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Serenity

  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)
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The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.

  • Director
    • Joss Whedon
  • Writer
    • Joss Whedon
  • Stars
    • Nathan Fillion
    • Gina Torres
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    299K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,107
    349
    • Director
      • Joss Whedon
    • Writer
      • Joss Whedon
    • Stars
      • Nathan Fillion
      • Gina Torres
      • Chiwetel Ejiofor
    • 1.7KUser reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 10 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Nathan Fillion
    Nathan Fillion
    • Mal
    Gina Torres
    Gina Torres
    • Zoë
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    • The Operative
    Alan Tudyk
    Alan Tudyk
    • Wash
    Morena Baccarin
    Morena Baccarin
    • Inara
    Adam Baldwin
    Adam Baldwin
    • Jayne
    Jewel Staite
    Jewel Staite
    • Kaylee
    Sean Maher
    Sean Maher
    • Simon
    Summer Glau
    Summer Glau
    • River
    Ron Glass
    Ron Glass
    • Shepherd Book
    David Krumholtz
    David Krumholtz
    • Mr. Universe
    Michael Hitchcock
    Michael Hitchcock
    • Dr. Mathias
    Sarah Paulson
    Sarah Paulson
    • Dr. Caron
    Yan Feldman
    Yan Feldman
    • Mingo
    Rafael Feldman
    Rafael Feldman
    • Fanty
    Nectar Rose
    Nectar Rose
    • Lenore
    Tamara Taylor
    Tamara Taylor
    • Teacher
    Glenn Howerton
    Glenn Howerton
    • Lilac Young Tough
    • Director
      • Joss Whedon
    • Writer
      • Joss Whedon
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Nathan Fillion, he personally supplied the blueprints used to build the ship set in the film after being informed at a production meeting that the originals had been lost. He was able to do so because, being so excited about being in the original show, he had taken photos of ALL the preproduction materials he had seen, including the blueprints.
    • Goofs
      Security camera footage shows Mal and Jayne sitting at a table with Fanty and Mingo before they enter the bar.
    • Quotes

      Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.

      Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Define "interesting".

      Hoban 'Wash' Washburn: [deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die?

    • Crazy credits
      There is a message in the closing credits: "The filmmakers wish to thank the crew and staff of 'Firefly'"
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Into the Blue/Serenity/The Greatest Game Ever Played/Mirrormask/Capote/The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

    User reviews1.7K

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    10/10
    A sequel that's BETTER than the original - it is all Firefly could have been!
    Serenity is the movie sequel to the much-beloved, ended much too soon US Fox television network science-fiction series "Firefly," with all the show's central characters, doing the same fine acting they did in Firefly.

    And it's not just a sequel - it rises to the occasion to be a much better story than any of the individual episodes of Firefly.

    Serenity's a luminous rebooting of Firefly, and you don't have to have seen a single episode of Firefly to enjoy it immensely. But those of us who knew and loved Firefly will love it more, because it's also more of what we loved and Fox took away from us.

    Serenity, like Firefly, is a science fiction story with strong elements of westerns, spy movie intrigue, and lots and lots of spine-tingling action, and wry, irresistible humor throughout - the humor that comes from a cast that has incredible chemistry.

    The plot begins with a half-western, half very high-tech bank heist which goes very much awry, then evolves into a cosmic spy drama centered on River Tam, the victim of terrible experiments on her brain committed by a secret, murderous agency of the tyrannical Alliance of Planets, which governs the colonies of a distant star settled by refugees from a dying Earth.

    River Tam and her physician brother Simon are passengers on the starship Serenity, captained by Malcolm Reynolds, a Browncoat - veteran of the war between the Alliance and a confederacy of planets who resisted their overreach (along with his first officer, Zoe Washburn, who's also the wife of the Serenity's pilot).

    Serenity's crew are the most entertaining bunch of smugglers and mercenaries in fiction, and why so many of us Firefly/Serenity fans wear brown coats. I won't spoil the plot for you - enjoy it for yourself. Then get a brown coat.
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    FAQ7

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Universal Pictures (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Firefly
    • Filming locations
      • Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California, USA(Miranda)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Barry Mendel Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $39,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $25,514,517
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,086,680
      • Oct 2, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $40,445,129
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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