Battlefield Earth
Take back the planet.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$44 000 000
Box office
$29 725 663
Director
Actors
John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Christian Tessier, Sylvain Landry, Michael Byrne, Richard Tyson, Christopher Freeman
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Elia Cmiral
Artist
Patrick Tatopoulos, Brett Paton, Michele Laliberte
Audition
Editing
Robin Russell
Whole Team (70)
Whole Team (70)
Short description
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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.
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