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Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

Everything is connected

20126.92h 52m

Overview

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

Directed by Lilly Wachowski
Written by David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Produced by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Stefan Arndt
Box OfficeBudget: $102.0MRevenue: $130.5M

Top Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry

Halle Berry

Halle Berry

Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie

Jim Sturgess

Jim Sturgess

Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law

Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Tilda / Megan's Mom / Mexican Woman / Sonmi-451 / Sonmi-351 / Sonmi Prostitute

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw

Cabin Boy / Robert Frobisher / Store Clerk / Georgette / Tribesman

James D'Arcy

James D'Arcy

Young Rufus Sixsmith / Old Rufus Sixsmith / Nurse James / Archivist

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

Talbot / Hotel Manager / Yoona-939 / Rose

Keith David

Keith David

Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient

Themes & Keywords

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About Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas is a drama, science fiction film released in 2012 exploring themes of future, artificial intelligence (a.i.), based on novel or book, san francisco, california, clone, dystopia. Directed by Lilly Wachowski, it stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent. A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

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