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Transcendence
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2014 film directed by Wally Pfister
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Transcendence is a 2014 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Wally Pfister. The cast includes Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, and Kate Mara. Produced by Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, David Valdes, and Christopher Nolan, the movie was distributed by 01 Distribution and Netflix. It features music by Mychael Danna and cinematography by Jess Hall.
The narrative is set in San Francisco and explores themes of artificial intelligence, mind uploading, human enhancement, and AI takeover. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California, and New Mexico. The film has a runtime of 119 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating.
With a budget of 100000000, the film earned 103039258 at the box office. It received mixed critical reception, with an IMDb rating of 6.2 based on 247285 votes, a Metascore of 42, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 19%. The film has won 3 awards and received 5 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.1Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Dr. Will Caster
- Rebecca Hall as Evelyn Caster
- Paul Bettany as Max Waters
- Cillian Murphy as Agent Donald Buchanan
- Kate Mara as Bree
- Cole Hauser as Colonel Stevens
Themes
- mind control
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- computer virus
- technology
- nanotechnology
- super computer
- resurrection
- love
- transhumanism
- terrorism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
244,737 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
19%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Wally Pfister
- Written by
- Jack Paglen
- Produced by
- Andrew A. Kosove Broderick Johnson Kate Cohen Marisa Polvino Annie Marter David Valdes Aaron Ryder
- Starring
- Johnny Depp Morgan Freeman Rebecca Hall Kate Mara Cillian Murphy Cole Hauser Paul Bettany
- Cinematography
- Jess Hall
- Edited by
- David Rosenbloom
- Music by
- Mychael Danna
- Production companies
- Alcon Entertainment DMG Entertainment Straight Up Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- April 10, 2014 ( 2014-04-10 ) ( New York City ) April 18, 2014 ( 2014-04-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $100–150 million
- Box office
- $103 million
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Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
Transcendence is a 2014 American science fiction thriller film directed by Wally Pfister (in his directorial debut) and written by Jack Paglen. The film stars Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy and Cole Hauser, and follows a group of scientists who race to finish an artificial intelligence project while being targeted by a radical anti-technology organization.
Paglen's screenplay was listed on the 2012 edition of The Black List, a list of popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Transcendence was considered to be a box-office bomb, grossing $103 million against a budget of as much as $150 million. The film received generally negative reviews from critics.
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