When the movie ended, my friend and i spent an extra 10. Directed by danny boyle the mind behind films such as 28 days later, slumdog millionaire, and steve jobs and written by alex garland, the director of ex machina, annihilation, and devs sunshine boasts one of the sneakybestscificasts of the last twenty years, as it features a precaptain america chris evans, a prepeaky blinders. Apr 14, 2020 directed by danny boyle the mind behind films such as 28 days later, slumdog millionaire, and steve jobs and written by alex garland, the director of ex machina, annihilation, and devs sunshine boasts one of the sneakybestscificasts of the last twenty years, as it features a precaptain america chris evans, a prepeaky blinders. Director danny boyle and his cast work hard to create a believable scenario. The movie was written by the scifi novelist alex garland, whose 28 days later made a scary film, and directed by danny boyle, whose work ranges widely, from the worlds filthiest toilet in trainspotting to a young boy who chats with the saints in millions. Music from the motion picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 danny boyle film sunshine.
A movie like this will always succeed or fail on how good the characters are and director danny boyle mostly gets this right. Combining impressive imagery, a spellbinding screenplay, a magnificent score, and a fascinating spiritual core. Boyle, the slyboots british director of movies as seemingly different as. Mar 24, 2007 one of the most exciting british movies this year is danny boyle s scifi epic, sunshine, which puts the divine back into a genre that had lost its way. Need to watch sunshine on your tv, phone, or tablet. With cillian murphy, rose byrne, chris evans, cliff curtis. Brian cox of the university of manchester web production diaries making of, behind the scenes, interviews with cast and crew deleted scenes including alternate ending with danny boyle commentary. Rather, its a study of personalities, philosophies, and ethics, with a bit of alienlike horror in the mix as well. Sunshine movie danny boyle talks about the film behind. Sunshine is both one of my favorite sciencefiction films and my favorite work from danny boyle. Sunshine, though, features a very capable ralph fiennes, portraying three different men, in three different generations of the same jewish family throughout the turmoils and futility of a. The photography was brilliant and on a whole i found the film quite remarkable. In the nottoodistant future, earths dying sun spells the end for humanity. I think the fault here lies with writer garland, whose third act is derivative, contrived, and not worthy of the rest of this fine film.
Boyle always sells the goods smoothly, along with the chills, the laughs and, somewhat less often, the tears. It is a joint composition by the electronic band underworld and film score composer john murphy. It was the second collaboration between director danny boyle. Jul 19, 2007 the movie was written by the scifi novelist alex garland, whose 28 days later made a scary film, and directed by danny boyle, whose work ranges widely, from the worlds filthiest toilet in trainspotting to a young boy who chats with the saints in millions. But danny boyles sunshine has proved an enduring cult classic. Searle, having spent the mission obsessed with looking into the shielded sun, voluntarily exposes himself to its full, deadly force in the observation. The performances are understated but strong cillian murphy is his usual excellent self playing capa, the ships physicist. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the danny boyle directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we. He is known for his work on films including shallow grave, trainspotting and its sequel t2 trainspotting, the beach, 28 days later, sunshine, slumdog.
Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by danny boyle and written by alex garland. In a lastditch effort to save the planet, a crew of eight men and women ventures into space with a device that could revive the star. Find similar and related movies for sunshine 2007 danny boyle on allmovie. Often overlooked due to its somewhat difficulttoswallow premise, which sounds like the core but in the sun, the film is actually a slow, melancholic character study, somewhat philosophical in tone, though never fauxlosophic. As the sun begins to dim along with humankinds hope for the future, its up to a. Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by danny boyle and. Daniel francis boyle born 20 october 1956 is an english film and stage director and film and television producer. It is no longer providing the energy and the light that mankind needs to survive on earth. The first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward men in my memory, the audience was at least 90 percent male. Jul 20, 2007 this is the end, danny boyle sings in his spooky and spookily beautiful sciencefiction thriller, sunshine. The first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward.
Sunshine dvd 2007 danny boyle directors commentary commentary by dr. It is a joint composition by the electronic band underworld and. Not to be confused with danny boyles later, only foray into scifi, this sunshine is quite a rare movie. He is known for his work on films including shallow grave, trainspotting and its sequel t2 trainspotting, the beach, 28 days later, sunshine, slumdog millionaire, 127 hours, steve jobs and yesterday. Danny boyles 10 best movies according to rotten tomatoes.
His debut film shallow grave won the bafta award for best british film. The ensemble cast features cillian murphy, chris evans, rose byrne, michelle yeoh, cliff curtis, troy garity, hiroyuki sanada, benedict wong, and chipo chung. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. One of the most exciting british movies this year is danny boyles scifi epic, sunshine, which puts the divine back into a genre that had lost its way. The utter vastness of the space around them is contrasted repeatedly with shots of their narrow. The opening fox searchlight logo is played backwards so that it ends on the sun hanging over the hills. The premise might make danny boyle s sunshine sound like another coming of armageddon. In a nutshell, sunshine is an amazing achievement, dynamic, inventive, immersive the camera built into the spacesuit, modern. The actor also studied henrigeorges clouzots classic the wages of fear 1953 to have an understanding of the type of suspense that danny boyle was attempting to create. Sep 04, 2017 the first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward men in my memory, the audience was at least 90 percent male. He is a director and producer, known for 127 hours 2010, 28 days later.
Ben and drew return to ama to discuss the danny boyle cult classic sunshine. The premise might make danny boyles sunshine sound like another coming of armageddon. Cillian murphy is fantastic as well as chris evans. Taking place in the year 2057, the story follows a group of astronauts on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying sun. In the new scifi thriller, the sun is dying, and its up to a team of scientists to save the dayliterally. Discover sunshine, the perfect summer scifi flick youve. Hes wickedly good at making you jump and squirm in your seat, which he does often in sunshine, but he tends to avoid tapping into deep wells of emotion. Ten years later, sunshine remains one of the bleakest and most. The entire global community pools its resources to.
Danny boyle was born on october 20, 1956 in manchester, england as daniel boyle. Mark kermode on danny boyles scifi epic sunshine film. A visually intimate, flawed, thoughtful, brilliant, and occasionally astonishing work. All our science, all our hopes, our genes, are foolish. Brian cox, a physicist with cern, served as the films scientific advisor.
Didnt mind the ending but it certainly wasnt my favorite part of the movie. Sunshine 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Danny boyles sunshine 2007 is a perfect lovecraftfilm. However, an accident, a grave mistake and a distress beacon from a longlost spaceship throw the crew and its desperate mission into a tailspin. Join them as they rank alex garlands work, and talk about the. Danny boyles visual talent and a terrific cast elevate the mundane aspects of the script. Sunshine is a 2007 psychological thriller disguised as a bogstandard scifi disaster movie, starring cillian murphy. Murphy has claimed that his involvement in sunshine converted him from agnosticism to atheism.
Danny boyle and his team kept the movie at perfect paces, and at least for me established a powerful suspension of disbelief in parts. This is the end, danny boyle sings in his spooky and spookily beautiful sciencefiction thriller, sunshine. Sunshine shot during the summer of 2005, and has been in postproduction for the entirety of 2006, postponing an initial release date of october 2006 until april 2007. Part seven of preparing as much as humanly possible for interstellar. Danny boyle continues his descent into mindtwisting scifi madness, taking us along for the ride. Rose byrne, chris evans, cillian murphy, and michelle yeoh star in a film that asks audiences just. Apr 26, 2011 the big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration.
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