Another Earth (2011)

On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

Director:

Mike Cahill

Writers:

Mike Cahill, Brit Marling

Stars:

Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach

7 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brit Marling	...	Rhoda Williams
Matthew-Lee Erlbach	...	Alex
DJ Flava	...	DJ Flava (voice)
William Mapother	...	John Burroughs
Meggan Lennon	...	Maya Burroughs
AJ Diana	...	Amos Burroughs
Bruce Colbert	...	Symposium Speaker
Paul Mezey	...	Symposium Speaker
Ana Valle	...	Symposium Speaker
Jeffrey Goldenberg	...	Symposium Speaker
Joseph A. Bove	...	Symposium Speaker (as Joseph Bove)
Jordan Baker	...	Kim Williams
Flint Beverage	...	Robert Williams
Robin Lord Taylor	...	Jeff Williams
Rupert Reid	...	Keith Harding

Storyline

SPOILER: Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing his pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents' house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and ...

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Plot Keywords:

duplicate earth | duplicate | anti depressant | suicide attempt | guilt | 

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Taglines:

Another World, Another You, Another Chance.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, some sexuality, nudity and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

The scene where Brit Marling leaves prison was achieved by getting Marling to pose as a yoga instructor and enter and leave the prison for real.

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Goofs

Around 1:12:00 after Rhoda and John toast there is a shot of the house from the outside with Earth 2 at "Full Earth" - the entire face is lit. A second later a shot from inside the house of Earth 2 through a window shows a partially-full Earth 2. Earth 2 is not close enough for the apparent angle to cause a phase shift of this magnitude; Earth 2 still would have been a Full Earth when shown from inside the house.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rhoda Williams: I saw this image when I was a kid. The photograph of Jupiter taken by NASAs Voyager. Beautiful. But nothing special until shown in rapid succession. Suddenly Jupiter was alive. Breathing. I was hypnotized.

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Connections

References White Collar (2009)

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Soundtracks

Driftwood
Written by Adam Small
Performed by Adam Small

User Reviews

Suspend disbelief, and love this movie

I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who can tell a hawk from a handsaw, and there is a wonderful handsaw in this movie. So, I feel qualified to tell you it is safe to see this movie as it is, without worrying about details like gravity. Do not allow unimaginative naysayers to keep you from enjoying this gem. I mean, we all can enjoy vampire and zombie movies, right? Is any movie any better than "Let the Right One In"? I saw this movie last night in Brookline Mass at a Q&A preview, with director, writers, and an actor -- all combined in two lovely people. No one in our sophisticated audience that included a CETI scientist cared enough about the "laws of physics" problems to mention them in the question period. All we cared about were the endearing characters, the music both acoustic and visual, the plot developments, the shocking climaxes, the compelling emotional plausibility.

The movie is not about anything as terrestrial as gravity. In the world of this movie, something has happened to upset some kind of cosmic symmetry, and the other earth has appeared from a parallel universe. I do wish some character or other had dispelled the physics with "I don't know why our orbits are not affected". But, the metaphor works as a way to discuss looking at oneself. It really does not matter. The acting is perfect, the camera-work perfectly beautiful, the plot deeply affecting with wonderful surprises.

Details

Official Sites:

Fox Searchlight [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2011 (France)

Also Known As:

Another Earth

Filming Locations:

West Haven, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$77,740, 24 July 2011

Gross USA:

$1,321,194

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,938,783

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artists Public Domain

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1