Oblivion
Earth is a memory worth fighting for
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$120 000 000
Box office
$286 168 572
Director
Actors
Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, Abigail Lowe, Isabelle Lowe, Booch O'Connell
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Duncan Henderson, Barry Levine, Joseph Kosinski, Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Dave Morrison, Jesse Berger, Justin Springer
Camera operator
Claudio Miranda
Composer
Anthony Gonzalez
Artist
Darren Gilford, Kevin Loo
Audition
Marcia Ross, Brittainy Roberts
Short description
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, this project was an eight-page script written by Joseph Kosinski, which was turned into a graphic novel in 2007. Ultimately, its release was postponed until the film's debut.
- In this film, Tom Cruise “updated” his favorite cap of the “New York Yankees” baseball club – for the first time since the film “War of the Worlds” (2005), he appeared in it on the big screen again.
- Specifically for the film, a group of cinematographers went to the top of the Haleakala volcano on the island of Maui and, using three Sony F65 cameras, filmed atmospheric phenomena, sunsets and sunrises. The resulting footage was then combined to create 40 minutes of 26-megapixel video. It was cut into 10 separate clips – depending on the time of day and night, weather conditions, and so on. As a result, 130 four-minute clips were prepared for each scene described in the script. Then these views were simply projected onto the walls of the pavilion housing the 'Heavenly Tower' using 21 projectors.
- Diane Kruger, Hayley Atwell, and Kate Beckinsale were considered for the role of Victoria.
- After reading the script for "Oblivion," Freeman wanted not only to voice a role but also to appear in the film. Therefore, instead of being straightforward, he told the director he had a sore throat. However, the filmmakers were so eager to have Morgan participate in the project that they cast him anyway.
- The football field was created by special effects artists based on the crater of the Hrossaborg volcano in Iceland, which became extinct more than 10,000 years ago.
- Olivia Wilde, Noomi Rapace, Kate Mara, Olga Kurylenko, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Brit Marling auditioned for the role of Julia. Jessica Chastain was also considered for the role but declined due to scheduling conflicts, and the role ultimately went to Kurylenko.
- According to the director, the sources of inspiration for the story, comic, and film were the movies "Omega Man," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Blade Runner," and Dan Simmons' novel "Hyperion."
- During the filming of scenes in “Oblivion,” they managed to avoid several problems that would have arisen from using blue screens. Firstly, the filming was done in “natural” lighting; the projection onto the screen was bright enough to provide the necessary shades throughout the set and on the actors’ faces. Secondly, during color correction, it was not necessary to remove the extra “blueness” that a blue screen would have given (especially in such quantities). And thirdly, the actors saw (almost) the same thing that the viewers would later see, which significantly simplified their task.
- According to the director, the sources of inspiration for writing the story, the comic, and creating the film were the movies 'Omega Man,' '2001: A Space Odyssey,' 'Blade Runner,' and Dan Simmons' novel 'Hyperion.'
- According to the director, the films “The Omega Man” (1971), “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), “Blade Runner” (1982), and the novel “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons served as sources of inspiration for writing the story, the comic book, and creating the film.
- The scene flying through the ice canyon took the most time and effort from the effects creators. The scene is a very clear reference to 'Star Wars'; however, while Lucas did everything 'in-camera,' this flight for 'Oblivion' was created using 3ds Max and Houdini packages. A low-poly model was created in 'Max,' which was then detailed in Houdini and subsequently imported back into 3ds Max for texturing and shading. The canyon fly-through took the special effects creators the most time—totaling about 15 months. More than two hundred people worked on it.
- The scene of flying through the ice canyon took the effects creators the most time and effort. The scene clearly references “Star Wars,” however, while Lucas did everything “in-camera,” this flight for “Oblivion” was created using 3ds Max and Houdini. A low-polygon model was created in Max, which was then detailed in Houdini and subsequently imported back into 3ds Max for texturing and shading. The flight through the canyon took the special effects creators the longest – a total of about 15 months. Over two hundred people worked on it.
- At the beginning of the film, during the “Universal” opening sequence, you can notice the “Tet” orbiting the Earth, which the film will be about.
- Olivia Wilde, Noomi Rapace, Kate Mara, Olga Kurylenko, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Brit Marling auditioned for the role of Julia. Jessica Chastain was also considered for the part, but declined due to scheduling conflicts, and the role ultimately went to Kurylenko.
- Tom Cruise celebrated his 50th birthday at the "Oblivion" set. To mark the occasion, Joseph Kosinski presented the star with one of the futuristic motorcycles directly from the film. Cruise, to everyone's surprise, reciprocated with a gift of his own: a large-scale model (made of high-quality die-cast metal) of the "Bubble Ship" in a glass case.
- Among the surviving works of art shown are “Liberty Bell,” as well as some paintings by Claude Monet and Andrew Wyeth (“Christina’s World”).
- Jack's motorcycle in the film is a modified Honda CRF450X enduro model.
- Filming was done using the newly developed Sony CineAlta F65 camera.
- The set almost exactly replicated the building of the actual New York Public Library, located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. The total area of the structure was 30,726 square feet (2,861 square meters).
- Kosinski talked about how they filmed the home of Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough’s characters – “Oblivion”: “I didn’t want to make a film with an excess of blue screen. So we found a way to modernize the front-projection method used by Kubrick in “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). He projected a high-resolution photograph onto the entire set and filmed everything in such a way that it appeared as if the image on the photo was located outside. And we did the same thing.”
- Olga Kurylenko suggested making her character French, not Russian.
- Among the surviving works of art shown are the Liberty Bell, as well as several paintings by Claude Monet and Andrew Wyeth ("Christina's World").
- An old tin can with a sprouting flower was created on special order for Kosinski. The inspiration for this flower was a plant the director accidentally saw during one of his scouting trips to Iceland.
- Filming began on March 19, 2012, in Louisiana, in the cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. After a short break, the production process continued in the summer of the same year.
- A full-scale model of the aircraft used by Tom Cruise’s character (Bubbleship) was built. It is a hybrid of a helicopter and a jet fighter. According to Kosinski, he wanted to show “clean, advanced technology” in the film, not the typical rusty devices of post-apocalyptic settings that are about to fall apart. The direct manufacturer of the model was WildFactory, a company specializing in industrial concept design (WildFactory was the one who made the motorcycle models for the film “Tron: Legacy” (2010)). The “Bubbleship” model was made mainly of aluminum, is 25 feet (7.6 meters) long and weighs about two tons. This model had many moving parts: rotating engines, opening doors, etc. A rotating cockpit was used during the filming of flight scenes, where the actors had to hang upside down more than once or twice.
- Olga Kurylenko suggested making her character French rather than Russian.
- Most of the outdoor shots where Jack flies were filmed in Iceland.
- The prototype for the luxurious air mini-craft “The Bubble Ship,” piloted by Jack, was simply a utilitarian Bell 47 helicopter with a transparent round dome, seen by Joseph Kosinski at an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. It was proposed to combine this “base” with the main principles of the ship’s appearance from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968). And eventually, NASA engineers were brought in to work on it. The full-scale model had doors that opened, and the control panel in the cockpit was created with the consultation of Tom Cruise, who is a licensed pilot.
- Kosinski explained how they filmed the home of Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough's characters—the 'Celestial Tower': 'I didn't want to make a movie with an excess of blue screens. So, we found a way to modernize the front projection method used by Kubrick in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968). He projected a high-resolution photograph across the entire set and filmed it in such a way that it appeared the image in the photo was located outside. And we did the same thing.'
- The prototype for 'The Bubble Ship,' the luxurious aerial mini-craft piloted by Jack, was simply a utilitarian Bell 47 helicopter with a transparent round dome, which Joseph Kosinski saw at an exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. It was proposed to combine this 'base' with the primary design principles of the ship from the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968). Eventually, NASA engineers were brought into the project. The full-scale model featured opening doors, and the cockpit control panel was created in consultation with Tom Cruise, who is a licensed pilot.
- After reading the script for the movie 'Oblivion,' Freeman wanted not only to voice it but also to play a role in the film. Therefore, instead of being honest, he told the director that he had a sore throat. However, the filmmakers wanted Morgan to be part of the project so badly that they hired him anyway.
- In this film, Tom Cruise 'updated' his favorite New York Yankees baseball cap—this was the first time since the movie 'War of the Worlds' (2005) that he appeared in it on the big screen.
- Twenty HD projectors formed a clear sky around the tower, displaying 34 independent video clips. The image was broken down into 19 independent layers. The screens turned out to be 12 meters high and over 150 meters long.
- Among the surviving works of art shown are “The Liberty Bell,” as well as some paintings by Claude Monet and Andrew Wyeth ("Christina's World").
- At the beginning of the film, during the Universal intro, one can spot the 'Tet' orbiting the Earth, which will be discussed later in the movie.
- Initially, this project was an eight-page script written by Joseph Kosinski, which was transformed into a comic book in 2007. Its release was eventually postponed until the film's release.
- The old tin can with a sprouting flower was created by special request from Kosinski. The inspiration for this flower was a plant the director happened to see during one of his scouting trips to Iceland.
- The film could have ultimately received the name “Horizons” from Universal Studios, but over time they reverted to “Oblivion.” In the case of “Horizons,” the plot would have changed somewhat – becoming more dynamic, as it involved aerial cities and raids by stalkers from them down to the scorched Earth, for potentially useful items.
- Olga Kurylenko suggested making her character French instead of Russian.
- A full-scale model of the aircraft used by Tom Cruise's character (the Bubbleship) was constructed. It is a hybrid of a helicopter and a jet fighter. According to Kosinski, he wanted to showcase 'clean, advanced technology' in the film, rather than the rusty, falling-apart gadgets typical of post-apocalyptic settings. The model was manufactured by WildFactory, a company specializing in industrial concept design (WildFactory also created the motorcycle models for the film "Tron: Legacy" (2010)). The Bubbleship model was made primarily of aluminum, measures 25 feet (7.6 meters) in length, and weighs about two tons. The model featured many moving parts, such as rotating engines and opening doors. For the flight scenes, a rotating cockpit was used, requiring the actors to hang upside down on more than one occasion.
- Tom Cruise celebrated his 50th birthday on the set of 'Oblivion.' To mark such a milestone, Joseph Kosinski presented the star with one of the futuristic motorbikes straight from the film. To everyone's surprise, Cruise responded with a gift of his own: a large-scale model of the 'Bubble Ship' made of high-quality model metal and encased in glass.
- Filming of the rebel stronghold – "Crow's Nest" – took place at the Market Street Power Plant, located near Baton Rouge. It is considered the oldest power plant in all of New Orleans. It was built in 1885 and closed approximately 40 years ago.
- The film was shot in 4k resolution, but was released in theaters in 2k resolution. The visual effects department simply didn't have enough time to render all the necessary scenes in 4k. They would have needed another month and a half, and the premiere date could not be moved.
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