End day

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Movie
German title End Day - The last day
Original title End day
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 55 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gareth Edwards
script Gareth Edwards
production Deborah Cadbury
music Gavin Skinner
camera Jill Fullerton-Smith ,
Mike Spragg
cut Douglas Moxon ,
Martin Sage
occupation

End Day or End Day - The last day is a BBC - Documentary of 2005 . In this film five scenarios of different catastrophes are played out.

action

Every day starts the same. Every morning at 7:00 a.m., Dr. Robert Howell, a scientist, sets off to fly from London to New York because he is supposed to operate a controversial particle accelerator there. But four times he doesn't get there. First he takes a taxi to London Airport. When he arrives at the airport, the flight that was actually planned is already gone. So he has to take the 11:10 machine. The day, which always begins the same, has five different endings. All ends are terrible, because either a catastrophe of gigantic proportions occurs or even the end of the world is imminent.

The first scenario is about a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma. During this eruption, a large part of the island slid into the sea. A tidal wave rushes directly towards the east coast of the USA, i.e. towards New York. Howell waits in the hangar for his plane. Then the wave reaches New York. Howell tries to reach someone in New York to announce his late arrival. Then comes the announcement that all flights to New York have been canceled.

The second scenario begins with strange early morning explosions in the Middle East. It later becomes clear that a meteor is racing towards Berlin. The city is evacuated; anyone who cannot be evacuated will be instructed to go into subway tunnels or other deep locations. An attempt to deflect the meteor with nuclear missiles fails, and it is torn to pieces, which continue to rush inexorably towards Berlin. A few moments later, the first fragments of the meteor enter the atmosphere, shortly afterwards the largest chunk, which leaves a giant crater in Berlin.

In the third scenario, a deadly virus breaks out, apparently from Asia. A call is then made that all passengers on flight UK 009 should see a doctor. When a passenger on this flight collapses dead on the London Underground, the scenario takes its course. More and more people are being hit by the virus. In the end there is an epidemic that extends far beyond London. Howell's plane is quarantined .

The fourth scenario begins with an earthquake in Yellowstone National Park . Experts fear that the supervolcano is about to erupt. More earthquakes will occur. Eventually the volcano erupts. The effects extend as far as Washington DC. Howell's flight is diverted to Toronto and he then flies back to London.

In the fifth scenario, Howell manages to fly to New York for the first time. His experiment with the particle accelerator is started despite ongoing protests, but it escalates. A chain reaction occurs. This time the end of the world is certain: a black hole is created and soaks up everything. At the end you can see an airplane that is near the black hole. The captain says that some severe turbulence is to be expected and that nobody needs to worry. In the end, the plane collides with another.

Trivia

The film contains several recurring elements and running gags :

  • In the taxi Howell travels several times in a cinema with the inscription "Groundhog Day" over, a tribute to Groundhog Day , in which the same day repeated several times for the main character.
  • Again and again the taxi is stopped by the same car. In the third scenario, the driving behavior of the driver concerned is explained, in the other scenarios the reason remains open.
  • The different versions have some other minor changes besides the disaster.
  • The credits for the individual parts run four times on a monitor or television in Howell's apartment before the alarm clock goes off.

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