Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer
Directed byBong Joon-ho
Screenplay by
  • Bong Joon-ho
  • Kelly Masterson
Story byBong Joon-ho
Based on
Le Transperceneige
by
  • Jacques Lob
  • Benjamin Legrand
  • Jean-Marc Rochette
Produced by
  • Jeong Tae-sung
  • Steven Nam
  • Park Chan-wook
  • Lee Tae-hun
Starring
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Edited by
  • Steve M. Choe
  • Kim Chang-ju
Music byMarco Beltrami
Production
companies
  • Moho Film
  • Opus Pictures
  • Union Investment Partners
  • Stillking Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 29 July 2013 (2013-07-29) (Times Square)
  • 1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) (South Korea)
Running time
126 minutes
Countries
  • South Korea
  • Czech Republic
LanguagesEnglish, Korean
Budget$40 million
Box office$86.8 million

Snowpiercer (Hangul: 설국열차; Hanja: 雪國列車; RR: Seolgungnyeolcha) is a 2013 science fiction action movie based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The movie was directed by Bong Joon-ho.

The movie stars Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris.

Snowpiercer received positive movie reviews after being released on 29 July 2013. It was also successful at the box office, earning $86.8 million compared to its movie budget of $40 million.

References

  1. ↑ "Snowpiercer". LUMIERE. European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "SNOWPIERCER". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "What The Economics Of 'Snowpiercer' Say About The Future Of Film". Forbes. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Snowpiercer (2014)". Box Office Mojo. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Elley, Derek (2 February 2014). "Snowpiercer". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Young-gyo, Kim (27 May 2008). "Film adaptation of French dystopian comic to go global: Bong". Yonhap. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Weintraub, Steve (12 October 2009). "Exclusive: Bong Joon-ho Talks About His Next Film SNOW PIERCER". Collider.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved on 30 June 2011
  8. ↑ Lee Hyo-won (13 February 2016). "South Korea's Polarizing Film Market: Can Mid-Budget Genre Movies Survive?". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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