The Invasion (I) (2007)

As a Washington psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

Directors:

Oliver Hirschbiegel, James McTeigue (uncredited)

Writers:

David Kajganich (screenplay), Jack Finney (novel)

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole Kidman	...	Carol Bennell
Daniel Craig	...	Ben Driscoll
Jeremy Northam	...	Tucker Kaufman
Jackson Bond	...	Oliver
Jeffrey Wright	...	Dr. Stephen Galeano
Veronica Cartwright	...	Wendy Lenk
Josef Sommer	...	Dr. Henryk Belicec
Celia Weston	...	Ludmilla Belicec
Roger Rees	...	Yorish
Eric Benjamin	...	Gene
Susan Floyd	...	Pam
Stephanie Berry	...	Carly
Alexis Raben	...	Belicec's Aide
Adam LeFevre	...	Richard Lenk
Joanna Merlin	...	Joan Kaufman

Storyline

While returning to Earth, the space shuttle explodes and the fragments bring an alien virus that recodes the human DNA. In Washington, the psychiatrist Carol Bennell observes the modification of the behavior of one of her clients first, then in her former husband and finally in the population in general. Together with her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll the researcher Dr. Stephen Galeano, they discover that the extraterrestrial epidemic affects human beings while sleeping and that her son Ollie, who had chickenpox when he was a baby, is immune to the disease and may save mankind from the outbreak.

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Plot Keywords:

epidemic | psychiatrist | alien | space shuttle | virus | 

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Taglines:

Don't Sleep. Don't Go Home. I'll Find You. - Mom

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros [France] Warner Bros. [Germany]

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

L'invasion

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£232,994 (UK) (12 October 2007)

Gross:

£232,994 (UK) (12 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Silver Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the movie Guy X (2005), actor Jeremy Northam continually refers to Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), the original version of this film.

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Goofs

When Carol is in her office and is discovering that certain diseases make people immune to the virus, she states that the white matter in the brain being changed is what provides immunity. When she phones the Biologist and tells him her theory, he agrees with it. However, when repeating her idea back to her, he says that changes in neurons are what provides immunity. White matter is not composed of neurons, however, and these words are not synonymous.

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Quotes

[first lines]
News Announcer: [off-screen] Tragic news tonight as the space shuttle "Patriot" explodes during an unscheduled landing attempt.

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Connections

Version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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Soundtracks

Sun Still Shines
Written by Frantic and Mark Lord
Performed by Caroldene
Courtesy of LoveCat Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

If your a fan of any other iteration you will hate this.

Hollywood destroyed everything good about this film.

There was a resounding creepiness that looms over the body snatcher remakes and the original. This film misses that on every mark. No pods... No siren screams... And the ending, well, is a slap in the face to the concept.

If your not a fan or have never seen any other versions you might think it is OK. But thats it, just OK. They screwed up one of the scariest concepts ever thought up. Permormences were OK. It had one or two bright points but overall it was crap.

Take the cgi out of war of the worlds and you have invasion... thats not a good thing.