Passengers (film)
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| Directed by | Rodrigo García |
| Produced by | Joseph Drake |
| Written by | Ronnie Christensen |
| Starring | Anne Hathaway Patrick Wilson Clea DuVall Andre Braugher Chelah Horsdal David Morse Dianne Wiest |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Igor Jadue-Lillo |
| Editing by | Thom Noble |
| Studio | Mandate Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Mandalay Pictures |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures Latin America: Paramount Pictures Template:'''Worldwide:''' New Line Cinema International: Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 24, 2008 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million[citation needed] |
| Box office | $4,763,917[1] |
Passengers is 2008 thriller film starring Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson, and directed by Rodrigo García. It was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on October 24, 2008.
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[edit] Plot
Psychotherapist Claire Summers (Hathaway) is called upon to treat a group of five survivors of a recent plane crash. One of the survivors, Eric (Wilson), exhibits symptoms that suggest he is disguising his true feelings about the crash by making major life changes. As Claire and Eric grow closer, Claire's patients begin to disappear. She forms a theory that the airline is targeting them to prevent knowledge about a mechanical failure from spreading. Claire visits her estranged sister's house after Eric suggests that she make peace with her.
There, her sister is absent but she is greeted by an official from the airline who has been advising her not to investigate the crash. He reveals that all of the plane's passengers died in the crash. He leaves behind a suitcase that contains a ledger of passengers' names. Claire discovers that she too was on the ill-fated flight, and remembers everything that happened. Claire goes to the docks to meet Eric on his boat.
She realizes that everyone she came into contact with over the last few weeks was actually dead; "ghosts" of friends and family who were trying to help her come to terms that she, and the other passengers, have died. As the movie ends, Claire's sister, Emma, and her husband are let into her now-abandoned apartment by the landlord, where she discovers a note Claire was planning to send to make peace with her.
[edit] Cast
- Anne Hathaway as Claire Summers
- Patrick Wilson as Eric Clark
- Andre Braugher as Perry
- Clea DuVall as Shannon
- Chelah Horsdal as Janice
- David Morse as Arkin
- Dianne Wiest as Toni
- William B. Davis as Eric's grandfather
- Ryan Robbins as Dean
- Don Thompson as Norman
- Stacy Grant as Emma
[edit] Soundtrack
[edit] Release
The film was released in 125 theaters on October 24, 2008 and earned $173,544 on the opening weekend.[2] As of February 2009, the film grossed total of $2,763,289: $292,437 from domestic location and $2,470,852 from overseas locations.[1]
[edit] Reception
The film received generally negative critical reviews. Metacritic normalized rating score for the film was 40 out of 100 based on 8 reviews.[3] By comparison, Rotten Tomatoes aggregate reviews gave the film 21% rating based on 19 reviews.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Passengers (2008)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=passengers.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Passengers (2008)". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=passengers.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Passengers (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/passengers2008?q=Passengers. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ "Passengers Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009239-passengers/. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Passengers at the Internet Movie Database
- Passengers at Box Office Mojo
- Passengers at Rotten Tomatoes
- Passengers at Metacritic
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