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The family returns home as seismic activity increases along the [[west coast of the United States]]. Jackson grows suspicious and rents a plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the [[Cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis|Earth crust displacement]] begins, and they escape Los Angeles as the city slides into the [[Pacific Ocean]].
The family returns home as seismic activity increases along the [[west coast of the United States]]. Jackson grows suspicious and rents a plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the [[Cataclysmic pole shift hypothesis|Earth crust displacement]] begins, and they escape Los Angeles as the city slides into the [[Pacific Ocean]].


As millions die in catastrophic earthquakes, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie's map, escaping as the [[Yellowstone Caldera]] erupts. Charlie stays behind to broadcast the eruption and is killed in the blast as an ashcloud is unleashed. Learning the arks are in [[China]], the group lands in [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]] to obtain a larger plane. They meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg ([[Alexandre Haussmann]] and [[Philippe Haussmann]]), girlfriend Tamara and pilot Sasha. The group secures an [[List of fictional aircraft#Commercial|Antonov 500]] aircraft and departs for China upon escaping the ashcloud. Also heading for the arks aboard [[Air Force One]] are Anheuser, Helmsley and Laura Wilson. President Wilson remains in [[Washington, D.C.]] to address the nation one last time. With the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] dead and the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] missing, Anheuser assumes de facto leadership. President Wilson is killed by a [[megatsunami]] that sends the aircraft carrier [[USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)|USS ''John F. Kennedy'']] crashing into the [[White House]].
As millions die in catastrophic earthquakes, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie's map, escaping as the [[Yellowstone Caldera]] erupts. Charlie stays behind to broadcast the eruption and is killed in the blast as an ashcloud is unleashed. Learning the arks are in [[China]], the group lands in [[Las Vegas metropolitan area|Las Vegas]] to obtain a larger plane. They meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg ([[Alexandre Haussmann]] and [[Philippe Haussmann]]), girlfriend Tamara and pilot Sasha. The group secures an [[List of fictional aircraft#Commercial|Antonov 500]] aircraft and departs for China upon escaping the ashcloud. Also heading for the arks aboard [[Air Force One]] are Anheuser, Helmsley and Laura Wilson. President Wilson remains in [[Washington, D.C.]] to address the nation one last time. With the [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] dead and the [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] missing, Anheuser assumes de facto leadership. A megatsunami then capsizes the Genesis, while President Wilson is killed by another [[megatsunami]] that sends the aircraft carrier [[USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)|USS ''John F. Kennedy'']] crashing into the [[White House]].


Arriving in China in a crash landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the [[People's Liberation Army]]. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks, leaving Tamara and the others behind. They are picked up by Nima and are taken to the arks with his grandparents ([[Lisa Lu]] and [[Chang Tseng]]). They stow away on the ark with the help of Tenzin. As a megatsunami approaches the site, an [[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, Tenzin is wounded, and the ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah dislodge the impact driver and the crew regains control of the ark before it could impact [[Mount Everest]].
Arriving in China in a crash landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the [[People's Liberation Army]]. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks, leaving Tamara and the others behind. They are picked up by Nima and are taken to the arks with his grandparents ([[Lisa Lu]] and [[Chang Tseng]]). They stow away on the ark with the help of Tenzin. As a megatsunami approaches the site, an [[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, Tenzin is wounded, and the ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah dislodge the impact driver and the crew regains control of the ark before it could impact [[Mount Everest]].

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2012
A buddhist monk standing against a background of the Himalayan mountains while a mega tsunami is surging over them.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoland Emmerich
Written byHarald Kloser
Roland Emmerich
Produced byHarald Kloser
Mark Gordon
Larry J. Franco
Starring
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byDavid Brenner
Peter S. Elliott
Music byHarald Kloser
Thomas Wanker
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • November 11, 2009 (2009-11-11) (international)
  • November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13) (United States)
    (Canada)
Running time
158 minutes
CountriesTemplate:Film Canada
Template:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million[1]
Box office$769,675,494[2]

2012 is a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, George Segal, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson. It was produced by Emmerich's production company, Centropolis Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver. Although it received generally mixed reviews, its worldwide theatrical revenue reached about $770 million.

The film includes references to Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in 2012.

Emmerich has announced that the film will be his last involving disasters.[3]

Plot

In 2009, Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an American geologist, visits astrophysicist Dr. Satnam Tsurutani (Jimi Mistry) in India and learns that neutrinos from a massive solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase. Adrian informs White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt) and United States President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover) that this will trigger a catastrophic chain of disasters.

In 2010, Wilson and other international leaders begin a secret project to ensure humanity's survival. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board "arks" that are constructed at Cho Ming, Tibet, in the Himalayas. While the People's Liberation Army is gathering volunteers, a Buddhist monk named Nima (Osric Chau) is evacuated while his brother Tenzin (Chin Han) joins the workers in the Ark project. Additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector for €1 billion per person. By 2011, humanity's valuable treasures are moved to the Himalayas under the guise of protecting them from terrorist attacks with the help of art expert/First Daughter Dr. Laura Wilson (Thandie Newton).

In 2012, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a science fiction writer in Los Angeles who works part-time as a limousine driver for billionaire Yuri Karpov. Jackson's ex-wife Kate (Amanda Peet) and their children Noah (Liam James) and Lilly (Morgan Lily) live with Kate's boyfriend, plastic surgeon and amateur pilot Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy).

Jackson takes Noah and Lilly camping in Yellowstone National Park. After an encounter with Helmsley, they meet Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio show from the park. Charlie plays a video of Charles Hapgood's theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar predict that the 2012 phenomenon will occur. He has a map of the ark project in addition to information about officials and scientists from around the world who were murdered after planning to alert the public.

The family returns home as seismic activity increases along the west coast of the United States. 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 as the city slides into the Pacific Ocean.

As millions die in catastrophic earthquakes, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie's map, escaping as the Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Charlie stays behind to broadcast the eruption and is killed in the blast as an ashcloud is unleashed. Learning the arks are in China, the group lands in Las Vegas to obtain a larger plane. They meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg (Alexandre Haussmann and Philippe Haussmann), girlfriend Tamara and pilot Sasha. The group secures an Antonov 500 aircraft and departs for China upon escaping the ashcloud. Also heading for the arks aboard Air Force One are Anheuser, Helmsley and Laura Wilson. President Wilson remains in Washington, D.C. to address the nation one last time. With the Vice President dead and the Speaker of the House missing, Anheuser assumes de facto leadership. A megatsunami then capsizes the Genesis, while President Wilson is killed by another megatsunami that sends the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy crashing into the White House.

Arriving in China in a crash landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the People's Liberation Army. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks, leaving Tamara and the others behind. They are picked up by Nima and are taken to the arks with his grandparents (Lisa Lu and Chang Tseng). They stow away on the ark with the help of Tenzin. As a megatsunami approaches the site, an 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, Tenzin is wounded, and the ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah dislodge the impact driver and the crew regains control of the ark before it could impact Mount Everest.

After flood waters from the tsunamis recede, the arks journey to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa where the Drakensberg Mountains have risen in relation to sea level and become the tallest mountains in the world. Jackson is reconciled with his family and Helmsley starts a relationship with Laura.

Alternate ending

The alternate ending is featured on the DVD. After Captain Michaels announces that they are heading to the Cape of Good Hope, he tells Dr. Helmsley that he has a phone call waiting for him. Dr. Helmsley discovers that his dad Harry is alive. Harry tells his son that Tony (whose arm is in a sling) and some of the passengers and crew survived the megatsunami that struck the Genesis. Captain Michaels states that they should have a visual on the ocean-liner shortly. After Kate thanks Laura for taking care of Lily, Laura tells Jackson that she liked his book. Lily then announces that she sees an island. The Arks arrive at the shipwrecked Genesis and the survivors on the beach.

Deleted scenes

There are some deleted scenes featured on the DVD:

  • Jackson drives Alec and Oleg to the airport while trying to get through some doomsdayers.
  • President Wilson and his secretary Sally talk about plans to make arrangements to address the nation one last time.
  • After the discovery that the impact drill is stuck and before the megatsunami hits, Anheuser blames Adrian for what his decision cost them and makes a comment about having sex with Laura. Dr. Helmsley punches him before taking Laura and some crew members down to the Hydraulics Chamber.
  • Jackson finds Gordon's cell phone under the water after Gordon was crushed by the gears.
  • In a follow-up to the alternate ending, Anheuser (after hearing that Dr. Helmsley's dad is still alive) apologizes to Dr. Helmsley for what he said.

Cast

  • John Cusack as Jackson Curtis, a struggling writer who has to work as a limousine driver to make ends meet.[4]
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor as Dr. Adrian Helmsley, geologist and scientific advisor to the US President. He is also a fan of Curtis' work.[5]
  • Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis, a medical student and Jackson's ex-wife.[6]
  • Liam James as Noah Curtis, Jackson and Kate's son.
  • Morgan Lily as Lilly Curtis, Jackson and Kate's daughter.
  • Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Gordon Silberman, Kate's current boyfriend, a plastic surgeon.[7]
  • Danny Glover as Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States.[8]
  • Thandie Newton as Dr. Laura Wilson, art expert who helps gather the world's art treasures and President Wilson's daughter.[8]
  • Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser, the President's Chief of Staff.[8]
  • Zlatko Burić as Yuri Karpov, a Russian billionaire.
  • Beatrice Rosen as Tamara, Yuri's Russian girlfriend.
  • Alexandre Haussmann as Alec Karpov, one of Yuri's sons.
  • Philippe Haussmann as Oleg Karpov, Alec's twin brother.
  • Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost, a fringe science conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host who explains the Mayan 2012 legends to Jackson Curtis.
  • Chin Han as Tenzin, a worker in Tibet.
  • Osric Chau as Nima, a Buddhist monk and Tenzin's brother.
  • Lisa Lu as Grandma Sonam, Nima and Tenzin's grandmother.
  • Chang Tseng as Grandpa Sonam, Nima and Tenzin's grandfather.
  • John Billingsley as Professor Frederic West, an American scientist.
  • Ryan McDonald as Scotty, Dr. Helmsley's assistant.
  • Johann Urb as Sasha, a Russian pilot and Tamara's lover.
  • Blu Mankuma as Harry Helmsley, Adrian's father and Tony's musical (jazz) partner.
  • George Segal as Tony Delgatto, an elderly traveling musician and Harry's musical (jazz) partner.
  • Patrick Bauchau as Roland Picard, the curator of the Louvre, killed by the government when he gets too close to the truth.
  • Jimi Mistry as Dr. Satnam Tsurutani, an Indian scientist who helps discover the events causing the catastrophe.
  • Karin Konoval as Sally, President Wilson's secretary.
  • Stephen McHattie as Captain Michaels, the captain of the ark that Jackson and his family stowaway on.
  • Henry O as Lama Rinpoche
  • Gerard Plunkett as Isaacs
Cameo appearances

Production

The credits cite the bestselling book Fingerprints of the Gods by author Graham Hancock as inspiration for the film,[9] and in an interview with the London magazine Time Out Emmerich states: "I always wanted to do a biblical flood movie, but I never felt I had the hook. I first read about the Earth's Crust Displacement Theory in Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods."[10]

Director Emmerich and composer-producer Harald Kloser had an extremely close relationship and also co-wrote a spec script titled 2012, which was marketed to major studios in February 2008. Nearly all studios met with Emmerich and his representatives to hear the director's budget projection and story plans, a process that the director had previously gone through with the films Independence Day (1996) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).[11] Later that month, Sony Pictures Entertainment won the rights for the spec script, planning to distribute it under Columbia Pictures[12] and to make it for less than the estimated budget.[8] According to Emmerich, the film was eventually produced for about $200 million.[1]

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, California, in July 2008[13] but instead commenced in Kamloops, Savona, Cache Creek and Ashcroft in British Columbia, Canada.[14] Due to the possible 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike, filmmakers set up a contingency plan for salvaging the film.[15] Uncharted Territory, Digital Domain, Double Negative, Scanline, Sony Pictures Imageworks and others were hired to create computer animated visual effects for 2012.[16] Thomas Wander co-wrote the score with Harald Kloser.

Although the film depicts the destruction of several major cultural and historical icons around the world, Emmerich stated that the Kaaba was also considered for selection. Kloser opposed the idea out of fear that a fatwā might be issued against him.[17][18]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The original score for the film was composed by Harald Kloser and Thomas Wander. Singer Adam Lambert contributed a song for the film titled "Time for Miracles" and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity in an interview with MTV.[19]

The film's soundtrack consists of 24 tracks, and it includes the songs "Fades Like a Photograph" by Filter and "It Ain't the End of the World", performed by George Segal and Blu Mankuma, which were featured in the actual film.[20] The trailer music was Master of Shadows by Two Steps From Hell.

No.TitleLength
1."Time for Miracles" (Performed by Adam Lambert)4:43
2."Constellation"1:30
3."Wisconsin"1:14
4."U.S. Army"2:20
5."Ready to Rumble"1:42
6."Spirit of Santa Monica"1:21
7."It Ain't the End of the World" (Performed by George Segal and Blu Mankuma)2:52
8."Great Kid"2:17
9."Finding Charlie"1:45
10."Run Daddy Run"1:14
11."Stepping Into the Darkness"1:35
12."Leaving Las Vegas"1:44
13."Ashes in D.C."4:19
14."We are Taking the Bentley"3:43
15."Nampan Plateau"2:51
16."Saving Caesar"2:09
17."Adrian's Speech"1:41
18."Open the Gates!"2:16
19."The Impact"1:49
20."Suicide Mission"2:06
21."2012 The End of the World"1:24
22."Collision with Mount Everest"1:09
23."The End is Only the Beginning"5:44
24."Fades Like a Photograph" (Performed by Filter)4:19
Total length:57:48

Marketing

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[by whom?] and was regarded as a form of viral marketing.

On November 12, 2008, the new studio released the first teaser trailer for 2012 that showed a tsunami surging over the Himalayas and interlaced a purportedly scientific message suggesting that the world would end in 2012, and that the world's governments were not preparing its population for the event. The trailer ended with a message to viewers to "find out the truth" by searching "2012" on search engines. The Guardian criticized the marketing effectiveness as "deeply flawed" and associated it with "websites that make even more spurious claims about 2012".[21]

The studio also launched a viral marketing website operated by the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, where filmgoers could register for a lottery number to be part of a small population that would be rescued from the global destruction.[22] David Morrison of NASA received over 1000 inquiries from people who thought the website was genuine, and condemned it. "I've even had cases of teenagers writing to me saying they are contemplating suicide because they don't want to see the world end," he said. "I think when you lie on the internet and scare children to make a buck, that is ethically wrong."[23] Another viral marketing website promotes Farewell Atlantis, a fictional suspense novel by the film's lead protagonist, about the events of 2012.[24]

Comcast had also organized a "roadblock campaign" to promote the film, where a two-minute scene from the film was broadcast across 450 American commercial television networks, local English and Spanish language stations, and 89 cable outlets within a ten-minute window between 10:50 PM EDT/PDT and 11:00 PM EDT/PDT on October 1, 2009.[25] The scene featured the destruction of Los Angeles and ended with a cliffhanger, with the entire 5-minute-38-second clip made available on Comcast's Fancast web site. The trade newspaper Variety estimated that, "The stunt will put the footage in front of 90% of all households watching ad-supported TV, or nearly 110 million viewers. When combined with online and mobile streams, that could increase to more than 140 million".[25]

Release

2012 was originally scheduled to be released on July 10, 2009. The release date was changed to November 2009 to move out of the busy summer schedule into a time frame that the studio considered to have more potential for financial success. According to the studio, the film could have been completed for the summer release date, but the date change would give more time to the production.[26] The film was released on November 11, 2009.[27][28] It was released on Friday November 13, 2009 in Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Mexico and the United States, and was released on November 21, 2009 in Japan.[29] It was given a wide release in India on November 13, 2009. In the United Kingdom where it was released on Friday November 13, 2009, two cinemas had a screening time of 8:12pm (20:12 on a 24 hour clock) to coincide with the film's title.[30] Twenty theaters in the United Arab Emirates also screened the movie at 8:12pm.[31]

The DVD and Blu-ray for 2012 were released on March 2, 2010.[32] The 2-Disc Blu-ray Edition includes over 90 minutes of special features, including Adam Lambert's music video "Time for Miracles", and a Digital Copy for PSP, PC, Mac & iPod.[33] The European release date of 2012 on DVD was March 26, 2010; it includes the same special features as the North American version.[34]

Reception

Box office

2012 opened at number one with an estimated $65 million on its first weekend and with $225 million at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend. The film has grossed $166 million in the United States and Canada markets and $602.3 million in international markets, for a worldwide total of $767,918,347,[2] making it the 5th–highest grossing film of 2009[35] and the 35th-highest grossing film of all time worldwide.[36] It surpasses Emmerich's previous disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, which grossed $544.4 million worldwide.[37]

The film topped the international box office in its first weekend with $225 million.[38] It ultimately grossed over $769 million worldwide, becoming Emmerich's second highest grossing film, behind Independence Day.[citation needed] The film is Emmerich's first feature film to be shot using high-definition video cameras, specifically the Panavision Genesis.[citation needed]

Critical response

The film received generally mixed reviews from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 39% of 2012 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.1 out of 10.[39] Among the site's notable critics, 49% gave the film a positive write-up, based on a sample of 34. The site's consensus is that "Roland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length."[40] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics has a rating score of 49 based on 34 reviews.[41]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone criticized the film by comparing it to Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen: "Beware 2012, which works the dubious miracle of almost matching Transformers 2 for sheer, cynical, mind-numbing, time-wasting, money-draining, soul-sucking stupidity."[42] Roger Ebert was enthusiastic about the film, giving it 3½ stars out of 4, saying it "delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year".[43] Both Ebert and Claudia Puig of USA Today called the film the "mother of all disaster movies".[43][44]

Mayan calendar experts, including anthropologist Will Black and independent researcher Carl Calleman have strongly criticized the film. Writing on his blog, Carl Calleman suggested the film had the effect of distracting people from the real meaning of the Mayan calendar. In Will Black’s book Beyond the End of the World: 2012 and Apocalypse, the author is quite scathing. Suggesting that the film makers were playing on fears and ignorance about 2012, Will Black wrote: “The film is visually stunning but the tedious script sadly sheds no real light on Mayan society, calendrics or even the wealth of New Age and utopian fantasies that have built up around the date. Apart from a character mentioning the Maya in passing, the film gave no information about the complex religious beliefs of either the ancient society or contemporary Mayan communities.”

North Korean ban

North Korea has reportedly banned possession or viewing of the film. The year 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, and has been designated by the North Korean government as "the year for opening the grand gates to becoming a rising superpower". Thus, a movie which depicts the year in a negative light is found to be offensive by the North Korean government. Several people in North Korea have reportedly been arrested for possessing or viewing pirated copies of the movie and charged with "grave provocation against the development of the state."[45]

Television spin-off

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Emmerich confirmed that a television series based upon the film was in the works after the film was complete. The series was tentatively titled 2013, and would have served as a follow-up to the film.[46]

Emmerich stated in the interview, "The plan is that it is 2013 and it's about what happens after the disaster. It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating. Harald Kloser and I came up with the idea and we have the luxury of having a producer on the film who is a big TV producer, Mark Gordon. We said to Mark, 'Why don't you do a TV show that picks up where the movie leaves off and call it 2013?' I think it will focus on a group of people who survived but not on the boats ... maybe they were on a piece of land that was spared or one that became an island in the process of the crust moving. There are so many possibilities of what they could do and I'd be excited to watch it."

On March 2, 2010, it was announced that ABC decided to pass on the television spin-off of the film.[47]

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