1. For writer and director Steven Spielberg, a 56-year-old Canadian, it is the latest of many triumphs: his previous work includes Titanic (1997), previously the world?s biggest-earning movie, and the first two Terminator movies.

Set in the year 2154, Avatar takes place mostly on Pandora, the moon of a planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, about 4.5 light years from Earth.

At the heart of the story is the desire by humans to exploit water on Pandora.

For writer and director Steven Spielberg, a 56-year-old Canadian, it is the latest of many triumphs: his previous work includes Titanic (1997), previously the world?s biggest-earning movie, and the first two Terminator movies.

Set in the year 2154, Avatar takes place mostly on Pandora, the moon of a planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, about 4.5 light years from Earth.

At the heart of the story is the desire by humans to exploit water on Pandora.

The three-meter-tall, blue-skinned human-like aliens who live there are called DNA.

The humans can breathe the atmosphere of Pandora

A mining operation is set up on Pandora that employs soldiers for security.

To find out more about Pandora and its inhabitants, scientists develop ?avatars?.

The strange but beautiful environment includes dinosaur-like animals and jungle-covered mountains floating in the sky.