The Making of 'Tron'

Fascinating documentary contained on the Tron 20th Anniversary 2-DVD Special Edition in which you learn the long road Steven Lisberger and his company took to make Tron, from their early work in backlit animation to the tumultuous story of Animalympics to how they convinced post-Walt Disney/pre-The Little Mermaid Disney to back a cutting edge, decidely un-Disney like production.

A box-office failure in 1982, the documentary also discusses how kids who were 10 to 14 years old at the time latched onto it. It's also interesting to note how much Tron fortold - even being arguably the first cyberpunk movie, since it features the earliest reference to hacking and the world of Tron itself is the first depiction of cyberspace.

As DVD bonus material documentary/retrospectives go, "The Making of Tron" is definitely one of the better ones. It's only 90 minutes, but it covers pretty much everything from the beginning of Lisberger Studios to the execution and box office disappointment of "TRON" ... right down to just how influential that movie was (PIXAR, anyone?). Almost all of the principal cast is involved, sharing all manner of entertaining on-set stories, and this thing is worth it just to see all of the archival still photos taken during production.

It's well-produced and instantly accessible for even the non-fan (it's what made me curious about "TRON" to begin with).

A solid documentary.

7/10