Ad Astra (film)

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Ad Astra
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by James Gray
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema
Edited by
Music by Max Richter
Production
companies
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29)(Venice)
  • September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)(United States)
Running time
124 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80–100 million [2]
Box office$135 million [3]

Ad Astra is a 2019 American science fiction film produced, co-written, and directed by James Gray. Starring Brad Pitt (who also produced), Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland, it follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and all life on Earth.

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The project was announced in early 2016, with Gray saying he wanted to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie". Pitt signed on to star in April 2017 and the rest of the cast joined later that year. Filming began around Los Angeles that August, lasting through October.

Ad Astra premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 20, 2019, by 20th Century Fox. [4] [5] It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Pitt's performance. [6] The film grossed $135 million worldwide against an $80–100 million budget. At the 92nd Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Sound Mixing.

Plot

In the early 22nd century, mysterious power surges threaten to destabilize human civilization. Major Roy McBride is informed that the surges have been traced to the "Lima Project", a space station in orbit around Neptune, sent twenty-nine years earlier to search for intelligent life. Roy's father, H. Clifford McBride, was the project's leader. Roy agrees to travel to Mars in an effort to determine whether the station's crew are still alive.

En route to the SpaceCom base on the Moon's far side, a band of scavenger pirates ambush Roy and his colleague Pruitt, but they manage to fight them off. Pruitt then reveals to him that should he fail to prove that the crew survived, the Lima Project station will have to be destroyed. Roy obtains passage to Mars on the SpaceCom cruiser Cepheus.

Roy tells the captain of Cepheus, Tanner, to ignore a distress signal being emitted by a biomedical research station, but the captain replies that they are bound by protocol to investigate it. The two men access the station, only to be attacked by laboratory monkeys that have gone feral. Tanner is mauled to death before Roy kills the monkeys, one with his side arm and the other by depressurizing it in an airlock. Another surge hits as the Cepheus attempts to land on Mars. Roy assumes command and calmly lands the ship. After securing himself in the underground SpaceCom complex, Roy begins recording voice messages and transmitting them to the Lima Project in hopes that Clifford will respond. After numerous attempts, SpaceCom finally receives a response, but Roy is denied permission to accompany the search party.

Roy is visited by facility director Helen Lantos, who reveals that her parents were Lima Project team members. She shows him classified footage revealing that Clifford's team mutinied and attempted to return to Earth, causing him to shut off their life-support systems; her parents were among those killed. She also admits that the Cepheus has secret orders to destroy the Lima Project with a nuclear weapon; the search party is merely a formality to keep him quiet. They decide that Roy should confront Clifford, so Lantos advises him to stow away aboard the party's rocket as it departs.

Roy climbs aboard as the rocket takes off and is immediately discovered by the crew, who are unintentionally killed in the confrontation. During the 79-day journey to Neptune, a solitary Roy reflects on his relationship with his father and with his estranged wife, Eve. He finally arrives at the station and plants the nuclear bomb before encountering Clifford, the sole survivor of the Lima Project. Clifford explains that the surges are coming from the ship's malfunctioning antimatter power source, which was damaged in the mutiny. He also admits to Roy that he never really cared about his family and does not consider Earth his home.

Roy copies data gathered by the Lima Project team and persuades Clifford to accompany him back to Earth. He arms the bomb and they climb out on the station's outer hull to return to the Cepheus. Clifford suddenly launches them into space using his spacesuit's thrusters. The old man pleads for Roy to untether him so he can die amongst the stars; Roy reluctantly does so and watches his father drift away into space. He propels himself back to the Cepheus using his own spacesuit. Discovering that the ship was deliberately left without enough fuel to return home, Roy relies on the shock wave from the nuclear explosion in the station to propel the Cepheus back towards Mars so he can alert Lantos.

The data retrieved from the Lima Project base suggests that humans are the only intelligent life in the galaxy, but also contains a treasure trove of information on exoplanets, planetary systems, and other celestial bodies in the Milky Way that could potentially aid scientific and human colonization efforts. Roy returns to Earth with a newfound optimism, meeting with his estranged wife again.

Cast

Production

Development

Director James Gray first confirmed his plans to write and direct Ad Astra on May 12, 2016, during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. [7] In April 2017, while promoting The Lost City of Z , Gray compared the story of Ad Astra to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness . Gray also mentioned that he intended for the film to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie and to basically say, 'Space is awfully hostile to us'". Gray also confirmed that filming for Ad Astra would commence on July 17, 2017. [8]

Casting

On April 10, 2017, Gray confirmed that Brad Pitt would star in Ad Astra. [9] In June, Tommy Lee Jones joined the cast to portray Pitt's lost father. [10] In August, Ruth Negga, John Finn, and Donald Sutherland joined the cast. [11] [12] [13]

Filming

Principal photography on the film began in mid-August 2017 in Santa Clarita, California, lasting 60 days. [14] [15] [16] Following poor initial test screenings, reshoots were conducted (although Pitt was unavailable), increasing the production budget from $80 million to over $100 million. [2] Charlie Kaufman provided an uncredited rewrite of the voice-over dialogue in the film. [17] Gray did not have control over the film's final cut, which he told The Hollywood Reporter was "as painful a thing as I have experienced outside the death of a loved one." [18]

The visual effects were by Moving Picture Company, Method Studios, Mr. X, Weta Digital, Brainstorm Digital, and Capital T, and supervised by Allen Maris, Christopher Downs, Guillaume Rocheron, Ryan Tudhope, Aidan Fraser, Olaf Wendt, Anders Langlands, Eran Dinur, Jamie Hallett, and Territory Studio. [19] Max Richter composed the film's score and recorded it at AIR Studios in London. Additionally, Lorne Balfe was asked to write additional music for the score. The orchestra and choir were then recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna. [20] [21] James Gray consulted with experimental film scholars Gregory Zinman and Leo Goldsmith for inspiration on the visuals. [22]

Music

Release

Theatrical

Brad Pitt speaking with ISS astronauts in a teleconference at NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center about the film's release Brad Pitt at NASA HQ.jpg
Brad Pitt speaking with ISS astronauts in a teleconference at NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center about the film's release

Ad Astra had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2019. [23] [24] and was released in the United States on September 20, 2019, by 20th Century Fox. [5] It had previously been scheduled for January 11, 2019, and then for May 24 before being pushed back. [25]

Home media

Ad Astra was released on digital and Movies Anywhere by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 3, 2019, with Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and DVD releases following on December 17. [26]

Reception

Box office

Ad Astra grossed $50 million in the United States and Canada and $85 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $135 million against an estimated production budget of $80 million. [3]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Downton Abbey and Rambo: Last Blood , and was projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,450 theaters in its opening weekend. [27] [28] The film made $7.2 million on its first day, including $1.5 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $19 million, finishing second behind Downton Abbey. [29] The opening was compared to First Man (2018), another drama involving outer space which received high praise from critics but a lukewarm audience reception, resulting in a muted box office turnout despite its cast and budget. Deadline Hollywood deduced the film would lose $30 million off a projected $150 million final worldwide gross (a figure it would ultimately fall short of). [2] The film made $10.1 million in its second weekend and $4.4 million in its third, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. [30] [31]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 83% based on 399 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ad Astra takes a visually thrilling journey through the vast reaches of space while charting an ambitious course for the heart of the bond between parent and child." [32] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 80 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [33] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an average 2.5 out of 5 stars, with 40% saying they would definitely recommend it. [2]

Brian Tallerico, writing for RogerEbert.com, gave the film four out of four stars, writing that "This is rare, nuanced storytelling, anchored by one of Brad Pitt's career-best performances and remarkable technical elements on every level." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing, "In the hands of director and co-writer James Gray, Ad Astra is one of the most beautiful films of the year, even when it makes little sense and even when Brad Pitt's performance veers between one of his all-time best and one of his all-time not-best." [34] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film an "A" and said, "Ad Astra is one of the most ruminative, withdrawn, and curiously optimistic space epics this side of Solaris . It's also one of the best." [35] Similarly, Xan Brooks of The Guardian gave the film five out of five stars, called it a "superb space-opera", and praised Pitt's performance, saying, "Pitt embodies McBride with a series of deft gestures and a minimum of fuss. His performance is so understated it hardly looks like acting at all." [36] Variety critic Owen Gleiberman praised Pitt's performance, explaining, "Gray proves beyond measure that he's got the chops to make a movie like this. He also has a vision, of sorts –one that's expressed, nearly inadvertently, in the metaphor of that space antenna." [4] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film four out of five stars and referred to it as "absolutely enthralling" and praised Gray for his direction and his unique approach to the science fiction genre, as well as the cinematography and Pitt's performance (whom he referred to as "marvel of nuanced feeling"). He also drew comparisons of the film's tone and themes to other notable films set in space, particularly 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Solaris (1972), Gravity (2013), and Interstellar (2014). [37] Mark Kermode of The Guardian compared the film to " Event Horizon with interstellar overdrive", noting the similar premise to the 1997 film. [38]

Critic Kurt Loder praised the visual effects but criticized the lack of originality and the patchwork style of the script. [39] Adam Graham writing for The Detroit News found problems with the film, giving it a "C" rating: "This is slow, obtuse film-making with little emotional connection." [40]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResultRef.
Academy Awards February 9, 2020 Best Sound Mixing Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano Nominated [41]
Art Directors Guild Awards February 1, 2020 Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Kevin ThompsonNominated [42]
Austin Film Critics Association January 22, 2019Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards2020Best SoundGrant Elder, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano (Sound)Nominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. Fisher Won
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2020Best Sci-Fi/Horror MovieAd AstraNominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Central Ohio Film Critics AssociationJanuary 2, 2020Actor of the Year Brad Pitt Nominated
Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2019 Best Use of Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle AwardsJanuary 4, 2020Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Best Production DesignKevin ThompsonNominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
CinEuphoria AwardsDecember 3, 2019Best Actor -International CompetitionBrad PittNominated
Club Média CinéJanuary 8, 2020Best Foreign Film James Gray Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 12, 2020 Best Visual Effects Allen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated [43]
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Ad AstraNominated
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 6, 2020Best Science-Fiction/Horror FilmAd AstraNominated
DiscussingFilm Critics AwardsDecember 27, 2019Best Motion PictureAd AstraNominated
Best Film ActorBrad PittNominated
Dragon Awards 2020Best Science Fiction or Fantasy MovieAd AstraNominated
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards December 19, 2019 Best Cinematography Hoyte van HoytemaNominated
Best ActorBrad Pitt7th Place
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 23, 2019Best FilmAd AstraNominated
Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Best Score Max Richter Nominated
Best Production DesignKevin Thompson, Kevin Constant, Christa Munro, Alison Sadler, David Scott and Gary WarshawNominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Georgia Film Critics Association January 10, 2020Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Gold Derby AwardsFebruary 4, 2020SoundGrant Elder, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark UlanoNominated
Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Golden Schmoes Awards 2019Best Sci-Fi Movie of the YearAd AstraNominated
Most Underrated Movie of the YearAd AstraNominated
Grammy Awards March 14, 2021 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Ad Astra – Max RichterNominated [44]
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association AwardsNovember 10, 2019Best PictureAd AstraNominated
Best DirectorJames GrayNominated
Best ActorBrad PittNominated
Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Best ScoreMax RichterNominated
Hawaii Film Critics SocietyJanuary 13, 2020Best Sci-Fi FilmAd AstraNominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Hollywood Critics Association January 9, 2020Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated [45]
Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2020Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Indiewire Critics' Poll December 16, 2019Best Lead ActorBrad PittNominated
International Online Cinema AwardsSeptember 20, 2020Best ActorBrad PittNominated
Jupiter Awards August 29, 2020Best International FilmAd AstraNominated
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film AwardsJanuary 20, 2020SoundGrant Elder, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark UlanoNominated
Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards 2019 January 30, 2020 Technical Achievement of the YearAllen Maris (Visual Effects)Nominated
Motion Picture Sound EditorsJanuary 19, 2020 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score for Feature Film Jason Ruder, Katrina Schiller, Lena Glikson, Terry Wilson, Will Kaplan, Philip Tallman, Darrell Hall, Sam Zeines and Richard ZieglerNominated
North Carolina Film Critics AssociationJanuary 3, 2020Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Best Special EffectsNominated
North Texas Film Critics AssociationDecember 16, 2019Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 15, 2019Best Body of WorkBrad PittNominated
Online Association of Female Film CriticsDecember 23, 2019Best CinematographyHoyte van HoytemaNominated
Online Film & Television AssociationFebruary 2, 2020Best Sound Effects EditingGary Rydstrom and Brad SemenoffNominated
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherNominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2020Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherWon
Phoenix Critics CircleDecember 14, 2019Best Science Fiction FilmAd AstraWon
Saturn Awards October 26, 2021 Best Science Fiction Film Release Ad AstraNominated [46]
Best Costume Design Albert Wolsky Nominated
Best Film Special / Visual Effects Scott R. Fisher and Allen MarisNominated
San Diego Film Critics Society December 9, 2019 Best Cinematography Hoyte van HoytemaNominated [47]
Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherWon
Sant Jordi Awards April 23, 2020Best Actor in a Foreign FilmBrad PittWon
Seattle Film Critics Society December 16, 2019Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherWon [48]
St. Louis Film Critics Association December 15, 2019Best Visual EffectsAllen Maris, Jedediah Smith, Guillaume Rocheron and Scott R. FisherRunner Up
Best ScoreMax RichterNominated
Venice Film Festival September 7, 2019 Golden Lion Ad AstraNominated [45]
World Stunt Awards December 15, 2019Best High WorkStunt Team of Ad AstraNominated

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