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Elysium

  • 2013
  • K-16
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
470K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,437
133
Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
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In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the pola... Read allIn the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

  • Director
    • Neill Blomkamp
  • Writer
    • Neill Blomkamp
  • Stars
    • Matt Damon
    • Jodie Foster
    • Sharlto Copley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    470K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,437
    133
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Jodie Foster
      • Sharlto Copley
    • 1KUser reviews
    • 514Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 10 nominations

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    Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)
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    Josh Blacker, Brandon Auret, and Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)

    Cast

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Max
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Delacourt
    Sharlto Copley
    Sharlto Copley
    • Kruger
    Alice Braga
    Alice Braga
    • Frey
    Diego Luna
    Diego Luna
    • Julio
    Wagner Moura
    Wagner Moura
    • Spider
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • John Carlyle
    Brandon Auret
    Brandon Auret
    • Drake
    Josh Blacker
    Josh Blacker
    • Crowe
    Emma Tremblay
    Emma Tremblay
    • Matilda
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Sharlto Copley presented an American, an Eastern European, and a British "version" of Kruger to Neill Blomkamp before they agreed that Kruger would be from their home country, South Africa, and speak with the accent of "a very specific area in Johannesburg". Accordingly, Kruger's men are played by fellow South Africans Brandon Auret (who also appeared in Blomkamp's movie District 9 (2009) with Copley) and Josh Blacker. They all incorporate numerous Afrikaans slang words into their dialogue, e.g. "Boet," an informal derivative of "brother," "Boykie," meaning "little boy," and "lekker," a slang for approval.
    • Goofs
      The original "Stanford Torus" design of a wheel-shaped space colony had an offset mirror angled to reflect sunlight onto mirrors set around the central hub and then outward to the ring. Elysium has no such arrangement and sunlight simply shines directly to the interior of the ring. This is completely impractical, as Elysium rotates (about every 6 minutes). This means that location around the habitat would have an ongoing series of periods of "day" and "night", each lasting only 3 minutes, which would be extremely disconcerting for the inhabitants. In addition, Elysium appears to have its rotational axis pointing towards the Earth, and as it orbits the Earth that would mean that (a) it rotates with respect to the Sun, and so the amount of sunlight and its angle will be continuously varying, and (b) during each orbit it will spend time in the Earth's shadow and not receive any sunlight at all.
    • Quotes

      Android Police Officer: [Referring to Max's backpack] What's in the bag?

      Max: [Max's head is shaved bald] Hair products, mostly.

    • Crazy credits
      In the soundtrack part of the end titles it says:

      "Piano Concerto No. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique' - Adagio Cantabile
      Written by Ludwig van Beethoven"

      L. v. Beethoven wrote only five piano concertos (his eighth piano sonata is titled "Pathetique" however).
    • Connections
      Featured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Ghosst
      Written by Lorn (as Marcos Ortega)

      Performed by Lorn

      Courtesy of Ninja Tune Ltd.

    User reviews1K

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Possible Humankind Sci-Fi Thriller
    This sort of thing is already happening on earth, and has been for a long time, the wealthy elite fencing themselves off from the poorer in society, and hoarding all the wealth for themselves. So this is a very real possibility.

    The film is excellent, with great performances from Matt Damon and Sharlto Copley in particular, Jodie Foster is good if somewhat unused, as is William Fichtner, heavily using CGI though, but it looks very realistic CGI.

    Well directed and paced, and action scenes done well, overall a very good Sci-Fi movie.

    The current 6.6 average rating seems a bit low to me, it is worth an 8 out of 10 at least.
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    • michaelarmer
    • Feb 22, 2020

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    FAQ4

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 2013 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (Brazil)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Afrikaans
    • Also known as
      • Kỷ Nguyên Elysium
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
      • QED International
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $115,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $93,050,117
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,807,393
      • Aug 11, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $286,140,700
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
      • Sonics-DDP
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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