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Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   29,286 votes
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Director:
Brian De Palma
Writers (WGA):
Lowell Cannon (story) and
Jim Thomas (story) ...
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Release Date:
10 March 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Let There Be Life. more
Plot:
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Sci-fi -- for the thinking spectators, that is more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Sinise ... Jim McConnell

Tim Robbins ... Woody Blake

Don Cheadle ... Luke Graham

Connie Nielsen ... Terri Fisher

Jerry O'Connell ... Phil Ohlmyer
Peter Outerbridge ... Sergei Kirov

Kavan Smith ... Nicholas Willis
Jill Teed ... Reneé Coté

Elise Neal ... Debra Graham

Kim Delaney ... Maggie McConnell

Marilyn Norry ... NASA Wife
Freda Perry ... NASA Wife

Lynda Boyd ... NASA Wife

Patricia Harras ... NASA Wife
Robert Bailey Jr. ... Bobby Graham
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
M2M (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sci-fi violence and mild language.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Gary Sinise plays an astronaut who's rejected for the mission but who steps in to save the day when the going gets tough -- exactly like his character in Apollo 13 (1995). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The walls of the tent should be fully inflated by the much higher pressure inside, compared to the low atmospheric pressure of Mars. more
Quotes:
Luke Graham: Phil, do you read me?
Phil Ohlmyer: Phil isn't here right now, he left for Earth FIVE MINUTES AGO, please leave a message after the beep!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Dance The Night Away more

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17 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Sci-fi -- for the thinking spectators, that is, 1 December 2006
7/10
Author: Alcator from Czech Republic

No laser beams. No alien attackers coming to consume Earth. No Will Smith and no Charlize Theron in sexy outfit. Not frightened yet? Read on...

I saw this movie in a cinema with my girlfriend - a Physics teacher. What we both liked was how it followed laws of physics - it was perhaps the first sci-fi we saw which showed properly how space works and what vacuum is all about.

I read in one review that the scene where they raise the USA flag is pathetic, when they should be running into the base to look for survivors; I disagree: Since they arrived nearly a year AFTER the incident, rushing doesn't make any sense.

I liked the "puzzle" part of the movie, as well as the final moments when the truth is revealed. Some laughed at that point, but I liked it a lot.

Remember how Space Odyssey plays with the idea that the intelligent life on Earth might be a product of "targetted imprinting"? Well, M2M suggests yet another possibility, and I find that extremely appealing.

The cast seemed brave to me: No top-class stars, no pretty faces, but instead good actors that are believable (after all, Garry Sinise played in Apollo 13 and Jerry O'Connell played a similar role in "The Sphere").

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