Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers:

Craig Titley (screenplay), Rick Riordan (novel)

Stars:

Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd, Steve Coogan

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Logan Lerman	...	Percy Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson	...	Grover
Alexandra Daddario	...	Annabeth
Jake Abel	...	Luke
Sean Bean	...	Zeus
Pierce Brosnan	...	Mr. Brunner / Chiron
Steve Coogan	...	Hades
Rosario Dawson	...	Persephone
Melina Kanakaredes	...	Athena
Catherine Keener	...	Sally Jackson
Kevin McKidd	...	Poseidon
Joe Pantoliano	...	Gabe Ugliano
Uma Thurman	...	Medusa
Julian Richings	...	Ferryman
Bonita Friedericy	...	Hysterical Woman

Storyline

When his lightning bolt is stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His physically handicapped best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother. Grover...

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Plot Keywords:

lightning | lightning bolt | teenager | poseidon | hades | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [France]

Country:

Canada USA UK

Language:

English Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Release Date:

12 February 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Percy Jackson y el ladrón del rayo

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$95,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,502,663 (UK) (12 February 2010)

Gross:

$88,761,720 (USA) (25 June 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, 1492 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chiron was also known for training several heroes: Asclepius, Aristaeus, Ajax, Aeneas, Actaeon, Caeneus, Theseus, Achilles, Jason, Peleus, Telamon, Perseus, and Heracles.

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Goofs

When Percy, Annabeth and Grover come to Luke to ask for help he is playing Call of Duty with a Playstation 3 controller while on screen Xbox 360 buttons are seen.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Poseidon: Zeus.
Zeus: Poseidon.
Poseidon: It's been many years
Zeus: What do you see?
Poseidon: Thunder clouds.
Zeus: With no lightning. Stolen.

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Crazy Credits

Halfway through the credits there is a scene showing Gabe Ugliano's fate on discovering Medusa's severed head.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: From Paris with Love/Dear John/Frozen (2010)

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Soundtracks

Tik Tok
Written by Kesha (as Kesha Sebert), Benjamin Levin and Lukasz Gottwald
Performed by Kesha (as Ke$ha)
Courtesy of RCA Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

I wouldn't see it again if you paid me

This movie is probably the worst,if not the worst, movie for following its original plot. I mean I've seen some movies that take the cake but this movie was by far the worst. I'm not trying to be rude its an OK movie but if you read the books its horrible. I know plenty of people who read the books and were all excited to see the movie only to walk out annoyed by how much they changed. They changed everything in it from Annabeth's hair color to the villains and even most of the story line. It was like someone read the back cover of the book and made a movie off of that. The book is an amazing read and Rick Riordan is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors what with his wacky sense of humor he likes to put in his books, which sadly didn't make it to the movie either.