The Core (2003)

The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.

Director:

Jon Amiel

Writers:

Cooper Layne, John Rogers

Stars:

Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Shyer	...	Dave Perry
Ray Galletti	...	Paul
Eileen Pedde	...	Lynne
Rekha Sharma	...	Danni (as Rékha Sharma)
Tom Scholte	...	Acker
Aaron Eckhart	...	Josh
Glenn Morshower	...	FBI Agent
Anthony Harrison	...	FBI Agent
Tchéky Karyo	...	Serge (as Tcheky Karyo)
Richard Jenkins	...	General Purcell
Bart Anderson	...	Dad
Nicole Leroux	...	Mom
Justin Callan	...	Little Boy
Chris Humphreys	...	GBTV Reporter - Trafalgar Square
Hilary Swank	...	Beck

Storyline

The Earth's core has stopped spinning. Disasters are happening around the globe, including; animals acting in bizarre ways, monstrous thunderstorms. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of 5 go down to the centre to set off a nuclear device, hoping to make the core start spinning again, or humanity will cease.

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Plot Keywords:

natural disaster | terranaut | earth | core | scientist | 

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Taglines:

Earth has a deadline

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi life/death situations and brief strong language

Details

Country:

USA Germany Canada UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Core

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,053,131, 30 March 2003, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$31,186,896

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$74,208,267

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, David Foster Productions, Munich Film Partners New Century & Company (MFP) Core Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "Virgil" is named for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, aka Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), author of the "Aeneid" and Dante Alighieri's guide through Hell in "The Divine Comedy".

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Goofs

At around the 13 minute mark, while the Shuttle is approaching L.A, the computer shows "Off course by 129.0276 Miles" from Edwards AFB ... in actual fact it's only 83 miles from the Shuttle runway at Edwards to the coast at Long beach, and only about 65 miles to where they touched down on the LA River. (129 miles would be half way between the islands of San Clemente and Santa Catalina.) The coordinates given to NASA (33 Deg 55' N, 118 10'W) is actually accurate, the section of river going north from near the Long Beach fwy/Glen Anderson fwy junction, but the computer shows 33 Deg 15' N, 118 10'W ... a point 7.5 miles SE of Santa Catalina Island ... IN THE OCEAN. The actual LANDING coordinates would be 34 02'N, 118 13W, since they SOMEHOW seem to be traveling SOUTH when they touch down at that point.

PS. If they were coming from the North (as indicated by flying over Dodger Stadium), then they OVERFLEW Edwards AFB about 1/2 hour before touchdown ... and if they're coming from the South, why didn't they just turn left and land at LAX ... Nice LONG, STRAIGHT, UNOBSTRUCTED runways, with emergency services readily available. (for HARD runways, 2 miles seems to be the length required, SOFT runways [Edwards AFB dry lake beds, White Sands, etc] require 4 miles)

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dave Perry: [referring to his watch] It stopped.

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning when the Paramount pictures logo is shown there is a transition between the Paramount pictures logo and the film - the camera zooms in on the mountain then starts to move down through the mountain to the core of the earth.

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Connections

Spoofed in South Park: Die Hippie, Die (2005)

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Soundtracks

Echelon
by Jared Leto
Performed by Thirty Seconds to Mars
Courtesy of Immortal Records LLC/Virgin Records America, Inc.
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music

User Reviews

You should see this movie because...

...it's 10 times better than Armageddon! It really is good. There was a lot of action, it was witty, suspenseful, the music was perfect, and it contained a lot of emotion. Some parts were REALLY sad. I could not take my eyes off the screen for a second!