2012 Page #5

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


- Run! Don't look back!

- Come on!

- Take her! Get in, honey, get in.

My hats.

Lilly, get in!

Get in!

- Buckle up!

- Lilly.

Sorry.

Jackson, hurry up. Look behind you.

- Holy...!

- Oh, God.

Get out of herw!

Get out of the way!

- Move it!

- Hold on to those eggs, dear.

- Come on!

- Come on, you old bags!

Sidewalk, sidewalk! Tree! Tree!

God. Carwful.

Everybody, hang on.

Oh, my God.

Careful, careful.

Yikes. That stinks.

We gotta get to the airport.

Well, take the freeway,

it'll be half the time.

Yeah, right.

Jesus.

We gotta get to the other side

of the freeway.

Daddy!

- Dad, look!

- No. We're not gonna make it! Careful!

- No, Daddy!

- Dad, look. Dad, look.

No, no, no!

It's been upgraded to a 10.9

by the guys at Harvard.

What does Caltech have to say?

The whole city of Pasadena

was wiped out just a few minutes ago.

This is coming in from Coachella

Valley out near Joshua Tree.

That canyon?

That wasn't there this morning.

And 400 miles further north,

Point Reyes, same thing.

The San Andreas Fault is shifting.

Yes. And all major sister faults

in the Bay Area.

The whole Pacific plate

is destabilizing.

Hold my hand. Stay close to me.

Come on!

- Who's that?

- Our pilot!

Oh, jeez. It's our pilot.

Gordon. Gordon, you can fly.

No, no, I've only had a couple of

lessons in a single-engine plane only.

- You're the guy.

- I am not the guy.

- Trust me, you're the guy.

- I'm not being modest about this.

Come on, kids.

Gordon's gonna get us out of here.

That plane has multiple engines.

Jackson!

- T's and P's, T's and P's.

- T and P?

- Temperatures and pressures.

- Go!

- I've gotta do my preflight check.

- Let him concentrate.

He has no experience.

Thank you.

- Gordon, go.

- Come on.

- Gordon!

- Go, go, go!

- We're not there yet.

- Gordon, take off.

- Punch it, punch it!

- I have to get to 85 knots.

- Eighty's good.

- Oh, screw it. Here we go.

Okay. Okay, we're up.

Higher, higher!

Oh, my God.

Lilly, go sit with your brother.

I don't understand. How did you know

this was gonna happen?

It is not just California.

It's the whole goddamn world

that's going to sh*t.

I met this guy in Yellowstone,

this crazy guy.

He's been right about everything

that's happened so far.

And he said the government

is building spaceships.

- I don't know what, but something.

- Ships?

Yeah, places where we can be safe.

He knows where they are.

He's got a map.

Jackson.

Kate, you gotta just trust me on this,

okay?

Guys, look.

There's a twist and a turn

To each lesson you learn

First you're up, then you're bust

Livin' life on a crust

But it ain't the end of the world, buddy

It's only the end of this song

It's been a gas, been a flip

Been a hell of a trip

But it ain't the end of the world

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

You got fans, Tony.

There's a call for you.

You want me to take a message?

No, that's all right, Kevin. I got it.

- Hello.

- Dad?

Adrian.

Remember when I told you

about that dam in China?

Yeah.

It's happening, Dad.

They'd probably shoot me

if they knew that I told you.

Nobody's gonna shoot you, son.

They need you.

The president has ordered us

to clear out the White House.

About time somebody cleaned up

that mess.

Where are you, Dad?

What exactly is the course

of the Genesis right now?

It's all good, Adrian.

Don't you be worrying

about your old man now.

You got more important things

to do now.

You know...

...your mom and I, we...

We had one hell of a great life, son.

And the best part about that...

...is we had

one hell of a great kid too.

Now, you lookie here.

The Genesis...

...it's a pretty big ship, son.

So don't you write your old man off

just yet.

Besides...

...you know I couldn't leave

Tony alone.

You know that old fool

can't keep decent time by himself.

I love you, Dad.

I love you too, son.

God knows I do.

Kevin, I want a double.

- Harry.

- I need a double right now.

Thank you, son.

After 25 years on the wagon,

are you out of your mind?

- What are you doing?

- Gotta go.

- That's against regulation.

- Careful, careful.

- Anything?

- Yeah, there's fuel.

Fill it up. I'm gonna find Charlie.

Daddy, wait. I wanna come with you.

- No, no. Lil. Lil, no!

- It's all right. Just fill it up.

- We'll be back.

- Jackson, hurry, please.

I'm standing here

at the highest point...

...of what is the rim of the world's

largest super-volcano...

- ... Mount Bighorn, elevation 2779 feet.

- Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!

I can only hope that all of you

have made your peace with God...

- He's gotta be around somewhere.

- Let's go back.

No, no, no. We gotta find Charlie

because he's got a map.

It's like a secret map,

like in the Pirate movies.

- We gotta work as a team, okay?

- Okay.

Okay, come on.

Call Mommy and tell her

we're gonna be 5 minutes late.

- Hello?

- I need to talk to Mommy.

- It's Lilly.

- Sweetheart, where are you?

- Hi, Mommy.

- Let me speak to Daddy, sweetie.

He can't talk right now.

He's driving really, really bad.

Any minute now,

the fireworks are gonna start.

Who is that?

Who's speaking in the car?

He's not in the car. He's on

a mountain waiting for fireworks.

- Fireworks? What fireworks?

- Daddy. Daddy, over there.

...to send all of Yellowstone

into outer space?

Good job, Lilly. Good job.

Let me talk to Mom.

- Kate, we got him.

- Jackson, bring back my child now.

Okay. You stay here

and guard the ship...

- ... and I'm gonna go talk to the pirate.

- Okay.

...your race, your country, your god.

Whether you're a Christian or

a Buddhist or Muslim or Rastafarian...

- ... by tomorrow we will all be one!

- Charlie.

- Jackson. What are you doing here?

- Yeah.

- I thought you were toast.

- No. Where are the spaceships?

There's no way

you can make it there.

We have a plane. You could come

with us, but we gotta leave right now.

Fly, birdies.

Fly!

is this your kid?

Where's the goddamn map?

- We're going live.

- Where is it?

Charlie. Focus. Where's the map?

Where?

It's in the camper.

Where in the camper?

In the map section

on the conspiracy shelf.

Dewey decimal system.

Between Roswell...

...and Marilyn Monroe.

It's starting.

You sure you don't wanna come with,

man?

It's so beautiful. I'm gonna stay.

Good luck.

This marks the last day

of the United States of America.

And, by tomorrow, all of mankind.

And we will be visible

from the Milky Way...

...as a tiny little puff of smoke.

I'm watching the earth crumble

before my eyes.

The giant ash cloud

created by this super-volcano...

...will first envelop Vegas...

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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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