Monday, February 5, 2007

The Day After Tomorrow




The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film that depicts catastrophic effects of global warming and boasts high-end special effects, bending the lines between science, reality and science fiction. Worldwide, it is the 38th top grossing film of all time, with total revenue of USD$542,771,772. The movie was filmed mostly in Montreal, and, as of 2007, is the highest grossing Hollywood film in history to be filmed in Canada.
The Day After Tomorrow premiered in Mexico City on May 17, 2004 and was released worldwide from May 26 to May 28 except in South Korea and Japan where it was released June 4 and June 5, respectively.


Directed by
Roland Emmerich:Roland Emmerich (born November 10, 1955) is a German film producer, director and writer

Emmerich was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As a youth, he pursued painting and sculpting and, while in the director's program at film school in Munich, studied production design. His student film, The Noah's Ark Principle, went on to open the 1984 Berlin Film Festival. The feature became a huge success and was sold to more than 20 countries. He formed his production company Centropolis Film Productions (now named Centropolis Entertainment) and began directing supernatural fantasy features in his native Germany. His first English-language film, 1990's Moon 44, went straight to video in the United States and featured Dean Devlin. Devlin would subsequently become Emmerich's writing and producing partner once Emmerich set up shop in Hollywood.













1 comment:

Andy and Sheila said...

That was quite a movie. I hope it never happens in reality!