The 6th Day

"Are you who you think you are?"

2000 2h 3m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 2,376

ActionScience FictionThriller

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A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

“Are you who you think you are?”

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Adam Gibson
Michael Rapaport
Hank Morgan
Tony Goldwyn
Michael Drucker
Michael Rooker
Robert Marshall
Robert Duvall
Dr. Griffin Weir
Sarah Wynter
Talia Elsworth
Wendy Crewson
Natalie Gibson
Rodney Rowland
P. Wiley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Writers: Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $82M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CAST

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, shot by Pierre Mignot. 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 Trevor Rabin. 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 Michel Arcand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Rapaport and Tony Goldwyn carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Are you who you think you are?".

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The take

Roger Spottiswoode directs. Pierre Mignot behind the camera. Trevor Rabin scores. Michel Arcand cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $82M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3202+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, shot by Pierre Mignot. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Trevor Rabin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Michel Arcand shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Rapaport and Tony Goldwyn carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Are you who you think you are?".
9IMDB entry: tt0216216 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "laser gun", "clone", "dystopia", "dna".
11Released under 51 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pierre Mignot
Original score: Trevor Rabin
Editing: Michel Arcand
Production design: James D. Bissell
Costume design: Trish Keating
Makeup / hair: Jeff Dawn
VFX supervisor: Peter Kuran
Sound: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Stunt coordinator: Steve M. Davison
Runtime: 123 min · 2h 3m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $82,000,000
Box office: $96,085,477
Return: 117% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The 6th Day (2000)

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John Chard2014-04-12
★ 6.5/10
If you really believe that then you should clone yourself while you're still alive. Vilified when it was released, one of the small handful of films that came at the end of Arnold Schwarzenegger's film career before he went into politics, The 6th Day, it was argued, was a good cause for Arnold to retire from film. Yet viewing it now on its own chaotic sci-fi terms, it's a surprisingly brisk and enjoyable picture. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it's a futuristic collage of outrageous set-pieces and thought provoking thematics. Plot has Arnie as an ex-fighter pilot who discovers he has been illegally cloned, and thus he embarks on a mission of carnage and high paced machismo in a bid to get his identity back whilst exposing the evil corporation at the core of such nastiness. So, two Arnie's for the price of one then! It's not a plot that would hold up under close scrutiny, but then is that what we go into a Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie for? Quite. With some nifty surprises, kinetic action and an ending of some considerable chilling substance, The 6th Day is classic popcorn munching fodder. No it's not in the top tier of Arnie movies, and no it's hardly shaking the foundations of sci-fi cinema, but sometimes comfort food sci-fi has its own rewards for an undemanding occasion. 6.5/10
Gimly2019-12-28
★ 6/10
The 6th Day is a great title for a movie about man-made lifeforms. The movie never really lives up to that, I 100% understand the criticisms it received when it was released, but I actually did enjoy watching it. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.