Final Destination (2000)

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

Director:

James Wong

Writers:

Glen Morgan (screenplay), James Wong (screenplay)

Stars:

Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Devon Sawa	...	Alex Browning
Ali Larter	...	Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith	...	Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke	...	Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck	...	Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Agent Schreck
Chad Donella	...	Tod Waggner (as Chad E. Donella)
Seann William Scott	...	Billy Hitchcock
Tony Todd	...	Bludworth
Amanda Detmer	...	Terry Chaney
Brendan Fehr	...	George Waggner
Forbes Angus	...	Larry Murnau
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Christa Marsh
Christine Chatelain	...	Blake Dreyer
Barbara Tyson	...	Barbara Browning

Storyline

Alex is boarding a plane to France on a school trip, when he suddenly gets a premonition that the plane will explode. Shortly after Alex, a group of students, and his teacher are thrown off the plane, to their horror, the plane does in fact explode. Alex must now work out Death's plan, as each of the survivors falls victim. Whilst trying to prevent the next death, Alex must also dodge the FBI, who believe that he caused the explosion.

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Plot Keywords:

extrasensory perception | teen horror | teenage girl | death | premonition | 

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Taglines:

Most people have dreams. For Alex, this is real.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and terror, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

17 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flight 180

Filming Locations:

4688 Connaught Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,015,822, 19 March 2000

Gross USA:

$53,331,147

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$112,880,294

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Zide-Perry Productions, Hard Eight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kerr Smith and Seann William Scott took motion sickness pills (Dramamine) before each plane crash take and were half-asleep in these scenes - that's why they aren't shown close-up much.

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Goofs

In Alex's premonition, when a hole rips open the left side of the plane, Ms. Lewton reaches out to try to save Christa from being sucked out of the plane, but Christa was seated on the right side at the back, where Alex was originally seated.

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Quotes

Tod Waggner: I never thought anything could look worse than my yearbook photo...
George: How do you think I feel having to look at you all the time?

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are done in a ghosting format.

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Alternate Versions

The DVD features the following deleted scenes:

• A love scene between Alex (Devon Sawa) and Clear (Ali Larter) on the beach.
• A pregnancy test which reveals that Clear is pregnant from having sex with Alex.
• A third ending where Alex is electrocuted and dies. After having their child, Clear has the gift of seeing "death" before it happens. Carter also survives.

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Connections

Referenced in Robot Chicken: Veggies for Sloth (2006)

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Soundtracks

And When I Die
Written by Laura Nyro
Performed and produced by Joe 90
Mixed by Jim Wirt
Courtesy of E Pluribus Unum Recordings

User Reviews

I loved this movie!!!

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen!! It was so scary and entertaining, and the acting was really good. The guys were really cute too! I even jumped out of my seat at one point and I've never done that before in my life!! Go see this movie!!!!