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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) -- US Home Video Trailer from New Line Cinema
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) -- Clip: Haven't you seen a dinosaur before?
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) -- Behind the scenes: Brendan Fraser on a mine cart
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) -- Interview: Josh Hutcherson "On why the film is perfect for 3D"
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) -- On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Overview

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6.0/10   18,117 votes
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Director:
Eric Brevig
Writers (WGA):
Michael D. Weiss (screenplay) and
Jennifer Flackett (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 July 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Same Planet. Different World.
Plot:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(68 articles)
Bening And Moore's Kids Are All Right
 (From EmpireOnline. 30 June 2009, 11:13 PM, PDT)

Get Eggcited: Easter Bunny Set For Film
 (From EmpireOnline. 6 April 2009, 1:03 AM, PDT)

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Complete waste of time, avoid seriously.... more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (USA) (3-D version)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Australia)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments.; Rated PG-13 for some bloody sci-fi violence. (special edition)
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Icelandic
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Filming Locations:
Iceland more
Company:
Walden Media more

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Trivia:
Indie film maker Paul Chart (American Perfekt (1997)) was originally signed to write and direct the picture and penned the original script. Chart left the project, however, after a decision was made to shoot the film in 3-D, uncomfortable with the possibility it would become more 'theme park ride' than the epic action-adventure film he envisioned. The Jules Verne novel was apparently one of his favorite pieces of literature. Chart was ultimately replaced with effects specialist Eric Brevig and the script was heavily retooled to emphasize the new 3-D format. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Prof Anderson and Sean meet Hannah they introduce themselves. Sean accidentally introduced himself as Josh, his real name. Prof Anderson covered it up at the same time and introduced his nephew as Sean. more
Quotes:
[Sean and Trevor have fallen behind Hannah, tired of climbing]
Sean: I call dibs on the mountain guide.
Trevor: What? You're thirteen; you can't call dibs.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in A World Within Our World (2008) (V) more

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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Complete waste of time, avoid seriously...., 29 March 2009
1/10
Author: adam-1093 from United Kingdom

Watched that film after reading some good reviews and expected to get a simple adventure movie kind of entertainment, but sadly this movie does not even deliver anything.

Film plot does make a sense in the beginning and main characters try to create some kind of comic dialogues and then slowly discover a mystery behind past events narrowly mentioned. Then film rolls on with out any sensible plot and with number and boring dialogues and even absurd geological ideas. Still, it's a Hollywod production but even a small children know that boiling water must burns and so does lava. Any physical reasonable laws are awfully denied by scenes and then you start to think that whole story does not make any sense at all. Film refers to Indiana Jones and perhaps some other great adventure movies done in 80s but it only copies it badly with some lame blue screen effects. In addition you watch an unexpected love affection plot with poorly dialogues and acting. Perhaps only good thing about that film is a few CGI scenes but that is just a narrow part of a film.

This film for sure will entertain children between age of 5-9 but no one else. Please, save you precious time and use it watch Indiana Jones series again instead of this one.

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