Final Destination (2000)

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

Director:

James Wong

Writers:

Glen Morgan (screenplay), James Wong (screenplay),

Stars:

Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Devon Sawa	...	Alex Browning
Ali Larter	...	Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith	...	Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke	...	Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck	...	Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Agent Schreck
Chad Donella	...	Tod Waggner (as Chad E. Donella)
Seann William Scott	...	Billy Hitchcock
Tony Todd	...	Bludworth
Amanda Detmer	...	Terry Chaney
Brendan Fehr	...	George Waggner
Forbes Angus	...	Larry Murnau
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Christa Marsh
Christine Chatelain	...	Blake Dreyer
Barbara Tyson	...	Barbara Browning

Storyline

Alex is boarding his plane to France on a school trip, when he suddenly gets a premonition that the plane will explode. When Alex and a group of students are thrown off the plane, to their horror, the plane does in fact explode. Alex must now work out Death's plan, as each of the surviving students falls victim. Whilst preventing the worst from happening, Alex must also dodge the FBI, which believes Alex caused the explosion.

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Plot Keywords:

death | premonition | explosion | teen | fear | 

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Taglines:

Death is coming.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and terror, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

New Line Cinema [us]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English French

Release Date:

17 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flight 180

Filming Locations:

Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,498,519 (UK) (19 May 2000)

Gross:

£10,218,118 (UK) (1 September 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions, Hard Eight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Carter is driving to "take control", the train Alex sees out his window is number 747, which is the type of plane that blew up.

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Goofs

Clear's hair in the garage when she takes off her welding helmet is curled, then straight, then curled again.

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Quotes

Hare Krishna: Death is not the end.
Val Lewton: It will be for you if you keep harassing my students.

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Connections

References Cat People (1942)

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Soundtracks

"Rocky Mountain High"
(French version)
Written by John Denver and Mike Taylor
Performed by Alessandro Juliani

User Reviews

original and scary

Inventive, effectively eerie spine-chiller is a step up in the teen horror genre. High schooler Sawa has a horrific vision of his plane crashing just moments before its departure on a class field trip. He and several others exit the plane only to discover that it does in fact crash, but things take a shocking turn when the remaining survivors begin to die in the most mysterious ways. Story is intriguing, the suspense flows well throughout, and there are enough violent deaths to satisfy the target audience. The ending is a bit of a disappointment and should have been planned out better, but overall this is one of the better films of the genre. ***