Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Director:

Jan de Bont

Writers (WGA):

Dean Georgaris (screenplay)
Steven E. de Souza (story) ...

Release Date:

25 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

Lara Croft is on a quest to save Pandoras box.

Plot Keywords:

Orb | Pandoras Box | Machine Gun | Jet Ski | Mansion

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Angelina Jolie	...	Lara Croft
Gerard Butler	...	Terry Sheridan
Ciarán Hinds	...	Jonathan Reiss
Chris Barrie	...	Hillary (as Christopher Barrie)
Noah Taylor	...	Bryce
Djimon Hounsou	...	Kosa
Til Schweiger	...	Sean
Simon Yam	...	Chen Lo
Terence Yin	...	Xien
Daniel Caltagirone	...	Nicholas Petraki
Fabiano Martell	...	Jimmy Petraki
Jonathan Coyne	...	Gus Petraki
Robert Cavanah	...	MI6 Agent Stevens
Ronan Vibert	...	MI6 Agent Calloway
Lenny Juma	...	Village Leader

Also Known As:

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Germany)
Tomb Raider 2 (USA) (working title)
Lara Croft - Tomb raider: La cuna de la vida (Spain) (Venezuela) (poster title) [es]
Lara Croft tomb raider: Le berceau de la vie (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (video title) [fr]
Лара Крофт - Расхитительница гробниц: Колыбель жизни (Russia) [ru]
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - A Origem da Vida (Brazil) [pt]
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - To likno tis zois (Greece) [el]
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - Yasamin kaynagi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (Austria) [de]
Lara Croft tomb raider: Elämän lähde (Finland) [fi]
Lara Croft tomb raider: La culla della vita (Italy) [it]
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - O Berço da Vida (Portugal) [pt]
Lara Croft: Tomb raider - Az élet bölcsöje (Hungary) [hu]
Tomb Raider II - Lara Croft ja elu häll (Estonia) [et]
Tomb raider: La cuna de la vida (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and some sensuality.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA | Germany | Japan | UK

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12 (video rating) (2003) | UK:12A (original rating) | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39956) | Ireland:12 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

In the scene where Lara Croft and partner jump off a building wearing "flying suits", called wingsuits, the stunt was performed by the two men who developed the suits. No CGI, wires, nets, or other SFX were involved. This suit was invented by Patrick de Gayardon, who died in a parachute accident in April 1998 while testing a new type of parachute in Hawaii.

Goofs:

Continuity: They are almost touching the water when parachuting off the skyscraper, but the next close-up scene shows them coming straight down onto the ship. When Lara and Terry land on the ship, their parachutes are supposed to come down after them. You can see the chutes in their hands from the next far shot, but it happens too quickly.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jimmy Petraki: They found another one. There's going to be no treasure left by the time she gets here.

Movie Connections:

References The Matrix (1999)

Soundtrack:

Bad Girl (Radio Edit)

It's Great to see Angelina Jolie in the role of Lara Croft

I like Lara Croft. I like Angelina Jolie playing the role of Lara Croft and I liked all the special effects they used to make this movie. Movie is entertainingly good. I wished Jolie considered playing a third part, but she already declared she won't do it again. "Two Tomb Raiders is enough" I hope she changes her mind.