| <li>Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French</li> <li>Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0)</li> <li>Commentary by: Audio commentary (English) by actress 'Jodie Foster' (qv)Dolby Digital 1.0,Audio commentary (English) by director 'Robert Zemeckis' (qv) and producer 'Steve Starkey' (qv)Dolby Digital 1.0,Audio commentary (English) by 'Ken Ralston' (qv) and 'Steven Rosenbaum' (qv)Dolby Digital 1.0</li><li>Computer animation concepts and tests</li><li>Special effects designs</li> |
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