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Snowpiercer

Genre
Action
Rating
R
Released
11 July, 2014
Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer is a 2013 science fiction action film based on the French graphic climate fiction novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson. A South Korean-Czech co-production, the film marks Bong's English-language debut; almost 85% of the film's dialogue is in English. The film stars Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. It takes place aboard the Snowpiercer train as it travels a globe-spanning track, carrying the last remnants of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming has created a new Snowball Earth. Evans stars as Curtis Everett, one of the lower-class tail-section passengers, as they rebel against the elite of the front of the train. Filming took place at Barrandov Studios in Prague, using train car sets mounted on gimbals to simulate the train's motion.

Director Bong Joon-ho
Produced by Jeong Tae-sung, Steven Nam, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun
Screenplay by Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson
Story by Bong Joon-ho
Starring Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Ko Asung, John Hurt, Ed Harris
Music Marco Beltrami
Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyo
Edited by Steve M. Choe, Changju Kim
Distributed by CJ Entertainment (South Korea)
Released July 29, 2013 (Times Square), August 1, 2013 (South Korea)
Running time 126 minutes
Country South Korea, Czech Republic
Language English
Budget $40 million
Box office $86.8 million
Netflix ID 70270364

Informazioni su Snowpiercer

The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic ice age where lucky survivors ride a super-train that travels around the globe but one man will do anything to revolt against the emerging class system.

Realizzazione di Snowpiercer

The film is based on a French graphic novel titled Le Transperceneige. The train on set was over 1,600 feet long. 

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Films directed by Bong Joon-ho.. Films set in the 2030s.. Fictional trains.. Films about revolutions.. Climate change films.. Films based on French comics.. Films about social class.. Films shot in Austria.. Films set on trains.. Films shot in the Czech Republic.. Live-action films based on comics.

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