Europa Report (2013)

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

Director:

Sebastián Cordero

Writer:

Philip Gelatt

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Daniel Wu	...	William Xu
Sharlto Copley	...	James Corrigan
Christian Camargo	...	Daniel Luxembourg
Karolina Wydra	...	Katya Petrovna
Michael Nyqvist	...	Andrei Blok
Anamaria Marinca	...	Rosa Dasque
Embeth Davidtz	...	Dr. Unger
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Dr. Tarik Pamuk
Dan Fogler	...	Dr. Sokolov

Storyline

Europa, Jupiter's moon is known to have potential to support life. Hence a manned mission is sent to Europa to search for data proving existence of life there. "Europa report" shows the difficult choices and sacrifices the crew has to make to fulfill their objective of sending valuable data to Earth for research.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | spacewalk | trapped in space | alien | spaceship pilot | 

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Taglines:

Fear. Sacrifice. Contact.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and peril

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Chinese

Release Date:

27 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Europa

Filming Locations:

Cine Magic Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,243, 4 August 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$125,687, 10 October 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wayfare Entertainment, Misher Films, Start Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min (Extended Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hydrazine has been used for decades in spacecraft as thruster propellant and as fuel for auxiliary power units. It is corrosive and extremely toxic.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie the computer screen is titled "Katye spacewalk", but the screen is displaying Adobe Flash source code for colorpicker controls (import fl.events.colorpickerevent) in the three other windows where you'd expect the spaceship logfiles.

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Quotes

James Corrigan: [first lines]
James Corrigan: Hey, everybody. Space is great, um... I miss you guys. We're a long way away now. I can't even see, uh, I can't even see Earth anymore.

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Connections

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

On The Beautiful Blue Danube
Composed by Johann Strauss (as Johann II Strauss)
Courtesy of DeWolfe Music

User Reviews

Very underrated movie. I liked this better than Gravity!

This movie is truly underrated. Same happened with a series called Crash. After noticing the sub-par ratings, I knew I had to write my review. :)

I am 31, educated and I've been watching movies and series actively for as long as I can remember. I consider myself part of the "intelligent" audience whom can occasionally enjoy a block buster action flick. Still to me the most enjoyable movies tend to be the well directed and written drama, like Into the Wild, The Wrestler, Munich, American Gangster and so on.

I was truly impressed how the production team managed to craft something this mesmerizing with the minimal budget they apparently had. Characters felt real and there wasn't any awkward, overacted drama.

The movie is very well paced and it kept me hooked since start to the end. The drama arc was superbly implemented as the suspension thickened as the movie progressed. The sense of loneliness and sadness struct through.

I didn't find any plot holes/annoyances, if you skip the obvious that the crew manages to communicate with Earth without any delay.

Europa Report isn't a block buster action sci-fi for the drooling masses, but instead it is a sort of a minimalistic movie which delivers a surprisingly strong emotional punch.

Recommended! Check it out!