#92. Cloud Atlas
Directors/Writers: Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski
Producers: Tykwer, Wachowskis, Stefan Arndt and Grant Hill
Distributor: Warner Bros
The Gist: Co-written by Lana and Andy Washowski and Tom Tykwer, this film is based on the book by David Mitchell and tells the tale of a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan’s California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified “dinery server” on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilization — the narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other’s echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small…(more)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Keith David, James D’Arcy, Xun Zhou and Doona Bae
List Worthy Reasons…: You can write them off collectively for some of their most recent efforts, but in terms of craft, the pairing of Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski duo might be well-suited for sci-fi aesthetics, but the major apprehension lies in how they’ll manage to string the six stories into the fashion laid out in the novel. This might be the year’s most ambitious book adaptation.
Release Date/Status?: Warner Bros. has an October release date set.
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