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Elysium
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Elysium is a 2013 American science fiction action drama film directed and written by Neill Blomkamp. The cast includes Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, and Alice Braga. Simon Kinberg and Bill Block produced the film, which was produced by Sony Pictures, MRC, and TriStar Pictures. The movie is set in the year 2154, with Los Angeles serving as the narrative location.
The film has a runtime of 109 minutes and was filmed in Vancouver and Mexico. It was distributed by TriStar Pictures, Netflix, and Microsoft Store. The production had a budget of 115000000 and earned a box office revenue of 286140700. Julian Clarke and Lee Smith served as film editors, while Trent Opaloch was the director of photography.
Elysium explores themes of overpopulation, transhumanism, health care, and the Stanford torus. The film is available in English, French, and Spanish. It received a rating of 6.6 on IMDb based on 492063 votes and a vote average of 6.52 on TMDb from 9562 votes.
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6.5In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Max
- Jodie Foster as Delacourt
- Sharlto Copley as Kruger
- Diego Luna as Julio
- Wagner Moura as Spider
- Alice Braga as Frey
Themes
- future
- capitalism
- dystopia
- space station
- class conflict
- late stage capitalism
- health inequality
- social inequality
- wealth inequality
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Neill Blomkamp
- Written by
- Neill Blomkamp
- Produced by
- Simon Kinberg Bill Block Neill Blomkamp
- Starring
- Matt Damon Jodie Foster Sharlto Copley Alice Braga Diego Luna Wagner Moura William Fichtner
- Cinematography
- Trent Opaloch
- Edited by
- Julian Clarke Lee Smith
- Music by
- Ryan Amon
- Production companies
- TriStar Pictures Media Rights Capital QED International Alphacore Kinberg Genre
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- August 7, 2013 ( 2013-08-07 ) (Taiwan) August 9, 2013 ( 2013-08-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $115 million
- Box office
- $286.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Elysium is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was Blomkamp's second directorial effort. The film stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster alongside Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner. It takes place on both a ravaged Earth and a luxurious artificial world called Elysium. The film itself offers deliberate social commentary that explores political and sociological themes such as immigration, overpopulation, transhumanism, health care, worker exploitation, the justice system, technology, and social class issues.
The film was released on August 9, 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing through the TriStar Pictures label, in both conventional and IMAX Digital theaters. It received positive reviews, but critics considered it to be disappointing after Blomkamp's first film, District 9. With a budget of $115 million, Elysium was TriStar's most expensive film. It grossed $286.1 million worldwide.
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