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Battlefield Earth. (film) Battlefield Earth (taglined as Take Back the Planet and subtitled on-screen as 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.
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.
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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.
Battlefield Earth. PG-13 Released May 12, 2000 1h 57m Sci-Fi Adventure Action. TRAILER for. List. 3% Tomatometer 153 Reviews. 13% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings. NEW. In the year 3000, there are no ...
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- Roger Christian
- PG-13
- John Travolta
The film version of L. Ron Hubbard 's Science Fiction novel Battlefield Earth was released on May 12, 2000, directed by Roger Christian and starring John Travolta as Psychlo leader Terl (he originally wanted to play the part of the book's hero, Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, but Barry Pepper eventually took that role because Travolta was too old by ...
May 12, 2000 · Battlefield Earth 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. The film follows a rebellion against the alien Psychlos, who have ruled Earth for 1,000 years.
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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, the film depicts an Earth that has been under the rule of the alien Psychlos for 1,000 years and ...
