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Super 8 (2011)
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Ratings: 7.2/10 from 117,397 users
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72/100
Reviews: 703 user | 462 critic | 41 from Metacritic.com
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. Director:J.J. AbramsWriter:J.J. Abrams |
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| Jessica Tuck | ... | ||
| Joel McKinnon Miller | ... |
Mr. Kaznyk
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| Ryan Lee | ... | ||
| Zach Mills | ... | ||
| Riley Griffiths | ... | ||
| Gabriel Basso | ... | ||
| Kyle Chandler | ... | ||
| Ron Eldard | ... | ||
| Amanda Michalka | ... |
Jen Kaznyk
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| Andrew Miller | ... |
Kaznyk Twin #1
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| Jakob Miller | ... |
Kaznyk Twin #2
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Jade Griffiths | ... |
Benji Kaznyk
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| Britt Flatmo | ... |
Peg Kaznyk
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| Elle Fanning | ... | ||
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In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined. Written by Official site
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language and some drug use See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Super 8: The IMAX Experience See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
PHP 18,027,484 (Philippines) (12 June 2011) (123 Screens)Gross:
$259,713,319 (Worldwide) (29 September 2011)Company Credits
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Mrs. Kaznyk: I'm so worried for that boy.
Mr. Kaznyk: Joe's gonna be okay.
Mrs. Kaznyk: She was everything to him.
Mr. Kaznyk: Jack's gonna step up. He's a good man.
Mrs. Kaznyk: But he's never had to be a father before. I don't think he understands Joe.
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Trivia
The film according to J.J. Abrams was homage to the producer of the film, Steven Spielberg, and his films of the 1970's ranging reverence from Spielberg's directorial films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind & E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial to Spielberg's produced films like The Goonies. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The Creature from the Black Lagoon figure seen being played with in the film was not produced until the mid 1990s. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mrs. Kaznyk: I'm so worried for that boy.
Mr. Kaznyk: Joe's gonna be okay.
Mrs. Kaznyk: She was everything to him.
Mr. Kaznyk: Jack's gonna step up. He's a good man.
Mrs. Kaznyk: But he's never had to be a father before. I don't think he understands Joe.
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