Title:Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Director:

Chris Columbus

-Chris Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. He was born in Spangler,

Pennsylvania and raised in Champion, Ohio by his mother,Mary Irene, a factory worker
and his father,Alex Michael Columbus, an aluminum plant worker and coal miner. He
graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Warren, Ohio and went on to study at
New York University's film school at the Tisch School of the Arts where he get an
scholarship but he unfortunately forget to renew it so he was forced to take a factory job
to support his schooling. Aside from being a film maker, he also worked as a screenwriter
with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment before his directoral career.He also
founded his own production company named 1492 Pictures in 1995.His directorial work
includes Home Alone and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Settings:

· Time

- all scenes in the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
were all take place all day and all night.

· Place
Empire State Building – this is the place where Zeus and Poseidon meet to talk
about Percy Jackson that is accused as the lightning thief. It is also the portal or the
passage way to Mount Olympus.

Yancy Academy – this is the school where percy and grover is studying.

Small Apartment – this is the place where Percy Jackson lives with his mother
Sally Jackson and his step Father gabe ugliano.

Museum – this is the place where Percy is attack by a fury. This is also the place
where Mr. Brunner gives Percy a pen that can turn into a sword.

Camp Half Blood – it is a place for demigods. In this place, demigods where
trained to be a great fighter. This is also the place where percy see the apparition of
Hades demanding for the lightning bolt.

Cottage – it is located inside the Camp Half Blood. It is a place that is made for
percy. This is the place where he discovered that his real father is Poseidon.

Auntie Emma’s Garden – this is the place where Percy and his friends get the
first pearl. It looks like a simple garden in the first look but suddenly they’ve discover
that it is medusa’s lair.

Parthenon – this is where the second pearl is located. This is also the place
where Percy and his friends meet and fight the Hydra.

Lotus Casino – it is located in Las Vegas. This is the place where Percy and his
 friends were trapped for five days.

Hollywood – It is where the passage way of underworld is located

Underworld – it is the kingdom of Hades and Persephone.

Mount Olympus – this is where the gods and goddesses are living. It is reign by
Zeus. This is the place where Percy gave the lightning bolt to Zeus

Characters:

· Main

Percy Jackson- He is a demigod, born out of the god Poseidon and Sally Jackson.
He has the ability to heal using water. He can also control water and use it as a weapon.
He was accused by Zeus as the lightning thief.

Annabeth Chase - she is a demigod, daughter of Athena. She is seen in the

movie as a great fighter in camp half blood. She accompanied Percy through the entire
adventure. She is also seen as the love interest of Percy.

Grover Underwood- He is a satyr, half man and half goat. He is Percy's protector.
In the beginning of the story, he acts as a disabled teenager. He is also the bestfriend of
Percy Jackson.

· Minor

Luke Castellan – He is a demigod, son of Hermes. In the beginning of the story

he is seen as a friendly and kind character but in the last part of the story it is revealed
that he is the real lightning thief.

Poseidon – He is the god of the seas, brother of Zeus and Hades. He is also the
real father of Percy Jackson.

Zeus – he is the god of lightning and thunder. He is also the king of the gods. In
the story, he accused Percy Jackson as the thief of his missing lightning bolt.

Athena – she is the goddess of wisdom and strategies. She is also the mother of
Annabeth.

Hermes – He is the messenger of the gods and Luke’s father.

Hades – He is the god of the underworld, Persephone’s husband and the brother
of Zeus and Poseidon. He is also the one who sent the minataur to abduct Percy’s
mother.

Persephone – She is the wife of Hades. She is the one who had helped Percy’s
team to escape the underworld.

Chiron – He is a centaur, half man and half horse that trains demigodsin camp
half blood. He is also known as a latin teacher named Mr. Brunners in mortal world.

Sally Jackson – she is the mother of Percy Jackson.

Gabe Ugliano – he is the abusive husband of Sally Jackson, step father of Percy
 Jackson.

Mrs. Dodds – she is a fury that is disguised as Percy Jackson’s substitute teacher
in english. In a field trip, she attacks Percy and demand for the lightning bolt.

Medusa – she is a gorgon that is cursed by the goddess Athena. She has a snake
instead of hairs and she also has the ability to turn a living creature to a stone by just
looking at her eyes.

Hydra – it is a serpent like monster that release fire and has a lot of head that
doubles when it is chopped.

Lotus Eaters – they are the one who run the lotus casino wherein they keep
people who it the flowers for a long time.

Charon - he is the ferryman at the river Styx. He is the one who bring Percy and
his friends in the kingdom of Hades.

Plot:

In New York City, Zeus and Poseidon meet at the top of the Empire State Building, where
Zeus reveals that his master lightning bolt has been stolen and accuses Poseidon's demigod son, Percy
Jackson, of the theft. Poseidon reminds him that Percy is unaware of his true identity, but Zeus declares
that unless his master bolt is returned to Mount Olympus before the summer solstice, in two weeks'
time, war will be waged between all the gods.

Percy is a 16-year-old boy who appears to his peers to be dyslexic and has a unique ability to stay
underwater for a long time. While on a school field trip to the local museum, Percy is attacked by Alecto,
a Fury disguised as his substitute English teacher, Mrs. Dodds who demands the lightning bolt. Percy's
best friend, Grover Underwood, and his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner— both of whom appear disabled—
help Percy and scare off Alecto. Upon learning of Alecto's reason for the attack, Mr. Brunner gives Percy a
pen, claiming that it is a powerful weapon, and tells Grover to take Percy and his mother, Sally, to Camp
Half-Blood, leaving behind Sally's abusive husband, Gabe Ugliano. However, upon arriving at the camp,
the three are attacked by the Minotaur, who appears to kill Sally, who is unable to enter the camp.
Grover tells Percy to use the pen that he received from Brunner, and Percy discovers it is a sword. He
uses his sword to fight the Minotaur, without initial success. Percy kills the Minotaur with his own horn,
then faints from shock.

Three days later, Percy wakes up in the camp. He learns he is the son of Poseidon, Grover is a disguised
Satyr and his junior protector and Mr. Brunner is the Centaur, Chiron, also initially disguised. Chiron
suggests that Percy go to Mount Olympus to convince Zeus of his innocence. Percy begins training to use
his demigod powers, which include water manipulation and using water to heal. He also meets other
demigods, including Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena; and Camp Leader, Luke Castellan, son of
Hermes. Percy is visited by a fiery apparition of his uncle Hades, who reveals that Sally is with him in the
Underworld and that he will return her safely if Percy hands over the lightning bolt. Defying Chiron's
orders, Percy decides to go to the Underworld believing if he can convince Hades of his innocence,
Hades will release his mother, joined by Grover and Annabeth. They visit Luke, who gives them a map
showing the location of three green pearls belonging to Hades' wife, Persephone, which they can use to
escape the Underworld by stepping on them. They are also given a pair of winged sneakers which Luke
stole from his father, and a shield, which Luke describes as his favorite.

The trio heads out, and starts by searching for the first pearl at an old garden center, before they
suddenly encounter Medusa, who tries to kill them until she is decapitated by Percy; they take her head
with them for later use, along with locating the pearl on a bracelet she has been wearing on her wrist.
They locate the second pearl in the Parthenon in Nashville; Percy uses the winged shoes to take it from a
statue of Athena. However, they are then confronted by the Hydra, which Grover turns to stone using
Medusa's head. The last pearl is located at the Lotus Casino in Las Vegas, where the three eat lotus
flowers, which make them forget their reason for being there. They stay in the casino for five days until
Poseidon abruptly speaks in Percy's mind, helping Percy return to his senses. Percy frees Grover and
Annabeth from the effects of the flowers, and they flee, discovering that the casino is run by the Lotus-
Eaters, and they have been keeping people captive since ancient times, which explains the casino's
motto, "You will never want to leave." With all three pearls, Percy, Grover, and Annabeth head into the
Underworld, the portal to which is located behind the Hollywood Sign.

In the Underworld, they meet Hades and Persephone. Though Percy tells Hades that he does not have
the lightning bolt, Hades finds it hidden inside Luke's shield, revealing that Luke is the lightning thief.
Persephone suddenly knocks Hades unconscious by tasing him with the lightning bolt to get her revenge
on him for imprisoning her for all eternity and hands the bolt to Percy. However, because they only have
three pearls, Grover remains with Persephone to allow Percy's mother to leave. Percy, Annabeth, and
Sally teleport to the Empire State Building, but are attacked by Luke, who reveals that the reason for him
stealing the bolt is that he wants to destroy Mount Olympus to secure the demigods' place as the new
rulers of Western Civilization. After a fight across Manhattan, Percy defeats and apparently kills Luke and
returns the lightning bolt to Zeus, who forgives Percy and allows Poseidon to briefly speak with his son.
The film ends with Percy and Annabeth reuniting with Grover, furloughed from the Underworld and
sporting a new pair of small horns that designate his promotion to Percy's senior protector. Percy and
Annabeth are reunited, and they nearly kiss but Annabeth tricks Percy and they continue to train.

In the post-credits scene, Ugliano is kicked out of the apartment by Sally. He decides to get a beer on his
way out, but finds a note from Percy saying that he should not open the refrigerator under any
circumstance. He breaks the lock anyway and is turned to stone and killed by Medusa's head inside, on a
serving plate. One of her snakes blurs the screen, revealing the movie's end. The sound of Ugliano
turning to stone is heard while the screen is black.

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