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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

12A 124 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   28 May 2004 (USA)
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A climatologist tries to figure out a way to save the world from abrupt global warming. He must get to his young son in New York, which is being taken over by a new ice age.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Roland Emmerich (story), Roland Emmerich (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations See more awards »

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The Day After Tomorrow -- Home video trailer for this disaster epic The Day After Tomorrow -- Jack Hall leaps across an ice crack to save the researchers' ice cores. The Day After Tomorrow -- Theatrical Preview
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid ...
Jake Gyllenhaal ...
Emmy Rossum ...
Dash Mihok ...
Jay O. Sanders ...
Sela Ward ...
Austin Nichols ...
Arjay Smith ...
Tamlyn Tomita Tamlyn Tomita ...
Sasha Roiz ...
Ian Holm ...
Nassim Sharara Nassim Sharara ...
Carl Alacchi ...
Kenneth Welsh ...
Michel 'Gish' Abou-Samah ...
Saudi Translator (as Michael A. Samah)
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Storyline

As Paleoclimatologist named Jack Hall was in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has been sheared off. But what he did not know is that this event would trigger a massive climate shift that would effect the world population. Meanwhile, his son, Sam was with friends in New York to attend an event. There they discover that it has been raining non-stop for the past 3 weeks, and after a series of weather related disasters that occurred over the world. Everybody soon realizes that the world is going to enter a new ice age, as the rest of the world population tries to evacuate to the warm climates of the south. Jack makes a daring attempt to rescue his son and his friends who are stuck in New York, who have to survive not only a massive wave, but freezing cold temperatures that could possibly kill them. Written by John Wiggins  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

New York | Global Warming | Climate | Disaster | Professor  | See more »

Taglines:

This year, a sweater won't do. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense situations of peril See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese | French | Arabic | Spanish

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

El día después de mañana See more »

Filming Locations:

Canada See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$125,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$85,807,341 (USA) (30 May 2004) (3425 Screens)

Gross:

$542,771,772 (Worldwide) (17 November 2004)
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The flat image of the Earth surface used during the presentation is available to the public and can be downloaded from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: When the people are illegally entering Mexico by cutting away the fence there is a freight train in the background with caboose on the end of it, but in fact U.S. railroads replaced cabooses with "FRED" (flashing rear end device) back in the mid 1980s. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Frank Harris: See how it's done?
Jason Evans: Yeah, I think I got the hang of it.
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Crazy Credits

The Fox logo before the credits has a storm in the background. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: 10,000 B.C. (#2.31)" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
Written by Boy George (as George O'Dowd), Jon Moss, Mikey Craig (as Michael Craig) and Roy Hay
Performed by Culture Club
Courtesy of Virgin Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music See more »