Oblivion

"Earth is a memory worth fighting for."

2013 2h 4m EN

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Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

“Earth is a memory worth fighting for.”

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Cast

Tom Cruise
Jack
Morgan Freeman
Beech
Olga Kurylenko
Julia
Andrea Riseborough
Victoria
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sykes
Melissa Leo
Sally
Zoë Bell
Kara
Abigail Lowe
Julia's Child

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Writers: Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Iceland

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MONEY

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$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Iceland.

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4 / 8

CAST

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330+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joseph Kosinski, shot by Claudio Miranda. 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 Joseph Trapanese. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joseph Kosinski directs. Claudio Miranda behind the camera. Joseph Trapanese scores. Richard Francis-Bruce cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Iceland. Dialogue in English.

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1$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 13 years ago.
3International production across 4 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Iceland.
4330+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Joseph Kosinski, shot by Claudio Miranda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Joseph Trapanese. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Richard Francis-Bruce shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Earth is a memory worth fighting for.".
10IMDB entry: tt1483013 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1111,900 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "spacecraft", "dystopia", "post-apocalyptic future", "based on comic".
13Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Claudio Miranda
Original score: Joseph Trapanese
Editing: Richard Francis-Bruce
Production design: Darren Gilford
Costume design: Marlene Stewart
Makeup / hair: Michael Ward
VFX supervisor: Björn Mayer
Sound: Ren Klyce
Stunt coordinator: Joey Box
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $120,000,000
Box office: $286,168,572
Return: 238% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Oblivion (2013)

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TheCakerBaker2013-07-03
★ 6.5/10
Completely unoriginal plot, brings nothing new to the table. Good cinematography by Claudio Miranda, Tom Cruise is horrendous.
zerolimit2013-08-07
★ 2.5/10
This movie was a total waste! one of the weirdest movies. Not good at all would recommend you watch something better!
Travis Bell2013-08-10
★ 6/10
Oblivion was definitely well made but the story seemed to just sputter out somewhere around 60 minutes in. I was completely engaged and interested as we learned about this repair crew who had the left overs of earth to themselves. They could have ran with that single idea for 2 hours and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have complained. All is not lost though, visually, Oblivion was a blast and M83 did a great job with the soundtrack. If you like science fiction movies you should probably add this to your watch list but don't expect too much. Overall, you'll probably be disappointed.