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Passengers
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
2016 · Directed by Morten Tyldum · 116 min · Drama · Romance · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
There is a reason they woke up.
Plot
In the distant future, the Avalon, a sleeper ship transporting 5,000 colonists and 258 crew in hibernation pods, is traveling from Earth to the planet Homestead II, a 120-year journey as part of a wave of space colonization to escape the overpopulated and heavily urbanized Earth. Only 30 years into the voyage, an asteroid collision damages the ship, causing a malfunction that awakens passenger Jim Preston, a mechanical engineer, 90 years ahead of schedule. He is unable to return to hibernation, and cannot contact Earth for help due to an overly long communication delay. He attempts to break into the crew hibernation room, in the hopes they will be able to help. He fails due to the ship's heavy security systems.
As the ship's AI systems seem unable to comprehend a hibernation pod malfunction, as it had never happened before, Jim eventually gives up, passing the time in several of the ship's entertainment zones.
After a year of isolation, with only an android bartender named Arthur for company, Jim grows despondent. He contemplates suicide until noticing Aurora Lane, a young woman inside a pod. He considers reviving her for companionship, but struggles doing so, knowing it is morally wrong and will preclude her intended life and career as a writer on their destination planet.
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Crew
- Written by: Jon Spaihts
- Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto
- Edited by: Maryann Brandon
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: Guy Hendrix Dyas
- Produced by: Ori Marmur, Michael Maher, Stephen Hamel, Neal H. Moritz
Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora Lane
- Chris Pratt as Jim Preston
- Michael Sheen as Arthur
- Laurence Fishburne as Gus Mancuso
- Andy Garcia as Captain Norris
- Vince Foster as Executive Officer
- Kara Flowers as Communications Officer
- Conor Brophy as Crew Member
- Julee Cerda as Instructor (Hologram)
- Aurora Perrineau as Best Friend
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Original Film, Company Films
- Budget: $110,000,000
- Box office: $303,144,152
- Themes: android, spacecraft, asteroid, isolation, shower, hibernation, swimming pool, automation, space, robot
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