Meanwhile, all the earthly minority characters surrounding damonsave oneare portrayed as slothful andor violent criminals. Elysium descended upon westwoods regency village theater on thursday as matt damon, jodie foster and filmmaker neill blomkamp stepped out for the premiere of sonys scifi thriller. The film is set in 2154, when the planet has been ravaged by disease, pollution, and overpopulation. Elysium 2 2020 dramascience fiction this is a fanmade trailer so dont take it seriously. Robots, spaceships and matt damon in this case, damon jumped at the chance to work with neill blomkamp after seeing his work on 2009s sleeper hit district 9. The wealthiest now live on a space station called elysium, which can be seen in the clouds from earth below.
Matt damon is playing the same character statham plays in, say, the death race remake. Whats district 9 director neill blomkamps new film about. Not since charlton heston struggled to save humanity from itself have movies looked this grimly, resolutely fatalistic. With matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga. He was so good, every scene he was in was disturbing, in a very, very creepy way. The cable network has acquired the commercial tv rights to last weekends box office champ, continuing its streak of buying most of. Big movie premiere 1 episode 2007 the insider 1 episode 2004. Matt damon, jodie foster, william fichtner, diego luna director.
That doesnt stop the people of earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. Matt damons elysium mission will eventually take him to fx. Elysium sends matt damon into a dystopian future the new york. Matt damon rose to fame with his childhood buddy ben affleck after their surprise best original screenplay oscar win for 1997s good will hunting. Years later, when hes 36 years old, max matt damon, sports numerous tattoos and wears an electronic ankle bracelet. The film takes place on both a ravaged earth, and a luxurious space habitat stanford torus design, one of the proposed nasa designs called elysium. Matt damon elysium interview matt damon esquire cover story.
Elysium official extended trailer 20 matt damon scifi movie hd a factory worker takes on a mission to hijack his way onto a manmade space habitat. Actor matt damon attends elysium new york screening at sunshine landmark on july 30, 20 in new york city. He owned almost every scene he was in and was the stronghold of this film. When unlucky max matt damon is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds. But when the blockbuster competition wants only new ways to repackage wolverine and superman, its weirdly refreshing to watch a film that seeks new ways to repackage mad max, blade runner. Elysium on dvd december 17, 20 starring sharlto copley, matt damon, jodie foster, wagner moura.
Matt damon talks elysium, which actor has made him laugh the most on a movie set, what he collects, eurotrip, and more by steve frosty weintraub august 5, 20. In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a manmade space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined earth. The first image of matt damon in district 9 director neill blomkamps scifi film elysium, also starring jodi foster. Max agrees to undergo an experimental operation that will fuse his body with mechanical. The south africans stylish movie parable, starring matt damon a futuristic workingclass hero, is scifi with a social conscience matt damon interviewed for elysium elysium on high at us. What transformers box office record did amazing spiderman break. Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the connecticut town of mystic. It stars matt damon, jodie foster, alice braga, and sharlto copley. The south africans stylish movie parable, starring matt damon a futuristic workingclass hero, is scifi with a social conscience. In a summer of antiseptic effects spectacles, elysium stands out for its grime and intensity, as well as the bluntness of its class allegory. He gets radiation poisoning at work that gives him a terminal case of cancer. Matt damon damon in 2015 born matthew paige damon 19701008 october 8, 1970 age 49 cambridge, massachusetts, u. Elysium, the second feature from the director neill blomkamp, stars matt damon as a former thief living on a ruined earth in 2154. The sort of saltoftheearth underdog, whos been fucked with.
The fight scenes look really great and i love the visuals that neill blomkamp is bringing here to this film. But getting into super human shape for his role in elysium was another story for matt damon. It stars matt damon, jodie foster, alice braga, and. Elysium is a 20 science fiction film directed by neill blomkamp and is set nearly 100 years in the future where earth is ravaged by overpopulation and pollution. Elysium official extended trailer 20 matt damon scifi movie hd a factory worker takes on a mission to hijack his way onto a manmade. Elysium is a 20 american science fiction action film written, produced and directed by neill blomkamp. Matt damon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Everything you need to know about elysium movie 20. I definitely want to see more movies by blomkamp and so it gets my 7.
To get to the space station elysium, where he could be cured, max allows himself to be attached to an exoskeleton. Elysium sends matt damon into a dystopian future the. His father was of english and scottish descent, and his mother is of finnish and. Set in the 1950s, a starquarterback is given an opportunity to attend an elite preparatory. Matt damon is the only main character in the movie that is white and still left on earth. Matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga. Matt damon cant run from conservative criticism in elysium. Matt damon to the rescue, who is perfect for the part. It was really hard because i love to eat and drink. Elysium trailer 20 matt damon movie official hd youtube. Neill blomkamp, bill block, mrc ii distribution company l. Matthew paige damon was born on october 8, 1970, in boston, massachusetts, to kent damon, a stockbroker, realtor and tax preparer, and nancy carlssonpaige, an early childhood education professor at lesley university. Allstarcolumbia nothing in the movie matches the fascination of its premise and its opening. Matt damon stars in the scifipolitical thriller elysium, neill blomkamps follow up to district 9, along with jodie foster as elysiums secretary delacourt and sharlto copley as the main villain kruger.
Meanwhile, hardline immigration laws ensure that only those who have been explicitly approved will ever set foot on the elusive paradise in the stars. In elysium, matt damon is fitted with an exoskeleton. A new trailer for matt damons elysium is now online, and it provides a clearer idea of the films scope and its characters arcs the film, from district 9 director neill blomkamp, takes. Matt damon was great in this film and he was a very likable hero. While its not a ton different from the first trailer, the new trailer for elysium looks great and we see more matt damon in action looking to kick some butt. Matt damon in elysium 20 matt damon and neill blomkamp in elysium 20 sharlto copley at an. Matt damon hopes elysium pays off for sony hollywood. The movie wont win many points for originality or logic. Moviemaking is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal. Elysium official extended trailer 20 matt damon scifi movie hd. Newsmax has dubbed the film, matt damons scifi socialism and heavyhanded political propaganda. Hes only done one other movie, and i think hes proving to be somebody to be reckoned with. Alan orange feb 21, 2011 a whole new world is being build for this secretive scifi thriller from the director of district 9.
Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the elysium movie on. With his last days he decides to work for a local rebel named spider wagner moura who has been trying for years to get people to elysium, and kidnap a rich industrialist named john carlyle william fichtner. Frey and max are looking up at elysium, which is visible from earth. Matt damon talks elysium, what he collects, the way neill. You dont know where to look next, or to listen, in this movie. Matt damon is decent as the films protagonist max who is an excon now working on assembling the droids which keep order on the now overpopulated earth. But sharlto copley, oh boy, he was one heck of a villain.
The elysium workout how one actor got ripped for elysium in 3 months. Jodie foster as the other antagonist, err, she did her part i guess. This august, matt damon stars in elysium, a cerebral scifi action film from neill blomkamp, the man behind 2009s extraterrestrial apartheid hit district 9. Max matt damon has grown up watching elysium from his rundown, largely latino l. Max matt damon has to get to elysium following an industrial accident which leads to him agreeing to work with a group of peoplesmugglers which begins a rollercoaster ride of action, shootouts and confrontation with those who run elysium. In 2000, matt damon played john grady cole in all the pretty horses, directed by billy bob thornton and based on cormac mccarthys novel of the same name. Elysium is an american science fiction film that stars matt damon, jodie foster, sharlto copley, alice braga, diego luna, wagner moura, and william fichtner as the lead actors of this science fiction film. Expectations were high that the film starring matt damon would carry the flag for thoughtful, bigbudget films that care about more than profits. The film stars matt damon as max, an ordinary factory worker who only has five days to live after being exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. Stephanie blomkamp as bleak as dystopian future looks in the scifi thriller elysium its even more disturbing to. Some of the conservative hate directed at elysium s political content, real and.
Elysium official extended trailer 20 matt damon sci. Max intends to go there someday and promises to take frey with him. In the science fiction movie elysium, max played by matt damon falls ill. Photo by neilson barnardgetty images stars are no strangers to prepping for movie roles with unruly workout regimens. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
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