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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Chuck Pfarrer (story)
Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 November 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
Not A Sound. Not A Warning. Not A Chance. Not Alone. more
Plot:
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
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Red Planet is a great rainy, Saturday afternoon film more (323 total)
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Also Known As:
Mars (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, brief nudity and language.
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Runtime:
106 min
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Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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Australia:M | Malaysia:U | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Boral Quarry, Prospect, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia more
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Working title: "Mars" (changed to avoid confusion with Mission to Mars (2000)). more
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Factual errors: The creatures on Mars are referred to as "nematodes". Nematodes are unsegmented worms, and are nothing like the creatures in the film. If anything, the creatures resemble arthropods - jointed exoskeleton, paired legs and arms. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Commander Kate Bowman:
[narration] By the year 2000 we had begun to over populate, pollute, and poison our planet faster than we could clean it up. We ignored the problem for as long as we could. But we were kidding ourselves. By 2025, we knew we were in trouble. And began to desperately search for a new home - Mars.
Commander Kate Bowman:
For the last 20 years we've been sending unmanned probes with algae, bio-engineered to grow there and produce oxygen. We're going to build ourselves an atmosphere we can breathe. And for 20 years it seemed to worked. It looked like we pulled it off. We'd done it. Then all of a sudden, oxygen levels started to drop. We don't know why.
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Referenced in Able Edwards (2004) more
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The Fifth Heaven more
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Whoa there kids! Red Planet is just a movie and in my opinion a pretty good sci-fi picture. Yes, it is not 2001: A Space Odyssey or Mission to Mars (which I think was ridiculous). It is not meant to be. Maybe the characters are not fully developed but name a science fiction movie where the characters are completely developed. The movie is called "Red Planet" not "Who are the People Who are Going to Mars to Save Earth?" and we join the action "in media res" which means in the middle of things so character development is not stressed in the beginning. Good grief. People throw around scientific, cinematic, and character development flaws with the movie instead of trying to enjoy the suspense of this movie.
You are stuck on the planet Mars. No food or water. Someone on the crew is already dead and another is a little sketchy. You have a limited time to get off the planet, your friendly neighborhood military robot has decided to play "Seek and Destroy", and something mysterious is happening on the surface of Mars involving tiny, bio-luminescent aphids.
So imagine all of that and you will get an idea of what the writers and director wanted to recreate for the audience. I liked this movie. I recognize there are flaws in the movie and possibly the acting but honestly I thought it was a great premise. Reminded me of the Greek myth of Jason and Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
I would give the movie 4 stars out of a possible 5. Before you write and tell me how inaccurate or misguided a movie-goer I am realize I have read the classic sci-fi adventures from the likes of Heinlein, Clarke, and Bradbury. They would recognize the film for what it was: a piece of escape fiction that had its moments of comedy, intelligence, and suspense.