Apocalypto (2006)

Director:

Mel Gibson

Writers:

Mel Gibson (written by) &
Farhad Safinia (written by)

Release Date:

8 diciembre 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama

Frase comercial:

When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go

Plot:

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.

Plot Keywords:

Heart In Hand | Tapir | Animal Attack | Underwater Childbirth | Animal Killing

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 13 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Haunting

Cast

Rudy Youngblood	...	Jaguar Paw
Dalia Hernández	...	Seven
Jonathan Brewer	...	Blunted
Morris Birdyellowhead	...	Flint Sky
Carlos Emilio Báez	...	Turtles Run
Amilcar Ramírez	...	Curl Nose
Israel Contreras	...	Smoke Frog
Israel Ríos	...	Cocoa Leaf
María Isabel Díaz	...	Mother in Law (as Isabel Diaz)
Espiridion Acosta Cache	...	Old Story Teller
Mayra Serbulo	...	Young Woman
Iazua Larios	...	Sky Flower
Lorena Heranandez	...	Village Girl
Itandehui Gutierrez	...	Wife
Sayuri Gutierrez	...	Eldest Daughter

También conocida como:

Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (USA) (promotional title)
Apocalypto (Argentina) (Colombia) (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images.

Duración:

139 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Maya

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Argentina:18 | Taiwan:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-15 | Malaysia:18PL | South Africa:16 (V) | Hungary:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Germany:18 | Italy:T (original rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:15A | Indonesia:Dewasa | Singapore:M18 | Norway:15 (original rating) | Netherlands:16 | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:18 (re-rating) | Thailand:R-14 | Poland:18 | USA:R (certificate #42915) | Italy:VM14 (re-rated) (court decision) (2007) | France:-12 | UK:18 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Australia:MA | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | China:(Banned) | Israel:18 | Japan:R-15 | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Ontario) | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

Trivialidades:

For the waterfall jump scene, Rudy Youngblood performed his own stunt, jumping in a harness from a 15-story building in Veracruz over about 10 takes. (The shot was later digitally composited with the real waterfall.) After director Mel Gibson harassed Youngblood about the actor's initial hesitancy and fear of jumping, Youngblood got together with the stunt crew and goaded Gibson into taking a jump for himself.

Goofs:

Continuity: The son of the hooligan leader Zero Wolf gets hurt on the right eye during the attack on the village. His father does two blood pressure release cuts right and below his eye. In the scene where the Commander gives his son the knife, the cuts moved further up and are now on to the right of his eye. And in the "shooting range" scene when the son is "the finisher", the cuts moved even further up and are now to the right and to the top of his eye.

Quotes:

Jaguar Paw: I am Jaguar Paw, son of Flint Sky. My Father hunted this forest before me. My name is Jaguar Paw. I am a hunter. This is my forest. And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Soundtrack:

¿He De Dejar Las Bellas Flores?

Haunting

Just saw Apocalypto last night with a free pass ticket. Surely one of the goriest and most graphic movies ever made. In the wake of "Passion," I think it's safe to opine that Mel Gibson likes to dwell on torture a bit too much, and this is my biggest reservation. Not that "first nation" communities in America all made nice with each other before the Europeans arrived. Of course not. There is clearly a cultural message going on, regarding violence, war, and man's inhumanity to man. I was hoping for at least some vague allusion to the Mayan/Aztec calendar, as the predictions of 2012 in the New Age community are revving up and fascinating -- but that's just my own bugaboo. Otherwise, the film-making of Apocalypto is masterful. The authenticity of the Mesoamerican depictions rivals, if not surpasses, Malick's "New World." The make-up and prosthetics, tattoos, scarification of the cast, as well as the overall look and texture of the movie, make for one of the most vivid and haunting movies you will ever see. Though it contains some earthy humor, this movie is definitely not for the fainthearted. It is a Class A adrenaline churner. Perhaps Gibson will redeem himself in the public eye after this work. Bound to be a blockbuster.