Annihilation

20182018
RR
1h 55min

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X - a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscape and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

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Adventure Drama Horror

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Director
- Alex Garland
Writers
- Alex Garland(written for the screen by)
- Jeff VanderMeer(based on the novel by)
Stars

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Awards
- 16 wins & 62 nominations

Alex Garland and Jeff VanderMeer in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman and Alex Garland in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman and Gina Rodriguez in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman and Alex Garland in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman in Annihilation (2018)

Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Director
- Alex Garland
Writers
- Alex Garland(written for the screen by)
- Jeff VanderMeer(based on the novel by)
All cast & crew
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A biologist's husband disappears. She puts her name forward for an expedition into an environmental disaster zone, but does not find what she's expecting. The expedition team is made up of the biologist, an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist.

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Taglines
- Fear What's Inside
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence, bloody images, language and some sexuality
Parents guide

Trivia
Due to a poorly received test screening, David Ellison, a financier at Paramount, became concerned that the film was "too intellectual" and "too complicated," and demanded changes to make it appeal to a wider audience, including making Natalie Portman's character more sympathetic and changing the ending. Producer Scott Rudin sided with Garland in his desire to not alter the film, defending the film and refusing to take notes. Rudin had final cut.

Goofs
Sentries would never light the inside of a watchtower, which would illuminate themselves and make it impossible for them to see anything outside.

Quotes
Lena: Why did my husband volunteer for a suicide mission?
Dr Ventress: Is that what you think we're doing? Committing suicide?
Lena: You must have profiled him. You must have assessed him. He must have said something.
Dr Ventress: So you're asking me as a psychologist?
Lena: Yeah.
Dr Ventress: Then, as a psychologist, I think you're confusing suicide with self-destruction. Almost none of us commit suicide, and almost all of us self-destruct. In some way, in some part of our lives. We drink, or we smoke, we destabilize the good job... and a happy marriage. But these aren't decisions, they're... they're impulses. In fact, you're probably better equipped to explain this than I am.
Lena: What does that mean?
Dr Ventress: You're a biologist. Isn't the self-destruction coded into us? Programmed into each cell?

Connections
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Soundtracks
Helplessly Hoping
Performed by Crosby Stills & Nash (as Crosby Stills and Nash)
Written by Stephen Stills
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK
Published by Gold Hill Music Inc (BMI)

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Release date
- February 23, 2018 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United Kingdom
- United States
Official site
- Official Facebook
Language
- English
Also known as
- Vùng Hủy Diệt
Filming locations
- Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
Production companies
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Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $32,732,301
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,071,584
- Feb 25, 2018
Gross worldwide
- $43,070,915

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Runtime
- 1h 55min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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