Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers (WGA):

Corey Mandell (screenplay) and
J.D. Shapiro (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare For Battle

Plot:

After enslavement & near extermination by an alien race in the year 3000, humanity begins to fight back.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Gold Bar | Tongue | Run Through Plate Glass Window | Denver Colorado

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

John Travolta	...	Terl
Barry Pepper	...	Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Forest Whitaker	...	Ker
Kim Coates	...	Carlo
Sabine Karsenti	...	Chrissy
Michael Byrne	...	Parson Staffer
Christian Tessier	...	Mickey
Sylvain Landry	...	Sammy
Richard Tyson	...	Robert the Fox
Christopher Freeman	...	Processing Clerk
John Topor	...	Processing Clerk / One-Eyed Guard / Teleportation Supervisor
Shaun Austin-Olsen	...	Planetship
Tim Post	...	Assistant Planetship / Psychlo Guard
Earl Pastko	...	Bartender
Michel Perron	...	Rock

Also Known As:

Battlefield Earth (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi action.

Runtime:

118 min | USA:119 min (video version) | South Korea:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Finland:K-12 (2000) (theatrical) | Finland:K-15 (2001) (DVD) (revised version) | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Africa:10V | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37411) | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

When this film swept all its nominated categories at the 2001 Razzie Awards, it was referred to throughout the ceremony as "Plan Nine from L. Ron Hubbard" (as in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The heros find fully fueled and armed 1000-year-old Harriers (actually AV-8Bs) on the pad at Fort Hood, Texas. Fort Hood is a US Army installation. The only US service to fly the AV-8B is the Marine Corps.

Quotes:

[looking at an overhead photo of a car]
Zete: What is this species?
Terl: Well, according to the Clinko historians, the species is called "dog."
Zete: Dog?
Terl: Yes.
Zete: Obviously the superior race, having the man-animal chauffeur it around.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "I Am Not an Animal: Planet of the Men and Women (#1.2)" (2004)

worst film i ever saw

the friend who lent me the DVD warned me, but it beat all my expectations of lowliness. this film is unspeakably bad. don't go and see it, take my word for it:

* it has no plot.

* the 'actors' suck huge rocks. really huge.

* travolta doesn't even try.

* the most elaborate dialog revolves around the sentence 'grumble mumble'.

* special effects are the worst ever, because they pretend to be serious.

* costumes and characterization make space: 1999 look excellent

i could go on and on and on, but i'm beginning to feel sick just for having to think about it.