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:

Are you ready to match wits with the Grim Reaper?

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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

(at around 1h 4 mins) When Clear gets out of the car to find Alex on the beach, a real beach was used with some trees placed at the roadside to make it appear like she is walking through a maze to get to Alex. Once the shot closes in on Alex, a set is used to stop the water effects from the real beach getting on to the soundtrack of the scene.

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Goofs

At the memorial service, the speaker says that four teachers were aboard the plane, but earlier on Ms. Newton explains to the police officer that she has to be let back on the plane because the students will be alone. If there really were four teachers, two teachers still would have been on the plane.

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Quotes

Billy Hitchcock: That's right! You're next, Carter! I'm staying the fuck away from you!
Carter: Shut up, Billy!
Clear Rivers: Billy, we don't need this shit right now!
Billy Hitchcock: I don't need it ever! Get away from him! He's next!
Carter: Fuck you, Billy! I'm not dead!
Billy Hitchcock: Oh, you will be. You're dead... you're dead and you ain't taking me with you!

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are done in a ghosting format.

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Alternate Versions

James Wong (the director) had two scenes cut to reach an R Rating: The strangulation of Tod in the bathtub and Valerie Lewton's stabbing.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jeff Bridges/Ali Larter/Andy Woodhull (2014)

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Soundtracks

Rocky Mountain High
Written by John Denver and Mike Taylor
Performed by John Denver
By arrangement with The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

User Reviews

original and scary

Inventive, effectively eerie spine-chiller is a step up in the teen horror genre. High schooler Sawa has a horrific vision of his plane crashing just moments before its departure on a class field trip. He and several others exit the plane only to discover that it does in fact crash, but things take a shocking turn when the remaining survivors begin to die in the most mysterious ways. Story is intriguing, the suspense flows well throughout, and there are enough violent deaths to satisfy the target audience. The ending is a bit of a disappointment and should have been planned out better, but overall this is one of the better films of the genre. ***