Cloud Atlas

Year:

2012

Duration:

172 min

Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Tom Tykwer

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 59 nominations

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Filming Locations: Port de Sóller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Earnings

Budget: $102,000,000

Opening Weekend: $9,612,247 (USA) (28 October 2012)

Gross: $27,108,272 (USA) (7 July 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Doona Bae

Cloud Atlas

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Tom Hanks

Dr. Henry Goose

Halle Berry

Native Woman

Jim Broadbent

Captain Molyneux

Hugo Weaving

Haskell Moore

Jim Sturgess

Adam Ewing

Ben Whishaw

Cabin Boy /

Keith David

Kupaka /

James D'Arcy

Young Rufus Sixsmith

Xun Zhou

Talbot /

David Gyasi

Autua

Susan Sarandon

Madame Horrox /

Hugh Grant

Rev. Giles Horrox

Robert Fyfe

Old Salty Dog

Martin Wuttke

Mr. Boerhaave

Robin Morrissey

Young Cavendish

Brody Nicholas Lee

Javier Gomez

Ian van Temperley

Enforcer

Amanda Walker

Veronica

Ralph Riach

Ernie

Andrew Havill

Mr. Hotchkiss

Tanja de Wendt

Mrs. Hotchkiss

Raevan Lee Hanan

Little Girl with Orison at Papa Song's /

Götz Otto

Groundsman Withers

Niall Greig Fulton

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 2 / Mozza Hoggins

Louis Dempsey

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 3 /

Martin Docherty

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 4 / Eddie Hoggins

Alistair Petrie

Haskell Moore's Dinner Guest 1 / Musician / Felix Finch / Lascivious Businessman

Zhu Zhu

Megan Sixsmith /

Jojo Schöning

Papa Song Punk

Laura Vietzen

Young Ursula

Thomas Kügel

Ursula's Father

Marie Rönnebeck

Ursula's Daughter

Ruby Kastner

Young Girl

Emma Werz

Ursula's Granddaughter

Mya-Lecia Naylor

Miro (as Mya-Leica Naylor)

Korbyn Hawk Hanan

Adam Grandson (as Korbyn Hanan)

Katy Karrenbauer

Axwoman (Woman in Pub Fight)

Dulcie Smart

Ursula's Mother / Herbalist

Anna Holmes

Scientist / Executive

Shaun Lawton

Secretary

Moritz Berg

Porter

Gigi Lee

Zachry Relative

Genevien Lee

Zachry Relative

Cody Benjamin Lee

Zachry Relative (as Cody Lee)

Heike Hanold-Lynch

Nurse Judd Look-a-Like

Victor Solé

Mr. Roderick (as Victor Esteban Sole)

Kristoffer Fuss

Lead Enforcer

Marco Albrecht

Scan Enforcer

Gary McCormack

Crane Operator

David Mitchell

Union Spy

Ulli Neumann

(line producer: X Filme)

Wilson Qiu

(executive producer)

Willie Bennie

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Hannah Cooper-Dean

News Reporter (uncredited)

Jon Donahue

Moore's Accountant / Finch's Friend (uncredited)

Heiko Lehmann

Enforcer (uncredited)

Valérie Lillibeth

Muse of the Lemon Prize Winner (uncredited)

Barry Arthur McKay

Student (uncredited)

Joseph Anthony McKenna

Maudsley (uncredited)

Jeremy Paxman

Himself - Newscaster (uncredited)

Daniele Rizzo

Co-Worker in San Francisco (uncredited)

Lyly Schoettle

Heroclone 02 (uncredited)

Liz Strange

Newscaster (uncredited)

Alexander Yassin

Board Member / Indian Party Guest / Papa Song Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The cover of the book "The Revelation of Sonmi 451" is made from interwoven Fabricant collars. Its pages with their clothes and words stitched from strands of their own hair.

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The six characters who have a comet-shaped birthmark (and who are the main character) in each history are these: Adam Ewing (Jim Sturgess), Robert Frobisher (Ben Whishaw), Luisa Rey (Halle Berry), Timothy Cavendish (Jim Broadbent), Sonmi 451 (Doona Bae), and Zachry (Tom Hanks).

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Ian McKellen and James McAvoy were offered roles.

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Goofs

When Luisa Rey is driven off the bridge, you cannot see any reflection in the inside mirror in the car.

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The 1973 Sixsmith says his niece is enrolled in Caius College Cambridge, but Caius did not admit women as fellows or students until 1979.

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In the Timothy Cavendish "happy ending," he is writing the screenplay for the movie based on his adventures. The typewriter text shows a phrase containing the word "labored". Being English, he would most likely spell it "laboured".

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Quotes

Robert Frobisher: I believe we do not stay dead long. Find me beneath the Corsican stars where we first kissed. Yours eternally, R.F.

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Sonmi-451: To be is to be perceived. And so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds that go on apportioning themselves throughout all time.

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Miro: Do you still love Grammy?

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Faq

Q

What is the music played in the extended trailer?

A

There are three pieces:1. "Prelude: The Atlas March" by Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek (from the film's soundtrack)2. "Sonera" by Thomas Bergersen3. "Outro" by M83

Q

Who directed which segments?

A

In chronological order:"The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing" - Wachowskis"Letters from Zedelghem" - Tykwer"Half Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery" - Tykwer"The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish" - Tykwer"An Orison of Sonmi-451" - Wachowskis"Sloosha's Crossin' an' Ev'rythin' After" - Wachowskis

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Cloud Atlas can be found here.

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