Battle for Terra (2007)

A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.

Director:

Aristomenis Tsirbas

Writers:

Evan Spiliotopoulos (screenplay), Aristomenis Tsirbas (story)

Stars:

Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Justin Long

4 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chad Allen	...	Terrian Scientist (voice)
Rosanna Arquette	...	Professor Lina (voice)
Bill Birch	...	Terrian 2 (voice)
Brooke Bloom	...	Technician Quinn (voice)
Tom Connolly	...	Technician Williams (voice)
Brian Cox	...	General Hemmer (voice)
David Cross	...	Giddy (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Interrogator Wright (voice)
James Devoti	...	Colonel Wheeler (voice) (as Jim Devoti)
Chris Evans	...	Stewart Stanton (voice)
James Garner	...	Doron (voice)
Danny Glover	...	President Chen (voice)
Mark Hamill	...	Elder Orin (voice)
Alec Holden	...	Tulo (voice)
Masam Holden	...	Tumi (voice)

Storyline

BATTLE for TERRA is a fantastic journey to worlds we have only dreamed of. It is a story of friendship, family, sacrifice and most importantly, the realization that all of our survival relies on our earth's precious natural resources.

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Plot Keywords:

3 dimensional | annihilation | planet | battle | alien | 

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Taglines:

...A world where WE are the alien invaders.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and some thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [South Korea]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battle for Terra

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,082,362, 3 May 2009, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$1,647,083, 6 September 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Menithings Productions, Snoot Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danny Glover's fourth animated film after Antz (1998), The Prince of Egypt (1998), and Barnyard (2006).

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Quotes

General Hemmer: [Sarcastically, on the terraforming machine, which will infuse Terra with oxygen in just seven days] Very biblical, don't you think?

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Connections

References Titan A.E. (2000)

User Reviews

See Terra!!!

Saw this movie today at the Tribec Film Festival and they really did a GREAT job. The story is unique to anything that is out there, uplifting, and creative all around. There are a lot of amazing action sequences and visually, they did an excellent job; between the music and sound effects it all tied together extremely well (soundtrack used "big sound" orchestrated music...went great with the film). I'm not one to comment on animated films but I thought this one went above and beyond what I have seen in the past. The director spoke afterwards and said they made it between a small animation crew of about 20. Not bad for an indie; you would never know looking at the final product. I was expecting a few more laughs during the film (my animated movie stereotype) but there weren't very many. The audience found a few laughs at David Cross (who played a robot) on a couple of moments, but that was it for the most part. Regardless, the blend went over well with the audience, and I personally enjoyed it a lot. Kept you going and had a really good ending. Just my 2 cents, but definitely worth seeing.