Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
The lady returns.
Country
Production
Budget
$95 000 000
Box office
$160 099 222
Director
Actors
Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, Simon Yam, Terence Yin, Daniel Caltagirone
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Jeremy Heath-Smith
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Andrea Adams, Greg Fisher, Jason McDonald
Audition
John Hubbard, Dan Hubbard, Makis Gazis
Editing
Short description
Tasked by MI6 to find the mythological Pandora's Box, an ancient object supposedly containing one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, Lara Croft must beat evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist Jonathan Reiss to it.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was banned in China for causing significant damage to the country's reputation by depicting it in a state of total chaos and overrun by numerous secret societies.
- Robson Green was considered for one of the roles in the film.
- When the film was released, Angelina Jolie publicly stated her unwillingness to return to this character for a third time. Despite this, some preparatory work by the studio continued and was only curtailed in early 2004 when it became definitively clear that the film had not met expectations.
- The film was banned in China for significantly damaging the country's reputation by depicting it in a state of complete chaos and overrun with numerous secret societies.
- British actor Max Ryan auditioned for the role of Terry Sheridan.
- The only actor or actress in the film born in America was Angelina Jolie herself.
- The scene where Lara Croft and her partner jump from the top of a building wearing "flying suits" was filmed with the participation of two stunt performers who developed these suits themselves. Everything was done without the use of computer special effects, safety ropes, safety nets, or other specialized equipment typically used in such cases.
- In one of the film's scenes, John Rhys infects the passengers of his private jet with the deadly Ebola virus. The vaccine-antidote is shown as transparent capsules containing black pills, but in reality, this is a Chinese homeopathic herbal remedy used to treat stomach upsets.
- The scene in which Lara Croft and her partner jump from the top of a building wearing wingsuits was filmed using two stunt performers who were involved in the development of such suits. Everything was done without the use of CGI, safety ropes, safety nets, or any other specialized equipment typically used in such cases.
- One of the stunt doubles for Angelina Jolie was a man.
- One of the roles in the film could have gone to Robson Green.
- Filming period: August 27, 2002 – March 19, 2003.
- In one scene of the film, John Reis infects the passengers on his private plane with the deadly Ebola virus. Transparent capsules with black pills inside are shown as a vaccine-antidote, but in reality, it is a Chinese herbal homeopathic remedy taken for digestive upset.
- In the German version of the film, Til Schweiger dubbed himself in the role of Sean.
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