Emergency Declaration (film)

Emergency Declaration
Official release poster
Hangul
비상선언
Hanja
非常宣言
Revised RomanizationBisang Seoneon
Directed byHan Jae-rim
Written byHan Jae-rim
Produced by
  • Han Jae-rim
  • Baek Chang-joo
  • Eum Zoo-young
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
  • Park Jong-Chul
Edited by
  • Kim Woo-Hyun
  • Lee Kang-il
  • Han Jae-rim
Music byLee Byung-woo
Production
companies
  • Magnum Nine Co., Ltd.
  • Showbox Co., Ltd.
Distributed byShowbox
Release dates
  • July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) (Cannes)
  • August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03) (South Korea)
Running time
147 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩26 billion[1]
Box officeUS$21.4 million[2][3]

Emergency Declaration (Korean: 비상선언; Hanja: 非常宣言 Bisang Seoneon) is a 2021 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Han Jae-rim, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Im Si-wan, Kim So-jin and Park Hae-joon.[4][5] Filming restarted on September 12, 2020, after a postponement due to the COVID-19 resurgence in August 2020 and wrapped on October 24, 2020.[6][7]

The film premiered out of competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 16, 2021 before being released theatrically in South Korea on August 3, 2022.[8][9] It was screened in various formats, including on a 4DX screen combining 4DX and ScreenX in addition to IMAX.[10][11]

  1. ^ Kim Seong-hyeon (July 16, 2022). "[Y초점] 제작비만 1170억… 이순신부터 외계인까지, 韓 대작이 몰려온다" [[Focus Y] The production cost alone is 117 billion... From Yi Sun-sin to aliens, Korean masterpieces are coming]. YTN (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Emergency Declaration (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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  4. ^ Kil, Sonia (August 29, 2019). "Song Kang-ho and Lee Byung-hun Korean Stars Reteam for 'Emergency Declaration'". Variety. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Pierce Conran (September 16, 2019). "SONG Kang-ho and LEE Byung-hun to Take Flight in Emergency Declaration". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Schwartz, William (October 3, 2020). "[HanCinema's News] "Emergency Declaration" Filming Nearly Finished Following Positive COVID-19 Test". HanCinema. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Emergency Declaration". HanCinema. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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  10. ^ Kim Gye-yeon (July 11, 2022). "한국영화도 아이맥스로…여름 대작들 특별관 경쟁" [Korean movies in IMAX... Summer Masterpieces Special Pavilion Competition]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  11. ^ Kim Nara (July 15, 2022). "송강호X이병헌 '비상선언', 아이맥스 개봉 확정 "압도적 현실감" [공식]" [Song Kang-ho X Lee Byung-hun 'Emergency Declaration' confirmed for IMAX release "Overwhelming sense of reality" [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 15, 2022.