Battlefield Earth is a 2000 American science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker. The film follows a rebellion against the alien Psychlos, who have ruled Earth for 1,000 years.
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Battlefield Earth is a 2000 American science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker. The film follows a rebellion against the alien Psychlos, who have ruled Earth for 1,000 years. Battlefield Earth was a critical and commercial failure, frequently described as one of the worst films of all time. It received seven Golden Raspberry Awards, which until 2012 was the most Razzie Awards given to a single film, and won Worst Picture of the Decade in 2010. In a counterattack by humans living off their homeworld, the Psychlos challenge the humans in a battle. The sole survivors are Terl, who is imprisoned inside Fort Knox in a makeshift cell of gold bars – who is the sole survivor of the Psychlo project. The battle ends with the humans reclaiming their planet, but they face an uncertain future on a planet that has been destroyed by radiation and a planet with no water or food. The Psychlos are forced to leave Earth and return to their home planet, where they are ruled by a brutal race of giant humanoid aliens who use human slave labor to strip the planet of its minerals and other resources, with a special desire for gold. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the book, as it only covers the first half of the novel’s story.
In 2007, Franchise Pictures went bankrupt after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the film’s budget by USD 31 million. This, coupled with its poor reception, ended Travolta’s plans for a sequel, and he never made a sequel to the film. It has been described as the “worst film of the decade” by many critics. The movie was released in the United States on November 17, 2000. It opened to a disappointing audience of 2.3 million viewers. It went on to be released in Australia on November 18, 2001, and in the UK on November 19, 2001. The U.S. release was delayed by a few weeks due to problems with the film’s script. The UK release was postponed until November 28, 2002, and the U.K. release date was delayed until November 29, 2002. The US release date of the film was November 30, 2003, but the UK release date has yet to be announced. It had a running time of 3 hours and 40 minutes. It also had a budget of $35 million. It came in at No. 2 on the box office charts, behind The Godfather and No. 1 in the box-office charts. The United States release was No. 3 on the same day, behind Star Wars: The Dark Knight Rises and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Planet of the Apes. The sequel was released on November 26, 2003. It grossed $1.2 billion. It became the first film to gross over $20 million in the U.-S. alone.
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