The Day After Tomorrow (Exclusive Series) (HBO Max)
- Matt Palmer
- Feb 10, 2022
- 2 min read
Initial release date: May 28, 2004
Studios: 20th Century Fox/ Centropolis Entertainment
Tagline: Where will you be?
Nature has spoken …
Plot: After climatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns, his research proves true when an enormous “superstorm” develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel by foot from Philadelphia, braving the elements, to get to Sam before it’s too late.
Cast
Dennis Quaid - Jack Hall
Jake Gyllenhaal - Sam Hall
Emmy Rossum - Laura Chapman
Dash Mihok - Jason Evans
Jay O. Sanders - Frank Harris
Sela Ward - Dr. Lucy Hall
Austin Nichols - JD
Arjay Smith - Brian Banks
Tamilyn Tomita - Janet Tokanda
Ian Holm - Terry Rapson
Kenneth Walsh - Vice President Becker
Writer(s): Roland Emmerich (Moonfall; Independence Day: Resurgence)
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Director: Roland Emmerich (Moonfall)
Rated PG-13 for intense situations of peril (124 minutes)
The 2004 movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ does feature some amazing visuals and has really fun (and sometimes tense) moments.
It’s a Roland Emmerich disaster movie, so you know right away that nothing in the movie would be scientifically accurate. That was one of the things that most critics agreed upon - the scientific inaccuracy. But, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is a popcorn disaster flick. It doesn’t always have to be accurate to make it a fun movie.
Sure, there are moments that are sort of dumb and a little political. ‘Day After Tomorrow’ is just one of those movies where all you gotta do is sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.
‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is streaming on the HBO Max streaming platform.
Here are a few interesting tidbits for ‘The Day After Tomorrow’:
20th Century Fox invited a group of scientists to preview this movie, to test their actions to the “science” used in it. None of the scientists were impressed with what they saw, although most conceded that the movie was enjoyable nonsense.
The consultation by NASA scientists was requested before the filming of this movie, but NASA stated that the events in this movie were too ridiculous actually to occur, and denied the request. NASA sent a memo out to comment on the likelihood of the events portrayed, but later rescinded this restriction.
DVD sales brought in an extra $110 million in revenue.
The script was effectively auctioned out to all the major studios by being sent out with a window that they all had 24 hours to option it in. Fox Studios was the only one to take up the challenge.
Was inspired by ‘Coast to Coast AM’ talk radio host Art Bell and Whitley Strieber’s book, ‘The Coming Global Superstorm,’ and Strieber wrote the movie’s novelization.
The movie came in second at the US box office behind ‘Shrek 2,’ over its four day Memorial Day opening, and grossed $85,807,341.
At the end of its theatrical run, it grossed $186.7 million domestically and $544.2 million worldwide. It was the second highest opening weekend movie NOT to lead at the box office; ‘Inside Out’ surpassed it in June 2015.
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