The Midnight Sky (2020)

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Director:

George Clooney

Writers:

Lily Brooks-Dalton (based on the book 'Good Morning, Midnight' by), Mark L. Smith (adaptation)

Stars:

Felicity Jones, George Clooney, Sophie Rundle

Cast

Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter:
Felicity Jones	...	Sully
George Clooney	...	Augustine
Sophie Rundle
Kyle Chandler	...	Mitchell
Ethan Peck
David Oyelowo	...	Adewole
Miriam Shor
Demián Bichir
Tim Russ
Tiffany Boone
Edan Hayhurst	...	Boy
Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson
Grant Crookes	...	Scientific Beneficiary
Tia Bannon

Storyline

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some bloody images and brief strong language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor/director George Clooney bills this project as Gravity (2013) meets The Revenant (2015), noting, "They're not natural fits, so it was a constant balancing act." The fact Midnight Sky (2020) would resemble Alejandro González Iñárritu's Oscar-winning adventure epic The Revenant (2015) is not by accident, as the project was written by The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith. The Revenant part of the script kicks in during the film when Augustine (played by Clooney) and the girl are forced "to venture through the increasingly toxic air and melting arctic landscape to reach an observatory that has a communications array powerful enough to reach the starship." The astronauts, meanwhile, set out on their own adventure while taking a shortcut on their journey to Earth. Working on Gravity prepared Clooney for the challenges of directing a space epic. "One of the things that I learned from working with Alfonso about space is, once you're in the antigravity kind of world, there is no north and south or east or west, because it doesn't exist in space. Up isn't up, and down isn't down," Clooney said. "So the camera can be upside down, characters can be upside down, and it's hard to do, because you're constantly rotating the camera, and hoping you're not doing it so much you make everybody sick. Alfonso did it just beautifully."

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 December 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aether

Filming Locations:

La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anonymous Content, Netflix, Smokehouse Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.11:1