THE ISLAND

Year: 2005
USA: DreamWorks Distribution
UK: Warner Bros Pictures International UK
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Noa Tishby, Siobhan Flynn, Troy Blendell, Jamie McBride, Kevin McCorkle, Gary Nickens, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Richard Whiten, Max Baker, Phil Abrams, Svetlana Efremova, Katy Boyer, Randy Oglesby, Yvette Nicole Brown, Taylor Gilbert, Wendy Haines, Tim Halligan, Glenn Morshower, Michael Canavan, Jimmy Smagula, Ben Tolpin, Robert Sherman, Rich Hutchman, Gonzalo Menendez, Olivia Tracey, Ray Xifo, Mary Pat Gleason, Ashley Yegan, Whitney Dylan, Mitzi Martin, Lew Dauber, Shelby Leverington, Don Creech, Richard V Licata, Eamon Behrens, Alex Carter, Kevin Daniels, Grant Garrison, Kenneth Hughes, Brian Leckner, Dakota Mitchell, Martin Papazian, Phil Somerville, Ryan Tasz, Kirk Ward, Kelvin Han Yee, Shawnee Smith, Chris Ellis, Don Michael Paul, Eric Stonestreet, James Granoff, James Hart, Craig Reynolds, Trent Ford, Sage Thomas, Mark Christopher Lawrence
Director: Michael Bay
Country: USA
USA & UK: 136 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexuality and language
UK Certificate: 12A contains strong language, moderate violence and intense action
USA Release Date: 22 July 2005
UK Release Date: 11 August 2005

Synopsis

Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, PEARL HARBOR) directs this futuristic action thriller THE ISLAND, starring Ewan McGregor (STAR WARS: EPISODES I & II) and Scarlett Johansson (LOST IN TRANSLATION, GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING).

Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated place in the world following an ecological disaster that reportedly took the lives of everyone on the planet...except them.

However Lincoln soon discovers everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts.

Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is "harvested", Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson). Once they are on the outside and away from the prying eyes of the institute, the innocent friendship they shared, begins to develop into something deeper. However relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.