A Sound of Thunder is a sci-fi film about time traveling that stars Ben Kingsley and Edward Burns. It was based on the short story A Sound of Thunder written by Ray Bradbury.
Plot Summary
In the year 2054, a specialized travel agency organizes trips to the past during which vacationers go on dinosaur hunting expeditions. The clients are given a specific set of rules to follow to avoid making changes to the past that could impact the future. However, an expedition goes wrong when someone breaks the rules and evolutionary anomalies begin to manifest themselves in the future. The scientists behind the technology must then figure out what went wrong and how to reverse the increasingly catastrophic changes the past actions have produced.
Cast
- Edward Burns: Travis Ryer
- Catherine McCormack: Sonia Rand
- Ben Kingsley: Charles Hatton
- David Oyelowo: Payne
- Jemima Rooper: Jenny Krase
- Wilfried Hochholdinger: Dr. Lucas
- August Zirner: Clay Derris
References
Fast Facts
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Release date
September 2, 2005
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Director
Peter Hyams
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Screenwriters
Thomas Dean Donnelly, Gregory Poirier, Joshua Oppenheimer
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Producers
Renny Harlin, Elie Samaha, Howard Baldwin
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Distributor
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MPAA rating
PG - 13
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Run time
103 minutes
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Fact:
Based on A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
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Production budget
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U.S. Box office gross
