The new world
(DVD)

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.

Special features: Making "The New World" [featurette] (60 min.); Teaser trailer (2 min.); Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Sneak peeks (4 min.); DVD-ROM features [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Web browser].

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editors, Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, Mark Yoshikawa ; music composed by James Horner ; production design, Jack Fisk ; costume design, Jacqueline West ; art director, David Crank ; special effects supervisor, Steve Lucas ; Algonquian translator, Blair A. Rudes.

Colin Farrell (Captain Smith), Christopher Plummer (Captain Newport), Christian Bale (John Rolfe), August Schellenberg (Powhatan), Wes Studi (Opechancanough), David Thewlis (Wingfield), Yorick Van Wageningen (Captain Argall), Q'Orianka Kilcher (Pocahontas), Ben Mendelsohn (Ben), Raoul Trujillo (Tomocomo), Brian F. O'Byrne (Lewes), Irene Bedard (Pocahontas' Mother), John Savage (Savage), Jamie Harris (Emery), Alex Rice (Patawomeck's wife).

At the beginning of the 17th century, three ships arrive in "The New World," to found the settlement of Jamestown, in what will become the colony of Virginia. The English see a pristine Eden, and the inhabitants of the great native civilization see invaders. Captain John Smith -- sent on a reconnaissance mission to scope out "the Naturals'" fortifications -- is quickly captured and sentenced to death by the chief. At the last moment the chief's favorite daughter, Pocahontas, throws herself upon Smith and begs her father to spare his life. The passionate and noble young native woman and the ambitious soldier of fortune find themselves torn between the undeniable requirements of civic duty and the inescapable demands of the heart. Love, loss, and discovery animate the story, an elegiac celebration of the America that was ... and the America that was yet to come.

DVD format; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, stereo surround sound; presented in a format preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition.

In English and Algonquin with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.