The Fountain (2006)
- Starring:
- Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, (more)
- Director(s):
- Darren Aronofsky
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky switches gears from drug-induced urban malaise to abstract science fiction with this time-tripping symbolic tale of a man's thousand-year quest to save the woman he loves. Moving between representational stories and images, this meditation on life and death focuses on the concept of the mythical Tree of Life that is said to bestow immortality to all who drink of its sap. In one of the film's allegorical timelines, a 16th century Spanish conquistador played by Hugh Jackman sets out to find the tree in order to save his queen (Rachel Weisz) from the Inquisition. Another conceptual story finds Jackman centuries later, struggling with mortality as a modern-day scientist desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi. The third and most abstract concept finds Jackman as a different incarnation of the same character-idea, this time questing for eternal life within the confines of a floating sphere transporting the aged Tree of Life through the depths of space. Still more avant-garde than his breakthrough film Pi, The Fountain finds Aronofsky almost completely abandoning conventional story structure in favor of something more cinematically abstract. Though the film was originally slapped with an R by the MPAA, Aronofsky & co. re-edited it to conform to a PG-13 rating. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 96 mins
Complete Cast:
- Hugh Jackman - Tomas/Tommy/Tom Creo
- Ellen Burstyn - Dr Lillian Guzetti
- Stephen McHattie - Grand Inquisitor Silecio
- Cliff Curtis - Captain Ariel
- Donna Murphy - Betty
- Richard McMillan - Henry
- Abraham Aronofsky - Lab Technician
- Anish Majumdar - Dr. Spencer
- Boyd Banks - Dominican Monk
- Kevin Kelsall - Foot Soldier Rivera
- Marcello Bezina - Foot Soldier Borjes
- Eric Carmelo Valenzuela Batz - Mayan Warrior
- Jose Maria Tol Chan - Mayan Warrior
- Juan Salvador Lares - Mayan Warrior
- Guatemaya Chicua - Mayan Warrior
- Luis Alfredo Yac Noj - Mayan Warrior
- Edson Vasquez Pixabaj - Mayan Warrior
- Tomas Morales Sacquic - Mayan Warrior
- Xaijil Sicajan - Mayan Warrior
- Tomas Salvador Tol - Mayan Warrior
- Carlos Enrique Ramos Xalcut - Mayan Warrior
- Xitamul - Mayan Warrior
- Bianca Cody Murphy - Lab Support Primate
- Granny - Lab Support Primate
- Rachel Weisz - Isabel/Izzi Creo
- Mark Margolis - Father Avila
- Fernando Hernandez - Lord of Xibalba
- Sean Patrick Thomas - Antonio
- Ethan Suplee - Manny
- Lorne Brass - Dr. Alan Lipper
- Renee Asofsky - Lab Technician
- Janique Kearns - Young Nurse
- Alexandre Bisping - Foot Soldier Del Toro
- Patricia Dal - Foot Soldier Galleano
- Hugo Salvador Gutierrez Aguilar - Mayan Warrior
- Elfego Vinicio Pena Castellanos - Mayan Warrior
- Benjamin Panjoj Cortez - Mayan Warrior
- Jose Alfredo Conoz Macario - Mayan Warrior
- Tomas Tol Nix - Mayan Warrior
- Mateo Martin Perez - Mayan Warrior
- Marvin Leonardo Raxtun - Mayan Warrior
- Santos Ajic Sapon - Mayan Warrior
- Manuel Antonio Salvador Tol - Mayan Warrior
- Tomas Augustin Canil Ventura - Mayan Warrior
- Octavio Guadelupe Zabala - Mayan Warrior
- Yolanda - Donovan
- Diget - Lab Support Primate
- Director(s):
- Darren Aronofsky
- Writer(s):
- Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel
- Producer(s):
- Eric Watson, Arnon Milchan, Iain Smith
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Violence, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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- 2006 - The Fountain - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Original Score
- 2006 - The Fountain - Online Film Critics Association - Best Original Score
