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Storyline
In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.
Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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From the visionary director of The Fifth Element and Lucy
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Motion Picture Rating
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Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action, suggestive material and brief language
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Release Date:
21 July 2017 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Box Office
Budget:
$177,200,000
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Opening Weekend USA:
$17,007,624,
23 July 2017
Gross USA:
$41,189,488
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$225,874,228
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Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Goofs
Planets are identified as being in a 'Constellation' followed by a three digit code. Constellations are patches of sky as viewed from Earth. They contain unrelated stars and galaxies.
Having 'sectors' as in Star Trek would make much more sense.
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President of the World State Federation:
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The Alpha intergalactic space station has reached critical mass in orbit. Its weight and size now poses a serious threat to mother Earth. In its great wisdom, the Central Committee has decided to use all resources necessary to release the space station from Earth's gravity. Its new course is set with the Magellan Current. Like the great explorer Magellan, the Alpha station will journey into the unknown. The symbol of our values and knowledge, it will carry a ...
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Crazy Credits
The subtitle of this film, (City of a Thousand Planets,) is an amalgam of the titles of the first two Valerian comics, "City of Shifting Waters," and "Empire of a Thousand Planets."
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Soundtracks
Rappcats (Instrumental)
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Madlib (as Otis Jackson, Jr.) - G. Sims - F. Robertson - J. Cash)
Performed by
Madlib (as Quasimoto)
Madlib Invazion Music (BMI) / Simeon Music (BMI)
With courtesy of Gerald Sims
With courtesy of Stones Throw Records
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Most reviews have referred to the lead actress in physical terms...she is hot, but a horrible actress, in fact the acting was about B movie level overall...with the exception of Clive Owen.