Ad Astra
Sign in to save2019 film directed by James Gray
Film · TMDB
6.1The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Released: 2019-09-17123 minDir: James GrayScience Fiction, Drama
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Roy McBride
- Tommy Lee Jones as H. Clifford McBride
- Liv Tyler as Eve
- Ruth Negga as Helen Lantos
- Donald Sutherland as Thomas Pruitt
- Kimberly Elise as Lorraine Deavers
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.5/10
278,389 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
80/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 75 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Gray
- Written by
- James Gray Ethan Gross
- Produced by
- Brad Pitt Dede Gardner Jeremy Kleiner James Gray Anthony Katagas Rodrigo Teixeira Arnon Milchan
- Starring
- Brad Pitt Tommy Lee Jones Ruth Negga Liv Tyler Donald Sutherland
- Cinematography
- Hoyte van Hoytema
- Edited by
- John Axelrad Lee Haugen
- Music by
- Max Richter
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox New Regency Productions Plan B Entertainment Keep Your Head Productions RT Features MadRiver Pictures
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- August 29, 2019 ( 2019-08-29 ) ( Venice ) September 20, 2019 ( 2019-09-20 ) (United States) September 26, 2019 ( 2019-09-26 ) (Brazil)
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Countries
Key dates
- Published
- 29 August 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- epic film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- James Gray
- Screenwriter
- James Gray
- Cast member
- Donnie Keshawarz
- Composer
- Max Richter
- Producer
- Anthony Katagas
- Cinematographer
- Hoyte van Hoytema
Article
Ad Astra is a 2019 psychological science fiction film, directed by James Gray and written by Gray and Ethan Gross. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and all life on Earth.
The project was announced in early 2016, with Gray stating he wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie". Pitt signed on to star in August 2016 and the rest of the cast, save Tyler, joined in 2017. Filming began around Los Angeles that August, lasting through October. Tyler was added to the cast in 2018 after unsatisfactory test screenings mandated a love interest for Pitt's character.