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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   28,363 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Roland Emmerich (written by) &
Harald Kloser (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 November 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
We Were Warned. more
Plot:
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(48 articles)
2012 Breaks Records In Russia
 (From WENN. 27 November 2009, 5:26 PM, PST)

“2012” Most Pirated Movie
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 24 November 2009, 2:51 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Classic Emmerich, You will get what you pay for. more (484 total)
US Showtimes:
The Bridge: Cinema de lux 11:55am | 12:55pm | 3:20 | 4:20 | 6:45 | 7:45 | 10:10 (personalize) more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Farewell Atlantis (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language.
Runtime:
158 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In an interview by USA Today, Roland Emmerich has stated that this will be his final disaster film: "I said to myself that I'll do one more disaster movie, but it has to end all disaster movies. So I packed everything in." more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the camera pans to Caesar's Palace before the boxing match, you can see for a small moment the Las Vegas Strip and the Caesar's Palace marquee showing Bette Midler's "The Showgirl Must Go On" poster. While Midler's last show is slated at the end of January 2010, it is entirely possible that Midler's show has a second run in 2012. more
Quotes:
Lilly Curtis: I'm not scared. No more Pull-Ups.
Jackson Curtis: Nice.
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Movie Connections:
References When Worlds Collide (1951) more
Soundtrack:
Afreen Afreen more

FAQ

Is this movie a serious take or a campy film?
Was Arnold Schwarzenegger the person playing the Governor of California ?
Is everyone going to die in this movie?
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177 out of 289 people found the following comment useful.
Classic Emmerich, You will get what you pay for., 9 November 2009
6/10
Author: kungfugirlsclub from United States

If you've seen Independence Day, Titanic, or any recent vintage of the well-worn disaster film genre, you will not be disappointed at all with any of 2012. Its 2.5 hour+ running time moves at a great clip, and there's enough science and pseudoscience running around to give the film a certain of-the-moment wonder and clarity. The many destruction sequences throughout the film are absolutely breathtaking to behold, and one wonders if Roland Emmerich starts every film imagining how he will destroy the White House. Like all of his other films (except for The Patriot) it has big names but no huge names and really is a blast to watch. It has just the right balance of action and melodrama, often, as with all good films of this genre, in the same scene. The audience I watched it with was laughing and cheering throughout, and I'm sure it will be the definitive event movie of the holiday season, critics be damned.

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