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Battlefield Earth (subtitled on-screen: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker.
May 12, 2000 · Battlefield Earth: Directed by Roger Christian. With John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates. It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Roger Christian
- 2000-05-12
- It features some of the stupidest aliens in cinema. A thousand years in the future, the planet will be dominated by a race of giant aliens called Psychlos.
- Acting. The Psychlos aren’t just stupid, selfish and ungainly – they also behave like a group of unemployed Shakespearian actors after two bottles of sherry.
- John Travolta. John Travolta clearly enjoys playing the most villainous of the Psychlos, Terl. He’s despicable. He wears a huge cod-piece, and he’s fond of making grandiose statements while drunk in a bar.
- Its production design is mystifying. Before directing Battlefield Earth, Roger Christian was a rightly-acclaimed production designer. He won an Oscar for his work on Star Wars, and was nominated for another in 1979 for Alien.
Summaries. It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime. In the year 3000, humanity is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race on a quest for ultimate profit.
Battlefield Earth (also referred to as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction action film based upon the first half of L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 novel of the same name. Directed by Roger Christian and starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker...
Battlefield Earth (also known as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American Sci-Fi Action film directed by Roger Christian, based on the book has been same name by L. Ron Hubbard.
Nov 10, 2021 · In this article, Roger discusses the movie he directed in 2000, Battlefield Earth. How did you come to direct Battlefield Earth the movie? Through Star Wars as a prime kind of connection that led me to Battlefield Earth. John Travolta was asking about directors for Battlefield Earth when the trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace broke. A ...
