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Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm, Dash Mihok
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Release Date: May 28, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense situations of peril.
Box Office: $186,740,799 (US total)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Tagline: Where will you be?
What if we are on the brink of a new Ice Age?
This is the question that haunts climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid). Hall's research indicates that global warming could trigger an abrupt and catastrophic shift in the planet's climate. The ice cores that he's drilled in Antarctica show that it happened before, ten thousand years ago. And now he's warning officials that it could happen again if they don't act soon. But his warning comes too late.
It all begins when Hall witnesses a piece of ice the size of Rhode Island break off the Antarctic Ice Shelf. Then a series of increasingly severe weather events start to unfold around the globe: hail the size of grapefruit batters Tokyo, record-breaking hurricane winds pound Hawaii; snow falls in New Delhi, and then a devastating series of tornadoes whips through Los Angeles.
A phone call from a colleague in Scotland, Professor Rapson (Ian Holm), confirms Jack's worst fears: these intense weather events are symptoms of a massive global change. Melting polar caps has poured too much fresh water into the oceans and disrupted the currents that stabilize our climate system. Global warming has pushed the planet over the edge and into a new Ice Age. And it all will happen during one global super storm.
While Jack warns the White House of the impending climate shift, his 17 year-old son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds himself trapped in New York City where he and some friends have been competing in a high school academic competition. He must now cope with the severe flooding and plummeting temperatures in Manhattan. Having taken refuge inside the Manhattan Public Library, Sam manages to reach his father by phone. Jack only has time for one warning: stay inside at all costs.
As full-scale, massive evacuations to the south begin, Jack heads north to New York City to save Sam. But not even Jack is prepared for what is about to happen - to him, to his son, and to his planet.
In INDEPENDENCE DAY Roland Emmerich brought you the near destruction of the earth by aliens. Now, in THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW the enemy is an even more devastating force: nature itself.
"It's an epic tale of survival and heroism with non-stop action and spectacular visual effects," says producer Mark Gordon. "This movie definitely delivers the kind of visual punch audiences expect from Roland Emmerich."
Although Emmerich's brand of spectacle is integral to telling the story, he says the movie is not void of the human element. "No matter how big the effects are," says Emmerich, "the heart of the movie is still human drama. The father and son characters played by Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal are vulnerable, conflicted and loving. That's what makes their struggle against this incredible force of nature so exciting. It's the universal struggle of Man against Nature. It's survival against the odds. Ultimately, it's the triumph of the human spirit."
"Fundamentally, this is a drama about ordinary people who find themselves struggling through extraordinary circumstances," says co-screenwriter Jeffrey Nachmanoff. "It's about a family trying to survive this ecological disaster. Each family member must rise to the occasion. A young man becomes a leader; a workaholic father braves everything to save his son; and a mother chooses to risk her own life to save that of a little boy. It's a story about love, suffering and mankind's perennial struggle to survive. "And it's a cautionary tale about what can happen if we continue to provoke Mother Nature."
Twentieth Century Fox's 1996 blockbuster INDEPENDENCE DAY was pure science fiction; it was not based on a widely held belief that an alien invasion was imminent. But THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW offers a scenario that is rooted in real concerns about the state of our planet.
"We pushed the time period in which an ice age could occur for dramatic purposes," says Mark Gordon, "but the theory that global warming could cause an abrupt climate shift is gaining mainstream attention. While nobody knows what the exact result will be of mankind's addition of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, some experts have referred to it as 'the largest uncontrolled scientific experiment in history.'"
 Production notes provided by 20th Century Fox. |
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