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The Host
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
2013 · Directed by Andrew Niccol · 126 min · Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · 10 frames
Tagline
Choose to believe. Choose to fight. Choose to love.
Crew
- Screenplay: Andrew Niccol
- Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
- Edited by: Thomas J. Nordberg
- Music: Antonio Pinto
- Production design: Andy Nicholson
- Produced by: Stephenie Meyer, Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz
Cast
- Saoirse Ronan as Melanie Stryder / Wanda
- Diane Kruger as The Seeker / Lacey
- Max Irons as Jared Howe
- Jake Abel as Ian O'Shea
- William Hurt as Jeb Stryder
- Frances Fisher as Maggie Stryder
- Chandler Canterbury as Jamie Stryder
- Boyd Holbrook as Kyle O'Shea
- Stephen Rider as Seeker Reed
- Alex Russell as Seeker Burns
Production
- Country: Switzerland, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Open Road Films, Nick Wechsler Productions, Silver Reel, Chockstone Pictures
- Budget: $44,000,000
- Box office: $63,300,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, mass murder, dystopia, genocide, alien invasion, duringcreditsstinger, interspecies romance, alien parasites, based on young adult novel, romantic
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