Oblivion (2013/I)

Director:

Joseph Kosinski

Writers:

Karl Gajdusek (screenplay) and
Michael Arndt (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 April 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Earth is a memory worth fighting for.

Plot:

A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself.

Plot Keywords:

Drone | Alien | Futuristic | Aircraft | Soldier

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tom Cruise	...	Jack
Morgan Freeman	...	Beech
Olga Kurylenko	...	Julia
Andrea Riseborough	...	Victoria
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Sykes
Melissa Leo	...	Sally
Zoe Bell	...	Kara
Abigail Lowe	...	Julia's Child
Isabelle Lowe	...	Julia's Child
David Madison	...	Grow Hall Survivor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John L. Armijo	...	NASA Ground Control (uncredited)
Fileena Bahris	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Joanne Bahris	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Andrew Breland	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Lindsay Clift	...	(uncredited)
Z. Dieterich	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Paul Gunawan	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Efraiem Hanna	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Julie Hardin	...	Librarian (uncredited)
Ryan Chase Lee	...	Tech (uncredited)
Jaylen Moore	...	Radio Operator (uncredited)
Booch O'Connell	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Philip Odango	...	College student (uncredited)
Jay Oliver	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Daylon Micah Othello	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Catherine Kim Poon	...	NASA Controller (uncredited)
James Rawlings	...	Survivor (uncredited)
James Ricker II	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Jeremy Sande	...	NASA Booster Engineer (uncredited)
Giovanni Silva	...	Survivor (uncredited)
Jason Stanly	...	NASA Controller (uncredited)
Jordan Sudduth	...	Survivor (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Kosinski

Writing credits
Karl Gajdusek		(screenplay) and
Michael Arndt		(screenplay) (as Michael deBruyn)
Joseph Kosinski		(graphic novel original story)

Produced by
Jesse Berger	....	executive producer
Mike Bundlie	....	consulting producer
Peter Chernin	....	producer
Emily Cheung	....	associate producer
Dylan Clark	....	producer
Jeff Diaz	....	financial line producer
Bruce Franklin	....	co-producer
Steve Gaub	....	co-producer
Duncan Henderson	....	producer
Joseph Kosinski	....	producer
Barry Levine	....	producer
Dave Morrison	....	executive producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Anthony Gonzalez		(co-composer)
M.8.3		(music by)
Joseph Trapanese		(co-composer)

Cinematography by
Claudio Miranda		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Francis-Bruce

Casting by
Marcia Ross

Production Design by
Darren Gilford

Art Direction by
Joseph Bahran		(credit only)
Todd Cherniawsky
James Clyne
Kevin Ishioka		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Ronald R. Reiss

Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart

Makeup Department
Budd Bird	....	hair stylist
Roland Blancaflor	....	special makeup effects technician
Michèle Burke	....	makeup designer and supervisor
Diana Choi	....	wig maker
Melanie Deforrest	....	makeup artist
Erica Dewey	....	key makeup artist
Stacey Herbert	....	makeup artist
Desne J. Holland	....	makeup department head
Daniel Jouet	....	makeup artist
Annabelle MacNeal	....	makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetics supplier
Pamela May	....	key hair stylist: New York
Sarah Monzani	....	personal makeup artist: Mr. Cruise
Jami Ross	....	makeup artist
Remi Savva	....	makeup artist
Michael S. Ward	....	co-department head hair
Michael White	....	hair department head

Production Management
Candice D. Campos	....	production supervisor
Leifur B. Dagfinnsson	....	unit production manager: Iceland
Finnur Jóhannsson	....	production supervisor: Iceland
Michael J. Malone	....	unit production manager: Iceland
R.J. Mino	....	unit production manager
Denise Pinckley	....	production manager: New York
Jason Pomerantz	....	production manager (IMAX Version)
Mika Saito	....	production supervisor: Iceland
Sean T. Stratton	....	post production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Alonzo	....	second unit director
Bruce Franklin	....	first assistant director
David Klohn	....	second assistant director: Iceland
Ben Ledoux	....	additional second assistant director
Conte Matal	....	second assistant director
Gabriella Poli	....	dga trainee
Rebecca Strickland	....	first assistant director: Iceland aerial unit
Kathryn Francis Tucker	....	second second assistant director
Marvin Williams	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Davíð Örn Arnarson	....	stand by props: Iceland
Pedro Barquin	....	greens foreman
Harald Belker	....	concept designer
Richard Bennett	....	storyboard artist
Mark Bialuski	....	propmaker gangboss
Dayla Bingham	....	art department assistant
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Dianne Chadwick	....	graphic designer
Joshua Cobos	....	mould maker
Michael A. Contreraz	....	labor foreman
Steve Cooper	....	set designer
Richard Crain	....	gangboss
Yann Denoual	....	lead sculptor
David Dungan	....	set decoration upholsterer
Scott Ellsworth	....	carpenter
Rick Gamez	....	prop fabricator
Paul Giglione	....	painter
Doug Harlocker	....	property master
Claire Hassig	....	set dressing painter
Frank Hendrick	....	set dresser
Jeff Hinds	....	props
Joseph Hiura	....	set designer
Robert Andrew Johnson	....	set designer
Igor Knezevic	....	concept designer
Matthew Kutcher	....	specialty props
Ellen Lampl	....	lead graphic designer
Kevin C. Lang	....	on set dresser
Kevin Loo	....	assistant art director
Bruce L. Luizzi	....	leadman
Linda Luizzi	....	set buyer
Vince Luizzi	....	set dresser gangboss
Kristen Maloney	....	art department assistant
Keith Maneri	....	digital asset manager
Jeff Markwith	....	set designer
Jim Martin	....	illustrator
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	storyboard artist
William S. Maxwell III	....	art department troubleshooter
Todd McKibben	....	propmaker gang boss
Joseph Meakem	....	art department assistant
Ron Mendell	....	vehicle designer
Michael Meyers	....	concept artist
Scott Mobley	....	carpenter
Ed Natividad	....	conceptual designer
Daniel Newton	....	set dresser
Neville Page	....	concept art: characters
Ken Palkow	....	prop fabricator
Slaid Parker	....	props
Jared Pendergrass	....	assistant property
Emil Petursson	....	construction manager: Iceland
William H. Phen Jr.	....	construction general foreman
Mike Piccirillo	....	art department coordinator
Brad Quintana	....	scenic painter
Raj Rihal	....	concept artist
Josh Roth	....	assistant property master
Steve Salazar	....	supervising welding foreman
George Sanchez	....	plasterer
Sian C. Sanzone	....	scenic artist
Kino Scialabba	....	designer
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Chad Simpson	....	paint gang boss
Meagan Skerchock	....	set decoration assistant
Meagan Skerchock	....	set dresser
Alexander 'Sasha' Stolin	....	scenic artist
Suzanne Stover	....	buyer
Thom Tenery	....	concept illustrator
Dwayne Turner	....	storyboard artist
Andree Wallin	....	concept artist
Taylor Weeks	....	scenic artist
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Alexi Wilson	....	props department assistant
Mark Woodworth II	....	painter
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Michael Wynn	....	painter
Walter Zieska	....	propmaker gangboss
Chris Zimmerman	....	stand-by painter

Sound Department
Matthew Armstrong	....	boom operator: second unit
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Árni Benediktsson	....	utility sound: Iceland
Danny Caccavo	....	digital editorial support
Lisa Chino	....	assistant effects editor
Brad Duvernet	....	sound utility
Frank E. Eulner	....	sound effects editor
Ryan Farris	....	boom operator
Doug Ford	....	engineering services
Ryan J. Frias	....	digital editorial support
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
Shane Hayes	....	adr recordist
David Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Ren Klyce	....	sound designer
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
Daniel Kuzila	....	sound utility: second unit
Paul Ledford	....	production sound mixer
Brian Long	....	engineering services
Erik Magnus	....	sound mixer: second unit
Marilyn McCoppen	....	dialogue editor
Stuart McCowan	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Cheryl Nardi	....	dialogue editor
Al Nelson	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Orlando	....	supervising assistant
Anthony Ortiz	....	sound utility
Juan Peralta	....	sound re-recording mixer
Schavaria Reeves	....	sound utility
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Brad Semenoff	....	dialogue editor
Andy Stallabrass	....	adr mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Paul Tirone	....	adr recordist
Stephen Urata	....	sound recordist
Justin Van Hout	....	assistant adr recordist
Bonnie Wild	....	digital editorial support
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Young	....	adr recordist
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Billy Theriot	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Derek Abbott	....	laserist: Lightwave International
Joshua Cobos	....	mould maker
Sam Dean	....	special effects technician
George Dodworth	....	laserist: Lightwave International
Mike Dunn	....	laserist: Lightwave International
Skylar Gorrell	....	special effects technician
Haukur Karlsson	....	special effects technician
Eggert Ketilsson	....	special effects coordinator
Frank Langley	....	specialty costumes
Michael Meinardus	....	special effects supervisor
Doug Passarelli	....	pyro foreman
Mike Sasgen	....	special effects foreman
Johannes Sverrisson	....	special effects technician
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician
Douglas D. Ziegler	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Brian Adler	....	visual effects executive producer: Gentle Giant Studios
Rose Adler	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Vipin Agrawal	....	training & artist development
Dan Akers	....	compositing supervisor: Pixomondo
Carlos Anguiano	....	pipeline developer: Pixomondo
Hazra Anup	....	matchmove artist
Oliver Arnold	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Hunter Athey	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Mark Anthony Austin	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Aymeric Aute	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Ando Avila	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Yogesh Badhe	....	compositor
Eric Barba	....	visual effects supervisor
Brandon Bartlett	....	division cg supervisor: Pixomondo
Matt Bauer	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Geoffrey E. Baumann	....	on-set environment supervisor
Jeff Beattie	....	visual effects editor
Eric M. Beaver	....	digital compositor
Tom Becker	....	visual effects
Danielle Bemis	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Greg Berridge	....	visual effects artist
Annalyn Betinol	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Falk Boje	....	environment artist: Pixomondo
Charlie Bolwell	....	associate production supverisor: Digital Domain
Jason Bond	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Rachel Borkow	....	previsualization production coordinator: The Third Floor
Chloe Bostian	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Toma Bowen	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Jamie Bowers	....	texture artist: Digital Domain
Jason Bowers	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Stefan Brand	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
John Brennick	....	compositor: digital domain
Margaret Bright-Ryan	....	visual effects artist
Kenneth Quinn Brown	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Daniel Buck	....	visual effects artist
Andreas Bundenthal	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Nicole Burch	....	paint/roto artist
Jan Burda	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Linus Burghardt	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Heiko Burkardsmaier	....	visual effects business affairs: Pixomondo
Aaron Burnitt	....	systems administrator: Pixomondo
David Burton	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Allan Cabal	....	animator: Pixomondo
Simon Carr	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Kyle Cascadden	....	IT trainee: Pixomondo
Marco Castellani	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Melissa Cell	....	digital production administrator: Digital Domain
Viki Chan	....	on-set/data integration lead: Iceland, Digital Domain
Jayesh Chavan	....	digital compositor
Karen Cheng	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Mark Chernausek	....	digital production administrator
Wally Chin	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Jesse James Chisholm	....	on-set/data integration lead: Digital Domain
Rafael Colon	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Trea Cotton	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Eric Covello	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Michele Danzé	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Charles Darby	....	creative director
Sigurdur Mar Davidsson	....	visual effects
William Day	....	visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Michael DeBeer	....	integration artist: Digital Domain
Paul Debevec	....	facial capture supervisor
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3D scanning lead
Harish Devnani	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Matt DiNardo	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Doris Ding	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
John Dinh	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Hugo Dominguez	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Tobias Dommer	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Jason Donnelly	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Chris Duncan	....	matte painter: Digital Domain
Daniel Dupre	....	digital painter
Daniel Dupre	....	integration artist
Philipp Edelhäuser	....	cg trainee: Pixomondo
Theresa Ellis	....	compositing supervisor: Pixomondo
Denny Ertanto	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Thilo Ewers	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Maeve Eydmann	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Matthew Fairclough	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Hsuanyi Fang	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Dean Faulder	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
David Feinsilber	....	visual effects production supervisor
Phylicia Feldman	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Kiel Figgins	....	character animator: Digital Domain
Adam Figielski	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Felix Fissel	....	it manager: Pixomondo
Laura Fitzpatrick	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Brian Fortune	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Thomas H. Frederick	....	3D integration camera assistant: Digital Domain
Ray Freedman	....	assistant visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Bradley Gaines	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Thomas Galad	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Bill Gilman	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Paolo Gnoni	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Delcio Gomes	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Lauren Gould	....	previsualization production coordinator: The Third Floor
Markus Graf	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Josh Gridley	....	post-visualization artist: The Third Floor
Josh Gridley	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Divya Gupta	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Nina Göldner	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Felix Haas	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Patrick Halm	....	visual effects coordinator
Thierry Hamel	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Pam Hammarlund	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Steven Hansen	....	matchmove supervisor: Pixomondo
Heiðrún Tinna Haraldsdóttir	....	roto & paint artist
Thomas Hartmann	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Spencer Hecox	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Gunnar Heiss	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Yasemin Hepguler	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Peter Herlein	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Peter Herlein	....	environments artist: Digital Domain
Andrea Hernandez	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Patrick Hernandez	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Sophie Hills	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Ellen Hoffmann	....	animator: Pixomondo
Falk Hofmann	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Brian Holmes	....	systems administrator: Pixomondo
Bob Homami	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Frank Hong	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Craig Houston	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Gábor Hoványi	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Konstantin Hristozov	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Gary Huang	....	systems administrator: Pixomondo
Alexander Hupperich	....	lighting artist: Pixomondo
Martin Höhnle	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Atsushi Ikarashi	....	effects artist
Ilamuruguselvan	....	digital compositor
Joni Jacobson	....	executive producer: Pixomondo
Andrea Jamiel	....	render wrangler: Pixomondo
Christopher Johnston	....	visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Marc Joos	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Felix Jorge	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Soyeon Jung	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
YeYoung Jung	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Martin Jurado	....	division matchmove supervisor: Pixomondo
Bruce Jurgens	....	additional visual effects executive producer: Legion Entertainment
Christian Kalata	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Chelsea Kammeyer	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Eric Kasanowski	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Patrick Keenan	....	compositor: Pixomondo
James Kells	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Marcel Kern	....	lead fx artist: Pixomondo
Thomas Kernan	....	modeler: Digital Domain
Hemant Khairnar	....	prep artist
Jinsung Kim	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Tricia Kim	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Paul King	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Karly Klaybor	....	digital associate
Matthias Klein	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Dan Knight	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Allie Koppel	....	previsualization accountant: The Third Floor
Zsolt Krajcsik	....	visual effects
George Krauter	....	texture lead
Slav Kravchenko	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Denis Kravtsov	....	pipeline developer: Pixomondo
Hannes Krieger	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Lon Krung	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
John Kubasco	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Alexey Kuchinsky	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Jan-Marcel Kuehn	....	animator: Pixomondo
Paul Lambert	....	digital effects supervisor
Kevin LaNeave	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Kurt Lawson	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Emanuele Lecchi	....	pipeline / lnr technical director: Pixomondo
Melissa Lee	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Richard S. Lee	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
SeungJoo Lee	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Andrew Lema	....	visual effects artist
C.J. LePage	....	i/o: Pixomondo
David Lewandowski	....	lead graphics animator
Jing Li	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Zhunan Li	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Robert Liscombe	....	roto/paint lead
Heng Liu	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Javier Lopez-Duprey	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Leon Loukeris	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Stuart Love	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Jacob Lundmark	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Philip Lücke	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Patrick Macdonald	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Brett Magnuson	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Uwe Majer	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Christoph Malessa	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Zach Mandt	....	digital matte painter
Mitchell Marciales	....	previs modeler
Jose Marin	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Nicholas Markel	....	previsualization supervisor: The Third Floor
Natanya Marks	....	previsualization production manager: The Third Floor
Hnedel Maximore	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Björn Mayer	....	visual effects supervisor
Matt McClurg	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Boris Mehrhof	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Sebastian Meszmann	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Nathan Millsap	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Toshiko Miura	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Elizabeth Montes	....	visual effects coordinator
Jim Moorhead	....	digital integration
Hiroshi Mori	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Aleksi Moriarty	....	pipeline td: Pixomondo
Yi-Chia Mu	....	animator: Pixomondo
Dominik Müller	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Sven Müller	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Thomas Müller	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Bernd Nalbach	....	division lead animator: Pixomondo
Tim Nassauer	....	lead lighter: Digital Domain
Adrian Neub	....	division it manager: Pixomondo
Christine Neumann	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Marcelino Newquist	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Jason P. Nguyen	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Vinh Nguyen	....	compositor
Alex Nice	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Christopher Nichols	....	lighting supervisor
Motoki Nishii	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Jonas Noell	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Ian Northrop	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Benjamin Nowak	....	concept artist: Pixomondo
Benjamin Nowak	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Philip Nussbaumer	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Mike Oakley	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Fedor Odegov	....	pipeline technical director: Pixomondo
Andreas Opferkuch	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Borja A. Ortiz	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Mihaela Orzea	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Marc Ostroff	....	visual effects production accounting manager: DD
Brian Pace	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Khaled Pamir	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Hyun Bo Park	....	modeler
Saku Partamies	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Justin Pascal	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Bethany Pederson Onstad	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Antoinette Perez	....	digital producer: Pixomondo
Hayley Perkins	....	visual effects coordinator
Betsy Peters	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Hieu Phan	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Tricia Pifer	....	visual effects producer
Nina Pries	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Sharina Radia	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Mahmoud Rahnama	....	division cg supervisor: Pixomondo
Igor Ramade	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Lance Ranzer	....	roto/paint supervisor: Pixomondo
Eli Rarey	....	global pipeline coordinator: Pixomondo
Christoph Reinfels	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Ralph Reinle	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Thomas Reppen	....	fx supervisor: Digital Domain
Christopher Rickard	....	visual effects artist
Manuel Rico	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Miso Ristov	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Duncan Rochfort	....	visual effects editor: Pixomondo
Chad Roen	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Greg Ruane	....	lighting artist
Anthony Ruey	....	associate production manager: Pixomondo
Ari Sachter-Zeltzer	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Toshihiro Sakamaki	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Amey Sakpal	....	paint artist
Cara Samuels	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Nathan Santell	....	previsualization head of production: The Third Floor
Sven Sauer	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Elizabeth Schafer Knovick	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain (as Elizabeth Schafer)
Casey Schatz	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Nabil Schiantarelli	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Erick Schiele	....	lead lighting artist: Pixomondo
Silam Schmidt	....	global talent manager: Pixomondo (as Silam Oezkaya)
Erik Schneider	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Crystle Schrecengost	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Julian Schädler	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Kino Scialabba	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Alexandre Scott	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Deborah R. Scott	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Benjamin Seide	....	division visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Jason Selfe	....	lead compositor
Manesh Shafiei	....	systems support: Digital Domain
Randy Sharp	....	supervising modeler: Digital Domain
Vaidehi Shinde	....	matte painter
Yuri Shubenin	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Joseph Silva	....	visual effects artist: Digital Domain
Tim Simon	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Eliot Sirota	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Miro Skandera	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Piotr Skiejka	....	fx artist: Pixomondo
Dane Allan Smith	....	visual effects producer: 3D scanning, Gentle Giant
Patrick Smith	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
R. Matt Smith	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Julia Smola	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Simia Song	....	roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
Reina Sparks	....	digital matte painter
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting technical director
Vivek Srivastava	....	visual effects editor (single player mode)
Adrian Steel	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Sabrina Steinert	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Moritz Strothmann	....	division lead compositor: Pixomondo
Sungwook Su	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Paul Taylor	....	animation supervisor: Pixomondo
Greg Teegarden	....	cg supervisor
Jean-Yves Teillet	....	lighting artist: Pixomondo
Jason Thielen	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Gavyn Thompson	....	cg supervisor: Pixomondo
Alexandra Toth	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Nhat Phong Tran	....	lead compositor: Pixomondo
Phi Tran	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Emerito Trevino	....	lighting artist: Digital Domain
Hardik Trivedi	....	matchmove artist
Jason Ullrich	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Dirk Valk	....	animator: Pixomondo
Rickey Verma	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Jan Volckmann	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Sören Volz	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Shivaji Waikhom	....	compositor
Eric Walls	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Hui Sophie Wang	....	pipeline intern: Pixomondo
Steven Wang	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Nye Warburton	....	previsualization artist: The Third Floor
Henry Weickert	....	pipeline developer: Pixomondo
Johannes Weiss	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Martin Wellstein	....	division lead CG artist: Pixomondo
Mariusz Wesierski	....	lead environment artist: Pixomondo
Fiona Campbell Westgate	....	visual effects producer: Pixomondo
Tobias Wiesner	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Marco Wilz	....	matte painter: Pixomondo
Patrick Wolf	....	head of pipeline: Pixomondo
Andrew Wood	....	visual effects
David Wu	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Shanshan Xie	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Tou Yeng Xiong	....	animator: Pixomondo
Genevieve Yee	....	cg artist: Pixomondo
Siyun Yi	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
Ben Ying	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Edward Paul Yu	....	matchmove artist: Pixomondo
Riccardo Zanettini	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Anton Zheltyakov	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Pedram Ziaei	....	compositor: Pixomondo
Christian Zilliken	....	division lead lighting artist: Pixomondo
Roxanne Zuckerman	....	integration artist
Austin Glass	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Daniel Goertz	....	pipeline developer: Pixomondo (uncredited)
John Johansson	....	software engineer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Christian Korneck	....	system administrator: pixomondo (uncredited)
Tobias Moenninger	....	system administrator: Pixomondo (uncredited)
Jon Wesström	....	compositor: Pixomondo (uncredited)
Christoph Zollinger	....	division visual effects producer: Pixomondo (uncredited)

Stunts
Kayla Adams	....	stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	stunt coordinator
Daniel Arrias	....	stunt performer
Loyd Bateman	....	stunt performer
Joey Box	....	co-stunt coordinator
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunt double: Morgan Freeman
Trace Cheramie	....	stunts
Sean Christopher	....	stunts
Chris Daniels	....	utility stunts
Zack Duhame	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	utility stunts
Lex D. Geddings	....	stunts
Regis Harrington	....	stunts
Jacob Hugghins	....	stunts
Michael Hugghins	....	stunts
Samuel Le	....	stunts
Kortney Manns	....	stunt double: Morgan Freeman
Rob Mars	....	stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt double: Olga Kurylenko
Lin Oeding	....	stunt performer
Meredith Richardson	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Eric R Salas	....	stunts
Elena Sanchez	....	stunts
Tim J. Smith	....	stunts
Mallory Thompson	....	stunts
Joe Williams	....	stunts
Mike Wilson	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thorir G. Agustsson	....	lighting technician: Iceland
Zach Alexander	....	prg programmer
Joshua Anderson	....	rigging electrician
Troy Anderson	....	additional set electrician
Egill Antonsson	....	lighting technician: Iceland
Jason Apperson	....	lighting technician
Luis Ascanio	....	video playback assistant: Iceland
Kareem Auclair	....	grip
Kareem Audain	....	rigging grip
Keith Batchelor	....	set lighting technician
Adam Beard	....	grip
Maxwell Beard	....	grip
Lucas Bielan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
George Billinger III	....	camera operator: "b" camera
George Billinger III	....	steadicam operator
Tim Bird	....	additional video assist: second unit
Michael Brennan	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Sidney Brisco	....	lighting technician
Guy Broussard	....	rigging electrician
Kyle Buff	....	rigging grip
Gary Cadow	....	rigging grip
Kevin Califano	....	grip: New York
Alex Carr	....	digital imaging technician
Natalie Carr	....	camera production assistant
Dorian A. Celestain	....	grip
Michael Chateauneuf	....	lighting technician
Alessandro Chimento	....	video playback assistant
Terrance Clay	....	rigging electrician
Mark P. Coo	....	grip
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Charles Cooper	....	rigging grip
Rene Crusto	....	rigging electrian
Joe Datri	....	73' hydrascope technician
Danny Durr	....	lighting technician
Eric Dvorsky	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Arnar Einarsson	....	best boy grip: Iceland
Sean P. Fickert	....	rigging best boy grip
Jay Fortune	....	local gaffer: New York
Brian Fosnaugh	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Raphael Freud	....	rigging electrician
Philip Galler	....	lighting programmer
Peter Geraghty	....	c camera first assistant
Kevin Gilligan	....	local best boy grip: New York
Peter Graf	....	aerial camera system tech eclipse
Daniel Greenup	....	electrician
Josiah Greenup	....	rigging electrician
Guðni Rúnar Gunnarsson	....	lighting technician: Iceland (as Guðni R. Gunnarsson)
Charles Hart	....	rigging grip
Thairon Harvey	....	lighting technician
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	best boy rigging grip
David James	....	still photographer
Milan Janicin	....	second assistant camera
Timothy Jipping	....	rigging grip
Loren Johnson	....	lighting technician
Lee Jordan	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Gunnar Auðunn Jóhannsson	....	grip: Iceland
Valdimar Jóhannsson	....	lighting technician: Iceland
Viktor Davíð Jóhannsson	....	grip: Iceland
Gary Kelso	....	grip
Jay Kidd	....	camera production assistant: New York
Paul Kobetz	....	grip
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Jamie Lagerhausen	....	key grip: Iceland
Ken Longballa	....	fixtures
Sigurdur Bahama Magnusson	....	grip
Geir Magnússon	....	grip: Iceland
Byron Marigny	....	lighting technician
Kevin Marigny	....	rigging electrician
Raul J. Marin	....	rigging grip
Marc Marino	....	best boy rigging electric
Abraham Martinez	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Abe Martinez)
Brian McClean	....	local best boy electric: New York
Mason McGuire	....	rigging electrician
Dan McKee	....	additional second assistant camera
Trenton McRae	....	lighting technician
Ray Meibaum	....	camera production assistant
Victor Mendoza	....	rigging electrician
Steven Miller	....	hydrascope operator
Sean Hunter Moe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Craig Nix	....	libra head tech
Josh Oliver	....	rigging electrician
George Patsos	....	local key grip: New York
Mel Perdikis	....	rigging grip
Katelyn Perez	....	lighting technician: New York
Rachel Perlis	....	rigging electrician
Robert Petrin	....	edge arm operator
Rell Putt	....	rigging grip
Brian Quebedeaux	....	grip
Ryan Rayner	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John S. Robertson	....	key rigging grip
Brian Rosso	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
C.J. Roy	....	digital imaging technician: aerial unit
Louis Sabat	....	grip: New York
Dan Schroer	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
C. Alexander Sears	....	computer/video supervisor
Jason Selsor	....	rigging grip
John Skotchdopole	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Mark Spath	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Jonas Steadman	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ingvar Stefánsson	....	local gaffer: Iceland
Chris Strong	....	chief lighting technician
Cody Strong	....	lighting technician
Michael Stumpf	....	additional camera operator: "b" camera
Michael Stumpf	....	additional steadicam operator
Brandon Swain	....	rigging electrician
Jonathan Terpstra	....	rigging electrician
Wayne Tidwell	....	video playback
Jeffery J. Tufano	....	additional camera operator
Steven Lee Tyler	....	rigging electrician
Darren Ursin	....	rigging grip
Tony Varuola	....	rigging gaffer
Stephen Vicari	....	additional camera assistant
Benton Ward	....	rf technician
Jerry Wheat	....	lighting technician
Jared Wilcox	....	grip
Thomas Wilski	....	assistant camera
Earl Woods	....	local best boy rigging electric
James Worman	....	video projectionist
Mike Yurich	....	grip: New York

Animation Department
Pericles Michielin	....	senior character animator: Digital Domain
Roy Sato	....	animator
Emil Simeonov	....	lead animator

Casting Department
Judith Bouley	....	additional casting
Jennifer Collins	....	extras casting assistant
Holly Dorff	....	adr voice casting
Brittany Gischner	....	extras casting associate
Renee Henry	....	casting assistant
Hank Langlois	....	extras casting director
Brittainy Roberts	....	casting associate
Katie Silverman	....	casting assistant
David M. Waldron	....	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandra Algood	....	set costumer
Rebecca G. Autin	....	seamstress
Lisa Bojarski	....	costumer
Suzanne M.B. Chambliss	....	key costumer
Keith Christensen	....	concept artist
Nancy Collini	....	key costumer
Christian Cordella	....	costume illustrator
Tom Cummins	....	set costumer
Michelle D'Antonio	....	costume production assistant
Chelsea DeScenna	....	costume assistant
Chelsea DeScenna	....	set costumer
Rhonda Earick	....	ager/dyer
Annette Farnsworth	....	set costumer
Benj Gibicsar	....	costumer
Ariel Gold	....	key costumer
Lori Harris	....	set costumer
Dawn Huertas Arevalo	....	set costumer
Katy Johnson	....	ager/dyer
Vanessa Lacy	....	set costumer
Frank Langley	....	specialty costume fabricator
Don Lanning	....	specialty costumes: sculptor
Jessica R. Lawson	....	seamstress (as Jessica R. Ramsey)
Nicole Leitner	....	costumer
Lisa Magee	....	costume assistant
Jessica Mauricio	....	stitcher
Tim McKelvey	....	costume assistant
Terri Middleton	....	costumer
Chris Newlander	....	costumer
Jessica Posada	....	costume production assistant
Lexi Price	....	costumer
Anthony Rivera Jr.	....	costumer
John H. Smith	....	set costumer
Michelle Toledo	....	costume shopper
Lisa Tomczeszyn	....	assistant costume designer
Cathie Valdovino	....	personal costumer: Morgan Freeman
Eliza Wexelman	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Toby Francis-Bruce	....	assistant editor
Nancy Fuller	....	digital intermediate producer
Dave Labich	....	post-production assistant
Jennifer Mangan	....	first assistant editor (as Jennifer Spenelli)
Trevin Matcek	....	previsualization editor: The Third Floor
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jennifer Spenelli	....	first assistant editor
Mindy Weissman	....	post-production coordinator
Valance Eisleben	....	digital data conformist (uncredited)

Music Department
Karen Harper	....	off-camera singer
Josh Humphrey	....	music programming
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor
Jason Lazarus	....	assistant to composers
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Aaron Meyer	....	music preparation
Peter Nelson	....	assistant score engineer
Satoshi Mark Noguchi	....	score mixer
Jasper Randall	....	choir contractor
Andrew Synowiec	....	musician
Joseph Trapanese	....	conductor
Joseph Trapanese	....	music arranger
Joseph Trapanese	....	orchestrator
Booker White	....	music preparation
Sam Zeines	....	music editor
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
David Adkison	....	driver
Mark Bascle	....	personal driver: Mr. Cruise
Emmitte Bergeron	....	driver
Travis Carter	....	driver
James Cedotal	....	driver
Gregory J. Cimino	....	driver: honeywagon
James Dunn	....	driver
Raymond Dunn	....	driver
Ken Farnell	....	transportation co-captain
Keith D. Fisher	....	transportation captain
Monica W. Fuller	....	driver
Robert Gaskill	....	personal driver: Mr. Freeman
Tome Hoke	....	driver
Beau Holden	....	personal driver: Mr. Kosinski
Charles Lanoue	....	driver
Bill Lopez-Arjona	....	driver
Reggie Louque	....	driver
John Lybrand	....	driver: cast
Steve Mann	....	transportation captain
Willie D. Partin	....	transportation captain
Tom Rebber	....	transportation captain
Thomas Reilly	....	transportation co-captain (NY Unit)
Richard C. Ryan	....	generator operator/driver
Aaron Skalka	....	transportation coordinator
Jay Thompson	....	transportation co-captain
Erik Von Hof	....	transportation

Other crew
James Adames	....	location assistant
David Allsberry	....	animal trainer
David Allsberry	....	dog trainer
Betsy Alton	....	production coordinator: New York
Michael Alvarado	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Kirsten Anderson	....	first assistant location accountant
John Ansotegui	....	location scout
John Arbuckle	....	assistant marine coordinator
Giuseppe Ardizzone	....	set production assistant: New York
Gabriel Bachmann	....	production assistant
Ross Baringer	....	production assistant
Liz Barker	....	set production assistant
Drew Barnett-Hamilton	....	production secretary
Roy Barrios	....	medic: construction
Roy Barrios	....	second unit medic
Beau Bebeau	....	production assistant
Sean Becker	....	second assistant accountant
Lori Berlanga	....	production coordinator: los angeles
Kara Bowman	....	key medic
Rebecca Boyle	....	script supervisor
Christopher Britton	....	office production assistant: New York
Cristina Burke	....	additional set production assistant
Trisha Burton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lauren Camp	....	medic
Nicholas Carranza	....	key second assistant accountant
Marlo Carroll	....	set production assistant: New York
Elizabeth Chance	....	production assistant
Michael Chochol	....	set production assistant
Benton Collinsworth	....	set production assistant
Josh Deceuster	....	assistant production accountant
Jim DeMarco	....	location accountant
Juan Diaz	....	production assistant
Andri Egilsson	....	production assistant
Birna Paulina Einarsdottir	....	production coordinator: Iceland
Sara Ellingen	....	second assistant accountant
Kasey Emas	....	assistant to cast
Penelope Essoyan	....	assistant to director
Josh R. Field	....	second assistant accountant
Brendan Flaherty	....	production assistant
Erin Foster	....	assistant to cast
Leilah Franklin	....	production assistant
Joe Fredo	....	stand-in: Tom Cruise
Charlie French	....	locations
Michael A. Galasso	....	production coordinator
Nicholas A. Galasso	....	production assistant
Jon Hinrik Gardarsson	....	facilities manager: Iceland
Zoila Gomez	....	production coordinator: prep
Michael Goosen	....	financial controller
Amanda Greenblatt	....	assistant: Peter Chernin
Ken Haber	....	location manager
David Halagarda	....	assistant production coordinator
Vanessa Hickey	....	production assistant
Katrina Himmelberger	....	assistant: Olga Kurylenko
Ryan Robert Howard	....	key set production assistant: New York
Rachel Jacob	....	production assistant
David Jennis	....	key set production assistant
Leah Kaina	....	production assistant
Justin Kell	....	motorcycle builder
Ashlee Kilchrist	....	production assistant
Sharon Landry	....	line reader
Michael Larson	....	production assistant
Ryan Chase Lee	....	location assistant
Michael Lewis	....	production controller
Adam Lubanski	....	interactive graphics designer
Bonnie Marquette	....	location scout
William Maursky	....	assistant location manager
Peter McGrew	....	production assistant
Michael John Meehan	....	supervising location manager
Jack Montague	....	production assistant
Ryan Needham	....	assistant: Andrea Riseborough
Taylor Newman	....	set production assistant
ThuyVi Nguyen	....	accounting clerk
Tien Nguyen	....	production staff: Mammoth unit
Jamie Normand	....	stand-in: Andrea Riseborough
Matthew H. O'Connor	....	marine coordinator
Ninna Palma	....	production assistant
Navarro Parker	....	interface artist
Stacy Parker	....	travel coordinator
Ankit Patel	....	preliminary scout: Chattanooga
Quentin Pierre	....	personal assistant: Morgan Freeman
Capri Pizani	....	production assistant
Drew Puchalski	....	assets liaison
Yvonne Ramond	....	construction accountant
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist
Calvin Reddy	....	location assistant
Ryan Redmond	....	production assistant
Mario Romain	....	security consultant
CarloVito Santangelo	....	additional production assistant: New York
Andres Sepulveda	....	armorer
Karl Sigurdarson	....	assistant production coordinator: Iceland
Miranda Sink	....	production assistant
Joe Statham	....	production assistant
Desiree Stevenson	....	production assistant
Mark Swenson	....	production supervisor: june lake unit
Anna Lind Sævarsdóttir	....	facilities technician: Iceland
Juliana Terpstra	....	stand-in: Olga Kurylenko
Tiffany Tiesiera	....	assistant production coordinator
Krista Ann Toups	....	production assistant
Ren Tucker	....	production assistant: Mr. Cruise
Michael P. Twombly	....	assistant production coordinator (as Mish Twombly)
Ashley Van Buren	....	assistant to olga kurylenko (NY )
Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir	....	assistant production coordinator: Iceland
Jonathan Michael Wade	....	location assistant
Dawson Warner	....	location coordinator
Stephen Daniel Wayne	....	set production assistant
Mindy Weissman	....	assistant to producer
Alexander B. Williams	....	craft service assistant
Larry Zanoff	....	second armorer
Jerome Zelle	....	assistant craft service
Jason Zorigian	....	production coordinator: Iceland
Cleland Hoff	....	location assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Chernin Entertainment
• Ironhead Studios
• Radical Pictures
• Radical Studios
• Truenorth Productions

Distributors

• Solar Entertainment (2013) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Poland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2013) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures Canada (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2013) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Gentle Giant Studios (lidar scanning)
• Lightwave International
• Pixomondo
• Third Floor, The

Other Companies

• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Back Lot Music  soundtrack
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera equipment
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Digital FX  camera equipment provided by
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Henry's International Cuisine  catering new york
• Hollywood Rentals Productions Services  lighting and grip equipment
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Keslow Cameras  camera equipment provided by
• Kukl  equipment provided by
• Legion Entertainment  post-production facilities
• Let It Cast  casting powered by
• Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
• Prologue Films  titles
• Radical Publishing  publishing
• Scroggins Aviation  aviation props provider
• Silver Screen Supply  location equipment/rentals
• Silver Screen Supply  portable power systems and cables
• Silver Screen Supply  production rentals
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality/nudity

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.89 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #48165) | South Korea:15 | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | Sweden:11 | Singapore:PG13 | Norway:11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:12 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 | India:U/A | Hong Kong:IIA | Denmark:11 | Switzerland:14 | Brazil:12 | Italy:T | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

Reykjavík, Iceland

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

A full-sized bubble ship was created with doors that opened on their own and the cockpit controls were built with input from Tom Cruise, who is a licensed pilot.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jack is first shot in the chest you see a burn mark. When he stands up it's gone.

Quotes:

Julia:Are we gonna die?
Jack Harper:No!... Maybe!

Movie Connections:

References Moon (2009)

Soundtrack:

Oblivion

A memorable sci-fi fantasy world with a human heart at its core.

If there is a soul, it is made from the love we share.

There are many ways to describe Oblivion, but the softly spoken afterword by Tom Cruise's character really makes you feel the human heartbeat of this sci-fi epic.

As always, the trailer is full of explosions and set pieces. Oblivion the movie is an entirely different beast that values a human story and characters that are driven by common purpose. While the cast is tiny, I found much to enjoy from Cruise, Riseborough, Freeman and that Nordic guy from Headhunters who is showing up more frequently in Hollywood blockbusters. Aside from unusually limited screen-time, Morgan and other supporting cast are effective and memorable.

The threads of the plot are well-woven and I won't give anything away, so what I will tell you is to prepare for a powerful journey into the unknown where nothing is what it seems. Explosive set pieces take a backseat for sci-fi philosophy with twists to spare.

Oblivion ticks all the boxes for correct use of literary devices and establishes enough original cannon to stick in your mind long after the credits start rolling. It is a distinct success among the largely abysmal offerings of 2013 so far, don't miss it.