Ad Astra (2019)

Directed by

James Gray

Genre

science fiction film, epic film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 7,283 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An astronaut travels through space to find his father, a missing scientist whose dangerous mission threatens Earth. It is a story about a man searching for his father while facing the vast silence of the solar system.

introspectivesolemnslow-burnlonelycontemplativeausterevisually starkbrooding

What happens

Ad Astra is a 2019 psychological science fiction film directed by James Gray who co-wrote with Ethan Gross. Starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and all life on Earth. The project was announced in early 2016, with Gray stating he wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie". Pitt signed on to star in August 2016 and the rest of the cast, save Tyler, joined in 2017. Filming began around Los Angeles that August, lasting through October. Tyler was added to the cast in 2018 after unsatisfactory test screenings mandated a love interest for Pitt's character. Ad Astra premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 20, by 20th Century Fox. The film received critical acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Pitt's performance, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $135.2 million against an $80–100 million budget. At the 92nd Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Sound Mixing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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