neophyte Conran who's the star here. His clever riff on The Wizard
of Oz is a marvel to behold, and the method of its creation is nothing less
than revolutionary