Mission to Mars
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Short description
Mission to Mars follows the first crewed NASA expedition to the Red Planet, led by Luke Graham. Soon after landing, the astronauts encounter a powerful and unexplained phenomenon that destroys the mission and cuts off contact with Earth. A second crew is assembled and sent to find out what happened and to look for anyone still alive. Among them are Commander Woody Blake, his wife Terri, pilot Jim McConnell and technician Phil Ohlmyer. What they find on arrival raises questions far beyond the fate of the first team.
Brian De Palma directed the film, the nineteenth of the twenty-four features listed for him in chronological order, arriving between Snake Eyes and Femme Fatale. The screenplay is by Jim Thomas, John Thomas and Graham Yost, and Tom Jacobson produced. Gary Sinise plays Jim McConnell, with Tim Robbins as Woody Blake, Don Cheadle as Luke Graham, Connie Nielsen as Terri Fisher, Jerry O'Connell as Phil Ohlmyer and Peter Outerbridge as Sergei Kirov. Forty cast members and 305 crew members are credited.
The production, made across Canada, the United States and France, had a budget of 90 million US dollars and took in about 111 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.7 out of 10 from more than 75,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6 out of 10 from a much smaller electorate of about 1,650. A critics' rating of 4.2 out of 10 from 115 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film depicts the human genome as a single molecule of DNA. In reality, the human genome consists of 46 chromosomes, each of which consists of one molecule of DNA.
- The design of all the spacecraft was based on the design of spacecraft actually used by NASA. Materials genuinely used by aerospace companies were used in their construction.
- The creation of each spacesuit cost approximately $100,000. The cost of a real spacesuit used by NASA varies from $10 million to $12 million.
- Mars lacks sufficient moisture for cloud formation, and footage from space demonstrates their complete absence. However, after astronauts land on the planet's surface, significant cloud cover can be observed, including so-called cumulonimbus clouds (which produce heavy rainfall).
- Initially, Gore Verbinski was the film's director. Then the film's budget was increased, and Brian De Palma began to show interest in the project. When he became the director, some changes were made to the plot.
- The rock behind the astronauts weighed over 900 kilograms.
- In creating the "face on Mars" and the alien hologram, the filmmakers drew inspiration from the works of Constantin Brâncuși, a French sculptor of Romanian origin, particularly his "Sleeping Muse" from 1910.
- The Martian landscape was created in a huge sand quarry near Vancouver. It turned out to be one of the largest sets ever built for filming – with an area of approximately 185,000 square meters.
- Over 53,000 liters of paint were used to paint the ground.
- Many props from the film, including a model of the spacecraft, now form a display near one of the attractions at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
