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2012 (I) (2009)
5.8
Ratings: 5.8/10 from 137,814 users
Metascore:
49/100
Reviews: 973 user | 340 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Director:Roland Emmerich |
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| John Cusack | ... | ||
| Amanda Peet | ... | ||
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | ... | ||
| Thandie Newton | ... | ||
| Oliver Platt | ... | ||
| Thomas McCarthy | ... |
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| Woody Harrelson | ... | ||
| Danny Glover | ... | ||
| Liam James | ... | ||
| Morgan Lily | ... | ||
| Zlatko Buric | ... | ||
| Beatrice Rosen | ... | ||
| Alexandre Haussmann | ... |
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| Philippe Haussmann | ... | ||
| Johann Urb | ... | ||
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Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
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How will you survive? Search: 2012 See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Budget:
$200,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$65,237,614 (USA) (15 November 2009) (3404 Screens)Gross:
$769,679,473 (Worldwide) (25 November 2011)Company Credits
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President Thomas Wilson: Do you know how many times I've heard those words in this office? Zero.
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from "String Quintet In E Major, Op. 11 No. 5"
Written by Luigi Boccherini
Performed by Borealis String Quartet See more »
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The doomsday theory has sprung from a Western idea, not a Mayan. Mayans insist that the world will not end in 2012. The Mayans had a talent for astronomy, and enthusiasts have found a series of astronomical alignments they say coincide in 2012, including one that happens roughly only once every 640.000 years. Once every 640.000 years, the sun lines up with the center of our Milky Way galaxy on a winter solstice, the sun's lowest point in the horizon. The next time that will happen is on December 21, 2012; which happens to be the same day the Mayan calender expires. In addition to the Mayan calendar, the modern doomsday myth is bolstered several ostensibly scientific reasons for a disaster. Examples include a pole shift, the "return" of Planet X or the Sun's sinister counterpart Nemesis, a galactic, planetary, or other celestial alignment, global warming, global cooling, a massive solar flare, a new ice age, and so on. None of these have any basis in respected science. For example, the "galactic alignment" between the sun, Earth, and galactic center happens every December. The best alignment was reached in the 1990s and was accompanied by its own set of doomsday theories. Alignments since then have been increasingly poor. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Seismic cracks appear suddenly, with no consideration of roads or buildings. See more »Quotes
Adrian Helmsley: [standing in the Oval Office] I was wrong.President Thomas Wilson: Do you know how many times I've heard those words in this office? Zero.
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The opening scene of the movie shows the years and events leading up to 2012 (2008...2009...2010...2011). The title card not only states the movie's title, but also seems to indicate, "And in the year 2012..." See more »Soundtracks
"Minuet"from "String Quintet In E Major, Op. 11 No. 5"
Written by Luigi Boccherini
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