Taglines: Prepare to go Psychlo.
Battlefield Earth movie storyline. In the year 3000, humanity is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth of its resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has reverted to a primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil.
After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom.
Battlefield Earth (also referred to as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction action film based upon the first half of L. Ron Hubbard’s 1982 novel of the same name. Directed by Roger Christian and starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker,
Travolta originally envisioned Battlefield Earth as the first of two films to be adapted from the book, as the screenplay only covered the first half of the novel. However, the film’s poor performance at the box office, as well as the collapse of Franchise Pictures, ended plans for a sequel.
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Directed by: Roger Christian
Starring: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, Sabine Karsenti, Michael Byrne, Christian Tessier, Sylvain Landry, Richard Tyson
Screenplay by: J. D. Shapiro, Corey Mandell
Production Design by: Patrick Tatopoulos
Cinematography by: Giles Nuttgens
Film Editing by: Robin Russell
Costume Design by: Patrick Tatopoulos
Set Decoration by: Louis Dandonneau, Anne Galéa
Art Direction by: Oana Bogdan Miller, Claude Paré
Music by: Elia Cmiral
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sci-fi action.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: May 12, 2000
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