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The Core (2003)

12A 135 min  -  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi  -   28 March 2003 (USA)
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The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.

Director:

Jon Amiel
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The Core -- The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again. The Core -- The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Eckhart ...
Christopher Shyer ...
Dave Perry
Ray Galletti ...
Paul
Hilary Swank ...
Delroy Lindo ...
Eileen Pedde Eileen Pedde ...
Lynne
Rekha Sharma ...
Danni (as Rékha Sharma)
Stanley Tucci ...
DJ Qualls ...
Tom Scholte Tom Scholte ...
Acker
Richard Jenkins ...
Glenn Morshower ...
FBI Agent
Bruce Greenwood ...
Anthony Harrison ...
FBI Agent
Tchéky Karyo ...
Serge (as Tcheky Karyo)
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Storyline

The Earth's core has stopped spinning. Disasters are appearing all over the world: Birds acting crazy, powerful thunderstorms, 32 people die within seconds of each other when their pacemakers quit working. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of five (total members: 6) go down to the center of the Earth to set off a nuclear device to make the Earth's core start spinning again or Mankind will perish. Written by Inhotenjoys  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Earth | Core | Scientist | Disaster | Pacemaker  | See more »

Taglines:

The only way out is in See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi life/death situations and brief strong language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Core See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,053,131 (USA) (30 March 2003) (3017 Screens)

Gross:

$74,208,267 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

At almost exactly 9 minutes into the film, near the end of the "birds" scene, a trout is seen smashing into a window instead of a pigeon. This was a joke left in by the team that did the CG pigeons. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: When Rat is trying to "hack" his way into the DoE's "Intranet Database", on his first try to access a file he gets an error "404 - Access Denied". Actually, web server error message 404 corresponds to "File Not Found", while 403 is "Forbidden / Access Denied". Since Rat is working from a seemingly secured computer - he seems to have no trouble at all accessing the DoE's "Intranet" as clearly stated on the screen - probably the correct error message should have been "401 - Unauthorized". See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Dave Perry: [referring to his watch] It stopped.
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Crazy Credits

At the beginning when the Paramount pictures logo is shown there is a
transition between the Paramount pictures logo and the film - the camera
zooms in on the mountain then starts to move down through the mountain to
the core of the earth. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Yes Man (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Sunblind"
by BT (as Brian Transeau) & Jan Johnston
Performed by BT (as B.T.)
Vocals by Jan Johnston
Courtesy of Embrace the Future, Inc. See more »