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The Day After Tomorrow
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
2004 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 124 min · Science Fiction · Thriller · Adventure · 19 frames
Tagline
Where will you be?
Crew
- Screenplay: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
- Cinematography: Ueli Steiger
- Edited by: David Brenner
- Music: Harald Kloser
- Production design: Barry Chusid
- Produced by: Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Jack Hall
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Sam Hall
- Ian Holm as Terry Rapson
- Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman
- Sela Ward as Dr. Lucy Hall
- Dash Mihok as Jason Evans
- Kenneth Welsh as Vice President Becker
- Jay O. Sanders as Frank Harris
- Austin Nichols as J.D.
- Perry King as President Blake
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Japanese, French, Arabic, Spanish
- Studios: 20th Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment, Lionsgate, The Mark Gordon Company
- Budget: $125,000,000
- Box office: $552,639,571
- Themes: new york city, philadelphia, pennsylvania, saving the world, scotland, climate change, greenhouse effect, tornado, hurricane, hail, temperature drop
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