Tron: The Original Classic Special Edition

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Experience the original landmark motion picture that inspired a new generation of digital filmmakers and became a favorite of fans and critics across the world. Relive the electrifying thrills of TRON with an all-new, state-of-the-art digital restoration. When a brilliant video game maker named Flynn (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. Complete with hours of never-before-seen bonus material, it’s an epic adventure that everyone will enjoy!|The idea for TRON grew out of director Steven Lisberger’s passion for computer games. He and producer Donald Kushner spent two years researching the technology to make the film, which was the first to make extensive use of computer imagery.|Although computer imagery previously had been seen as an effect in motion pictures such as STAR WARS and WEST WORLD, TRON was the first film to use the technique to create a three-dimensional world.|The “electronic world” in TRON was shot on the soundstages of the Disney Studio in Burbank. Photography for the real world took place at locations around Los Angeles, and at the U.S. government’s futuristic Lawrence Livermore Laboratory outside Oakland, California.|The Mathematic Applications Group, Inc. (MAGI), was the film’s single largest contributor of computer imagery, using a transcontinental computer hookup to speed up delivery of its work to Disney Studios in Burbank. The link allowed filmmakers to cut the amount of time it took to create each scene by two and a half to five days.