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Cloud Atlas
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
2012 · Directed by Lilly Wachowski · 172 min · Drama · Science Fiction · 18 frames
Tagline
Everything is connected.
Crew
- Screenplay: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski
- Cinematography: Frank Griebe, John Toll
- Edited by: Alexander Berner, Claus Wehlisch
- Music: Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
- Production design: Hugh Bateup, Uli Hanisch
- Produced by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Stefan Arndt, Grant Hill
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
- Halle Berry as Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym
- Jim Broadbent as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
- Hugo Weaving as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
- Jim Sturgess as Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law
- Bae Doona as Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute
- Ben Whishaw as Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman
- James D'Arcy as Young Rufus Sixsmith / Old Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / Archivist
- Zhou Xun as Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose
- Keith David as Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient
Production
- Country: Germany, United States of America, China, Hong Kong, Singapore
- Language: English
- Studios: Cloud Atlas Productions, Anarchos Productions, X Filme Creative Pool, A Company
- Budget: $102,000,000
- Box office: $130,482,868
- Themes: future, artificial intelligence (a.i.), based on novel or book, san francisco, california, clone, dystopia, lgbt, multiple storylines, duringcreditsstinger, century
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