Oblivion (2013 film)

Oblivion
Tom Cruise wearing his space suit, walking along the desolate land with the ruined Manhattan Bridge behind him.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Kosinski
Screenplay by
Based onOblivion
by Joseph Kosinski
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Edited byRichard Francis-Bruce
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26) (Buenos Aires)
  • April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19) (United States)
Running time
124 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2][3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$120 million[4]
Box office$287.9 million[4]

Oblivion is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action-adventure film produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael deBruyn, starring Tom Cruise in the main role alongside Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo in supporting roles. Based on Kosinski's unpublished graphic novel of the same name, the film pays homage to 1970s sci-fi, and is a "love story" set in 2077 on an Earth desolated by an alien war; a maintenance technician on the verge of completing his mission finds a woman who survived from a space ship crash, leading him to question his purpose and discover the truth about the war.[a]

Oblivion premiered in Buenos Aires on March 26, 2013, and was released in theaters by Universal Pictures on April 19.[10] The film grossed $286 million worldwide on a production budget of $120 million and received mixed reviews from critics.

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  3. ^ "Oblivion (2013)". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Oblivion (2013)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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  6. ^ "CCI: Kosinski Illuminates "Oblivion" | CBR". WWW.CBR.COM. July 22, 2010. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  7. ^ GOLDBERG, MATT (August 4, 2010). "Disney Locks Down OBLIVION for TRON: LEGACY Director Joseph KOSINSKI". COLLIER. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  8. ^ "/Film Interview: 'Oblivion' Director Joseph KOSINSKI". /FILM. April 19, 2013. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Director Joseph Kosinski and actor Tom Cruise talk about Oblivion (2013).
  10. ^ "Joseph Kosinski's Tom Cruise Vehicle 'Oblivion' Moves To April 2013". /FILM. March 15, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.


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