John Carter is a 2012 American science fiction action film that tells the first interplanetary adventure of John Carter, the heroic protagonist of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 11-volume Barsoom series of novels (1912–43).[4] The film marks the centennial of the character's first appearance.[4][5]
The film is the live-action debut of director/writer Andrew Stanton; his previous work includes the Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008).[6][7] Co-written by Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, it is produced by Jim Morris, Colin Wilson, and Lindsey Collins, and scored
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Director: Andrew Stanton
Writers: Andrew Stanton (screenplay), Mark Andrews
Storyline
John Carter, a Civil War veteran who in 1868 was trying to live a normal life, is "asked" by the Army to join. But he refuses so he is locked up. He escapes and is pursued. Eventually they run into some Indians and there's a gunfight. Carter seeks refuge in a cave. While there he encounters someone who is holding some kind of medallion. When Carter touches it, he finds himself in a place where he can leap incredible heights, among other things. He later encounters beings he has never seen before. Later he meets a woman who helps him to discover that he is on Mars. And he learns there's some kind of unrest going on. In 1931 Looney Tunes director Bob Clampett approached Edgar Rice Burroughs with the idea of adapting A Princess of Mars into a feature-length animated film. Burroughs responded enthusiastically, recognizing that a regular live-action feature would face various limitations to adapt accurately, so he advised Clampett to write an original animated adventure for John Carter.[18] Working with Burroughs' son John Coleman Burroughs in 1935, Clampett used rotoscope and other hand-drawn techniques to capture the action, tracing over the motions of an athlete who performed John Carter's powerful movements in the reduced Martian gravity. Clampett designed Tharks, the Green, multi-armed Martians of Barsoom, giving them a believable appearance. He then produced footage of them riding their eight-legged Thoats at a gallop, which had all of their eight legs moving in coordinated motion; he also produced footage of a fleet of rocketships emerging from a Martian volcano. MGM was to release the cartoons, and the studio heads were enthusiastic about the series.[19]
The test footage, produced by 1936,[20] received negative reactions from film exhibitors across the U.S., especially in small towns; many gave their opinion that the concept of an Earthman on Mars was just too outlandish an idea for midwestern American audiences to accept. The series was not given the go-ahead, and Clampett was instead encouraged to produce an animated Tarzan series, an offer which he later declined. Clampett recognized the irony in MGM's decision, as the Flash Gordon movie serial, released in the same year by Universal Studios, was highly successful. He speculated that MGM believed that serials were only played to children during Saturday matinees, whereas the John Carter tales were intended to be seen by adults during the evening. The footage that Clampett produced was believed lost for many years, until Burroughs' grandson, Danton Burroughs, in the early 1970s found some of the film tests in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. archives.[19] Had A Princess of Mars been released, it may have preceded Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to become the first American feature-length animated film.
Cast
Taylor Kitsch as John Carter, the film's main protagonist.
Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris
Samantha Morton as Sola
Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas
Thomas Haden Church as Tal Hajus
Mark Strong as Matai Shang, the film's main antagonist.
Ciarán Hinds as Tardos Mors
Dominic West as Sab Than
James Purefoy as Kantos Kan
Bryan Cranston as Colonel Powell
Polly Walker as Sarkoja, a Thark
Daryl Sabara as Edgar Rice Burroughs
Nicholas Woodeson as Dalton, Carter's attorney
Don Stark as Dix, storekeeper in Arizona
Jon Favreau (cameo) as Thark bookie. Favreau was once attached to direct the film when it was still a Paramount production.[17]
Art Malik as Zodangan General
Jonathan Hyde as Burroughs' professor (scenes deleted)
Details
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Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 9 March 2012 (USA) See more »
Also Known As: John Carter of Mars See more »
Filming Locations: Moab, Utah, USA See more
Box Office
Budget: $250,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $30,180,188 (USA) (11 March 2012) (3749 Screens)
Gross: $179,300,000 (Worldwide) (19 March 2012)
Company Credits
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime: 132 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
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