Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (thing)

Running time: 102 minutes. Rated M 15+¹.

Special features:

• Disc one:
  • "Original widescreen presentation mastered using filmless digital files"
  • Audio commentary by co-director Moto Sakakibara and crew (in Japanese with subtitles)
  • Audio commentary by animation director Andy Jones, editor Chris Capp and staging director Tani Kunitake
  • Isolated track of musical score with commentary by composer Elliot Goldenthal
  • "Boards/blasts - a fascinating look at the process of creating Final Fantasy the movie. See the film in various stages of production with optional production crew commentary or 'pop-up' factoids"
  • Animated menus featuring CGI intro created by Square Pictures
  • Original movie trailers
  • Picture disc
• Disc two:
  • "The making of Final Fantasy - a 30 minute behind-the-scenes documentary with interactive 'link-outs' to a further 30+ minutes of additional featurettes on design and development"
  • "'Final Fantasy Shuffler - an interactive feature where you become the director and create your own version of a scene from the film"
  • "Character files - an in-depth look at the film's 7 main characters"
  • Joke outtakes and 'Kelly's THRILLER' joke music video
  • Aki's dream - all dream sequences from the film re-edited into a mini movie
  • Never before seen alternate opening sequence
  • More boards/blasts
  • "5 additional featurettes focusing on the film's design and production including vehicle comparisons, character tests, matte art and compositioning"
  • "DVD-ROM features including a complete screenplay, a 'Virtual tour' of Square Pictures studios where the film was made, screensavers, and more!"
  • Animated menus featuring CGI intro created by Square Pictures
  • Picture disc

Technical features:

• Region 4
• English, Spanish (all Dolby Surround 5.1)
• Deaf and hard of hearing English, plus Spanish and Portugese subtitles
• 16:9 widescreen (1.85:1 letterbox)
• Colour (PAL)

Yes, there's actually a movie in the midst of all those extras. The "making of" is actually fairly interesting, but most of the rest appears to have been included because it was lying around on a spare drive somewhere. I'm not sure what the difference between the collector's edition and the "regular" edition actually is, or even if there is a regular edition.

All of the "hidden features" mentioned in Wigs's w/u are available as selectable menu items in this version.

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¹ This is the Australian rating. I'm not sure what the equivalent MPAA rating is.