2012 (film)
| 2012 | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Roland Emmerich |
| Produced by | Roland Emmerich Mark Gordon Harald Kloser Larry J. Franco Ute Emmerich |
| Written by | Harald Kloser Roland Emmerich |
| Starring | John Cusack Chiwetel Ejiofor Amanda Peet Thandie Newton Oliver Platt with Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson |
| Music by | Harald Kloser Thomas Wander James Seymour Brett(additional score) |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Editing by | David Brenner Peter S. Elliott |
| Studio | Centropolis Entertainment The Mark Gordon Company |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 13, 2009 (worldwide) |
| Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200 million[1] |
This article is about the film. For metaphysical and cosmological predictions centered on December 21, 2012, see 2012 phenomenon.
2012 is an upcoming disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. The film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver. The film's release date is expected to be November 13, 2009 worldwide.
Plot
The film explores the idea of a global doomsday event coinciding with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar's current cycle on or around 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice).
Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a divorced father who occasionally works as a limousine driver and a writer, while his ex-wife (Amanda Peet) and children live together with her new boyfriend. InGuatemala reports start coming in of mass suicides in the Mayan jungles of people attempting to avoid the impending apocalypse. The IHC (Institute for Human Continuity), a secret organization, has realized the situation and begins constructing vast arks beneath the Himalayan mountainsdesigned to withstand most natural disasters in order save both the human race, significant sentient species and the greatest treasures of mankind for when doomsday finally happens. There are arguments however about how and when the governments of the world will alert their fellow citizens and even discussions about how the remaining survivors will be selected to surviveArmageddon.
Meanwhile on a day trip to Yellowstone with his two young children, Jackson meets Charlie Frost, who hosts his own radio segment and blog about his belief that the Mayans are correct about 2012. Over the coming days vast cracks are found withing the fault lines in California, and despite the pleas from the government that everything is fine, Jackson isn't convinced. Hiring a private plane and gathering crucial supplies he races to his ex-wife's LA home to save himself and his family from the Earth's crust displacement occurring all around them. After a long and dangerous race through the downtown streets to get to the airfield, Amanda's new boyfriend Gordon uses his pilot skills to get the family to safety. As they look back the entire cityscape of Los Angeles has already started to tilt downwards into the Pacific.
When they discover that the global cataclysm is happening much faster than expected, they must race to these ships in order to save the human race before all is lost. It soon becomes clear that it's not just LA that's experiencing disaster, the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts, more massive earthquakes occur in South America which destroys the city of Rio de Janeiro. Washington, D.C.gets flooded by an enormous tidal wave which crushes the White House, and The Vatican inRome crumbles into oblivion, destroying thousands of years of catholic architecture and killing hundreds of worshipers within seconds. As worldwide floodings get worse (at one point begins to climb over the Himalayas), the US government declares the end of the world.
A group of survivors, including Jackson Curtis and his family must fight their way to China before they can board the great arks and save themselves from the gigantic tidal waves sweeping across the Earth.
