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Elysium

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
482K
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Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
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CyberpunkDystopian Sci-FiSci-Fi EpicActionDramaSci-FiThriller

In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the pola... Read allIn the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

  • Director
    • Neill Blomkamp
  • Writer
    • Neill Blomkamp
  • Stars
    • Matt Damon
    • Jodie Foster
    • Sharlto Copley
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    482K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,320
    106
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Stars
      • Matt Damon
      • Jodie Foster
      • Sharlto Copley
    • 1KUser reviews
    • 517Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 10 nominations total

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    "Would You Like to Talk to a Human?"
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    Photos387

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    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Max
    Jodie Foster
    Jodie Foster
    • Delacourt
    Sharlto Copley
    Sharlto Copley
    • Kruger
    Alice Braga
    Alice Braga
    • Frey
    Diego Luna
    Diego Luna
    • Julio
    Wagner Moura
    Wagner Moura
    • Spider
    William Fichtner
    William Fichtner
    • John Carlyle
    Brandon Auret
    Brandon Auret
    • Drake
    Josh Blacker
    Josh Blacker
    • Crowe
    Emma Tremblay
    Emma Tremblay
    • Matilda
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    • Sandro
    Maxwell Perry Cotton
    Maxwell Perry Cotton
    • Young Max
    Faran Tahir
    Faran Tahir
    • President Patel
    Adrian Holmes
    Adrian Holmes
    • Manuel
    Jared Keeso
    Jared Keeso
    • Rico
    Carly Pope
    Carly Pope
    • CCB Agent
    Ona Grauer
    Ona Grauer
    • CCB Agent
    Michael Shanks
    Michael Shanks
    • CCB Agent
    • Director
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • Writer
      • Neill Blomkamp
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Sharlto Copley presented an American, an Eastern European, and a British "version" of Kruger to Neill Blomkamp before they agreed that Kruger would be from their home country, South Africa, and speak with the accent of "a very specific area in Johannesburg". Accordingly, Kruger's men are played by fellow South Africans Brandon Auret (who also appeared in Blomkamp's movie District 9 (2009) with Copley) and Josh Blacker. They all incorporate numerous Afrikaans slang words into their dialogue, e.g. "Boet," an informal derivative of "brother," "Boykie," meaning "little boy," and "lekker," a slang for approval.
    • Goofs
      The original "Stanford Torus" design of a wheel-shaped space colony had an offset mirror angled to reflect sunlight onto mirrors set around the central hub and then outward to the ring. Elysium has no such arrangement and sunlight simply shines directly to the interior of the ring. This is completely impractical, as Elysium rotates (about every 6 minutes). This means that location around the habitat would have an ongoing series of periods of "day" and "night", each lasting only 3 minutes, which would be extremely disconcerting for the inhabitants. In addition, Elysium appears to have its rotational axis pointing towards the Earth, and as it orbits the Earth that would mean that (a) it rotates with respect to the Sun, and so the amount of sunlight and its angle will be continuously varying, and (b) during each orbit it will spend time in the Earth's shadow and not receive any sunlight at all.
    • Quotes

      Android Police Officer: [Referring to Max's backpack] What's in the bag?

      Max: [Max's head is shaved bald] Hair products, mostly.

    • Crazy credits
      In the soundtrack part of the end titles it says:

      "Piano Concerto No. 8 in C minor 'Pathetique' - Adagio Cantabile Written by Ludwig van Beethoven"

      L. v. Beethoven wrote only five piano concertos (his eighth piano sonata is titled "Pathetique" however).
    • Connections
      Featured in ReelzChannel Specials: Richard Roeper's Red Hot Summer (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Ghosst
      Written by Lorn (as Marcos Ortega)

      Performed by Lorn

      Courtesy of Ninja Tune Ltd.

    User reviews1K

    Featured review
    7/10

    Very nice dystopia, above average

    Good surprise that this Elysium, after the promising District 9. Neill Blomkamp confirms his know-how in the framework of a US blockbuster. Here is still at work an interesting subject, with contemporary resonances. The film is also beautiful, whether it is the shots of the earth with this devastated mega-city where poverty and assembly line work reigns, or the shots of Elysium, the space station for the rich who live in a sanitized world, filled with greenery, where there is no more disease, and who exploit the poor earthlings for their profit.

    The subject is not original and has been treated many times, but here the production benefits from the latest digital techniques: on this level the film is a success. And the direction of the actors is also very good: Matt Damon is very good. Sharlto Copley is still impressive in a crazy role.

    Good surprise then that this dystopia is far above the average of the basic science-fiction super production (I include superhero movies as science-fiction).
    • norbert-plan-618-715813
    • May 27, 2022
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 2013 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Facebook (Brazil)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • French
      • Afrikaans
    • Also known as
      • Kỷ Nguyên Elysium
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • TriStar Pictures
      • Media Rights Capital (MRC)
      • QED International
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $115,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $93,050,117
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,807,393
      • Aug 11, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $286,140,700
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Auro 11.1
      • Sonics-DDP
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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