Tomorrowland (2015)
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A disillusioned inventor and a teenage science enthusiast travel to a hidden futuristic dimension to save their world.
The story
At the 1964 New York World's Fair, a young inventor named Frank Walker fails to impress judges with a homemade jet pack, but a mysterious girl named Athena gives him a special pin. In the present day, a teenage optimist named Casey Newton discovers a similar pin among her belongings after a protest. Upon touching it, she is transported to Tomorrowland, a dazzling futuristic city in another dimension. Determined to understand what she saw, Casey follows clues to a shop in Houston, where she meets Athena again. The two must navigate the mysteries of the hidden world and its connection to their own reality.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1964, Frank Walker is gifted a 'T' pin by Athena, which transports him to the futuristic city of Tomorrowland. In the present, Casey Newton finds a similar pin and is transported there as a projection. Athena, an animatronic, takes Casey to the now-adult Frank, a recluse who has built a device predicting the world's end. They travel to Paris and launch a rocket to reach Tomorrowland, where they find the city in decline. They encounter Governor David Nix, who uses a tachyon machine to broadcast visions of catastrophe. Casey realizes the warnings have become a self-fulfilling prophecy. During a confrontation to destroy the machine, Athena sacrifices herself to save Frank, and Nix is killed. In the aftermath, Casey and Frank take leadership of Tomorrowland, building a new generation of animatronics to find new dreamers across the world.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 130
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Brad Bird
- Cast and characters
- George Clooney; Hugh Laurie; Britt Robertson · Casey Newton; Raffey Cassidy · Athena; Tim McGraw; Kathryn Hahn · Ursula; Keegan-Michael Key
- Genres
- science fiction; children's adventure; fantasy; action
- Themes
- optimism; innovation; legacy
- Tone and mood
- hopeful; adventurous
- Premise and plot tags
- multiverse; time-travel; androids
- Source material / true-story basis
- the themed land Tomorrowland from the Disney Parks
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and was considered a commercial failure at the box office.
- Reported review scores
- CinemaScore · score: B · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The production designers used designs of Space Mountain and Spaceship Earth.; The film was released as Tomorrowland: A World Beyond in the UK.
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