THE BOOK OF ELI
USA
2009
114 minutes
In a post-apocalyptic America, a mysterious stranger heading West arrives at a makeshift town where the local self-appointed ruler takes an interest in the book he carries with him. Star sci-fi actioner whose rather derivative script and vaguely religious subtexts are unable to hide that it is in fact a stylishly handled, updated old-fashioned western.
A Sony Pictures Releasing International (int'l) release. Alcon Entertainment presents a Silver Pictures production.
Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman; Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Frances de la Tour; with Tom Waits; and Michael Gambon.
Directed by the Hughes Brothers; produced by Joel Silver, Denzel Washington, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, David Valdes; written by Gary Whitta; music by Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross; director of photography (Technicolor, Panavision), Don Burgess; production designer, Gae Buckley; costume designer, Sharen Davis; film editor, Cindy Mollo; visual effects supervisor, Jon Farhat.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Columbia-Tristar-Warner screening room (Lisbon), March 2nd 2010.
2009
114 minutes
In a post-apocalyptic America, a mysterious stranger heading West arrives at a makeshift town where the local self-appointed ruler takes an interest in the book he carries with him. Star sci-fi actioner whose rather derivative script and vaguely religious subtexts are unable to hide that it is in fact a stylishly handled, updated old-fashioned western.
A Sony Pictures Releasing International (int'l) release. Alcon Entertainment presents a Silver Pictures production.
Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman; Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Frances de la Tour; with Tom Waits; and Michael Gambon.
Directed by the Hughes Brothers; produced by Joel Silver, Denzel Washington, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, David Valdes; written by Gary Whitta; music by Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross; director of photography (Technicolor, Panavision), Don Burgess; production designer, Gae Buckley; costume designer, Sharen Davis; film editor, Cindy Mollo; visual effects supervisor, Jon Farhat.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Columbia-Tristar-Warner screening room (Lisbon), March 2nd 2010.
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