Cosmos (2019 film)

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Cosmos
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Poster
Directed by
  • Elliot Weaver
  • Zander Weaver
Written by
  • Elliot Weaver
  • Zander Weaver
Produced by
  • Elliot Weaver
  • Zander Weaver
Starring
  • Tom England
  • Joshua Ford
  • Arjun Singh Panam
  • Ben Vardy
Cinematography
  • Elliot Weaver
  • Zander Weaver
Edited by
  • Elliot Weaver
  • Zander Weaver
Music by
  • Chris Davey
  • Chris Duncan
  • Mark Heath
Production
company
Elliander Pictures
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • 14 July 2019 (2019-07-14)(United Kingdom)
  • 7 November 2019 (2019-11-07)(Los Angeles)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000

Cosmos is a 2019 science fiction film written, directed and produced by Elliot and Zander Weaver in their feature film debut. The film stars Tom England, Joshua Ford, Arjun Singh Panam and Ben Vardy. It was released in late 2019 in the United States. [1]

Contents

Plot

Three young astronomers are baffled once the newest team member discovers radio signals of a seemingly impossible origin on 1420.163, in the water hole. After an unexplained power surge deletes crucial recordings, the team members unite and discover that the radio signals resolve to a response to the Arecibo message, a message beamed into space via radio waves in 1974, broadcast by a spacecraft in low Earth orbit using a cloaking system that renders the craft invisible on the visual spectrum but visible in infrared. After the team race to a local radio telescope array to get a new battery when a low battery threatens to halt their investigation, it turns out that the team were the first to receive and identify the message. At the finale, SETI coordinates a global message to be beamed to the craft: "Welcome to Earth", at which point the craft decloaks.

Cast

Production

The film was made in Birmingham, England. [2] Pre-production started in 2013 followed by principal photography in 2015. The film took five years to make and was shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 1080p. [3] Other than the soundtrack, the Weavers handled the majority of post-production duties themselves. [4] It is their feature film debut. [5]

Release

A trailer was released on 12 November 2018. [6] The film had a theatrical and on demand release on 8 November 2019. [7] It was distributed by Gravitas Ventures. [8] [9] [10]

The film has only been released as region 1 on DVD and Blu-Ray due to Gravitas Ventures not owning the world rights for the film.

Reception

A review at HorrorBuzz compared the film to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Arrival , calling it a "must see." [5] Philip Henry at Movie Burner Entertainment claimed the script had imperfections but that they did not deter from it being compelling. [11] Pedram Türkoğlu compared it to Contact, dealing with radio wave detection. [12] Skyline Indie Film Festival recommended the film. [13]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Virtually every film coming out this fall". Los Angeles Times . 29 August 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Entering the Cosmos: how we made our movie". Film Stories Magazine (3). 1 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Ferrari, Alex (18 February 2021). "Cosmos: No-Budget, $600 Camera, 3 Lights & Still Sold Worldwide - IFH". Indie Film Hustle®. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "COSMOS (2019) Preview of sci-fi mystery movie". MOVIES and MANIA. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 Reese, Adrienne (25 November 2019). "COSMOS is A Superb Mystery Science Indie Feature". HorrorBuzz. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Paur, Joey (12 November 2018). "Trailer For a No Budget Amblin-Inspired Sci-Fi Film Called COSMOS". GeekTyrant. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Danielle, Tori (8 November 2019). "New Clip for Sci-fi Fantasy 'COSMOS'". PopHorror. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave (9 October 2019). "Film News Roundup: 'Lionel Richie at Glastonbury' Movie Scheduled for Nov. 19". Variety . Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Witt, Malachi. "Cosmos (2019)". Gravitas Ventures . Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cosmos (2019) - Financial Information". The Numbers . Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Henry, Philip (4 February 2020). "Cosmos (2019) Movie Review". Movie Burner Entertainment. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Türkoğlu, Pedram (1 April 2020). "Contact'a Kafa Tutan Sıfır Bütçeli Film: Cosmos". Bilimkurgu Kulübü (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Patrick, Brian (12 May 2020). "Pulling Focus Episode 9: Elliot and Zander Weaver's COSMOS". Skyline Indie Film Fest. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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