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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations
Angela Moore
- Dead Crew Member
- (as Angela Makin)
Peter Chiang
- Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
- (uncredited)
Ken Twohy
- Spaceship Traveler in Cryo
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsThe 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.
- Crazy creditsThe 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 versionsUniversal released an unrated Director's Cut, three minutes longer than the theatrical release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'Pitch Black' (2000)
Featured review
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!!!!
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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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- 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
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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