Avatar is a 2009 English-language Action Adventure motion picture written and directed by James Cameron and produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau under the banner of 20th Century Fox in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment and Ingenious Film Partners. It is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium. Avatar features Sam Worthington in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel David Moore. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner James Horner. Cinematography was done by Mauro Fiore and editing by Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron. The movie has a running time of 162-169 minutes ,176 minutes. It was released on 17th December 2009. The Film was successful at box office. Avatar was made on a budget of $237 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $2 billion. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by 20th Century Fox. At the 2010 Oscar Awards It won 3 awards including: Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Visual Effects and Best Achievement in Art Direction. At the 2010 Venice Film Festival It also won an award for Most Creative 3D Film Stereoscopic Film of the Year. It is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium.