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Zathura: A Space Adventure

Year:

2005

Duration:

101 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Jon Favreau

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2005-11-11

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $65,000,000

Opening Weekend: $13,427,872 (USA) (13 November 2005)

Gross: $28,045,540 (USA) (11 December 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kristen Stewart

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Jonah Bobo

Danny

Josh Hutcherson

Walter

Dax Shepard

Astronaut

Tim Robbins

Dad

Frank Oz

Robot

John Alexander

Robot

Derek Mears

Lead Zorgon

Douglas Tait

Zorgon

Joe Bucaro III

Zorgon

Jeff Wolfe

Zorgon

Did you know?

Trivia

Kristen Stewart is only two years older than Josh Hutcherson

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While the film was being made, Jonah Bobo (Danny) lost four teeth, so the filmmakers made 'flippers' or fake teeth that he wore, since the movie takes place in only a day.

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Tsouris-3 is the name of the planet whose gravity field Danny and Walter enter. "Tsouris" is a Yiddish word meaning trouble, distress, or problem.

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Goofs

When Walter is watching SportsCenter, he changes positions between the one close-up of his head and then the medium shot of him on the chair.

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When the house passes too close to Tsouris-3 and enters its gravity field, objects in the house and attached to the house begin to fall toward Tsouris-3 and away from the house, but all objects, including the house itself, would be subject to the same gravitational force and would fall toward Tsouris-3 together, as demonstrated by Galileo at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Danny asks his father to play "Smash Brothers". This is an obvious reference to a series of Nintendo games titled "Super Smash Bros." that is only available on the Gamecube and Nintendo 64. Danny is holding Sony Playstation 2 controllers.

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Quotes

Walter: [reads game instructions] "Zathura: Attention space-adventurers, Zathura awaits. Do you have what it takes to navigate the galaxy? It's not for the faint of heart, for once you embark upon your journey there's no turning back until Zathura's reached. Pieces reset at the end of each game. Play again and again for differnt adventures."

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Dad: I have to work.

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Astronaut: [points to Danny] He spun me!

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Faq

What are the differences between the British BBFC PG version and the Uncut Version?

Due to the usage of an aerosol as a blowtorch two scenes of the British version were cut in order to get a PG rating from the BBFC. In both cases shorter alternate material is used. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

Is this a sequel to Jumanji?

Both Jumanji and Zathura are based on novels by Chris Van Allsburg; in the book version of Zathura, the Zathura board game is found inside Jumanji, but an astronaut living inside Zathura claims to have created Jumanji.Zathura director Jon Favreau discouraged the notion that the film is a sequel to the earlier film Jumanji, having not particularly liked that film. Both he and Chris Van Allsburg stated that Zathura is very different from Jumanji. No characters from Jumanji appear in Zathura.However, reviewers disagreed, saying the films were very similar, one dismissing Zathura as "Jumanji in space without Robin Williams."

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