Cloud Atlas

20122012
RR
2h 52m

Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

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An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples acro... Read allAn exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Directors
Writers
- David Mitchell(novel "Cloud Atlas")
- Lana Wachowski(written for the screen by)
- Tom Tykwer(written for the screen by)
Stars

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Awards
- 15 wins & 79 nominations

Videos6

U.S. Version -- #1

U.S. Version -- #1

Extended First Look

Extended First Look

Cloud Atlas

"A Multitude of Drops"

Featurette 6:18

"A Multitude of Drops"

Directors' Commentary

Featurette 2:24

Directors' Commentary

TV Spot

Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Jim Broadbent and Louis Dempsey in Cloud Atlas (2012)

James D'Arcy and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, and David Gyasi in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Halle Berry and Jim Broadbent in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Bae Doona and Jim Sturgess in Cloud Atlas (2012)

James D'Arcy and Hugo Weaving in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas (2012)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Directors
Writers
- David Mitchell(novel "Cloud Atlas")
- Lana Wachowski(written for the screen by)
- Tom Tykwer(written for the screen by)
All cast & crew
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Taglines
- Everything Is Connected
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence, language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use
Parents guide

Trivia
In 2005, while on the London set of V for Vendetta (2005), Natalie Portman gave a copy of the original novel to Lana Wachowski, who became deeply interested in it. A year later, both Wachowski siblings wrote a first draft of the screenplay. Tom Tykwer, a friend of the Wachowskis, was invited to co-author several subsequent drafts with them in the following two years, constantly keeping in mind observations by the book's author himself, David Mitchell, while looking for international investors. In all those years, Portman was promised the role of Sonmi-451, but had to turn down the role at the last minute after becoming pregnant in 2010; however, she is given a special thanks in the closing credits.

Goofs
Although the Luisa Rey/Isaac Sachs segment is announced as taking place in San Francisco in the year 1973, Sachs mentions to Luisa that his flight had been delayed by the Air Traffic Controllers' strike. That strike took place eight years later in 1981 during the Reagan administration.

Quotes
Sonmi-451: Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

Crazy credits
When a montage is shown of all the characters the actors play, the font of the names changes with each time period.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.21 (2012)

Soundtracks
Looking For Freedom
Music by Jack White
Lyrics by Gary Cowtan
Performed by David Hasselhoff
© by Radiomusic - International (50% for Germany/Austria/Switzerland) / Young Music Publishing (Remaining World)
Courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Group (Germany)
Mit Freundlicher Genehmigung von Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

Top review

7/10

Very Good Film, But Warning...

This needs to be watched more than once, is almost several films in one and requires your attention...

I admit I watched because I have been following Donna bae's career since I am a fan of slim body (too bad about the short hair). Cloud Atlas that makes you think outside the box! Not only does this movie have amazing cinematography (more surrealism than realism), it has a plot that goes beyond the routine boundaries of sci-fi. We are brought into multiple dream-like worlds that do not care for the organisms that inhabit them, but just exist to fulfill the destiny in dazzling colors. The only reason I don't give it a 8 is because of the drawn out back-story that is laid out in the book and between the main protagonists, which seems a little unclear upon first viewing and at times and doesn't add as much to the story (unless there's a sequel and we all hate those).

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10

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Dec 23, 2020

Budget
- $102,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $27,108,272
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,612,247
- Oct 28, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $130,516,424

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Runtime
2 hours 52 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1

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