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Battlefield Earth

Year:
Duration:
118 min | USA:119 min (video version) | South Korea:95 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
2.4
Director:
Roger Christian
Awards:
10 wins & 2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2000-05-12
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $44,000,000
Opening Weekend: $11,548,898 (USA) (14 May 2000)
Gross: $21,471,685 (USA) (16 July 2000)
Cast
Actor
Character
John Travolta
Terl
Barry Pepper
Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Forest Whitaker
Ker
Kim Coates
Carlo
Sabine Karsenti
Chrissy
Michael Byrne
Parson Staffer
Christian Tessier
Mickey
Sylvain Landry
Sammy
Richard Tyson
Robert the Fox
Christopher Freeman
Processing Clerk
John Topor
Processing Clerk / One-Eyed Guard / Teleportation Supervisor
Shaun Austin-Olsen
Planetship
Tim Post
Assistant Planetship / Psychlo Guard
Earl Pastko
Bartender
Michel Perron
Rock
Michael MacRae
District Manager Zete
Todd McDougall
Psychlo Wrangler
Derrick Damon Reeve
Psychlo Hoser
Jason Cavalier
Floyd
Sean Hewitt
Heywood
Andrew Albert
Labour Supervisor
Alan Legros
Heavy Set Guard
Andy Bradshaw
Mason
Jim Meskimen
Blythe
Robert Higden
Supply Clerk
Rejean Denoncourt
Communication Officer
Tait Ruppert
Rodman
Mulumba Tshikuka
Human Pilot
Kelly Preston
Chirk
Marie-Josée Croze
Mara
Nadine Corde
Psychlo Babe
Russell Yuen
Speaking Bandit
Andrew Campbell
Leering Grin Bandit
Noel Burton
Clinko
Craig Gauthier
Alien (uncredited)
Jared Labelle
Man in Prison (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Barry Pepper said that had he known he was going to win Worst Supporting Actor at the Razzies, he would have shown up to accept his award in person.
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The original plans called for a sequel to be produced, which would be based on second half of the novel by L. Ron Hubbard. These plans were scrapped due to the poor critical and public reaction to this film.
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The film's cinematographer has gone on record as saying that the overuse of colour filters and Dutch Angles wasn't his idea, and that he was given the smallest lighting budget he had ever worked with.
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Goofs
The nuclear device is around 1000 years old; at this age key elements of the device would decay and need to be replaced, including the radioactive metal initiator, which would require a working nuclear power plant to replace. This is a serious plot hole considering the Psychlos' aversion to radiation.
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Jonnie Goodboy Tyler's hair constantly changes length throughout the film.
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After spending time in the Knowledge Machine, Jonnie learns the Psychlo language and many other things, specifically including mathematics. Somehow this also teaches him terms such as "Euclidean geometry" and enables him to translate that into the English of an uneducated, primitive human culture as well as to read English texts, despite the fact that the Psychlos appear to have no knowledge of English.
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Quotes
Chirk: I am going to make you as happy as a baby Psychlo on a straight diet of kerbango.
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Terl: Crap-lousy ceiling! I thought I told to get some man-animals in here and fix it.
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Zete: Home office is well aware of your academic achievements and obvious talents. That's why we decided not to keep you here for another 5 cycles
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Faq
Q
Are there any follow-ups or sequels to the film?
A
Originally, there were plans to make a sequel to Battlefield Earth, since the movie covers roughly half of the novel of the same title. Shortly after Battlefield Earth was released in 2000, Travolta indicated he would move forward with a sequel. However, a year later he stated that a sequel was not in the works. Because of the poor reception that Battlefield Earth received, coupled with the collapse of Franchise Pictures, plans for a sequel failed to gain any serious traction and were abandoned.
Q
Was this movie just propaganda for Scientology?
A
No. While the author of the novel Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard, is also the founder of the Church of Scientology, little or no Scientologist views are presented in the book. John Travolta was intent on making this film as both a follower of L.Ron Hubbard and as a fan of the source material. However, the film focuses on the science fiction aspects of the original novel, and does not intentionally promote any religious agenda. Slight similarities between themes of the novel and film and teachings of Scientology do exist, but the connection is more incidental than anything else.
Q
What are the differences between the British BBFC 12 Version and the Uncut Version?
A
The British Version misses a headbutt. Approx 2 seconds are cut. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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