Category: 16
All Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 103
Rating: (0)
Languages: English
Director: Scott Derrickson
Sound: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
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Writing by: David Scarpa – (screenplay)
Edmund H. North – (1951 screenplay)

Produced by: Paul Harris Boardman – producer
Gregory Goodman – producer
Erwin Stoff – producer
Marvin Towns Jr. – line producer: second unit, Detroit

Cast: Keanu Reeves – Klaatu
Jennifer Connelly – Helen Benson
Kathy Bates – Regina Jackson
Jaden Smith – Jacob Benson
John Cleese – Professor Barnhardt
Jon Hamm – Michael Granier
Kyle Chandler – John Driscoll
Robert Knepper – Colonel
James Hong – Mr. Wu
John Rothman – Dr. Myron
Sunita Prasad – Rouhani

Music: Tyler Bates
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Plot Outline: For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing … and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
Plot: A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Movie Quotes:
Polygraph Operator: I'm going to ask you a series of control questions. Are you currently in a seated position?
Klaatu: Yes.
Polygraph Operator: Are you human?
Klaatu: My body is.
Polygraph Operator: Do you feel pain?
Klaatu: My Body does.
Polygraph Operator: Are you aware of an impending attack on the planet earth?
Klaatu: You should let me go.


Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The producers gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the people of Hawaii and their Aloha spirit.

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Crew or equipment visible: SPOILER: When mutated mole-rat is first seen, a black boot on a human leg can be seen near the tail end of the “creature” pushing along the large “costume.”

Trivia: There are 8 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• Dr Barnhardt's first name is Basil. This is a tribute to John Cleese's iconic hotelier Basil Fawlty.
• The original film's electronic score, which was composed by Bernard Herrmann, has been recomposed by Tyler Bates and used for this film.
• The design of Gort is similar to his original portrayal in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), but Gort is now a biological form rather than mechanical, as Scott Derrickson considered some extraterrestrial races would develop advanced biological forces instead of technology.