Pandorum
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Christian Alvart |
| Produced by | Robert Kulzer Jeremy Bolt Paul W. S. Anderson |
| Screenplay by | Travis Milloy |
| Story by | Travis Milloy Christian Alvart |
| Starring |
Dennis Quaid Ben Foster Cam Gigandet Antje Traue Cung Le Eddie Rouse |
| Music by | Michl Britsch |
| Cinematography | Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
| Edited by | Philipp Stahl Yvonne Valdez |
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Production
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Constantin Film
Impact Pictures |
| Distributed by |
Overture Films (USA) Constantin Film (Germany/Austria) Icon Productions (UK/Australia) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (international sales) M6 (France) |
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Release date
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Running time
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108 minutes |
| Country | Germany United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $33 million |
| Box office | $20,645,327 |
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| Soundtrack album by Michl Britsch | |
| Released | 25 September 2009 |
| Recorded | 2009 |
| Genre | Electronic |
| Length | 71:06 |
| Label | Königskinder Schallplatten GmbH |
| Producer | Michl Britsch |
Pandorum is a German-British 2009 science fiction horror film, with elements of Lovecraftian horror, and survival adventure. The film was directed by Christian Alvart and produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson. Travis Milloy wrote the screenplay from a story by Milloy and Alvart. It stars Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster. Filming began in Berlin in August 2008. Pandorum was released on 25 September 2009 in the United States, and on 2 October 2009 in the UK.
The film's title is a nickname of a fictional psychosis called "Orbital Dysfunctional Syndrome" (ODS for short) caused by deep space and triggered by emotional stress leading to severe paranoia, delirium, and nosebleeding. The film received mixed to negative reviews, but has gained a cult following over time.
In 2174, the human population has exceeded the carrying capacity of Earth, leading humanity to build a huge interstellar ark named Elysium. It carries 60,000 people on a 123-year trip to colonize an Earth-like planet named Tanis. The passengers are placed in hypersleep, with a rotating crew who take turn awakening from hypersleep each two years to maintain the ship. Eight years into the mission, the ship receives a transmission from Earth in multiple languages: "You're all that's left of us. Good luck, God bless, and godspeed."
Some unknown time later, two members of the flight crew, Corporal Bower and Lieutenant Payton, are awakened. Improper emergence from the hibernatory state leaves them both with partial amnesia. The ship is experiencing power surges caused by an unstable nuclear reactor, and they are unable to enter the bridge. While Payton stay behind to attempt to access the ship's computer, Bower ventures into the seemingly abandoned ship using the ventilation system with the intention of stabilising the reactor. He begins to suffer from "Pandorum, or "Orbital Dysfunction Syndrome" (a severe psychotic illness known affect deep-space travellers). Its effects include delusions, paranoia, hallucinations and violence. Pandorum led to the failure of previous mission. The captain of the starship called Eden, so afflicted with Pandorum that he became convinced that the flight was cursed, ejected all 5,000 passengers to their deaths.
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