2012 Page #4

Synopsis: Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis are trying to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Director(s): Roland Emmerich
Production: Sony Pictures/Columbia
  5 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
2009
158 min
$166,112,167
Website
5,018 Views


I really enjoyed most of this.

Thank you so much.

Hey. Hey, guess what.

- They're selling seats.

- Put me down for three.

No, guys like you and me

don't have a chance.

You'd have to be Bill Gates

or Rupert Murdoch...

...or some Russian billionaire

or something.

Keep it down, my kids are sleeping.

Get them out of Yellowstone.

It's gonna get ugly here.

Why don't we make a baby?

We're not making a baby

in the supermarket.

Hey, hands off the merchandise.

Honey, women pay me thousands

of dollars to handle their b*obs.

You get it for free.

You always act strange

after he shows up.

I'm not acting strange.

I'm looking for the macaroni.

So why did you

stick with him so long?

Can we just give it a rest, please?

He's the father of my children.

Oh, come on, Kate.

You gave up med school

so you could have Noah.

You practically raised

him and Lilly by yourself...

...while he sat writing that junk.

It's not junk. He's published.

Oh, published, right, I forgot.

Four hundred

and twenty-two copies.

Did you see that?

See what? Hey, Kate.

Listen, we have to keep

working at this, our relationship.

I mean, I don't know, honey. I just feel

like there's something pulling us apart.

Gordon!

Hang on! Hang onto the pole!

Kate. Don't let go.

- Oh, my God.

- Hang on!

Gordon!

Do you have anything

for mosquito bites?

Before or after?

I'd get before and after.

Stop scratching.

You're gonna get it all infected.

I had to make a stop

at the grocery store.

It's Mrs. Birnbaum.

She's my teacher, she's on TV.

Here is Grayson's Market, which

was open for business at the time...

...but fortunately, there were

no fatalities or injuries reported.

It really is a miracle

that no one got hurt.

Hello? Oh, hi, Mom.

Did you see what happened

to our supermarket?

She wants us to come home.

is this even possible?

We worked every option

through the night.

The good news, consensus is that four

of the arks will be operational in time.

Only four? You call that good news?

We can save over 400,000 people.

To me, sir,

that's nothing short of a miracle.

But we have to initiate

the boarding process now. Thomas.

We don't have a choice.

You have got to convince them.

Listen, I'll try to keep this brief.

According to the latest information

from Yellowsto...

- Please continue, Adrian.

- Thank you, sir.

The temperature

of the subterranean crust...

...that is, the cement that holds

our land mass in place...

...is increasing at a rapid rate,

much faster than anticipated.

As a result, we've observed

extreme polar instability.

The magnetic fields have decreased

by more than 80 percent...

...in the last 48 hours.

How much time do we have,

Dr. Helmsley?

Two, maybe three days,

if we're lucky.

How can you speak about luck

in such a situation?

Apologies, Mr. Prime Minister. I...

I meant no disrespect.

I'm afraid the longer we wait,

the more luck plays its part.

My friends...

...I recommend

we evacuate immediately.

If any of you have objections...

...please speak now.

In the blue corner...

...38 victories, 34 knockouts...

...the fighting machine

from the Ukraine...

...the undefeated number-one ranked

heavyweight challenger:

Mr. Zultan Balashin!

- Yuri!

- Zultan!

I feared you would not come.

He needs to concentrate now,

Mr. Karpov.

You shut up when I talk to my boy,

understand?

Yes, Mr. Karpov.

Good. That is good.

Zultan, listen to me...

...we are fighters,

we never go down...

...no matter how hard they hit us.

Kill the bastard.

Kill the bastard, Zultan.

Ladies and gentlemen...

...let's get ready to rumble!

Zultan!

Yuri, where are you going?

Yuri?

One, two, three...

Caltech believes that the half-mile

fissure running through Westwood...

...has released

most of the surface tension.

"Life will soon return to normal,"

Mayor Gonzales said...

- ... at an early news conference.

- Okay, guys. Almost home.

Rise and shine.

All right, you're free.

- Thank God.

- Mommy.

Hi, sweetheart.

Gordon!

Hey, buddy boy.

Good time? Yeah?

God, I missed you.

Yeah.

- Who wants pancakes? Come on.

- Me.

- Thanks for bringing them home early.

- Yeah.

Pancakes?

Late for work.

- Yes, hello?

- Curtis, where are you?

- Just getting back from vacation, sir.

- Good. That is good.

I will send the jet

to pick up Alec and Oleg.

Yuri bear, tell him to bring

the raincoat for Caesar.

- It's in the Range Rover.

- Curtis.

- Yeah?

- Get my boys as fast as you can.

I'm hurtling towards you

as we speak, sir.

Good. That is good.

Curtis, you're late.

Good morning to you too.

Oh, be careful with our stuff.

Don't get your dirt on it.

Idiot.

Took you a while, Mr. Curtis.

What's your problem?

Be more careful.

He did that on purpose.

Hey, have a safe trip,

you little bastards.

Now you're laughing, Curtis...

...but we have tickets

to go on a big ship.

We will live...

...and you will die.

Folks, did you hear that?

The authorities in L.A.

say there's nothing to worry about.

I'd love to see their dumb faces...

...when Malibu and Beverly Hills...

...get sucked into the gurgling maw

of the Pacific.

Where they gonna plug in

their electric cars then?

- Hey. is this your plane?

- Yes.

- Are you a pilot?

- Yeah.

I wanna rent it.

I'll give you anything.

Here.

This is a very expensive watch.

My editor gave it to me when

he thought I was gonna be somebody.

I confirmed with my people at Caltech

that in the last 36 hours...

...we had basically zero earthquake

activity in Southern California...

...which is very rare.

Unlike many of the tough characters...

- ... I've portrayed in my film career...

- Hello?

- Stop what you're doing.

- Jackson?

Listen to me. I've rented a plane.

Pack up the kids.

- I'm gonna be there in five minutes.

- Plane? What?

We're gonna do our regular Saturday.

Noah has music and Lil has karate.

Not that we'd expect him

to remember.

Kate, California is going down.

Pack up the kids now!

They just got back.

God, you sound like a crazy person.

The governorjust said we're fine now.

The guy's an actor.

He's reading a script.

When they tell you not to panic...

...that's when you run!

Okay, could you call me back

when you calm down?

Mommy, why is Daddy so crazy?

...taking the most severe hit

in Los Angeles.

Finish your pancakes, Al Capone.

It seems to me

that the worst is over.

Mommy!

Everyone hold on to each other.

- No, Lilly!

- Hold Mommy's hand and stay close.

Daddy!

Let's go! Let's go!

I think it's safer under here!

Get in the f***ing car right now!

Move your ass! Move!

- Come on, kids.

- Get up!

- Move. Quick, quick!

- Move!

Go! Now!

- Come on, let's go.

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Roland Emmerich

Roland Emmerich (German: [ˈʁoːlant ˈɛməʁɪç]; born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films. His films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions, have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 11th-highest-grossing director of all time. He began his work in the film industry by directing the film The Noah's Ark Principle (1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, and is openly gay. He is also a campaigner for awareness of global warming and human rights. more…

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