Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers:

Craig Titley (screenplay), Rick Riordan (novel)

Stars:

Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd, Steve Coogan

11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Logan Lerman	...	Percy Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson	...	Grover
Alexandra Daddario	...	Annabeth
Jake Abel	...	Luke
Sean Bean	...	Zeus
Pierce Brosnan	...	Mr. Brunner / Chiron
Steve Coogan	...	Hades
Rosario Dawson	...	Persephone
Melina Kanakaredes	...	Athena
Catherine Keener	...	Sally Jackson
Kevin McKidd	...	Poseidon
Joe Pantoliano	...	Gabe Ugliano
Uma Thurman	...	Medusa
Julian Richings	...	Ferryman
Bonita Friedericy	...	Hysterical Woman

Storyline

When his lightning bolt is stolen, Zeus accuses Poseidon's son Percy Jackson and gives Poseidon's son fourteen days to return it, otherwise he will initiate a war amongst the gods. Meanwhile the teenager, Percy, who is dyslexic and has ADHD is visiting The Museum of Metropolitan of Art and is attacked by a Fury disguised in his teacher. His physically handicapped best friend Grover reveals that Percy is a demigod and that he is his protector and his teacher Mr Brunner gives him a pen telling him that it is a powerful weapon. They go to Percy's house and together with his mother Sally they drive to the Camp Half-Blood. However Sally is attacked by a Minotaur and vanishes before Percy can help her. In the camp, Percy befriends the gorgeous Annabeth; when they are attacked by Hades who wants the lighting bolt for himself, Percy discovers that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. Percy decides to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve the lightning bolt and save his mother. Grover...

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Plot Keywords:

athena character | medusa character | poseidon character | male protagonist | cousin relationship | 

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Taglines:

Worlds collide.

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uma Thurman (Medusa) interacted with several live snakes, with the help of a snake wrangler, in preparation for her role. Handling and holding snakes, she said, helped her imagine how it might feel for Medusa to have live snakes sprouting from her head.

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Goofs

While the pearl is spinning on the roulette, and the pearl is behind the handle that sticks up, you still see the green pearl reflection as if it never moved.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Poseidon: Zeus.
Zeus: Poseidon.
Zeus: It's been many years.
Zeus: What do you see?
Poseidon: Thunder clouds.
Zeus: But no lightning. Stolen.

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Crazy Credits

Halfway through the credits there is a scene showing Gabe Ugliano's fate on discovering Medusa's severed head.

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Connections

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (2011)

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Soundtracks

A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION (JXL RADIO EDIT REMIX)
Written by Billy Strange and Mac Davis
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

A bit of a disappointment

My family went to see the movie "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" today. All of us have read the books and are big fans. I do think it's interesting the comments made about how this movie is a ripoff from Harry Potter. If you actually read the book, the movie was nothing like it. I'd say it wasn't a bad way to spend a few hours. My family liked it, at no time was I wondering how long we'd been in the theatre. But where the book was great, the movie lacked...a lot.

CGI was awesome. Medusa & her snakes were amazing.

If you can avoid paying full price (where we live you can see movies on the weekends for $5 per person before noon), you won't feel like you were short-changed with this one.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Germany] Official Facebook [Germany]

Country:

UK Canada USA

Language:

English Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Release Date:

12 February 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$95,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$31,236,067, 14 February 2010

Gross USA:

$88,768,303

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$226,497,209

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox 2000 Pictures, 1492 Pictures, Sunswept Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1