Final Destination
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| Final Destination | |
 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | James Wong |
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| Produced by | Glen Morgan Warren Zide Craig Perry Associate Producer: Chris Bender Co-Producer: Art Schaeffer Executive Producer: Richard Brener Brian Witten |
| Written by | Screenplay: Glen Morgan James Wong Jeffrey Reddick Story: Jeffrey Reddick |
| Starring | Devon Sawa Ali Larter Kerr Smith Kristen Cloke Seann William Scott Chad Donella Amanda Detmer Roger Guenveur Smith Daniel Roebuck Tony Todd |
| Music by | Shirley Walker |
| Cinematography | Robert McLachlan |
| Editing by | James Coblentz |
| Studio | Zide/Perry Productions Hard Eight Pictures |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | March 17, 2000 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Canada United States |
| Language | English French Japanese |
| Budget | $23 million |
| Gross revenue | $112,880,294 |
| Followed by | Final Destination 2 |
Final Destination is a 2000 supernatural thriller, about a group of teenagers who cheat death by avoiding a plane crash when one of them, Alex, has a premonition of their deaths. Soon after their escape, they begin dying one-by-one in mysterious freak accidents.[1] The script was originally written by Jeffrey Reddick as a spec script for the X-Files. Director James Wong worked as a writer, producer and director on that series. The film is distributed by New Line Cinema. The DVD was released on September 26, 2000.[2] The film was the first in the Final Destination series, which has since produced three sequels and a series of books.
Final Destination takes place on Long Island.[3] Locations such as Jones Beach and John F. Kennedy International Airport are shown. Nassau County is mentioned. However, Vancouver International Airport stood in for JFK.[4]
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[edit] Plot
Alex Browning (portrayed by Devon Sawa) is going on a high school graduation trip to Paris with his fellow peers. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that his flight explodes in mid-air, killing everybody. Alex then wakes up, assuming the events to be just a dream. However, as events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, Alex panics and attempts to stop the flight. The resulting commotion leads to a handful of passengers being left behind. As they witness the explosion from the terminal, they realize that what Alex witnessed wasn’t just a dream. Soon after, the survivors of the flight begin dying in a chain of bizarre accidents, in the same order they would have died on the plane.
[edit] Characters
- Alexander Chance "Alex" Browning (played by Devon Sawa): Alex is a student and the main character. He has the premonition that Flight 180 will explode, leading to a handful of passengers either being thrown off the plane or voluntarily leaving.
- Clear Rivers (played by Ali Larter): Clear is a fellow classmate of Alex's who tries to help him defeat death. Despite not knowing Alex and the others too well, she leaves the plane to follow him, having taken his premonition seriously.
- Carter Horton (played by Kerr Smith): Carter is an athlete who deeply resents Alex. He starts a fight with Alex, having become annoyed with him for claiming the plane will explode. This leads to him being forced to exit the plane.
- Agent Schreck (played by Roger Guenveur Smith): Agent Schreck is an FBI agent who thinks it's Alex's fault that Flight 180 exploded.
- Agent Weine (played by Daniel Roebuck): Agent Weine is an FBI agent who thinks it's Alex's fault that Flight 180 exploded.
- William "Billy" Hitchcock (played by Seann William Scott): The jester of the group. He is the only character who is neither forced out of the plane, nor chooses to leave himself, but rather is unable to make his way past those who are being thrown out, and ends up missing the flight purely by accident.
- Ms. Valerie Lewton (played by Kristen Cloke): Ms. Lewton is one of the teachers supervising the trip to Paris. She volunteers to stay behind with the students forced off Flight 180.
- Terry Chaney (played by Amanda Detmer): Carter's girlfriend. She takes his side when he fights Alex on the plane, and is thrown out along with them.
- Tod Waggner (played by Chad Donella): Alex's best friend who is the first victim of death's design. He left the plane, under the suggestion of his brother George, to make sure Alex had calmed down.
- William Bludworth (played by Tony Todd): William Bludworth is a man who knows about death more than anyone else. He tells Alex and Clear that death is a living force that will not stop until all of its' would be victims are conquered.
[edit] Rating
Final Destination received an R rating in the United States for violence and terror, and for language. In the United Kingdom, it received a 15 rating. In Ireland, it received an 18 for violence, horror, and language.[5]
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| Preceded by Stuart Little |
Box office number-one films of 2000 (AUS) April 16 - April 23 |
Succeeded by U-571 |
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