Oblivion

2013
PG-13
2h 4m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

564K

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Dystopian Sci-Fi Action Adventure Sci-Fi

Jack Harper, a drone repairman stationed on Earth that has been ravaged by war with extraterrestrials, questions his identity after rescuing the woman who keeps appearing in his dreams.Jack Harper, a drone repairman stationed on Earth that has been ravaged by war with extraterrestrials, questions his identity after rescuing the woman who keeps appearing in his dreams.Jack Harper, a drone repairman stationed on Earth that has been ravaged by war with extraterrestrials, questions his identity after rescuing the woman who keeps appearing in his dreams.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

564K

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POPULARITY

1,050

114

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Awards
- 1 win & 17 nominations total

Grow Hall Survivor
(as David Madison)

John L. Armijo

NASA Ground Control
(uncredited)

Fileena Bahris

Survivor
(uncredited)

Joanne Bahris

Tourist
(uncredited)

Andrew Breland

Survivor
(uncredited)

Suri Cruise

Jack's Daughter
(uncredited)

Z. Dieterich

Survivor
(uncredited)

Paul Gunawan

Survivor
(uncredited)

Julie Hardin

Librarian
(uncredited)

Director
- Joseph Kosinski
Writers
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Trivia
There were ten days of location shooting in Iceland, where daylight lasted virtually 24 hours. Joseph Kosinski wanted to make a film that was very much based in daylight, considering that a lot of classic sci-fi movies like Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982) were shot in near darkness.

Goofs
During the opening montage showing the aftermath of the war, the Washington Monument is tilted. The monument was constructed with over 36,000 marble blocks held together only with gravity and friction. There is no metal support structure, and no mortar was used. If the monument were to be tilted, it would fall apart.

Quotes
Jack Harper: If we have souls, they are made of the love we share... undimmed by time and bound by death.

Crazy credits
The Universal logo features the Earth in its ruined state in 2077 in the film, with the logo's letters rusted.

The Tet space station is seen orbiting the world.

Alternate versions
The film's IMAX release presented the film open-matte, at an aspect ratio of 1.90:1, meaning there was more picture information visible in the top and bottom of the frame than in normal theaters and on home video.

Connections
Featured in Projector: Oblivion (2013)

Soundtracks
Ramble On
Written by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
Performed by Led Zeppelin
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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Featured review

9/10

"I am Jack Harper and I am Home"

For decades it has been an accepted fact of life in Hollywood that, no matter how good the movie, endings are a write-off.

Hollywood has learned the hard way that, no matter how good the film (or the book on which it is based) it is impossible to do an ending which satisfies the writer, the director, the producers, the critics, the audience and (duh!) reviewers like this one.

That is why, for literally as long as there have been movies, endings are changed at the last minute; and often even multiple endings are shot so that survey groups can be brought in to make the final choice.

The reason I gave this brief lecture on the importance of endings is simple -- going into the last 20 minutes, this was a rock solid film with a rock solid script and rock solid performances.

But the ending was ... perfect.

And perfect endings are so rare these days that I needed to write a review for posterity that does nothing except note this for future readers and future viewers.

Are we still an effective team???????????