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Pitch Black

  • 2000
  • R
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
247K
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Pitch Black (2000)
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A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.

  • Director
    • David Twohy
  • Writers
    • Jim Wheat
    • Ken Wheat
    • David Twohy
  • Stars
    • Radha Mitchell
    • Cole Hauser
    • Vin Diesel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    247K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,601
    351
    • Director
      • David Twohy
    • Writers
      • Jim Wheat
      • Ken Wheat
      • David Twohy
    • Stars
      • Radha Mitchell
      • Cole Hauser
      • Vin Diesel
    • 876User reviews
    • 152Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 9 nominations

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    Photos286

    Vin Diesel in Pitch Black (2000)
    Cole Hauser in Pitch Black (2000)
    Vin Diesel, Keith David, Rhiana Griffith, and Radha Mitchell in Pitch Black (2000)
    David Twohy in Pitch Black (2000)
    Vin Diesel stars as Riddick
    Radha Mitchell stars as Fry
    One of the monsters as seen by Riddick
    Vin Diesel stars as Riddick
    Vin Diesel stars as Riddick
    Cole Hauser stars as Johns
    Vin Diesel stars as Riddick
    Radha Mitchell stars as Fry

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    Radha Mitchell
    Radha Mitchell
    • Carolyn Fry
    Cole Hauser
    Cole Hauser
    • William J. Johns
    Vin Diesel
    Vin Diesel
    • Richard B. Riddick
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Abu 'Imam' al-Walid
    Lewis Fitz-Gerald
    Lewis Fitz-Gerald
    • Paris P. Ogilvie
    Claudia Black
    Claudia Black
    • Sharon 'Shazza' Montgomery
    Rhiana Griffith
    Rhiana Griffith
    • Jack
    John Moore
    • John 'Zeke' Ezekiel
    Simon Burke
    • Greg Owens
    Les Chantery
    Les Chantery
    • Suleiman
    Sam Sari
    • Hassan
    Firass Dirani
    • Ali
    Ric Anderson
    • Total Stranger
    Vic Wilson
    • Captain Tom Mitchell
    Angela Moore
    • Dead Crew Member
    • (as Angela Makin)
    Peter Chiang
    • Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Twohy
    • Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Twohy
    • Writers
      • Jim Wheat
      • Ken Wheat
      • David Twohy
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The hot desert where they filmed was actually about ten degrees Celsius (fifty degrees Fahrenheit). They were misting water on the actors to make it appear as if they were sweating.
    • Goofs
      The planet's only night occurs during a rare planetary alignment. As the ringed planet dawns on the horizon, it progresses visibly, moving so fast that the eclipse is already happening after just 2 minutes. Any planet appearing that large would be catastrophically close, but that detail isn't as important as the fact the rate at which it is rising would mean the entire event would be finished in just 5 minutes. And that's assuming the entire body of the planet transits the primary stars. It doesn't, though. Clearly only the edge of the ringed world blots out the stars. That would mean the crew would only need to survive the next minute before they were safe again. Yet the rest of the film takes place in darkness till the very end.
    • Quotes

      Johns: How's it look?

      Riddick: Looks clear.

      [Johns steps forward, and a creature flies out towards them. They duck and it flies into the night]

      Johns: You said it was clear!

      Riddick: I said it *looked* clear.

      Johns: Well, how does it look now?

      Riddick: Looks clear.

    • Crazy credits
      The persons and events in this production are fictitious. No similarity to actual persons or predators, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred.
    • Alternate versions
      Universal released an unrated Director's Cut, three minutes longer than the theatrical release.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of 'Pitch Black' (2000)

    User reviews876

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    Great
    The 2000's great times for movies, the CGI is opening the possibility for new ideas, combine that with some great actors and you get Pitch Black a Great movie for the time.

    The Director did a great job I could not find any mistakes so he gets a 10⭐ The actors did a nice job, maybe some improvements here and there but nothing major they get a 8⭐ The story is unique and fresh for the time with allot of focus on the surviving element and the unknown situation, maroon on a random planet with a convict on the lose is a fresh idea for the time and it gets a 9⭐ The effects are in the early stages, the CGI was just starting to make waves so from a modern standard it gets a 4⭐

    This is a Sunday night movie with friends and family with some heavy popcorn and juice!!!

    ENJOY!!!!
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    • Jul 4, 2022

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 18, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Filmymen
      • Showbizz.net (Canada)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black
    • Filming locations
      • Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Polygram Filmed Entertainment
      • Interscope Communications
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $23,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,240,659
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,577,688
      • Feb 20, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $53,187,659
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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