FF9 Facts

Here are a few facts about our sucessful Final Fantasy 9 movie.

• It was our good friend Sam Leno who suggested that Patrick Warburton be the voice of Captain Adelbert Steiner. Patrick Warburton is best known as David Puddy on Seinfeld and played the Tick in a live action series based on the comic of the same name.
  
• The song playing in the background during the final scene where Princess Garnet and Zidane are dancing is an instrumental version of You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson.
  
• The "clanking" noises Steiner's armour makes when he walks were created by my brother clashing several pots and pans together.
  
• Patrick Warburton improvised his own version of Steiner's theme music, that version can be heard on the soundtrack.
  
• Bruce Campbell was considered for the voice of Steiner.
  
• In the scene at the marketplace where General Beatrix is trying to sell some items, most of her lines in that scene were adlibbed by Andria herself.
  
• The dream sequence in which Garnet is viewed as an angel was inspired by a painting from the Final Fantasy 9 art book.
  
• The song being played during the end credits is a cover of Melodies Of Life (which is the theme from the game) and was performed by our 3rd cousin Natalia (who is a musician).
  
• The castle battle scene where the castle turns into a robot is based on the transformation scene from the 80's transformers film.
  
• The roar that the summon Ifirit makes is kind of similar to Godzilla's roar except louder.
  
• Unlike '''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'', this movie was a lot more faithful to the game franchise.
  
• The General Beatrix character also appears in the scene where the heroes are in the palace of Regent Cid (who is Garnet's uncle) who was turned into a bug, she gives him a potion that was supposed to turn him back into a person but when the regent drinks it he turns into a frog, he also turns into a little cat, a hamster, and a fish.
  
• In the scene in the marsh where Quina is catching frogs, one of the frogs is playing a lute. This is a homage to Kermit the Frog. There are also three frogs that croak out..."Qui...na...Quin!"- they pay homage to the Budwiser frogs.
  
• If you stayed during the end credits you may see some scenes that were not in the script. For example there is a scene where Quina tastes different sweets from all over the world.