A Movie Quest: # 8 Super 8
January 13th 2012 21:09
Super 8 is the eighth movie on my 2012 movie quest.
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction action thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released on June 10, 2011
Plot:
In 1979, Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), a 13-year-old boy living in the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio, has lost his mother in a factory accident. Louis Dainard (Ron Eldard) comes to the wake, but Joe's father, Deputy Jack Lamb (Kyle Chandler), takes Dainard in handcuffs. It is later revealed that Jack blames Dainard for the former's wife's death because he was absent during his shift from drinking and she had to fill in for him, which caused her death.
Cast:
Joel Courtney as Joseph "Joe" Lamb
Elle Fanning as Alice "Ally" Dainard
Kyle Chandler as Jackson "Jack" Lamb
Riley Griffiths as Charles Kaznyk
Ryan Lee as Cary
Zach Mills as Preston
Gabriel Basso as Martin
Noah Emmerich as Colonel Nelec
Bruce Greenwood as Cooper
Amanda Michalka as Jen Kaznyk
Michael Hitchcock as Deputy Rosko
Caitriona Balfe as Elizabeth Lamb
Joel McKinnon Miller as Mr. Kaznyk
Jessica Tuck as Mrs. Kaznyk
David Gallagher as Donny
Glynn Turman as Dr. Thomas Woodward
Dan Castellaneta as Izzy
Richard T. Jones as Overmyer
Dale Dickey as Edie
Box Office:
Release date(s) June 9, 2011 (Australia)
June 10, 2011 (United States)
August 5, 2011 (United Kingdom)
Running time 112 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $50 million
Box office $259,422,500
DVD:
The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 22, 2011.
Rating:
The movie starts slow but it gets better and draws you in. I give this movie 6.5 stars out of 10.
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