Ready Player One (2018)

When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Zak Penn (screenplay by), Ernest Cline (screenplay by)

Stars:

Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn

2 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tye Sheridan	...	Parzival / Wade
Olivia Cooke	...	Art3mis / Samantha
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Sorrento
Lena Waithe	...	Aech / Helen
T.J. Miller	...	I-R0k
Simon Pegg	...	Curator / Ogden Morrow
Mark Rylance	...	Anorak / Halliday
Philip Zhao	...	Sho
Win Morisaki	...	Daito
Hannah John-Kamen	...	F'Nale Zandor
Ralph Ineson	...	Rick
Susan Lynch	...	Alice
Clare Higgins	...	Mrs. Gilmore
Laurence Spellman	...	Lame Tattoo Guy (Reb)
Perdita Weeks	...	Kira

Storyline

In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-aka the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.

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Plot Keywords:

virtual reality | player | capitalism | tattooed trash | mini skirt | 

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Taglines:

An adventure too big for the real world

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ready Player One

Filming Locations:

Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$41,764,050, 1 April 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$137,018,455

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$582,018,455

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment,De Line Pictures,Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Auro 11.1 Dolby Atmos SDDS Sonics-DDP DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the race sequence the marquee of a theater can be seen. It reads "Schwarzenegger Jack Slater III". This is a nod to Arnold Schwarzenegger's film Last Action Hero (1993), also written by Zak Penn. According to Penn the nod was unintentional and was included by ILM staff as suggestion by co-writer Ernest Cline. Penn himself didn't know about it before the release of the first trailer.

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Goofs

When Aunt Alice gives Wade the ultimatum that if he took her equipment again she would kick him out, she is kneeling next to his feet, even with the counter. When the scene cuts to behind her and she gets up, she is about five feet further away from him, past the counter.

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Quotes

Aech: [Discussing Parzival's upcoming date with Art3mis] Z, you gotta be more careful about who you meet out on the OASIS.
Parzival: Aech, Art3mis gets me. She'll get my outfit, there's just this connection. I mean, sometimes, we even...
Aech: Finish each other's sentences.
Parzival: Yeah!
Aech: We have that, me and you.
Parzival: Yeah, I know. But that's because we're best friends, dude.
[Puts hand up for a high-five]
Aech: She could be a dude too, dude.
Parzival: Nah, come on.
Aech: I'm serious. She could actually be a 300 pound dude who lives in his momma's ...
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Crazy Credits

The studio logos at the beginning of the movie run slightly faster than normal.

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Connections

References He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)

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Soundtracks

Stayin' Alive
Written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
Performed by The Bee Gees (as Bee Gees)
Courtesy of Barry Gibb, The Estate of Robin Gibb and Yvonne Gibb/Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Film's New Horizon, Unification of Online Game, Cinema, and Cartoon's Virtual World

This film actually explored the new frontier of the most popular media's unified world.

Spielberg is truly revolutionary in terms of innovation of story telling. He unified the cartoon, online game, attraction of amusement park and live action film into this cutting edge feature film.

The story is simple enough that When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.

Avatars are unique and everyone can be idealised even though you are not confident of your looks. I was impressed with Spielberg's homage to the true Japanese international star Toshiro Mifune.

Although Daito is played by the ordinary TV talent Win Morisaki who belongs to the notorious talent agency Stardust Promotion Group, the avatar and its name Toshiro are something made me quite familiar with. Only the post WW 2 era could make Mifune such a decent personality.

If these real characters of avatars are more ordinary, it is more appreciated and close to the real world's audiences.

In this film, we can almost see all major genres and entertainment devices. Such as Godzilla, King Kong, The Shining, Gundom, Robocop and Alien etc. I know there are only US-Japan characters in this film due to its main targeted film market is US-Japan. As Hegel said, this is a synthesis of cinematic story telling. Steven Spielberg was and still is the most advanced and authoritative film director.

I cannot imagine Taiwanese governmental and political creation of Ang Lee stuff is something worth than Spielberg's true Hollywood values. Japanese audiences don't even recognise who Ang Lee is even after Taiwanese government and Chinese Nationalist Party helped to purchase the awards from the world. He cannot do any Hollywood blockbuster and its basic quality without Hollywood crew and casts. He should make films under pure local Taiwanese film conditions with pure local crew and casts. That appears his true quality. And Lee did not even improve or solve any serious industrial issues for local film workers.

Anyway we don't enjoy any Ang Lee stuff no matter it is Made in Taiwan or Made in USA until today however Spielberg is our legend. We love his films! Arrogant Ang Lee brother have actual racial bias against Japanese people.

Japanese people love Spielberg's films as true Hollywood films! However Japanese still don't enjoy any Ang Lee stuff as something worth to see.

We actually see this film as cutting edge film work at present.