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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Year:

2004

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Kerry Conran

Awards:

6 wins & 14 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-09-17

Filming Locations: Chandler Valley Center Studios - 13927 Saticoy Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $15,580,278 (USA) (19 September 2004)

Gross: $37,760,080 (USA) (19 December 2004)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bai Ling

Giovanni Ribisi

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Angelina Jolie

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Polly Perkins

Jude Law

Sky Captain

Michael Gambon

Editor Paley

Omid Djalili

Kaji

Laurence Olivier

Dr. Totenkopf

Trevor Baxter

Dr. Jennings

Julian Curry

Dr. Vargas

Peter Law

Dr. Kessler

Jon Rumney

German Scientist

Khan Bonfils

Creepy

Samta Gyatso

Scary

Louis Hilyer

Executive Officer

Mark Wells

Communications Engineer

James Cash

Uniformed Officer

Tenzin Bhagen

Kalacakra Priest

Thupten Tsondru

Dying Old Man

Matthew Grant

Crewman #1

Steve Morphew

Crewman #2

Nancy Crane

Receptionist

Stuart Milligan

Police Sergeant

Paul Canter

Police Officer

Demetri Goritsas

Radio Operator

William Hope

American Broadcaster

Jonathan Keeble

British Broadcaster

Stephane Cornicard

French Broadcaster (as Stephan Cornicard)

Stephen Ballantyne

German Broadcaster

Victor Sobchak

Russian Broadcaster

Mido Hamada

Soldier (as Mido Himadi)

Gerard Monaco

Technician

Chris Robson

Hindenburg Porter

Matthew Coulter

Hindenburg Boy

Merritt Yohnka

Construction Worker

Karl Champley

Pilot (uncredited)

David Decio

Pilot (uncredited)

Matthew Feitshans

Officer (uncredited)

Charlotte Kyle

Hindenberg Passenger (uncredited)

Sky Soleil

Officer (uncredited)

Chuen Tsou

Buddhist Monk (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Sky Captain and Polly first arrive at the uncharted island, and Sky Captain floats the plane, exits, and stands on the wing assessing their situation, you can clearly see the number on the side of the plane as "h11od". When viewed upside down spells the name "Polly". Since in that era the call marking on a plane became a personalization of the pilot, this alludes to who really was meaningful to Joseph Sullivan: Polly Perkins.

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There actually were a few sets built. The only full set constructed was Polly's office, used during the scene where she is confronted by Editor Paley before leaving to meet Dr. Jennings. Dr. Jennings' lab contained many real tables and props, with bluescreen backgrounds, and his office was almost entirely real with the exception of the exterior seen through the window which the Mysterious Woman uses to escape.

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The film originally started out as a six-minute reel put together by Kerry Conran of CGI robots trampling through New York City, The World of Tomorrow (2005). Producer Jon Avnet came across the reel and was deeply impressed, so he approached Conran with the idea of turning it into a full-length production.

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Goofs

When Polly Perkins first exits the theater after meeting with the scientist, there are duplicates of the people in the crowd around her.

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The German rocket's display showing its height contains three spelling mistakes: "VERSTARKER" (booster, amplifier) should be written with A-umlaut and the plural of kilometer is simply kilometer, without s at the end, and since nouns are capitalized in German it should actually read "Kilometer".

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When Sky Captain and Polly are running across the log bridge, he fires a 1911-style semiautomatic pistol at one of the birds. When he falls and drops the gun, it's the revolver he used against the robots earlier in the film.

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Quotes

Polly Perkins: You mean you knew this the whole time and you let me think we were going to crash? I thought we were gonna die! You should have said something!

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Polly Perkins: Doctor, you said you knew who was next.

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Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan: [Polly laughs] What?

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Faq

Why is Joe Sullivan called "Sky Captain?"

"Sky Captain" is Joe's call-sign, or pilot nickname. The story behind it remains unknown.

What was in the vials?

The two vials contained the material for Totenkopf's genetically engineered humans, his Adam and Eve.

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