Another Earth

2011 1h 32m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 1,885

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Synopsis

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On the night a duplicate Earth is discovered in the solar system, the lives of a young woman and an accomplished composer become tragically connected after a fatal accident.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Brit Marling
Rhoda Williams
William Mapother
John Burroughs
Matthew-Lee Erlbach
Alex
Meggan Lennon
Maya Burroughs
AJ Diana
Amos Burroughs
Kumar Pallana
Purdeep
Bruce Colbert
Symposium Speaker
Paul S. Mezey
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Cahill
Writers: Mike Cahill, Brit Marling
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $2M — a 19.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike Cahill, shot by Mike Cahill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Phil Mossman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mike Cahill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Brit Marling and William Mapother and Matthew-Lee Erlbach carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1549572 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike Cahill directs. Mike Cahill behind the camera. Phil Mossman scores. Mike Cahill cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $2M — a 19.4× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Directed by Mike Cahill, shot by Mike Cahill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Phil Mossman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mike Cahill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Brit Marling and William Mapother and Matthew-Lee Erlbach carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1549572 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 16 themes, including "affectation", "earth", "tragedy", "janitor".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mike Cahill
Original score: Phil Mossman
Editing: Mike Cahill
Production design: Darsi Monaco
Costume design: Aileen Alvarez-Diana
Makeup / hair: Aileen Alvarez-Diana
VFX supervisor: Darren Fanton
Sound: Ryan Price
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $100,000
Box office: $1,938,783
Return: 1939% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Another Earth (2011)

Awards

Sundance Special Jury Prize Dramatic
Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
Alfred P. Sloan Prize

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Andres Gomez2013-11-01
★ 5/10
More ambitious than interesting. A story that wants to joint an epic sci-fi moment with a drama. Not really working although seeing the Earth in the sky is quite interesting.
Peter McGinn2021-07-30
★ 10/10
When I first saw Another Earth several years ago I thought that, like some science fiction out there, it was light on the science and heavy on fiction. Fantasy, maybe. I was okay with that as long as the story and characters were strong. Besides, nowadays it seems like many mainstream physicists are seriously promoting the ideas around multiple universes or perhaps even an infinite number of alternate universes, perhaps science is catching up with the fiction. (Though I still think a planet popping into our galaxy so close to us would cause cataclysmic tides and whatnot.) . In any case, I recently bought and downloaded a digital version of it to watch it again. But Another Earth isn’t about physics or science or what would become of humanity if a twin earth and moon suddenly showed up in our sky. It is about a heart-stopping event that cause a planet full of people to stop what they are doing and look up and wonder. Is that earth different than ours? Am I up there, and if so, is that version exactly like me or have they made different decisions that affect who they have become? Could I have made different decisions, or was this version of me locked into what I decided and thought? And in the case of our lead character, Rhoda, it leads her to a path to seek forgiveness and try to make up for a tragic mistake she made a couple of years earlier, actually on the day the second earth appeared. So I will say no more about the plot, let alone the surprising little twist deep in the movie. You really feel for these characters. They seem real and you care about them. Kumamoto Pallana steals the scenes he is involved with. Because of the internal turmoil and the questions Rhoda is asking herself, even ordinary interactions with other characters feel imbued with deeper meaning. As a side note, it was written by the woman who plays Rhoda. Try not to watch it when you are tired, but do try to watch it.