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Sunshine
Sign in to save2007 film directed by Danny Boyle
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7.0Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.
Cast
- Cillian Murphy as Capa
- Rose Byrne as Cassie
- Chris Evans as Mace
- Michelle Yeoh as Corazon
- Cliff Curtis as Searle
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Kaneda
Themes
- space marine
- saving the world
- bomb
- sun
- space suit
- sunlight
- space travel
- space mission
- earth
- solar energy
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
284,835 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 22 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Danny Boyle
- Written by
- Alex Garland
- Produced by
- Andrew Macdonald
- Starring
- Rose Byrne Cliff Curtis Chris Evans Troy Garity Cillian Murphy Hiroyuki Sanada Benedict Wong Michelle Yeoh
- Cinematography
- Alwin H. Küchler
- Edited by
- Chris Gill
- Music by
- John Murphy , Underworld
- Production companies
- DNA Films UK Film Council Ingenious Film Partners
- Distributed by
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release date
- 6 April 2007 ( 2007-04-06 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $34.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 181908
- Official website
- www.foxsearchlight.com/sunshine
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2006-00-00
- title
- Sunshine
- review score
- 64/100
- capital cost
- 26000000
- box office
- 32017803
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Article
Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It features an ensemble cast, including Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and Michelle Yeoh. Set in 2057 as a global freeze threatens human extinction, the film follows the crew of a spacecraft on a mission to deliver a stellar bomb intended to reignite the dying Sun.
The film was shot primarily at 3 Mills Studios in London, with cinematography by Alwin H. Küchler. The film's score was composed by John Murphy with contributions from the band Underworld. The production consulted scientific advisers including physicist Brian Cox.