Tomb Raider 2 - State-of-the-Art Technology	Select Here --- Tomb Raider: Lara Croft Cast and Credits Story Players Assembled Jolie Is Lara Croft Building Lara's World Iceland and Cambodia The Game Image Gallery --------------- --- The Cradle of Life Cast and Crew/option> Detailed Storyline A Dream Come True Interesting Co-Stars Lara's Most Dangerous Venture State-of-the-Art Technology From Greece to China Image Gallery More Movies --------------- Lara Croft Trailers Exclusive Movie Links
	As for the state-of-the-art technology in the film, one of the most fascinating gadgets that Lara Croft uses throughout her daring adventure is the Panasonic AV2O/30 eWear / d-Snap. A multipurpose, all-in-one portable device, not much larger than a makeup compact, it's all the intrepid tomb raider needs to record her discoveries both in digital still images and as video footage. A real-life mechanism that Panasonic launched at a recent convention in Las Vegas, the AV2O/30 eWear/d-Snap has a built-in mp3 player for listening to music while viewing images in the palm of your hand, and a secure digital (SD) memory card to record voice messages. The SD card can also be transferred to a compatible device for sharing, viewing or transfers. Another example of the lengths to which the filmmakers went in order to show the most revolutionary technology in the film is in the customized Jeep that Lara Croft parachutes into when she meets Kosa (Djimon Hounsou) in Africa. To create the vehicle, the Chrysler Group Jeep Design Studio team, in collaboration with production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli, started with a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and tailored it with unique never-before-seen custom features to turn it into the ultimate off-road machine that Lara would need to tackle the rugged African terrain. The Jeep Design Studio then applied that same design theme from the custom Wrangler Rubicon for the vehicle seen in the film to create a limited edition 2003 Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon Tomb Raider model, which debuts with the release of the film. Oscar®-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming ("Topsy-Turvy"), who also designed the costumes for the first "Tomb Raider," returns to the challenge of costuming Lara Croft and the rest of the cast in "The Cradle of Life." "Angelina has a wonderful body, so you don't need to work too hard to make her look fabulous," says Hemming, adding that she continued to create the "no clutter" look for Lara that both Angelina and she favored in the first film. "Everything was kept simple, refined and modern." One of the iconic Lara Croft costumes that Hemming created for the film is a form-fitting silver wetsuit. A total of eight suits were made, featuring fabric from Japan and China, but because the Japanese fabric worked best underwater, the suit featured in the film is created from that material. In addition, Hemming, who is responsible for the orange bikini worn by Halle Berry in "Die Another Day," designed the black bikini (made by La Perla) that Angelina wears at the beginning of the film. Another unique costume worn by Jolie is a customized sandy cream and pinkish beige Korean tour of duty jacket with a fantastic tiger embroidered on the back. The actress' trousers are a Melanie Apple design from the first film, and her boots, also brought back from the original "Tomb Raider," are back, this time in antique tan. She wears the outfit while astride a customized motorcycle, built by Kirk M. Petruccelli, who changed all the metalwork to bronze to match her guns. A stunning signature leather coat worn over fawn jodhpurs, a white voile blouse and a safari outfit (for the sequence in Africa) add to Lara Croft's wardrobe. "The one item that fails to make it into the mix is a dress!" laughs Hemming. "Even when Lara steals some clothes in Taipei, it's a blue Chinese trouser and jacket combo."