Danny boyle is a particular director with his successes trainspotting, 28 days later. Rather, its a study of personalities, philosophies, and ethics, with a bit of alienlike horror in the mix as well. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic scifi. Danny boyle was born on october 20, 1956 in manchester, england as daniel boyle. It is no longer providing the energy and the light that mankind needs to survive on earth.
Brian cox of the university of manchester web production diaries making of, behind the scenes, interviews with cast and crew deleted scenes including alternate ending with danny boyle commentary. Boyle, the slyboots british director of movies as seemingly different as. A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057. Music from the motion picture is the soundtrack album for the 2007 danny boyle film sunshine. In a nutshell, sunshine is an amazing achievement, dynamic, inventive, immersive the camera built into the spacesuit, modern. He is known for his work on films including shallow grave, trainspotting and its sequel t2 trainspotting, the beach, 28 days later, sunshine, slumdog. Sunshine shot during the summer of 2005, and has been in postproduction for the entirety of 2006, postponing an initial release date of october 2006 until april 2007. It is a joint composition by the electronic band underworld and film score composer john murphy. Mark kermode on danny boyles scifi epic sunshine film. Boyle always sells the goods smoothly, along with the chills, the laughs and, somewhat less often, the tears. Ten years later, sunshine remains one of the bleakest and most. Jul 20, 2007 this is the end, danny boyle sings in his spooky and spookily beautiful sciencefiction thriller, sunshine. I think the fault here lies with writer garland, whose third act is derivative, contrived, and not worthy of the rest of this fine film.
Daniel francis boyle born 20 october 1956 is an english film and stage director and film and television producer. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the danny boyle directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we. This is the end, danny boyle sings in his spooky and spookily beautiful sciencefiction thriller, sunshine. Didnt mind the ending but it certainly wasnt my favorite part of the movie. In the nottoodistant future, earths dying sun spells the end for humanity.
The premise might make danny boyle s sunshine sound like another coming of armageddon. It was the second collaboration between director danny boyle. Sunshine 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Searle, having spent the mission obsessed with looking into the shielded sun, voluntarily exposes himself to its full, deadly force in the observation. A visually intimate, flawed, thoughtful, brilliant, and occasionally astonishing work. The first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward men in my memory, the audience was at least 90 percent male.
Hes wickedly good at making you jump and squirm in your seat, which he does often in sunshine, but he tends to avoid tapping into deep wells of emotion. Find similar and related movies for sunshine 2007 danny boyle on allmovie. All our science, all our hopes, our genes, are foolish. Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by danny boyle and. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. The actor also studied henrigeorges clouzots classic the wages of fear 1953 to have an understanding of the type of suspense that danny boyle was attempting to create. He finds himself in an unpredictable location, joined by a group of people who seem to be slowly losing their grip on reality and themselves. Director danny boyle and his cast work hard to create a believable scenario.
Apr 26, 2011 the big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. A movie like this will always succeed or fail on how good the characters are and director danny boyle mostly gets this right. Sunshine is both one of my favorite sciencefiction films and my favorite work from danny boyle. Danny boyle and his team kept the movie at perfect paces, and at least for me established a powerful suspension of disbelief in parts. Apr 14, 2020 directed by danny boyle the mind behind films such as 28 days later, slumdog millionaire, and steve jobs and written by alex garland, the director of ex machina, annihilation, and devs sunshine boasts one of the sneakybestscificasts of the last twenty years, as it features a precaptain america chris evans, a prepeaky blinders. The entire global community pools its resources to. He is a director and producer, known for 127 hours 2010, 28 days later. He is known for his work on films including shallow grave, trainspotting and its sequel t2 trainspotting, the beach, 28 days later, sunshine, slumdog millionaire, 127 hours, steve jobs and yesterday. In a lastditch effort to save the planet, a crew of eight men and women ventures into space with a device that could revive the star.
Part seven of preparing as much as humanly possible for interstellar. Cillian murphy is fantastic as well as chris evans. One of the most exciting british movies this year is danny boyles scifi epic, sunshine, which puts the divine back into a genre that had lost its way. Discover sunshine, the perfect summer scifi flick youve. Not to be confused with danny boyles later, only foray into scifi, this sunshine is quite a rare movie. Sunshine movie behind the scenes danny boyle talks about. Murphy has claimed that his involvement in sunshine converted him from agnosticism to atheism. The utter vastness of the space around them is contrasted repeatedly with shots of their narrow. The photography was brilliant and on a whole i found the film quite remarkable. Ben and drew return to ama to discuss the danny boyle cult classic sunshine.
Sep 04, 2017 the first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward men in my memory, the audience was at least 90 percent male. Danny boyles sunshine 2007 is a perfect lovecraftfilm. It is a joint composition by the electronic band underworld and. The performances are understated but strong cillian murphy is his usual excellent self playing capa, the ships physicist. When the movie ended, my friend and i spent an extra 10. Danny boyles visual talent and a terrific cast elevate the mundane aspects of the script. The first time i saw sunshine, it was in a movie theater packed with awkward. Need to watch sunshine on your tv, phone, or tablet. Mar 24, 2007 one of the most exciting british movies this year is danny boyle s scifi epic, sunshine, which puts the divine back into a genre that had lost its way.
The premise might make danny boyles sunshine sound like another coming of armageddon. Sunshine dvd 2007 danny boyle directors commentary commentary by dr. Often overlooked due to its somewhat difficulttoswallow premise, which sounds like the core but in the sun, the film is actually a slow, melancholic character study, somewhat philosophical in tone, though never fauxlosophic. Sunshine is a 2007 psychological thriller disguised as a bogstandard scifi disaster movie, starring cillian murphy. Sunshine movie danny boyle talks about the film behind. Danny boyle continues his descent into mindtwisting scifi madness. Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by danny boyle and written by alex garland. But danny boyles sunshine has proved an enduring cult classic.
Taking place in the year 2057, the story follows a group of astronauts on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying sun. With cillian murphy, rose byrne, chris evans, cliff curtis. Directed by danny boyle the mind behind films such as 28 days later, slumdog millionaire, and steve jobs and written by alex garland, the director of ex machina, annihilation, and devs sunshine boasts one of the sneakybestscificasts of the last twenty years, as it features a precaptain america chris evans, a prepeaky blinders. However, an accident, a grave mistake and a distress beacon from a longlost spaceship throw the crew and its desperate mission into a tailspin. His debut film shallow grave won the bafta award for best british film. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the danny boyledirected movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we. Sunshine, though, features a very capable ralph fiennes, portraying three different men, in three different generations of the same jewish family throughout the turmoils and futility of a. Danny boyles 10 best movies according to rotten tomatoes. As the sun begins to dim along with humankinds hope for the future, its up to a. Danny boyle continues his descent into mindtwisting scifi madness, taking us along for the ride. Rose byrne, chris evans, cillian murphy, and michelle yeoh star in a film that asks audiences just. The movie was written by the scifi novelist alex garland, whose 28 days later made a scary film, and directed by danny boyle, whose work ranges widely, from the worlds filthiest toilet in trainspotting to a young boy who chats with the saints in millions.
Jul 19, 2007 the movie was written by the scifi novelist alex garland, whose 28 days later made a scary film, and directed by danny boyle, whose work ranges widely, from the worlds filthiest toilet in trainspotting to a young boy who chats with the saints in millions. The opening fox searchlight logo is played backwards so that it ends on the sun hanging over the hills. Brian cox, a physicist with cern, served as the films scientific advisor. Combining impressive imagery, a spellbinding screenplay, a magnificent score, and a fascinating spiritual core. The ensemble cast features cillian murphy, chris evans, rose byrne, michelle yeoh, cliff curtis, troy garity, hiroyuki sanada, benedict wong, and chipo chung.
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