Red Planet (2000)

Director:

Antony Hoffman

Writers (WGA):

Chuck Pfarrer (story)
Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

10 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Not A Sound. Not A Warning. Not A Chance. Not Alone.

Plot:

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Plot Keywords:

Mars | Future | Infra Red | Space | Dismemberment

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Val Kilmer	...	Robby Gallagher
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Cmdr. Kate Bowman
Tom Sizemore	...	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
Benjamin Bratt	...	Lt. Ted Santen
Simon Baker	...	Chip Pettengill
Terence Stamp	...	Dr. Bud Chantilas

Also Known As:

Mars (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Malaysia:U | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boral Quarry, Prospect, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Village Roadshow Pictures

Trivia:

Cmdr. Kate Bowman's name refers to "Dave Bowman", commander of the spaceship in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Burchenal states that he is an expert in genetics, and yet he asks for A, G, T and P's (supposed to be the four nucleotides in DNA) for doing any job in genetics. However, these are C, A, T and G (this is corrected in the German dubbed version).

Quotes:

[first lines]
Commander Kate Bowman: [narration] By the year 2000 we had begun to over populate, pollute, and poison our planet faster than we could clean it up. We ignored the problem for as long as we could. But we were kidding ourselves. By 2025, we knew we were in trouble. And began to desperately search for a new home - Mars.
Commander Kate Bowman: For the last 20 years we've been sending unmanned probes with algae, bio-engineered to grow there and produce oxygen. We're going to build ourselves an atmosphere we can breathe. And for 20 years it seemed to worked. It looked like we pulled it off. We'd done it. Then all of a sudden, oxygen levels started to drop. We don't know why.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Able Edwards (2004)

Soundtrack:

When the World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)

I couldn't get enough...very original!

I honestly loved "Red Planet." I thought that Kilmer did a great job playing the "rebellious yet skilled" character that he was so deft at in the 80's. I also felt that Moss added another good performance that was similar to her "soldier yet woman" role from "Matrix." The thought of not only oxygen but LIFE on Mars had not really been touched yet but it worked out greatly..think about it: the actors can actually do their thing without having to wear a bulky space suit the whole time...it adds a lot of fast moving action and real drama to the movie. I also love Sizemore's performances. I guess if you like the actors and are open to a new kind of sci-fi/action plot, you at least should give this movie a shot. I loved it!