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:

This Spring, Mankind's Greatest Threat Is Earth Itself.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Beck is piloting Virgil around the diamonds, the control stick she's using is a Logitech Attack 3 joystick.

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Goofs

During the space shuttle crash, when Rebecca is trying to find an alternate landing site, the writing on the maps disappears in the next shot.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

During the first part of the film's closing credits, the camera zooms out from the Earth as the credits appear. When the film's title appears, the 'O' is actually the earth. The rest of the first part of the closing credits, which is the cast, is just set against a black background.

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Connections

Featured in To the Core and Back (2003)

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Soundtracks

Echelon
by Jared Leto
Performed by Thirty Seconds to Mars (as 30 Seconds to Mars)
Courtesy of Immortal Records LLC/Virgin Records America, Inc.
Under license from EMI Film & TV Music

User Reviews

This one rocks?

Smarter than Armageddon and equally extreme, The Core is high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest. It's scientifically ridiculous, but this variant of Fantastic Voyage at least tries to be credible as it plunges deep into the earth's inner core, where a formulaic team of experts pilot an earth-boring ship to jump-start the planet's spinning molten interior, now stalled by a military secret that could seal the fate of all humankind. It's a geophysicist's wet dream that only a fine ensemble cast could rescue from absurdity, and director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) draws excellent work (and plenty of humorous interplay) from Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, and a host of memorable supporting players, especially The New Guy's D.J. Qualls as the world's greatest Cyb-nerd. With enough digital F/X disasters to satisfy anyone's apocalyptic fantasies, this is a popcorn thriller with all the bells and whistles that its genre demands. Sit back, pump up the volume, and enjoy the dazzling ride.

Details

Country:

USA Germany Canada UK Italy France

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

Gross USA:

$31,186,896

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$73,498,611

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