During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. The detective zombie short film the children were making in super 8 rolls runs at the end of the movie beside. Through the abrams filter, super 8 is much darker than spielbergs own vintage visions of idyllic suburbia, hence the film beginning with a funeral that sets up the deep sadness within joe, now motherless, and his believable friendship with pretty alice elle fanning, whom hes later forbidden to see due to a longstanding feud between the. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train. Abrams and produced by steven spielberg, takes place in a small ohio town in the summer of 1979. Joel courtney joe, ryan lee cary, zach mills preston, riley griffiths charles, gabriel basso martin, and elle fanning alice fill out the. Super 8 star joel courtney talks about his debut film. The story is set in 1979 and follows six children that. In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident.
Super 8 2011 train crash scene 18 movieclips youtube. Alice steals her fathers car and takes joe, charles, preston, martin, and cary to an old train depot where the group plans to film a scene. Jun 10, 2011 alice joins the cast of the case, activating joes crush on her and setting up the best moment in both that movie and super 8, a scene in which ms. For fans of the zombie genre this is a good book, and is broadly faithful to the accepted pattern of zombie behaviour with a few tweaks. Alice joins the cast of the case, activating joes crush on her and. Joes own father seemed to sway with the requirements of the plot.
This all made super 8 another great release by spielberg. The nerdy boys are awed at how superb alices performance is, and at the greater. Mar 24, 2011 a twentyminute advance look at super 8 still. In it, charles asks for his short film the case to be picked for a local film festival before being attacked by alice as a zombie.
They go out to a railroad station one night to film a scene, but this time they invite alice dainard elie fanning the daughter of the man that killed joe. Douglas keesey, author of the neonoir kamera book, writes about jj abrams super 8. Joe the makeup artist does a great zombie on alice. Abrams strange new movie slowly but surely, the details behind j. Super 8 is his first film thats wholly original but, because it draws from so many other places, it kind of isnt. Nov 15, 2018 finally, the kid actors do a fantastic job. In a way, super 8 is as derivative and familiar as anything in theaters today, only the movies its copying are all over a quarter of a century old. Jun 09, 2011 super 8 is not about a comic book hero after the enormous success of batman, spiderman and iron man, it seems as though hollywood is itching to cash in on superheroes, even the clisters. Joe keeps his mothers locket close, an interesting symbol of her loss. In 1979 ohio, several youngsters elle fanning, joel courtney, gabriel basso are making a zombie movie with a super8 camera. In this clip we are showing you how the actors of super 8 look now versus when the movie premiered. The key relationship of alice and her troubled father louis went through an arbitrary uturn.
In super 8, as in a spielberg masterpiece such as e. A twentyminute advance look at super 8 still makes it look. After a few months joes best friend charles has the bright idea of making a zombie movie for an international film festival. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading zombies. The film stars joel courtney, elle fanning, and kyle chandler and tells the story of a group of young teenagers who are filming their own super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The umbrella corporation is an international pharmaceutical company in the resident evil universe. Super 8 2011 allie is abducted scene 58 movieclips. Super 8 video game accessory, a 1995era adaptor for playing nes games on nintendo snes systems super 8 motels, also named super 8 worldwide super 8 schools, association of boys schools in the central north island of new zealand. Joe is trying to make do by hanging out with his friends at school, especially charles riley griffiths who wants to make his own independent film using a super 8 camera, hence the title. Tthe extraterrestrial, the goonies, poltergeist and gremlins. Movies tv games books comics culture video shopping. In super 8, six midwestern kids witness a mysterious train crash in 1979 while making a zombie film, and strange things start happening.
Abrams 2011 nostalgiafest super 8 and the recently released godzilla. It was already uploaded about 6 months ago but not in hd so. Whats funny is, after 6 years of never giving super 8 another moments thought, outside of that brief description of the film that i just gave, i didnt remember any other thing else to do with the movie. Super 8 is a 2011 american monster thriller film written and directed by j. James kee re0, steve van wormer the umbrella chroniclesvoiced by japanese. There are a number of similarities in the characters he plays in both j.
The kids super 8 zombie moviewhich is played in its entirety. Abrams super 8 starring joel courtney, elle fanning, riley griffiths, noah emmerich, and kyle chandler. A good movie that makes you want to go home and rewatch a great one. The kids are working on a zombie movie to enter in an upcoming super 8 film festival. The truth is, reallife actress elle fanning younger sister to dakota is very talented with a promising future. During the first hour of super 8, i was elated by how good it was. Founded in 1968 by prominent british royal descendants oswell e. In charles movie, the case, he plays the owner of romero chemical. Jun 09, 2011 super 8 finally falters in the end when abrams allows his relationships to collapse into melodramatic schmaltz. This is an amazing, touching ending for a movie that isnt super 8. Theres also a prequel comic book that was bundled into the second issue of the.
The detective zombie short film the children were making in super 8 rolls runs at the end of the movie beside the credit roll. He attempts to send his wife away to keep her safe, but she refuses. Super 8 is a 2011 scifi monster film written and directed by j. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth. Elle fanning had groovy time on super 8 pittsburgh postgazette. Preston was staying with joe and his other friends shooting their zombie film when the train crash happened.
Katsuyuki konishi re0 hd remaster billy coen, biri koen is the coprotagonist of resident evil zero along with rebecca chambers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Joes friend charles kaznyk riley griffiths hires dainards daughter alice elle fanning to be the lead. Her mother played professional tennis, and her father, now an electronics salesman, played minor league baseball. David edelstein on super 8 new york magazine movie. Poor alice becomes a zombie, but the hero brings her back to.
Does super 8 really have the feel of a steven spielberg film. Having said that, the affection and high spirits of super 8 are infectious. Super 8 draws on urban legends of the alleged 1947 ufo crash in roswell, new mexico, and in keeping with this theme views the us military with considerable paranoia. We now know that the movie is intended to have a feel to 1980s amblin movies where children went on extraordinary adventures, such as e. A tribute to kyle chandlers distant dad in super 8 and. Alice, which develops from joe pasting zombie makeup on alices face. Sound movie cartridges are rectangular to accommodate the sound recording mechanism in a super 8 sound camera. When theyre trying to make their movie for example they talk with a monotone and speak haltingly and then when alice can really act it stands head and shoulders above everyone else. Super 8 paramount pictures, a scifi thriller written and directed by j. Jun 04, 2011 like an old airplane or spacecraft jerryrigged from scrap pieces and made airworthy again, super 8 has been patched together with 30yearold spare parts to provide an enjoyable ride of its own. Super 8 tells the story of six friends who witness a train wreck while making a super 8 movie, only to discover that something unimaginable escaped during the crash.
Orson welles once said that directing a movie was like playing with the biggest toy train set a boy ever. Abramss super 8, teenagers making a zombie movie in 1979. More fun than fun, super 8 is an alienmonster movie that knows it wants to evoke the wideeyed wonder of the early days of blockbuster cinema. Just saw super 8, thought i would upload the short film that we see at the end credits. Jun 02, 2011 the film is called super 8 because the principal charactersfive pubescent ohio boys of various shapes and a willowy blonde girlare in the midst of shooting a ragtag zombie movie its the. The head of the company denies any wrongdoing, but the detective feels something is amiss. Alice elle fanning is abducted by the creature after an argument with her father ron eldard. See more ideas about movie covers, movie monsters, 8mm film.
Though born twenty years apart, budding boy filmmakers jj abrams writerdirector of super 8. Joes mom is killed when alices drunken dad doesnt come to work and. Super 8 deleted scene reveals obsession that aint about aliens. Preston zach mills, and the newfound love of josephs lif.
The best thing about super 8 is the super 8 popmatters. Abrams reveals for the first time new story details about his film. It is an homage to classic adventurous children movies, particularly those madeproduced by spielberg, like e. He also helps with the production of the film, lighting, sound, and general setup. As the ship rises into space, joe takes alices hand. Confirmation needed it can be guessed that preston is very. Abrams and steven spielberg join forces in this extraordinary tale of youth, mystery and adventure. Yet, super 8 is entertaining despite some overly obvious grabs for viewers heartstrings because the personal stories that root the actionheavy film matter to the audience. The gang watch as a truck collides with a train while filming a zombie movie. For fathers day, we are going to take a look at how chandler excels as the distant dad with good intentions. James marcus, it is portrayed in the series as a major international player in pharmaceutical goods and medical supplies, along with more clandestine operations utilizing genetic engineering. A record of the year of infection kindle edition by lane, chris, roff, don. Jun 10, 2011 super 8 is a love letter to an erathere are gags about pot and walkmans.
The super 8 film consists of a detective investigating a rash of zombie appearances that seem linked to a company called romero chemicals. Anyway, super 8 takes place in the 70s, and follows a group of kids who are trying to film a low budget zombie movie. The super 8 cameras used are both sound models, one eumig and one kodak, but when the film and film boxes are shown, they are the normal super 8 silent cartridges, which are square. As for why alice agrees to join the aspiring filmmakers in their zombie adventure, elle ventures, i think because she has that notsogreat dad. Oh, uhm pretty much just be a lifeless guile, with no soul, dead eyes, scary. The boys all sneak out in the middle of the night to go to shoot a zombie movie at the train depot, a place they can get to thanks to alice elle. His friend charles kaznyk convinces schoolmate alice to be the protagonists wife in his lowbudget zombie movie on super 8 film. Mary elle fanning was born on the 9th of april 1998 in conyers, georgia, usa, to heather joy arrington and steven j. The marketing campaign has revealed details on the project bit by tantalizing bit. Abrams and produced by steven spielberg, consciously strives to evoke nostalgia for a certain 1970s childhoodnot. Abrams return to the scificomingofage tales of the late 1970s and early 1980s has been shrouded in the same air of mystery as so many of the innovative directors previous projects. Some drama is added by the casting of schoolmate alice elle fanning, partly. With elle fanning, aj michalka, kyle chandler, joel courtney. He explains what it was like to work with the man who inspired him to make movies and why hes proud to be a geek.
While shooting a crucial nighttime scene near a local train station, our band of heroes inadvertently captures a horrific train crash on film. Abrams mysterious new movie super 8 are leaking out. In its opening scenes with joe and his buddies, super 8 lovingly captures how a single thing a friend, a game, a crappy homemade movie can create a crucial spark in the midst of a dreary childhood. Jj abrams super 8 brings etera spielberg into a summer film with a strong. The underlying story is the revelation of how the zombie infection began, along with the scientists journey to try to find both answers, and a place of safety. He is first mentioned in a police report filed by chambers that can be found in the nintendo 64 version of resident evil 2. So, when the boys bring in alice elle fanning to play the wife, everything. The most obvious influence is that of producer steven spielberg. Starring elle fanning, amanda michalka and kyle chandler. Four months later, joes school is let out for summer break.
Shes the newest member of the film crew and isnt yet sure how she fits in with the strange group of boys. Jun 04, 2011 opening with an elegant, if somewhat bythebook bit of character work, super 8 establishes a starcrossed backstory for middle schoolers joe lamb joel courtney, cute in that mikey likes it. Jun 27, 2011 what i enjoyed most in these three movies, however, was the zombie film in super 8. Super 8 movie clip playing a zombie official hd youtube. Not that year old me was complaining at the time, because 14year old elle fanning in zombie makeup was hot. In the newly available clip, joe finds out from charles riley griffiths that alice is going to star in the zombie epic that charles is directing. This effort is spearheaded by the groups fledgling film buff charles, who wants to film a shot at a train station in town, to add authenticity to a scene in the film. They soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is what it wants.
The teens in this film include a girl named alice dainard played by elle fanning who acts for a friend in his super 8 zombie movie and she is quite good. He can feel spielbergs benign hand resting on his shoulder though, since the big berg coproduced and brought aboard several of his favourite sound and. Having masterminded the existential fantasy of lost, reinvented star trek and served up the monsterontheloose rampage of cloverfield, jj abrams now comes trampling all over steven spielbergs favourite turf of a homely, nostalgic america. During the closing credits, the completed zombie film the case is shown. Aug 04, 2011 in this setting, a group of teen filmnuts including joe joel courtney, charles riley griffiths and alice elle fanning are shooting their own zombie horror flick on super 8, that is. Aug 01, 2011 lost creator jj abramss new film super 8 was produced by steven spielberg. It is inevitable that joe and alice will reconcile with their fathers but the emotion there feels inauthentic. She is of german, irish, english, french, and channel islander descent. We feel for courtneys aching joe and fannings compassionate alice. Easter eggs, viral marketing efforts, trailers and clips have slowly but surely come forward to give audiences a. Its filmmaking 101, and like charles zombie movie, super 8, produced by steven. Family projects business global events books fiction newsletters.
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