Additional information for The Core, which has a domestic theatrical release set for March 28, 2003. The film is being distributed by Paramount Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Core has a total running time of 135 minutes.
12
Iceland
12
Switzerland
U
Malaysia
Atp
Argentina
M
Australia
Livre
Brazil
PG
Canada
TE
Chile
K-11
Finland
U
France
12
Germany
IIA
Hong Kong
12
Netherlands
M
New Zealand
11
Norway
PT
Peru
PG-13
Philippines
PG
Singapore
12
South Korea
T
Spain
11
Sweden
12A
UK
PG-13
USA
135min
9min
El núcleo
Argentina
El núcleo
Spain
The Core - Der innere Kern
Austria
The Core - Der innere Kern
Germany
A mag
Hungary
Au coeur de la terre
Canada
Core
USA
Detonação
Portugal
Die Terranauten
Austria
El núcleo - Misión al centro de la tierra
Mexico
Fusion - The core
France
Jedro
Slovenia
Jezgra
Croatia
Jezgro
Serbia
Kor
Turkey
O Núcleo - Missão ao Centro da Terra
Brazil
O pyrinas: Apostoli sto kentro tis Gis
Greece
The Core
Denmark
Ytimessä
Finland
March 25, 2003
USA
March 28, 2003
Canada
March 28, 2003
Mexico
March 28, 2003
Spain
March 28, 2003
UK
March 28, 2003
USA
April 01, 2003
Luxembourg
April 02, 2003
Philippines
April 03, 2003
Argentina
April 03, 2003
Germany
April 03, 2003
Hong Kong
April 03, 2003
Switzerland
April 04, 2003
Austria
April 04, 2003
Brazil
April 04, 2003
Greece
April 04, 2003
Iceland
April 04, 2003
Turkey
April 10, 2003
Peru
April 16, 2003
Belgium
April 16, 2003
Denmark
April 16, 2003
France
April 16, 2003
Israel
April 16, 2003
Norway
April 17, 2003
Hungary
April 17, 2003
Italy
April 17, 2003
Netherlands
April 18, 2003
Finland
April 18, 2003
Portugal
April 18, 2003
South Korea
April 18, 2003
Sweden
April 24, 2003
Russia
May 09, 2003
Lithuania
May 29, 2003
New Zealand
June 04, 2003
Egypt
June 05, 2003
Czech Republic
June 06, 2003
Poland
June 07, 2003
Japan
June 12, 2003
Australia
June 17, 2003
Kuwait
July 10, 2003
Slovenia
Earth has a deadline
The only way out is in
This Spring, Mankind's Greatest Threat Is Earth Itself.
The core of the earth has stopped spinning[Belgian poster]
After a series of strange events around the world connected by variances in the Earth's electromagnetic field, scientists, led by Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) and Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci), discover that the Earth's rotating molten core is slowly coming to a stop; without its movement, the electromagnetic field around the earth will disappear, exposing the surface to the unfiltered solar radiation and will incinerate anything or anyone exposed to it. Keyes and Zimsky are charged to find a way to restart the core, which requires traveling deep into the Earth and setting off nuclear charges to induce rotational force.Keyes and Zimsky seek the help of Dr. Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo), a weapons expert, and Ed "Braz" Brazzelton (Delroy Lindo). Brazzelton reveals a means of not only drilling through the Earth at high speeds using a series of lasers, but also has devised a material "unobtainium" which is capable of withstanding the pressures deep inside the planet as well as generating energy from them. Keyes himself works to create a means to visualize their path through rock structures via x-rays. To avoid creating a worldwide panic, an expert hacker, Theodore "Rat" Donald Finch (DJ Qualls), is found by an FBI agent (John Shaw) and is brought to monitor the Internet and erase any rumors to the potential fate of the planet. However, there is a hint that the Army is hiding the real reason of the incoming catastrophe.The team constructs a snake-like ship named Virgil made up of several compartments that will be launched over the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest such area on Earth. Keyes, Zimsky, Leveque, and Brazzelton are joined by NASA astronauts Commander Robert Iverson (Bruce Greenwood) and Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Hilary Swank), who will pilot the ship. She has just about been court martialled, although deemed innocent by the army judge (Fred Keating) of reckless flying.The launch goes successfully and the team finds their equipment is working to expectations as they begin their descent. After successful descent on the 700 miles depth, they run into a snag when they breach a gigantic geode-like structure, damaging the laser drilling device. Iverson and Zimsky find out that they are in fact inside a cobalt cocoon full of amethyst. During the repairs, Iverson is killed by falling crystal shards so Beck will now have to pilot the ship to the Earth's core. They repair the ship and escape just before the geode crushes and lava pours in.As they dive further, a large diamond breaches the hull of the last compartment where Leveque is preparing the nuclear devices for activation; he sacrifices himself to make sure that Keyes has the launch codes as the compartment, no longer able to withstand the pressure, is crushed. When they finally breach the molten core, they perform a series of calculations and find that their original plan would fail to restart the core due to unexpected physical property differences. The team calculates that they can still restart the core by decoupling each compartment of Virgil at precise positions, timing the nuclear devices in each to go off to obtain the best force they can impart to the core. However, in order to separate the individual compartments, one member will have to enter the open area at the front of Virgil, which is exposed directly to the heat of the molten core and likely will not survive. Brazzelton offers to do so and sacrifices himself to the cause.Meanwhile, on the surface, the public become aware of problems after a lightning superstorm appears over Rome and destroys the Colosseum and a patch of unfiltered sunlight over San Francisco melts the Golden Gate Bridge. Rat is unable to stop the release of the news, but learns of a device called "D.E.S.T.I.N.I." (Deep Earth Seismic Trigger Initiative), the news of which he relays to Keyes. Keyes learns that the DESTINI project was an attempt to propagate earthquakes through Earth's core as a weapon, but instead was the cause for stopping its rotation, and that Zimsky was a critical figure behind its design. Zimsky reveals that the government will attempt to use the device again to try to restart the core, which could have disastrous results.Keyes gets Rat to disable the power to the device while they attempt to plot the proper locations for the detonations, long enough for the Virgil team to detach each compartment, planting the nuclear devices at key points in the molten core. While Keyes and Zimsky activate the bombs, they realise that the blast won't be effective enough so they decide to restart the timers. While they do so, Zimsky is trapped in one of the compartments and must be left behind by Keyes and Childs. Before the compartment with Zimsky is disconnected, he reveals to Keyes that the explosion can be effective only if he uses the Virgil's fuel rod to increase the blast power of the last bomb. While the timer for the nuclear explosions ticks down, the two find they are within the blast radius of the devices, and are forced to rig the ship, using the power generated by the unobtainium, to move themselves out of the way in time.As they speed out of the core, the series of nuclear explosions goes off successfully restarting the core's rotation. Keyes and Childs are able to safely make it to the ocean floor in Virgil but without heat, they are unable to get to the surface. However, their position is found by the military by tracking whalesong singing over their ship. Shortly after they are recovered, Rat, through Keyes' directive, releases full information of Project DESTINI and of their mission to the Internet, which reveals the truth to all, and ensures that Iverson, Serge, Braz, and Zimsky are not forgotten, but rather lauded as heroes.
Jon Amiel
Director(s)
Cooper Layne
John Rogers
Writer(s)
Sean Bailey
producer
David Foster
producer
David B. Householter
co-producer (as David Householter)
Cooper Layne
producer
Producer(s)
Christopher Young
Composer(s)
Dr. Josh Keyes
Aaron Eckhart
Dave Perry
Christopher Shyer
Paul
Ray Galletti
Maj. Rebecca Childs
Hilary Swank
Dr. Ed 'Braz' Brazzleton
Delroy Lindo
Lynne
Eileen Pedde
Danni (as Rékha Sharma)
Rekha Sharma
Dr. Conrad Zimsky
Stanley Tucci
Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
DJ Qualls
Acker
Tom Scholte
Gen. Thomas Purcell
Richard Jenkins
FBI Agent
Glenn Morshower
Cmdr. Robert Iverson
Bruce Greenwood
FBI Agent
Anthony Harrison
Serge (as Tcheky Karyo)
Tchéky Karyo
Dad
Bart Anderson
Mom
Nicole Leroux
Little Boy
Justin Callan
GBTV Reporter - Trafalgar Square
Chris Humphreys
Flight Engineer Timmins
Dion Johnstone
Stickley
Alfre Woodard
Endeavor Flight Engineer (as Fred Ewanvick)
Fred Ewanuick
Chief Engineer Mission Control
Hrothgar Mathews
Himself
Shawn Green
Scientist
Ming-Tzong Hong
Zimsky's Assistant
Jennifer Spence
Pentagon General
Michael St. John Smith
FBI Agent - Rat's Apartment
John Shaw
Security Policeman - Tribunal
Nickolas Baric
Court Marshall Presiding Officer
Fred Keating
Rome Café Patron
Rosa Di Brigida
Rome Café Patron
Roberto Roberto
Rome Café Patron
Ermanno De Biagi
Rome Café Patron
Marcello Laurentis
Technician - Virgil Base
Greg Bennett
Luke Barry
Matt Winston
News Anchor
Claire Riley
News Anchor
Marke Driesschen
Project Destiny Engineer
Laurie Murdoch
Project Destiny Engineer
Costa Spanos
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Director(s)
John Rogers
Writer(s)
producer
David Foster
producer
David B. Householter
co-producer (as David Householter)
Cooper Layne
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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