Another Earth (2011)

Director:

Mike Cahill

Writers:

Brit Marling (written by)
Mike Cahill (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 2011 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

Plot Keywords:

Solar System | Duplicate | Student | Planet | Bedroom

Awards:

7 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

William Mapother	...	John Burroughs
Brit Marling	...	Rhoda Williams
Matthew-Lee Erlbach	...	Alex
DJ Flava	...	Himself (voice)
Meggan Lennon	...	Maya Burroughs
AJ Diana	...	Amos Burroughs
Bruce Colbert	...	Symposium Speaker
Paul Mezey	...	Symposium Speaker
Ana Valle	...	Symposium Speaker
Jeffrey Goldenberg	...	Symposium Speaker
Joseph A. Bove	...	Symposium Speaker (as Joseph Bove)
Jordan Baker	...	Kim Williams
Flint Beverage	...	Robert Williams
Robin Taylor	...	Jeff Williams (as Robin Lord Taylor)
Rupert Reid	...	Keith Harding
Natalie Carter	...	Career Counselor
Richard Berendzen	...	Himself (as Dr. Richard Berendzen)
Shannon Maliff	...	High School Girl
Stephanie Le Blanc	...	High School Girl
Jasmine Andrade	...	High School Girl
Kara Tweedie	...	High School Girl
Kumar Pallana	...	Purdeep
Ana Kayne	...	Claire
Yuval Segal	...	Television Reporter
Diane Ciesla	...	Dr. Joan Tallis
Robert Phillips	...	Radio Reporter #1
Hollyce Phillips	...	Television Anchor
Luis Vega	...	Federico
Rich Habersham	...	Radio Reporter #2
Jennifer Jaramillo Valkana	...	Nurse (as Jennifer Jaramillo)
Ari Gold	...	Conspiracy Theorist
Steve Giammaria	...	Television Interviewer (as Steve 'Major' Giammaria)
Rebecca Price	...	Keith Harding's Secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marty Garcia	...	College Professor (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Cahill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Cahill		written by
Brit Marling		written by

Produced by
Tyler Brodie	....	executive producer
Mike Cahill	....	producer
Hunter Gray	....	producer
Brit Marling	....	producer
Paul Mezey	....	executive producer
Phaedon A. Papadopoulos	....	associate producer (as Phaedon Papadopoulos)
Nicholas Shumaker	....	producer

Original Music by
Fall On Your Sword

Cinematography by
Mike Cahill

Film Editing by
Mike Cahill

Casting by
James Calleri
Paul Davis

Production Design by
Darsi Monaco

Costume Design by
Aileen Alvarez-Diana		(as Aileen Diana)

Makeup Department
Marni Giannotti	....	special makeup effects artist: Connectivut

Production Management
Sean Frechette	....	additional post-production supervisor
Phaedon A. Papadopoulos	....	post-production supervisor (as Phaedon Papadopoulos)
Phaedon A. Papadopoulos	....	unit production manager (as Phaedon Papadopoulos)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cai Liang	....	assistant director

Art Department
Aileen Alvarez-Diana	....	art director: New York (as Aileen Diana)
Brian Rzepka	....	art director: Connecticut

Sound Department
Sasha Awn	....	dialogue editor
Travis Call	....	audio post coordinator
Patrick Christensen	....	adr engineer
Michael Gassert	....	production sound mixer: Connecticut
Michael Gassert	....	production sound mixer: New York
Steve Giammaria	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Steve 'Major' Giammaria)
Sebastian Henshaw	....	foley artist
Sebastian Henshaw	....	sound effects editor
Lucas Lee	....	additional production sound mixer: New York
James Nichols	....	dolby consultant
Ryan M. Price	....	sound designer
Ryan M. Price	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan M. Price	....	supervising sound editor
Mike Silvestri	....	additional production sound mixer: Connecticut (as Michael Silvestri)
Steve F.B. Smith	....	sound consultant: Dolby (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Adam Fanton	....	visual effects supervisor: Bentlight Digital
Darren Fanton	....	visual effects supervisor: Bentlight Digital

Camera and Electrical Department
David Armstrong	....	provider: photographs
Liang Cai	....	first assistant camera: Connecticut
Liang Cai	....	first assistant camera: New York
Liang Cai	....	gaffer: Connecticut
Liang Cai	....	still photographer: Connecticut
Liang Cai	....	still photographer: New York
Sonny Plescia	....	gaffer: New York
Ssong Yang	....	additional gaffer: Connecticut

Editorial Department
Alice Borrelli	....	assistant editor
Molle DeBartolo	....	digital intermediate producer: Deluxe NY
Joe Gawler	....	digital intermediate colorist: Deluxe NY (as Joseph Gawler)
Andra Gordon	....	post-production coordinator
Markus Janner	....	digital film recording: Deluxe NY
Jonathan Sanden	....	digital intermediate editor: Deluxe NY
Darrell R. Smith	....	digital intermediate producer: Deluxe NY
Zak Tucker	....	digital intermediate colorist: Harbor Film Company

Music Department
Lucy Alper	....	music executive producer
Inna Barmash	....	musician: vocalist
Will Bates	....	composer: additional music
Will Bates	....	musician
Eric Jacobsen	....	musician: cellist
Phil Mossman	....	composer: additional music
Phil Mossman	....	musician
Fall On Your Sword	....	musicians
Lev Zhurbin	....	musician: vocalist (as Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin)
Stefan Karrer	....	soundtrack album producer (uncredited)

Other crew
Andrew Adair	....	delivery supervisor
Brian Borkowski	....	key production assistant: New York
James Brettell	....	key production assistant: Connecticut
James Brettell	....	production coordinator: New York
André Des Rochers	....	production legal: Gray Hrauss Des Rochers
Tomás X. Díaz	....	assistant production coordinator: Connecticut (as Tobias Diaz)
Daniel Lugo	....	production assistant: New York
Morgan Marling	....	production coordinator: Connecticut
Lily Stroud	....	production assistant: New York
Marketa Tomanova	....	script supervisor: New York

Thanks
Zal Batmanglij	....	special thanks
Andrew Goldman	....	special thanks
Alex Orlovsky	....	special thanks
Craig Wedren	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Artists Public Domain

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Imperial - Cinepix (2011) (Poland) (theatrical) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2011) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2012) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2012) (Argentina) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2012) (Finland) (video)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Bentlight Digital (visual effects)

Other Companies

• D.R. Reiff & Associates  insurance
• DitlevFilms  titles
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Gray Krauss Des Rochers  legal services
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  footage
• Payreel  payroll services
• Sound Lounge  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, some sexuality, nudity and brief drug use

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #46819) | South Korea:12 | UK:12A | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG13 | Finland:K-16 (video rating)

Company:

Artists Public Domain

Trivia:

When Rhoda speaks with United Space Ventures CEO Keith Harding, Harding makes an off-beat comment that his headmaster once told him "you will either become a millionaire or go to jail". This is a reference to Richard Branson, who was told the same thing by his headmaster at school and also owns a pioneering civilian space travel company.

Goofs:

Continuity: Towards the beginning of the film, Rhoda's Google searches "John Burroughs and new haven and accident", but when the results are displayed, the search box (which displays the terms which have just been searched) reads just "John Burroughs".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rhoda Williams:I saw this image when I was a kid. The photograph of Jupiter taken by NASAs Voyager. Beautiful. But nothing special until shown in rapid succession. Suddenly Jupiter was alive. Breathing. I was hypnotized.

Movie Connections:

References Avatar (2009)

Soundtrack:

Another Earth

Good, well acted, but eh.

This movie reminded me of Gattaca. It was in a sci-fi futuristic 'setting' that wasn't really sci-fi at all. Having said that, I liked Gattaca more. This movie is 100% drama. Really the 2nd Earth is just a background topic and it doesn't really have much to do with most of the course of the movie. If you expect absolutely anything sci-fi, not here.

Although a minor detail, I cannot help but be continuously annoyed at the visuals of ~the~ 2nd Earth. At the beginning it mentions on a radio 'look her to see a small blue speck of a newly discovered planet bla bla bla' kinda like us seeing Mars when the lights right. The rest of the movie the planet is fully visible probably about 5x the size of the moon in the sky, you can make out the damn oceans. I know arguing physics in movies is stupid but it just irritates me.

But...the plot was good, convincing and acting was done well. If you like drama's for it in itself this is a pretty good one. To clarify, there is absolutely NO humor in this. Nothing really interesting happens. Just heavy emotional tensions in the characters. Not in me, for clarification.