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10 000 ans avant notre ère, au coeur des montagnes... Le jeune chasseur D'Leh aime d'amour tendre la belle Evolet, une orpheline que sa tribu recueillit quelques années plus tôt. Lorsque celle-ci est enlevée par une bande de pillards, D'Leh se lance à sa rescousse à la tête d'une poignée de chasseurs de mammouths. Le groupe, franchissant pour la première fois les limites de son territoire, entame un long périple à travers des terres infestées de monstres, et découvre des civilisations dont il ne soupçonnait pas l'existence. Au fil de ces rencontres, d'autres tribus, spoliées et asservies, se joignent à D'Leh et ses hommes, finissant par constituer une petite armée.
Au terme de leur voyage, D'Leh et les siens découvrent un empire inconnu, hérissé d'immenses pyramides dédiées à un dieu vivant, tyrannique et sanguinaire. Le jeune chasseur comprend alors que sa mission n'est pas seulement de sauver Evolet, mais la civilisation tout entière...

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WARNER BROS. PICTURES présente
en association avec LEGENDARY PICTURES une production CENTROPOLIS
un film de ROLAND EMMERICH "10 000" (10,000 BC) STEVEN STRAIT CAMILLA BELLE CLIFF CURTIS
musique de HARALD KLOSER et THOMAS WANDER
producteurs exécutifs HARALD KLOSER SARAH BRADSHAW TOM KARNOWSKI THOMAS TULL WILLIAM FAY
produit par MICHAEL WIMERROLAND EMMERICH MARK GORDON
écrit par ROLAND EMMERICH et HARALD KLOSER réalisé par ROLAND EMMERICH

Attention, ce film n'est pas un documentaire, c'est un film de Roland Emmerich, déjà connu pour Stargate, Independence Day, ou Le jour d'après. Comme son titre l'indique, l'action de 10 000 veut se situer 10 000 ans avant J.-C. Cependant, les pyramides égyptiennes ne sont pas censées avoir existé (sauf si l'on reprend la théorie completement erronnée de Stargate). En dehors de ces anachronismes, 10 000 reste un divertissement plaisant.

Ma note:

A noter: ce réalisateur allemand a l'air d'apprécier les films avec des dates en guise de titres: son prochain film : 2012, un film sur les prophétie apocalyptiques mayas.

The Times devoted TWO WHOLE PAGES and THIRTEEN PHOTOS to the redesign of Emmerich's townhouse in the "buttoned-up" Knightsbridge section of London. The article makes several things very clear. First, Emmerich is impulsive. That can be a good thing, right? A lot of creative people are impulsive. Second, he's eclectic. That can be a good thing, too. Third, he likes to shock people. O.K. Fourth, he's an icon omnivore: Mao Tse-Tung, Pope John Paul II, The Crucifixion, Barbie dolls, a Philippe Starck bar chair...it's all the same to him. If it looks good and shocks the neighbors, he's happy. Whatever...

But what about the miniaturized diorama tables in the living room? The ones that Emmerich commissioned from his movie prop department. The ones that depict, in the Times' words, "notorious events"? First, there's the tiny diorama of actor Hugh Grant propositioning a prostitute. Clever, right? I guess it's good for a laugh. What about the one with a miniaturized scene of JFK's assassination? Look! The "grassy knoll"! It's right there, under the Modernist coffee mug placed, just so, for the NY Times photographer to capture. Then there's the Tienanmen Square showdown between tank and student. Wow! That's clever! Don't forget the diorama that depicts "scenes of torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq." (NY Times) I guess Hugh Grant's tabloid-driven humiliation is as decorative and collectible as human rights abuses, political assassinations and torture.

Oh, come on! Don't get all outraged! The politics of history, the history of politics, the spectacle of celebrity, the news as spectacle... they're just a bunch of shiny baubles available to anyone with money! It's the design within reach of a callous few. Politics and abusive governments are just another scenario. History isn't real. It really doesn't mean anything! Look! Look at the Times photo of a laser-cut steel chair that Emmerich placed in his garden terrace. The one made by underage workers, uh, children, in Ghana. They're made from rusted Shell oil drums! They have laser-cut inscriptions on them, like "insurgents" and "infidels." Don't they look great next to the aqua blue skylights?

I hope the New York Times does another article when Emmerich adds a Darfur diorama to his collection. It would be soooooo cool to see miniature depictions of women and children fleeing from the Janjaweed!

if you still dont know, roland emmerich is director of independence day, stargate and 10,000 bc. talk geek to me

PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr, 49 min
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures

(*NOTE* Some SPOILERS)

A simple tribe of prehistoric hunters finds its way of life threatened when attacked by "four-legged demons." Homes are burned and people taken to lands unknown. The village's best hunters take off in pursuit, becoming, as the narrator says, hunters no longer, but warriors.

D'Leh, the lead character played by Steven Strait, is determined to rescue Evolet, the love of his life, along with the other hunters who were taken from the tribe, and without whom the people will starve. Thrust into the unasked-for role of Hero, D'Leh leads an army of many tribes to liberate thousands of captives--now slaves.

Visually, this is a decent film. CG effects are well blended with the action, and the cast acted out their roles in an acceptable manner. That said, this movie left a lot to be desired. The plot is based on a tired storyline with predictable turns: Hero's village is attacked; Hero must rescue people; Hero displays special ability or fits prophecy; Hero faces danger; Hero wins, with minimal losses.

One thing that annoyed me was that D'Leh seemed to care more about getting his girl back than anything else around him. He pulls it out in the end and even manages to care, but until that point, he is very one-dimensional.

Hollywood loves its beasties. The production team behind 10,000 B.C. is no exception, with massive prehistoric monstrosities, which was the most impressive part of the movie. Mastodons ("Mannak"), a saber-toothed tiger ("Spear Tooth"), and a herd of two-story carnivorous emu-like birds provide some action-oriented eye candy. Other than that, however, the entire movies comes off flat.

It's not horrible, but it's not great. If you have Netflix, go for it. Is it worth buying a copy? Not on my dime.

5 Bags (out of 10)

[speaking to the spear-tooth] You must remember me. I gave you life. -D'Leh

In generale il film è godibile e costruito secondo copione: preoccupazione per il futuro dei nostri figli, i grandi cataclismi che ci fanno riscoprire tutti uguali, la vacuità della vita frenetica che conduciamo spazzata via in un istante… simpaticamente scorretto il finale pacificatorio, con il nuovo presidente Usa che riafferma la grandezza del suo popolo e chiede contemporaneamente scusa ai paesi “che un tempo abbiamo chiamato Terzo Mondo” per aver accolto i cittadini americani e averli aiutati. Comunque, bando alle chiacchiere: concentrandosi sulle cose che contano sul serio, bisogna dire che le scene spettacolari sono spettacolari. Molto divertente la scena del tornado che distrugge Los Angeles, specialmente nel momento in cui spazza via dalla celebre collina la celebre scritta HOLLYWOOD (connivenza del cinema con il modello che devasta la natura…? non vi è alcun dubbio!), mentre Manhattan nell’immaginario ha subito talmente tante metamorfosi che fa meno effetto vederla inondata da un devastante tsunami. Effetti speciali a go-go, tanti valori e buoni sentimenti serviti su una base di sarcasmo verso le sorti della tracotante civiltà in cui viviamo.

The Day After Tomorrow, di Roland Emmerich, Usa, 2004, 125 minuti

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Ian Holm, Rick Hoffman.

Uscita: 28 maggio (cinema)

PG-13
Running Time: 1 hr, 49 min
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures

(*NOTE* Some SPOILERS)

A simple tribe of prehistoric hunters finds its way of life threatened when attacked by "four-legged demons." Homes are burned and people taken to lands unknown. The village's best hunters take off in pursuit, becoming, as the narrator says, hunters no longer, but warriors.

D'Leh, the lead character played by Steven Strait, is determined to rescue Evolet, the love of his life, along with the other hunters who were taken from the tribe, and without whom the people will starve. Thrust into the unasked-for role of Hero, D'Leh leads an army of many tribes to liberate thousands of captives--now slaves.

Visually, this is a decent film. CG effects are well blended with the action, and the cast acted out their roles in an acceptable manner. That said, this movie left a lot to be desired. The plot is based on a tired storyline with predictable turns: Hero's village is attacked; Hero must rescue people; Hero displays special ability or fits prophecy; Hero faces danger; Hero wins, with minimal losses.

One thing that annoyed me was that D'Leh seemed to care more about getting his girl back than anything else around him. He pulls it out in the end and even manages to care, but until that point, he is very one-dimensional.

Hollywood loves its beasties. The production team behind 10,000 B.C. is no exception, with massive prehistoric monstrosities, which was the most impressive part of the movie. Mastodons ("Mannak"), a saber-toothed tiger ("Spear Tooth"), and a herd of two-story carnivorous emu-like birds provide some action-oriented eye candy. Other than that, however, the entire movies comes off flat.

It's not horrible, but it's not great. If you have Netflix, go for it. Is it worth buying a copy? Not on my dime.

3 Discs

Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, and Jaye Davidson

Director: Roland Emmerich

Writer(s): Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich

Studio: Artisan

Runtime: 1 hr. 59 min.

Rated: PG-13

Official UWF Matinee Score: 4 stars

An ancient artifact was uncovered in Giza Egypt in 1928. In 1994, Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), an archaeologist, is tracked down by Catherine Lankford (Viveca Lindfors) and the US Air Force, for a job translating ancient hieroglyphs. Dr. Jackson arrives at a converted nuclear missile silo in Creek Mountain Colorado, where he is showed an Egyptian coverstone, unlike anything he’s ever seen. After translating hieroglyphs on the coverstone, naming the artifact found under the stone the “Stargate”, Jackson is given the task of translating the writing in the center of the stone, writing like has never been seen.

Around this time, Colonel Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) is placed in charge of the program, waiting for Jackson and Catherine to solve the mystery. Daniel finds that the writing in the coverstone isn’t really writing, but star constellations, arranged in an order outlining a map.

The six symbols (constellations) Jackson points out, are known to be on the device (Stargate), but a seventh symbol is needed. Dr. Jackson is shown the Stargate for the first time, where he correctly identifies the seventh symbol. Once the seventh symbol is locked, a glimmering swirl of a water like material comes shooting out, and spiraling back in. Conditions on the connected planet show to be livable, so General West (Leon Rippy) sends a team through the gate, after Jackson says he can open the gate on the other side.

The team, led by Colonel O’Neil and Dr. Jackson, come to a desert planet, Abydos. Daniel informs the team that he cannot deceiver the symbols on the DHD to send the team back home, which leads to a quest to find an order of alignment of symbols. Jackson is dragged through the desert by a huge domesticated beast, with O’Neil and two others in hot pursuit. After catching Jackson, they find a village of what appears to be ancient Egyptians. The team goes down and meets the people. Though unable to speak with them, Jackson befriends the lovely Sha’uri (Mili Avital), while O’Neil becomes idolized by Sha’uri’s brother, Skaara (Alexis Cruz).

Back at base camp, a flying pyramid shaped craft lands a top the pyramid where the rest of the team is staying. Base-camp is under attack with some members of the team killed, and others taken hostage. The attackers, are soldiers of the power Egyptian Son God, Ra (Jaye Davidson). From there, the team and village go on an adventure and war, that you will just have to watch the movie to see.

Ultimate Edition Bonus Features: Theatrical Cut and Director’s Cut. Featurette, Is There A Stargate? Audio commentary by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. Production notes, cast and crew information, scene access. National and International theatrical trailers. Featurette, The Making of Stargate.

Thoughts: What can I say? This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s the mother of the highly successful television series, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. It has a great cast and great characters with Jackson (Spader) and O’Neil (Russell) really standing out. The movie features a really good story with some good action scenes and great special effects to go along with it. My personal favorite scene of the movie, is the first showing of Ra, cause he’s such a badass character.

I would highly suggest that everyone go pick up a copy of this, for the movie alone. But if you need extra motivation, it features two great featurette’s. One is a documentary called “Is There a Stargate?”, that shows evidence of alien existence throughout ancient art and culture. It also questions about the pyramids, some run way, and some Mayan stuff. I personally don’t’ believe nor care about aliens, but it’s still a well documented and insightful piece. And the other featurette is “The Making of Stargate”. This is filled with a lot of behind the scenes stuff, interviews with the cast and crew, and generally fun facts. Easily worth the twenty dollars, as it’s a great deal.

~ glsmith

Woody Harrelson trabajará junto a John Cusack, Danny Glover y Chiwetel Ejiofor en 2012 de Roland Emmerich.

Via | Uruloki

En EEUU existe una absurda manía por sacar logos de futuras películas, antes de tener fotos oficiales, trailers y demás. Si hace poco se ha podido ver logos para Transformer 2 o The Green Hornet, ahora traen un absurdo y patético logo para 2012. ¿De verdad es necesario? Ya que gastas dinero en pagar por ello y sobretodo, en darle marketing, por lo menos currate algo en condiciones.

Sabemos que con los efectos especiales no habrá problemas (10000 BC y El Día de Mañana son buenos ejemplos de Roland Emmerich), así que esperemos que el argumento de la película este algo más currado que este logo.

En relación a esta película, también os confirmamos la incorporación al elenco de actores de Thomas McCarthy. Que acompañara a John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt y Amanda Peet.

Via | TBDC

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Despite being panned by critics, audiences flocked to see Roland Emmerich's newest opus, 10,000 BC, and I think I know why.

In 1996, Emmerich directed one of the finest action movies of all-time, Independence Day. More than just a movie, this film was a prognosticator of the future.

If only we had been listening.

Three different, very clear messages were placed in this movie. The first, seen here, is taken from the moment when Jeff Goldblum's character explains to the President the idea of "line-of-sight" and how satellites work.

Notice the drawing that Goldblum does, look familiar? Maybe that's because it looks awfully congruent to THIS!

Eerily similar no?
Now a random image in a movie is one thing, merely coincidence, but only moments later, after convincing the President that the time to leave is now, Goldblum and Pullman exit with others onboard Marine One. As they take off, Goldblum pulls out his handy mid-90's Mac Powerbook and looks at the countdown timer...

Now its starting to get a little bit more real, you're starting to feel that tingle up your spine...

Let's not forget what these "aliens" do in this movie. With a carefully orchestrated attack, the aliens destroy the Capitol Records building, the Empire State Building and the White House instantly and simultaneously.

It is only when all of the world joins together, putting aside its squabbles, putting aside religious and cultural differences to fight a common enemy that there is success. Goldblum and Will Smith ride deep into space and into the alien mothership armed with a nuclear bomb. They set it off and it causes the protective shields to come down off the ships floating around Earth. Earth responds with attacks, Randy Quaid saves the day, flies his F-15 into the most vulnerable part of the alien ship and destroys it almost instantly. But it doesn't just blow up, Roland Emmerich, that mad German throws one last message out there for those who know how to hear (see) it.

Who saves the world from aliens?

Of course! How could America (and the rest of the dirty world) defeat aliens? Because of Jesus (or Burning Man...)! It only makes sense, just ask the Mormons.

So what conclusions can we take from these messages?

1. The Masons are involved in nefarious things, don't believe me? Look here and here.
2. Roland Emmerich was able to predict exactly the date that a building would be destroyed by people alien to America.
3. If the President had listened in time, disaster could have been, if not completely avoided at least mitigated.
4. Jeff Goldblum always knows the right answers.
5. America can only be saved from aliens by Jesus
6. The answer to the immigration issue is Jesus

So, these images, none of which have been doctored or photoshopped in any manner prove conclusively that Independence Day warned us, in advance that the Masons were going to be involved in something that would destroy a building. Not only that, but the movie tells us the exact date. The movie showed us the dangers in having a president not listen to those who know. But did President Bush listen? When Jeff Goldblum arrives out of nowhere to warn his President, that president listens, and many--well...some--lives are saved. Ultimately though, the whole world is saved, because one man was able to convince the most powerful, and because the powerful were willing to listen. We didn't understand the message that Emmerich was presenting us in 1996. But it is not too late now!

The Day After Tomorrow showed us the effects that global warming will have upon us, and particularly New York City, are we heeding the message?

Independence Day warns us about the Masons, warns us about 9/11 and warns us continually about the dangers of aliens to America. These aliens expose their plan to Bill Pullman who realizes that "they're like locusts. They travel from planet to planet, their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource they move on. And we're next." Sounds awfully familiar to the refrains of alien workers draining resources from the government and stealing those awesome avocado picking jobs that everyone wants so badly.

In this election season there is no doubt that not only should you see 10,000 BC, but if you care about America and the world, that you need to see this film. Take your kids, your friends, your parents, anyone whom you want to live.

This might be the most important film in the history of the world.

You've heard of Cinéma Verité...If only our leaders will listen to the modern day Nostradamus, Roland Emmerich.

Remakes continue to be the hot trend in the business as a slew of them are in or going into production. Tony Scott (Crimson Tide) currently shooting a redo on the terrific 1973 thriller "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" which was one of the great NYC based films of all-time. Denzel Washington and John Travolta will take on the Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw parts.

A remake of the 1980 horror classic "Friday The 13th" is also filming which is being produced by Michael Bay's production wing, Platinum Dunes. The also have a redo of "The Birds" in the works which will star actress Naomi Watts. From my side of the fence, remakes are always an interesting challenge and some directors tackling the challenge put a pretty cool spin on the material but really memorable films are almost always a product of their time and place in history and trying to recapture that is a tough task indeed.  
  
Jon Voight will go the TV route for the first time in 40 yrs when he plays the villain in the new season of Fox's 24. The popular show looks to have a bounce back season
creatively when it returns in Jan 2009. The network will first air a 2 hr TV movie this fall with the Jack Bauer storyline set in Africa which will set up the 2009 season.

Amanda Peet será finalmente la protagonista femenina de “2012” el próximo film catástrofe que planea filmar Roland Emmerich. De esta manera, el reparto estaría completo. Recordemos que quienes acompañarán a Peet son: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover y Oliver Platt. Todos serán sobrevivientes de un cataclismo global que lucharán por buscar un refugio donde vivir.

Jenna Jameson, una de las estrellas porno mas reconocidas del planeta será la protagonista de una nueva comedia independiente llamada “How to make love to a women”. Jameson hará de una conocida estrella porno que dará consejos a un ejecutivo que no puede satisfacer sexualmente a su novia. Como ven, no necesitará prepararse demasiado para el papel.

También sabíamos que Emmerich había dado prácticamente por cerrado su reparto con las incorporaciones de John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton y Oliver Platt. PArece ser que esta tarea no estaba del todo completada, ya que hoy mismo se ha incorporado a la protagonista femenina.

Se trata de la adorable Amanda Peet (pronto en Expediente-X 2) que dará vida a la ex-mujer de Cusack, un escritor frustrado y aspirante a conductor de limusina que abandonará su trabajo para rescatar a su familia cuando el mundo empieza a irse al garete.

La película se estrena el 10 de Julio de 2.009.

¿El portal de Stargate es interestelar o también interdimensional?

2.012 no es ninguna secuela de Odisea Dos. Lo que se conoce del argumento es lo siguiente: Un académico e investigador consigue abrir un portal interdimensional. Desconocemos si este portal será parecido al de Stargate (dirigida también por Roland Emmerich) o al de Interstellar. A través de este portal contactará con un doble suyo. Ambos tratarán de evitar el final del mundo, el cual los mayas vaticinaron para el año 2.012.

Cabe señalar que según la wikipedia en el año 2.012 se producirá una alineación del centro de la galaxia con el ecuador celeste, el equinoccio de otoño y el solsticio de invierno, un evento que sólo sucede cada 13.000 años. Aunque... los mayas no decían nada del fin del mundo como cuentan en Ciencia Kanija.

¿Será John Cusack el investigador que se encuentre con su doble?

El guión es del propio Roland Emmerich y de Harald Kloser (igual que en 10.000). Ya tienen atados a dos actores John Cusack (que previsiblemente hará del investigador) y Chiwetel Ejiofor. Además están intentando conseguir añadir al reparto a los siguientes: Danny Glover, Thandie Newton y Oliver Platt. Danny Glover sería el presidente de los USA, Thandie Newton su hija y Oliver Platt sería un asistentes del presidente.

La fecha del estreno de 2.012 esta marcada para el 10 de julio de 2.009.

El director Roland Emmerich segueix sumant noms per completar el repartiment de '2012', la seva nova cinta apocalíptica que estarà protagonitzada per John Cusack ('Alta fidelitat', '1408'). Els últims tres fitxatges són Danny Glover, la bella Thandie Newton ('A la recerca de la felicitat', 'Crash') i Oliver Platt, que ja va coincidir amb Cusack en 'El niño de Marte'.

Seguint la línia de 'Godzilla', 'El dia del mañana', 'Independence Day' o el seu últim treball '10.000', la propera pel·lícula de Roland Emmerich serà una superproducció, amb un pressupost , ni més ni menys, que 200 milions de dòlars. En ella el cineasta alemany relatarà com s'acosta el final del món complint-se així la profecia maia que datava l'Apocalipsi en l'any 2012 i la lluita de diverses persones per intentar evitar final de la humanitat.

El protagonista de la cinta serà un científic, al que donarà vida Cusack, que intentarà evitar la fi del món profetitzat pels Maies per dintre de quatre anys obrint un portal a un univers paral·lel en el qual contacta amb el seu doble per a obtenir les claus amb les quals evitar el cataclisme.

En aquesta rocambolesca història, segons una informació publicada per 'The Hollywood Reporter', Glover interpretarà al President dels Estats Units, mentre Newton donarà vida a la seva filla. Per la seva banda, Platt encarnarà al cap de Gabinet del mandatari nord-americà. L'estrena de '2012', que començarà a rodar-se el pròxim mes en Els Angeles, està previst per al 10 de juliol de 2009.

En 2012 las fantasías del director alcanzan su punto límite al narrar un cataclismo global al que sólo unos pocos supervivientes podrán escapar. La inspiración para la historia le ha llegado revisando el calendario maya, que marca ese año como el fin del mundo, asolado por tifones, volcanes y terremotos.

Mientras cruzamos los dedos viendo como día a día la fecha se acerca, el cineasta alemán completa el reparto de su película. A John Cusack y Chiwetel Ejiofor, protagonistas, se les unen como secundarios Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt y Danny Glover.

Por lo que pueda pasar, la película no se estrena en 2.012, sino tres años antes. Nunca se sabe.

2012 en imdb

• ¿habrá reciclado la mierda de mamut para ocuparla en este nuevo proyecto?
• ¿kusack será exorsionado por Emmerich con fotos gay o simplemente perdió el sentido del ridículo?
• ¿Kusack sólo la hará por la promesa de incluir a su hermana?
• ¿Será filmada en Talca?
• ¿Este pendejo no tiene límites?
• ¿Emmerich realmente es Michael Bay disfrazado de imbécil?
• ¿Existe Talca?

Demasiadas interrogantes y ninguna gana de saber las respuestas.