Captain America : the first avenger
(DVD)

Based on the Marvel comics by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features: Commentary by director Joe Johnston, director of photography Shelly Johnson, and editor Jeffrey Ford; Featurettes: Outfitting a hero (11 min.); The assembly begins (2 min.); Sega game trailer (2 min.); The Avengers animated trailer (1 min.); Previews (7 min.).

For private home use only.

Director of photography, Shelly Johnson ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs ; editors, Jeffrey Ford, Robert Dalva ; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard ; visual effects supervisor, Christopher Townsend ; music by Alan Silvestri.

Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Bruno Ricci, JJ Feild, Kenneth Choi, Richard Armitage, Stanley Tucci, Samuel L. Jackson.

March, 1942. 90-pound weakling Steve Rogers doggedly attempts to enlist in the army, only to be repeatedly classified 4F. Rogers' determination and decency come to the attention of Dr. Abraham Erskine of the Strategic Scientific Reserve. Rogers is the first test subject for Erskine's super-soldier serum, which transforms him utterly. When the program is abruptly ended, Rogers becomes Captain America--touring America to sell war bonds. On a USO tour in Europe, Rogers steals the first opportunity to demonstrate his worth by tangling with Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull, head of Hydra, Hitler's occult research and development unit. Schmidt has discovered the tesseract cube, an enormously powerful relic of Norse mythology through which he seeks to conquer the world. Assisted by Colonel Chester Phillips, Peggy Carter, weapons contractor Howard Stark, childhood friend Bucky Barnes, and Dum Dum Doogan and his howling commandos, Steve Rogers becomes more than a propaganda tool, emerging as the true Captain America.

MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action ; special features are not rated ; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; widescreen presentation, 2.35:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16x9 televisions.

In English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; English descriptive video service (DVS); closed-captioned.