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2012 is a 2009 science fiction and disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, who also served as a screenwriter and producer. The cast includes John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, and Oliver Platt. The film was produced by Centropolis Entertainment and Columbia Pictures, with Harald Kloser and Mark Gordon among the producers. It was filmed in Vancouver and distributed by Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and Netflix.
The narrative is set in London, New York City, Washington, D.C., and India, focusing on doomsday themes. The original languages include English, French, Tibetan, and Chinese. The film has a runtime of 158 minutes. It received a rating of 5.9 on IMDb based on 422,863 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 5.878 from 12,720 votes. The production budget was 200,000,000, and the film generated revenue of 791,217,826.
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5.9Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Cast
- John Cusack as Jackson Curtis
- Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Adrian Helmsley
- Thandiwe Newton as Laura Wilson
- Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser
- Tom McCarthy as Gordon Silberman
Themes
- race against time
- maya civilization
- civilization
- natural disaster
- earthquake
- end of the world
- disaster
- apocalypse
- destruction
- volcanic eruption
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2012 is a 2009 American epic apocalyptic disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Harald Kloser, and starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandiwe Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson. Based on the 2012 phenomenon, its plot follows numerous characters, including novelist Jackson Curtis (Cusack) and geologist Adrian Helmsley (Ejiofor), as they struggle to survive an eschatological sequence of events including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and megatsunamis.
Filming began in Vancouver in August 2008 and wrapped two months later. An extensive marketing campaign was launched for the film, which included the creation of a website from its main characters' point of view and a viral marketing website on which filmgoers could register for a lottery number to save them from the ensuing disaster.
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