1906 is an upcoming disaster film directed by Brad Bird and based on events just prior to and during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film examines corruption within the then government of San Francisco, as well as the policemen who worked to defeat these criminal activities. Based on the best-selling novel 1906 by James Dalessandro, the film will mark the second time director Brad Bird has directed a live action film. The film will be the first disaster film from Walt Disney Pictures and will be the second film to be distributed together by longtime animation rivals Walt Disney... Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. 1906 follows a young investigative reporter and a young cop trying to uncover rampant political corruption in 1906 San Francisco. The city is one of the most beautiful in the world, but underneath the veneer there is mob rule, shanghaiing of sailors, and even trafficking in Chinese slave girls. Annalisa Passarelli, the Evening Bulletin's music critic, is secretly helping Byron Fallon, the chief of detectives, gather dirt on fictional character Adam Rolf.
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| Release date: | December 14, 2012 |
| Directed by: | Brad Bird |
| Estimated budget: | $200,000,000 |
| Genre: | Disaster, Thriller, Action |