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• Mission to Mars is a 2000 sci-fi film by director Brian De Palma. It tells the futuristic story of the United States' first manned mission to Mars, during which a disaster strikes, requiring a rescue mission for the sole survivor, Don Cheadle (as Luke Graham). The team sent on this rescue mission consist of Gary Sinise (as Jim McConnell), Jerry O'Connell (as Phil Ohlmyer), Connie Nielsen (as Terri Fisher) and Tim Robbins (as Woody Blake).

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: March 10, 2000 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  2. Director: Brian De Palma http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  3. Writer: Lowell Cannon, Jim Thomas, John Thomas, and Graham Yost http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  4. Editor: Paul Hirsch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  5. Production company: Jacobson Company and Touchstone Pictures http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  6. Studio: Touchstone Pictures http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  7. Running time: 114 minutes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/
  8. MPAA rating: PG http://www.allmovie.com/work/mission-to-...
  9. Genre: Science Fiction http://www.allmovie.com/work/mission-to-...
  10. Mission to Mars received a Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) nomination for Worst Director of 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_to_...

• Plot Synopsis

  The year is 2020 and there are high hopes for the possible scientific discoveries of the United States' first manned mission to Mars, which suddenly goes catastrophically awry when a mysterious storm strikes. All but one crew member, Luke Graham, are killed in this storm. This lone survivor has lost radio contact with Earth, so the United States has to send up a rescue team for him. While in the process of rescuing their fellow astronaut, the crew discovers that Mars might not be so dead as previously believed. Their discoveries lead to finding out what actually happened to the predecessors of the human race.

• Cast

  • Gary Sinise as Jim McConnell
  • Tim Robbins as Woody Blake
  • Don Cheadle as Luke Graham
  • Connie Nielsen as Terri Fisher
  • Jerry O'Connell as Phil Ohlmyer
  • Peter Outerbridge as Sergei Kirov
  • Kavan Smith as Nicholas Willis
  • Jill Teed as Renee Cote
  • Elise Neal as Debra Graham
  • Kim Delaney as Maggie McConnell

• Reviews

  "Typically, while a good screenplay only requires a single author, this unimaginative, derivative dreck required at least four, even with the massive cribbing from 2001: A Space Odyssey."—Ron Wells, Film Threathttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_to_mars/

  "Bears the distinct imprint of helmer De Palma, still one of the best visualists to work in the action/adventure genre."—Chuck Rudolph, Matinee Magazinehttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_to_mars/

  "It's the waste of the impressive ensemble cast on cheap, pedestrian dialogue and a tabloid-style hypothesis of Martian civilization that makes this Mission impossible to watch."—Francesca Dinglasan, Boxoffice Magazinehttp://boxoffice.com/reviews/2008/08/mission-to-mars.php

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  Mars | Brian De Palma | Outer Space | Don Cheadle | Gary Sinise | Tim Robbins | Jerry O'Connell

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