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Movie: 2012
2012 is a science fiction disaster film, directed by Roland Emmerich and released in 2009.
The film stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson.
It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver.
The film briefly references Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in 2012.
The film was promoted in a marketing campaign by a fictional organization, the “Institute for Human Continuity”; this entailed a fictitious book written by Jackson Curtis titled Farewell Atlantis, and streaming media, blog updates and radio broadcasts from the apocalyptic zealot Charlie Frost at his website This Is The End. This campaign was subjected to numerous criticisms, and was regarded as a form of viral marketing.
The film received mixed to negative reviews from film critics, but topped the international box office in its first weekend with $225 million.
It ultimately grossed over $769 million worldwide, becoming Roland Emmerich’s second highest grossing film, behind Independence Day.
Plot:
In 2009, American geologist Adrian Helmsley learns that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth’s core to increase rapidly. Adrian informs White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser and United States President Thomas Wilson that this will trigger a catastrophic chain of natural disasters. Other international leaders are made aware of the situation, and they begin a massive, secret project intended to ensure humanity survives. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board ships called “arks” that are constructed in the Himalayas. Additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector for one billion euros per person.
In 2012, Jackson Curtis is a science-fiction writer in Los Angeles who works part-time as a limousine driver for Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov. Jackson’s ex-wife Kate and their children Noah and Lilly live with Kate’s boyfriend/med school classmate, plastic surgeon and amateur pilot Gordon Silberman. Jackson takes Noah and Lily camping in Yellowstone National Park, where they meet Charlie Frost, who hosts a radio show from the park. Charlie references a theory that suggests the Mayans predicted the world would come to an end in 2012, and claims he has knowledge and a map of the ark project. The family returns home as seismic activity increases along the west coast. After sending off Yuri and his sons, Jackson grows suspicious and rents a plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the Earth crust displacement begins, and they escape Los Angeles using a Cessna 340 as it crumbles into the Pacific.
As millions die in earthquakes worldwide, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie’s map, narrowly escaping as the Yellowstone caldera erupts. Charlie, who stayed behind to broadcast the eruption, is killed in the blast. Learning the arks are in China, the group lands in Las Vegas, where they meet Yuri, his twin sons, girlfriend Tamara and pilot Sasha. The group secures an Antonov 500 aircraft and departs for China just as Las Vegas is destroyed. Also bound for the arks aboard Air Force One are Anheuser, Helmsley, and First Daughter Laura Wilson. President Wilson chooses to remain in Washington D.C. and is killed by a megatsunami.
Arriving in China in a crash-landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks. The Curtis family, Gordon, and Tamara, who do not have tickets, are picked up by Nima, a Buddhist monk on his way to the arks. They stowaway with the help of Nima’s brother, Tenzin, who has been working on the ark project. A megatsunami approaches the site as tens of thousands of people are attempting to board the final ark, and a large impact driver becomes lodged between the gears of the ark’s hydraulics chamber, preventing a boarding gate from closing and rendering the ship unable to start its engines. In the ensuing chaos, Yuri, Gordon, and Tamara are killed, and the flooding ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah free the impact driver, saving the ark.
When the floodwaters from the tsunamis recedes, three arks set sail for Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, which has risen in relation to sea level. Jackson reconciles with his family and Adrian starts a relationship with Laura. The film ends with a view of the Earth from space, revealing new continental landscapes.
| Directed by | Roland Emmerich |
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| Produced by | Roland Emmerich Mark Gordon Harald Kloser Larry J. Franco Ute Emmerich |
| Written by | Harald Kloser Roland Emmerich |
| Starring | John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Amanda Peet Thandie Newton Oliver Platt Zlatko Burić Morgan Lily Liam James John Billingsley Thomas McCarthy Danny Glover Woody Harrelson |
| Music by | Harald Kloser Thomas Wander |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Editing by | David Brenner Peter S. Elliott |
| Studio | Centropolis Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 2009Â (2009-11-13) |
| Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million |
| Gross revenue | $769,653,595 |
Soundtrack:
- Time for Miracles” – Performed by Adam Lambert 4:43
- Constellation 1:30
- Wisconsin 1:14
- U.S. Army 2:20
- Ready To Rumble 1:42
- Spirit of Santa Monica 1:21
- “It Ain’t The End Of The World” – Performed by George Segal and Blu Mankuma 2:52
- Great Kid 2:17
- Finding Charlie 1:45
- Run Daddy Run 1:14
- Stepping Into the Darkness 1:35
- Leaving Las Vegas 1:44
- Ashes in D.C. 4:19
- We Are Taking the Bentley 3:43
- Nampan Plateau 2:51
- Saving Caesar 2:09
- Adrian’s Speech 1:41
- Open the Gates! 2:16
- The Impact 1:49
- Suicide Mission 2:06
- 2012 The End of the World 1:24
- Collision With Mount Everest 1:09
- The End Is Only the Beginning 5:44
- “Fades Like a Photograph” – Performed by Filter 4:19
From:IMDb-wikipedia
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