Martian Movie
The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction comedy
film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The film is based on
Andy Weir's 2011 novel The Martian, which was adapted into a screenplay by Drew
Goddard. Damon stars as an astronaut who is mistakenly presumed dead and left
behind on Mars. The film depicts his struggle to survive and others' efforts to
rescue him. The film also features Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff
Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, and
Chiwetel Ejiofor in supporting roles.
Producer Simon Kinberg began developing the film after
20th Century Fox optioned the novel in March 2013. Drew Goddard adapted the
novel into a screenplay and was initially attached to direct, but the film did
not move forward. Scott replaced Goddard, and with Damon in place as the main
character, production was green-lit. Filming began in November 2014 and lasted
approximately 70 days. Approximately 20 sets were built on a sound stage in
Budapest, Hungary, one of the largest in the world. Wadi Rum in Jordan was also
used as a practical backdrop for filming.
The film premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film
Festival on September 11, 2015. 20th Century Fox released the film in theaters
in the United States on October 2, 2015. The film was released in 2D, 3D, IMAX
3D and 4DX.[5] The film received positive reviews and has grossed over $597
million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date, as well as
the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2015. It received several accolades,
including the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy,
and seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for
Damon, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Goddard.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Aditya Sood, Michael
Schaefer, Mark Huffam
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Based on The
Martian by Andy Weir
Starring Matt
Damon,Jessica Chastain,Kristen Wiig,Jeff Daniels
Michael
Peña,Kate Mara,Sean Bean,Sebastian Stan,Aksel Hennie,Chiwetel Ejiofor
Music by Harry
Gregson-Williams
Cinematography Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Pietro
Scalia
Production
companies Scott Free
Productions,Kinberg Genre, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by 20th Century
Fox
Release dates September 11,
2015 (TIFF)
October 2, 2015
(United States)
Running time 141 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $108 million
Box office $597.6 million
Story of
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In 2035, the crew of the Ares III manned mission to Mars
is on sol 18 of their 31-sol expedition. A severe dust storm forces them to
return to their orbiting vessel Hermes. During the evacuation, astronaut Mark
Watney is struck by debris and lost in the storm; the last telemetry from his
suit indicates that it has lost pressure, with no life signs. With the
remaining crew in peril, mission commander Melissa Lewis gives the order to
launch without him.
Watney awakens after the storm and makes his way to the
"Hab", the crew's Mars living quarters. He removes a piece of antenna
from his stomach and suit's biomonitor, which caused the erroneous life-sign
readings, and begins a video diary. He realizes that his only chance of rescue
will be the arrival of the Ares IV crew in four years. Calculating that he has
enough food to last only 300 Martian solar days, Watney, a botanist, improvises
a farm with Martian soil fertilized with vacuum-packed toilet waste, water
produced by extracting hydrogen from leftover rocket fuel then oxidized by
burning, and potatoes saved for a Thanksgiving meal. He begins to modify the
one functional rover to make long journeys across Mars.
Reviewing satellite photos of Mars, mission director
Vincent Kapoor and satellite planner Mindy Park realize that Watney has
survived. Over the objections of Hermes flight director Mitch Henderson, NASA
director Teddy Sanders decides not to inform the Ares III crew, believing it
would distract them from their mission.
Watney takes the rover to retrieve the Pathfinder probe,
which fell silent in 1997. Using the lander's rotating still camera, he
establishes rudimentary communication with the JPL team. NASA instructs Watney
to modify the rover to link with Pathfinder, allowing them to communicate via
text. When Watney is angry that the crew has not been told of his survival,
Sanders authorizes Henderson to inform them. Lewis feels guilt-ridden over
leaving Watney behind.
Henderson and JPL director Bruce Ng formulate a plan to
send a space probe to Mars and resupply Watney with enough food to survive
until Ares IV's arrival. When the Hab airlock explosively decompresses,
destroying Watney's crop, Sanders orders the team to accelerate the supply
mission by skipping safety inspections. The supply probe explodes after
liftoff.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) offers
NASA the Taiyang Shen, a classified booster that can carry a payload to Mars.
Meanwhile, JPL astrodynamicist Rich Purnell determines a trajectory to send
Hermes back to Mars more quickly, using the Chinese booster to instead resupply
it for an additional eighteen-month journey. Sanders rejects the plan, refusing
to risk the crew, but Henderson surreptitiously sends the details of Purnell's
plan to Hermes. Lewis and her crew vote unanimously to execute the plan, and
NASA – powerless to stop them – proceeds with the resupply as Hermes flies by
Earth, using its gravity to slingshot them back to Mars.
After 461 sols, Watney begins the 90-sol journey to
Schiaparelli crater, where the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) for the Ares IV
mission was previously landed. To rendezvous with Hermes' fly-by, Watney must
make drastic modifications to reduce its mass, removing non-essential equipment
including the vessel's windows, nose cone, and exterior panels. With Watney on
board the gutted MAV, the Hermes crew launches it remotely, but not at the
planned speed and distance. Hermes uses its maneuvering thrusters to change
course and explosive decompression of its own internal atmosphere to adjust its
speed. Lewis uses a MMU to approach Watney's vessel as closely as her tether
will allow, but is unable to reach him. Watney pierces the glove of his
pressure suit and uses the escaping air as a miniature thruster to reach Lewis.
The crew is reunited as crowds around the world cheer the news.
After returning to Earth, Watney begins a new life as a
survival instructor for new astronaut candidates. Years later on the occasion
of the Ares V mission launch, those involved in Watney's rescue have returned
to their lives or begun new lives.
Cast by
Matt Damon as Mark Watney, a botanist who is part of the Ares III
team, presumed dead after a violent storm on Mars. Watney is then forced to use
his ingenuity and wit to find a way home.
Jessica
Chastain as Melissa Lewis,
a geologist and the Ares III mission commander.
Michael Peña as Major Rick Martinez, the pilot of the Ares III
mission. He is the closest of the Ares III team to Watney.
Kate Mara as Beth Johanssen, the Ares III's system operator. She
has romantic feelings for Beck.
Sebastian Stan as Dr. Chris Beck, an astronaut and flight surgeon for
the Ares III mission. He has romantic feelings for Johannsen.
Aksel Hennie as Dr. Alex Vogel, a German national who is the
navigator and chemist of Ares III.
Chiwetel
Ejiofor as Vincent Kapoor,
NASA's Mars mission director, and the first person to establish contact with
Watney.
Mackenzie
Davis as Mindy Park, a
satellite planner in Mission Control, the first person to realise that Watney
is alive.
Sean Bean as Mitch Henderson, the Ares III's mission director. His
priority at all times is the welfare and stability of the Ares III crew.
Jeff Daniels as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders, the NASA
director. Sanders is shown to be competent but averse to unnecessary risks.
Donald Glover
as Rich Purnell, a JPL astrodynamicist who devises the plan to save Watney.
Benedict Wong as Bruce Ng, director of JPL, charged with constructing
the rockets and payloads for the rescue mission.
Kristen Wiig as Annie Montrose, the director of media relations for
NASA. She is primarily concerned with the public perception of NASA during the
Watney rescue.
Eddy Ko as Guo Ming, chief scientist at CNSA
Chen Shu as Zhu Tao, deputy chief scientist at CNSA
Naomi Scott as
Ryoko
Nick Mohammed as Tim Grimes
Musics
1. "Turn
the Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson
2. "Hot
Stuff" by Donna Summer
3. "Rock
the Boat" by The Hues Corporation
4. "Don't
Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston
5.
"Starman" by David Bowie
6.
"Waterloo" by ABBA
7. "Love
Train" by The O'Jays
8. "I
Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (end credits)
