The New World (2005 film)

The New World
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Directed by	Terrence Malick
Produced by	Sarah Green
Written by	Terrence Malick
Starring	Colin Farrell Q'orianka Kilcher Christopher Plummer Christian Bale
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by	Richard Chew Hank Corwin Saar Klein Mark Yoshikawa
Production companies	First Foot Films Sarah Green Film Sunflower Productions
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	December 25, 2005 (2005-12-25) (United States) January 27, 2006 (2006-01-27) (United Kingdom)
Running time	2005 limited release: 150 minutes 2006 wide release: 135 minutes 2008 Extended Cut: 172 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English Algonquian
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$30.5 million

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The New World is a 2005 British-American romantic historical drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick, depicting the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement and inspired by the historical figures Captain John Smith, Pocahontas of the Powatan Native American tribe, and Englishman, John Rolfe. It is the fourth feature film written and directed by Malick.

The cast includes Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, David Thewlis, and Yorick van Wageningen. The production team includes director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki, producer Sarah Green, production designer Jack Fisk, costume designer Jacqueline West, and film editors Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein, and Mark Yoshikawa.

The New World received many award nominations for Lubezki's cinematography, Kilcher's acting, and Horner's score. The work was initially met with an only mildly positive critical response, although several critics later ranked it as one of the best films of the 2000s.

In 1607, Pocahontas, the spirited and adventurous daughter of Chief Powhatan, and others from her tribe witness the arrival of three ships sent by English royal charter to found a colony in the New World. Aboard one of the ships is Captain John Smith, below decks, in chains. While initially sentenced to death by hanging for his mutinous remarks, once ashore, Smith is pardoned by Captain Christopher Newport, the leader of the expedition.