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Release Date:
28 May 2004 (USA)
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Tagline:
This year, a sweater won't do. more
Plot:
A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award.
Another 3 wins
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8 nominations
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(353 articles)
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Ridiculous Story, But Fun To Watch
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dennis Quaid | ... | Jack Hall | |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | ... | Sam Hall | |
| Emmy Rossum | ... | Laura Chapman | |
| Dash Mihok | ... | Jason Evans | |
| Jay O. Sanders | ... | Frank Harris | |
| Sela Ward | ... | Dr. Lucy Hall | |
| Austin Nichols | ... | J.D. | |
| Arjay Smith | ... | Brian Parks | |
| Tamlyn Tomita | ... | Janet Tokada | |
| Sasha Roiz | ... | Parker | |
| Ian Holm | ... | Terry Rapson | |
| Nassim Sharara | ... | Saudi Delegate | |
| Carl Alacchi | ... | Venezuelan Delegate | |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Vice President Becker | |
| Michel 'Gish' Abou-Samah | ... | Saudi Translator (as Michael A. Samah) |
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Also Known As:
Tomorrow (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense situations of peril.
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Runtime:
124 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #40177) |
Iceland:L |
Brazil:Livre |
Malaysia:U |
France:U |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:PG |
Chile:TE |
Czech Republic:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
Germany:12 |
Ireland:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Peru:PT |
Philippines:G |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) |
UK:12A |
Greece:K-13
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The casting of Kenneth Welsh as the Vice President was controversial, due to his physical resemblance to then-US Vice-President Dick Cheney. However, Roland Emmerich insisted on it for that very reason, admitting that the characters of the President and Vice-President were intended to be criticism of the Bush/Cheney administration's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After the Global Warming Conference when Prof. Rapson is hailing the cab, he removes his fingers from his mouth before the whistle is finished. That type of whistle requires fingers to remain in the mouth.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Frank Harris: See how it's done?
Jason Evans: Yeah, I think I got the hang of it.
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Frank Harris: See how it's done?
Jason Evans: Yeah, I think I got the hang of it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
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FAQ
How Did The Wolves Get On The Ship?Where Did The Ship Come From?
What Causes The Tidal Wave
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I was leery of a heavy propaganda piece on "global warming," but I still saw this and found that, yeah that's what it was but it was really more of just a straight adventure story than anything else.....and not a bad one, at that. The first 50 minutes of this two-hour film have the "fun parts" where the special-effects dominate. We see all kinds of radical weather disasters that are extremely dramatic and entertaining to watch, even if they don't make a bit of sense.
After the blizzard and sub-zero, unlivable weather conditions arrive the movie settles down to a young romance and survival story with Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Rossum and other people trapped in a library in New York City and Jake's father, played by Dennis Quaid, walking all the way from Philadelphia to rescue him. Yes, it's very, very far-fetched - the whole thing - but it's a fun adventure story with nice people. It's especially refreshing to see Hollywood portray a father as being so loving and selfless. The romance wasn't overdone and the young people were not profane and/or annoying, as so often is the case.
Except for the over-exaggerated and extremely erroneous scare tactics of this movie, and a ridiculous portrayal of the Vice Preseint of the United States, the movie works strictly as an entertaining fantasy-adventure story.