JOURNEY TO THE
CENTRE OF THE EARTH (UK) aka
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (USA)
Year: 2008
USA: New Line Cinema
UK: Entertainment Film Distributors
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers, Jean Michel Pare, Jane Wheeler, Frank Fontaine, Giancarlo Caltabiano, Kaniehtiio Horn, Garth Gilker
Director: Eric Brevig
Country: USA
USA & UK: 92 mins
USA Rated: PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments
UK Certificate: PG contains intense adventure action and some scary scenes
USA Release Date: 11 July 2008
UK Release Date: 11 July 2008
Synopsis
Visionary scientist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser - CRASH, THE MUMMY) is a science professor whose untraditional hypotheses have made him the laughing stock of the academic community. During a scientific expedition in Iceland, accompanied by his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and their beautiful local guide, Hannah (Anita Briem), the trio are unexpectedly trapped in a cave. Unfortunately their only escape leads them deeper and deeper into the depths of the Earth.
Travelling through pristine, uncharted worlds, the trio comes face-to-face with surreal and unimaginable creatures that have never been seen before including man-eating plants, giant flying piranha, glow birds and terrifying dinosaurs from days past. The adventurers soon realize that as volcanic activity increases around them, they must find a way back to the Earth's surface before it is too late.
With spectacular photo-real environments and revolutionary new filmmaking techniques, JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an epic, family adventure that takes audiences directly into the heart of our heroes' voyage, bringing them along for a wild, visceral ride, as these three explorers plunge deep into a strange new realm beneath the Earth's surface where they embark on an amazing voyage and find awe-inspiring sites amidst grave danger.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH marks the big screen directorial debut of Academy Award-winning visual effects veteran Eric Brevig (TOTAL RECALL, PEARL HARBOR) from a screenplay by Michael Weiss and Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin.