A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 21 nominations total
Thandiwe Newton
- Laura Wilson
- (as Thandie Newton)
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- TriviaThe great disasters of the "galactic alignment" in 2012 were supposed to have occurred on December 21st, the day of the solstice. The filmmakers decided to move those events up a few months, to midsummer. This relieved them of having to decorate the sets for the winter holidays.
- GoofsA background character can be heard warning that the ship's compartments are flooding progressively. But all ships have been built with truly watertight compartments for nearly a century. Certainly a futuristic ship of this size couldn't sink due to 1 door being open. The fact that the watertight compartments had metal grates above leading to the zoo area negates any watertight design (and sense)
- Quotes
Adrian Helmsley: The moment we stop fighting for each other, that's the moment we lose our humanity.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits at all, except the Columbia Pictures logo and the movie title "2012".
- Alternate versionsThere was an alternate ending that was featured on the DVD. After Captain Michaels announces that they are heading to the Cape of Good Hope, he tells Dr. Helmsley that he has a phone call waiting for him. Dr. Helmsley discovers that his dad Harry is still alive. Harry tells his son that he, Tony (whose arm is in a sling) and some of the passengers and crew survived the mega-tsunami that struck the Genesis. Captain Michaels states that they should have a visual on the ocean-liner shortly. After Kate thanks Laura for taking care of Lily, Laura tells Jackson that she liked his book. Lily then announces that she sees an island. The Arks arrive at the shipwrecked Genesis and the survivors on the beach.
- ConnectionsEdited into Live Free or Die Hard (Project 12, 8/12) (2011)
- SoundtracksAfreen Afreen
Written by Javed Akhtar and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Courtesy of Saregama India Ltd.
By Arrangement with The Royalty Network Inc.
Featured review
They had all the money, actors and special effects they needed so how did they manage to screw this one up? Obviously they thought exiting moments were more important than developing deeper characters and that's why this story that had great potential stayed so shallow. The dialog was always cheesy and none of the 'hero's' in this film really showed any real emotions nor did they give any of those speeches that give the audience goose bumps. Another thing that really bothered me was that so much was almost going wrong the whole time. Every second of the film had a 'close call' which made the film seem totally unrealistic. Examples are planes taking off just before the runway collapses or driving just fast enough to not get hit by an explosion. This can be very cool if it doesn't happen 100% of the time and I have never seen a movie abusing this way of creating excitement to this extent. So to sum up: If you feel like turning your brain off and watching special effects and big explosions with a very shallow storyline then this movie is for you. But if you feel like watching a movie with a bit of depth then go and see something else.
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- Farewell Atlantis
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- Budget
- $200,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $166,112,167
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $65,237,614
- Nov 15, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $791,217,826
- Runtime2 hours 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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