Director/co-writer Mike Cahill teams with producer/co-writer Brit Marling to challenge our concepts of reality and redemption with this romantic sci-fi drama about a radiant astrophysics student who endeavors to travel to Earth 2, a newly-discovered mirror of our own home planet. Rhonda Williams (Marling) was driving in her car and listening to the radio when the DJ announced the discovery of Earth 2, which had just appeared from the other side of the sun. Gazing out her window at the newly discovered planet, Rhonda neglectfully careens into a minivan carrying a small family. Everyone but the father is killed instantly, and Rhonda is sentenced to four years in prison. Upon emerging, the repentant reckless driver finds herself drawn to the lone survivor. Meanwhile, Rhonda learns of an essay contest to win a seat on a civilian space shuttle to Earth 2. Perhaps, on that strangely familiar planet, an alternate version of herself exists -- one that has made different choices, and followed a different life path. The only way she will ever find out is to win the contest, and secure her seat on a ride into the great unknown.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Brit Marling, Hunter Gray, Mike Cahill, Nicholas Shumaker
EAN
5039036050784
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108894292
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Another Earth
Actor
Brit Marling, William Mapother, Meggan Lennon, Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Director
Mike Cahill
Format
Blu-ray
Language
English
Release Year
2012
Genre
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Run Time
92 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Director of Photography
Mike Cahill
Reviews
Empire - A small, personal indie with a huge cinematic and intellectual appetite. It may be too lo-fi for some tastes but it sparks the brain and moves the heart. It also introduces Marling as a bright new star - singular., Time - The looming presence of that planet and its possibilities turns Another Earth into a metaphysical treat, with influences that range from Krzysztof Kieslowski's ''The Double Life of Veronique and Blue'' to Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris.'' It's the most soulful art movie of the summer., The Hollywood Reporter - The best science fiction tells stories about people in extraordinary environments or situations that serve to open up the vast, still largely unexplored terrain of the human heart. Mike Cahill's Another Earth is science fiction at its best.
Consumer Advice
Contains moderate sex and one scene of bloody accident injury