PROJECT ENGLISH II

Submitted to: Mrs. Fozia Ahsan Rao Submitted by: Muhammad Ali Akhtar Irfan Sher Bilal Hussain Amir Saleem Faisal Abbas Sheraz Younas

WE WERE WARNED

INFORMATION
Directed by Roland Emmerich

Produced by

Harald Kloser Mark Gordon

Written by

Harald Kloser Roland Emmerich

Music by

Harald Kloser Thomas Wander

Cinematography

Dean Semler

Editing by

David Brenner Peter S. Elliott

Distributed by

Columbia Pictures

Release date

November 11, 2009(international)

Running time

158 min

Country

United States

Language

English

Budget

$200 million

Box office

$769,679,473

THEME
2012 is a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt,Thandie Newton, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson, among others. It was produced by Emmerich's production company, Centropolis Entertainment, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film includes references to Mayanism, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events unfolding in the year 2012. This basically predicts that This World is not infinite or everlasting and in 2012 the world will face with some great disasters and will come to an end. The plot follows Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) as he attempts to bring his children, Noah and Lilly (Liam James and Morgan Lily respectively), ex-wife Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet) and her boyfriend, Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy) to refuge and attempt to escape the heightened change in the elements.

CAST
MAIN ROLES

John Cusack as Jackson Curtis. Chiwetel Ejiofor as Dr. Adrian Helmsley. Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis.

SUPPORTING ROLES

Liam James as Noah Curtis. Morgan Lily as Lilly Curtis. Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Gordon Silberman. Danny Glover as Thomas Wilson. Thandie Newton as Dr. Laura Wilson.

OTHER ROLES

Oliver Platt as Carl Anheuser. Zlatko Buri as Yuri Karpov. Beatrice Rosen as Tamara. Alexandre and Philippe Haussmann as Alec and Oleg Karpov. Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost.

PLOT
In 2009, Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an American geologist, visits astrophysicist Dr. Satnam Tsurutani (Jimi Mistry) in India and learns thatneutrinos from a massive solar flare are causing the temperature of the Earth's core to increase rapidly. Adrian gives a report on this to White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt) who ends up taking Adrian to meet the President of the United States. In 2010, President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover) and other international leaders begin a secret project to ensure humanity's survival. Approximately 400,000 people are chosen to board "arks" that are constructed at Cho Ming, Tibet, in the Himalayas. At the same time as the People's Liberation Armyare gathering volunteers, a Buddhist monk named Nima (Osric Chau) is evacuated while his brother Tenzin (Chin Han) joins the workers in the Ark project. Additional funding for the project is raised by selling tickets to the private sector for 1 billion per person. By 2011, humanity's valuable treasures are moved to the Himalayas under the guise of protecting them from terrorist attacks with the help of art expert and First Daughter Dr. Laura Wilson (Thandie Newton). In 2012, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a science fiction writer in Los Angeles who works part-time as a limousine driver for the Russian billionaire, Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buri). Jackson's ex-wife, Kate (Amanda Peet) and their children Noah (Liam James) and Lilly (Morgan Lily) live with Kate's boyfriend, plastic surgeon Gordon Silberman (Thomas McCarthy). Jackson takes Noah and Lilly camping in Yellowstone National Park. After an encounter with Helmsley, they meet Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio show from the park. Charlie plays a video of Charles Hapgood's theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar predict that the 2012 phenomenon will occur. He has a map of the ark project in addition to information about officials and scientists from around the world who were murdered after planning to alert the public. The family returns home as seismic activity vastly increases along the west coast of the United States. Jackson grows suspicious and rents a plane to rescue his family. He collects his family and Gordon as the Earth crust displacement begins, and they narrowly escape Los Angeles as the city slips into the Pacific Ocean. As millions die in catastrophic earthquakes worldwide, the group flies to Yellowstone to retrieve Charlie's map, escaping as the Yellowstone Calderaerupts. Charlie stays behind to broadcast the eruption and is killed in the blast of the expulsion of an ash cloud. Learning that the arks are in China, the group lands in a devastated Las Vegas to find a larger plane. They meet Yuri, his twin sons Alec and Oleg (played by Alexandre and Philippe Haussmann), girlfriend Tamara (Beatrice Rosen) and pilot Sasha (Johann Urb). The group secures an Antonov An-225 aircraft and they depart for China. Also heading for the arks aboard Air Force One are Anheuser, Helmsley and Laura Wilson. President Wilson remains in Washington, D.C. to address the nation one last time. With the Vice President dead and the Speaker of

the House missing, Anheuser assumes de facto leadership. President Wilson is later killed by a megatsunami that sends the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy crashing into the White House. Arriving in China in a crash landing that kills Sasha, the group is spotted by the People's Liberation Army. Yuri and his sons, possessing tickets, are taken to the arks, leaving Tamara and the others behind. They are picked up by Nima and are taken to the arks with his grandparents (Lisa Lu and Chang Tseng). They stow away on the ark with the help of Tenzin. As a megatsunami approaches the site, an impact driver becomes lodged between the gears of the ark's hydraulics chamber, preventing a boarding gate from closing and rendering the ship unable to start its engines. In the ensuing chaos, Yuri, Gordon and Tamara are killed, Tenzin is wounded, and the ark is set adrift. Jackson and Noah dislodge the impact driver and the crew regains control of the ark before it can impact Mount Everest. After flood waters from the tsunamis recede, the arks travel to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa where the Drakensberg Mountains have risen in relation to sea level and become the tallest mountains in the world. Jackson is rejoined with his family, and Helmsley starts a relationship with Laura.

MIAN CHARACTERS AND DIALOGUES

John Cusack as Jackson Curtis, a struggling writer who has to work as a limousine driver to make ends meet.

Its just not California its the whole world breaking into pieces.

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Dr. Adrian Helmsley, geologist and scientific advisor to the US President. He is also a fan of Curtis' work.

It's not just Yellowstone, sir. Temperatures are rising with incredible velocity and hot zones across the globe.

. Amanda Peet as Kate Curtis, a medical student and Jackson's ex-wife

You don't have to take all of us. Just take my children. I'm begging you.

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS AND DIALOGUES

Danny Glover as Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States.

My friends, I recommend, we evacuate immediately. If any of you have objections, please tell.

Thandie Newton as Dr. Laura Wilson, art expert and President Wilson's daughter.

Shuttle Atlantis, our last day, all we can hear is the sound of our own breathing that reminds us we are still sharing our memories, hopes and idea.

Thomas McCarthy as Dr. Gordon Silberman, Kate's current boyfriend, a plastic surgeon.

We're running out of runway. For God's sakes, Kate, pull him up.

Woody Harrelson as Charlie Frost, a fringe science conspiracy theorist and radio talk show host.

People, we'll get it all. The forces of Mother Nature will be so devastating. It will bring an end to this world on winter solstice, 12-21-12.

MORAL
This is a very interesting and a family movie to watch. The message which the director wanted to convey to us from this movie is that everything in this world will come to an end and nobody will survive for ever but the thing which will last forever is the love towards our family. Even in crucial time of life we should stay together and should face the problem with great courage and bravery.