Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth (2000)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Release date

2000-05-12

Country

United States, Canada

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Don Carmody Productions, Morgan Creek, Franchise Pictures, Jonathan D. Krane Productions, JTP Films

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Comedy

Budget

$73 000 000

Revenue

$29 725 663

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Director

Roger Christian

Actors

John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Christian Tessier, Sylvain Landry, Michael Byrne, Richard Tyson, Christopher Freeman
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Scenario

Producer

John Travolta, Jonathan D. Krane, Elie Samaha, Don Carmody, Ashok Amritraj, Andrew Stevens

Operator

Giles Nuttgens

Composer

Elia Cmiral

Artist

Michele Laliberte, Martin Gendron

Audition

Lynn Stalmaster

Editing

Robin Russell
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• Travolta initially wanted to play the role of Tyler himself, but by the time filming began, he felt he looked too old for the part and instead played the main villain.
• Initial plans and intentions called for filming a sequel based on the second part of the novel that served as the literary source material (1982) by L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986). This did not come to pass due to the unsatisfactory reaction to the film from audiences and critics.
• According to the film's cinematographer, Giles Nuttgens, the excessive use of color filters and a technique called the 'Dutch angle' (when the camera looks at the character from below, and the horizon is tilted) was a necessity, as he had never before or since worked with such a limited lighting budget.
• The food on set was so unsatisfactory that John Travolta brought in a personal chef from Canada, who then cooked for the actors and crew.