Final Destination

2000 film directed by James Wong

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Final Destination is a 2000 horror and thriller film directed by James Wong. The screenplay was written by Jeffrey Reddick, Glen Morgan, and James Wong, with Glen Morgan also serving as producer. The cast includes Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Tony Todd. Shirley Walker composed the music, and Robert McLachlan was the director of photography. The film was produced by New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions, and Hard Eight Pictures.

The narrative is set in New York, though filming took place in San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver. It is a United States and Canadian production with a runtime of 98 minutes. The film is part of the Final Destination series and was distributed by New Line Cinema, Netflix, and Hulu. Its original languages are English and French.

The movie received an IMDb rating of 6.7 based on 336,151 votes and a Metascore of 39. It has a budget of 23,000,000 and generated 112,880,294 in revenue. The film is rated R and has received 3 wins and 5 nominations.

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Film · TMDB

6.6

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

Released: 2000-03-1798 minDir: James WongHorrorBudget: $23.0MBox office: $113MPart of: Final Destination Collection

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Cast

Devon Sawa as Alex Browning
Ali Larter as Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith as Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke as Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck as Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith as Agent Schreck

Themes

airport
time travel
omen
premonition
airplane accident
airplane crash
corpse
death
macabre
near-death experience

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Ratings

IMDb

6.7/10

331,260 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

51%

Metacritic

39/100

Year: 2000
Runtime: 98 min
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Rated: R
Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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Encyclopedic overview

Final Destination is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong (in his directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, based on a story by Reddick. It stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Tony Todd. Sawa portrays a teenager who cheats death after having a premonition of a catastrophic plane explosion. He and several of his classmates leave the plane before the explosion occurs, but Death later takes the lives of those who were meant to die on the plane.

The film began as a spec script written by Reddick for an episode of The X-Files in order for Reddick to get a TV agent. A colleague at New Line Cinema persuaded Reddick to write it as a feature-length film. Later, Wong and Morgan, The X-Files writing partners, became interested in the script and agreed to work on the film. Principal photography took place in New York City and Vancouver, with additional scenes filmed in Toronto and San Francisco.

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