Red Planet is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Antony Hoffman, starring Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore. It was released on November 10, 2000. In 2056 AD, Earth is in ecologic crisis as a consequence of pollution and overpopulation. Meanwhile, automated interplanetary missions have been seeding Mars with atmosphere-producing algae for twenty years as the first stage in terraforming the planet. When the oxygen quantity produced by the algae is inexplicably reduced, the crew of Mars-1 investigates, and must continue the mission of terraforming the planet for human... colonization. The team is composed of Quinn Burchenal , an agnostic geneticist, Bud Chantillas , an aging philosophical scientist and surgeon, systems engineer and "space janitor" Robby Gallagher , and beautiful, but no-nonsense commander, Kate Bowman . Also on board are arrogant pilot Ted Santen and terraforming scientist Chip Pettengill . Mars 1 arrives on February 5, 2057, but a solar flare disrupts key systems, complicates their orbit and forces Bowman to remain aboard and repair them, while the others land.
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| Release date: | November 10, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Antony Hoffman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bruce Berman, Mark Canton, Jorge Saralegui |
| Editor: | Robert K. Lambert, Dallas Puett |
| Music by: | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography: | Peter Suschitzky |
| Screenplay by: | Chuck Pfarrer, Jonathan Lemkin |
| Estimated budget: | $75,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller, Disaster |