The wandering earth
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The wandering earth |
| Original title | Liúlàng Dìqiú ( 流浪 地球 ) |
| Country of production | China |
| original language |
Chinese , English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 125 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frant Gwo |
| production | Gong Ge'er |
| occupation | |
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The Wandering Earth (Original title: Liúlàng Dìqiú ) is a Chinese science fiction film from 2019. Directed by Frant Gwo . It is a film adaptation of the short story The Wandering Earth (2000) by Liu Cixin . The film opened in Chinese cinemas on February 5, 2019. Netflix secured the worldwide streaming rights to the film and has made it available for download since April 30, 2019.
action
The sun is threatening to go out and is about to become a red giant . When that happens, it spreads beyond Mars . So people plan to pull the earth out of orbit with the help of huge rocket engines, up to the star Proxima Centauri .
The plot begins with the life of a boy who was born when humans stopped the Earth's rotation and follows his life as he prepares to leave the solar system in order to find a new home star in the vastness of space as quickly as possible. For this purpose, large cities are being built below the earth's surface .
production
The film was produced by the China Film Group Corporation , which also wrote Warcraft: The Beginning (2016) and The Great Wall (2016).
reception
Before the Chinese New Year premiere on February 5, 2019, the film was screened in front of scientists and engineers in Beijing . The Astronaut Chen Dong said he was thrilled. At the screening, director Frant Gwo said that if the film hits the box office, there will be a successor. The wandering earth is described as the largest science fiction film production in China to date .
The film was very successful in the cinemas. In the first nine days, China grossed 2.64 billion yuan (around 346.3 million euros), making Wandering Earth one of the most successful films in China.
Web links
- The wandering earth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The wandering earth in the Movie Database
- The Wandering Earth on Netflix
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Liptak: The Wandering Earth could be China's breakout sci-fi blockbuster film. An adaptation of Cixin Liu's The Wandering Earth could be China's first breakout science fiction film. In: The Verge . October 31, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ "The Wandering Earth" - Trailer for the sci-fi blockbuster from China. In: moviebreak.de. November 1, 2018, accessed November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ 流浪 地球 (2019). In: douban.com. Retrieved November 5, 2018 (Chinese).
- ^ The Wandering Earth lands on Netflix. In: Netflix. February 21, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Maik Rudolph: SciFi epic: The earth on the move. In: China Radio International . January 31, 2019, accessed February 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Xiang Bo: China's first big-budget sci-fi blockbuster wows space scientists, engineers. In: Xinhua . January 28, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 .
- ^ Andrew Liptak: A new trailer for The Wandering Earth shows off a desperate plan to save the planet. China's biggest science fiction blockbuster to date. In: The Verge . January 27, 2019, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Rebecca Davis: China's Lunar New Year Box Office Sets Record, Despite Rampant Piracy. In: Variety . February 13, 2019, accessed February 13, 2019 .