Editing Mission to Mars

{{Short description|2000 film by Brian De Palma}}
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{{Infobox film
| name            = Mission to Mars
| image           = mission_to_mars.jpg
| caption         = Theatrical release poster
| director        = [[Brian De Palma]]
| based_on        = {{Based on|[[Walt Disney]]'s [[Mission to Mars (attraction)|Mission to Mars]]}}
| producer        = Tom Jacobson
| screenplay      = [[Jim Thomas (screenwriter)|Jim Thomas]]<br />[[John Thomas (screenwriter)|John Thomas]]<br />[[Graham Yost]]
| story           = Jim Thomas<br />John Thomas<br />Lowell Cannon
| starring        = {{plain list|
* [[Gary Sinise]]
* [[Don Cheadle]]
* [[Connie Nielsen]]
* [[Jerry O'Connell]]
* [[Kim Delaney]]
* [[Tim Robbins]]}}
| music          = [[Ennio Morricone]]
| cinematography = [[Stephen H. Burum]]
| editing        = [[Paul Hirsch (film editor)|Paul Hirsch]]
| studio         = [[Touchstone Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|2000|3|10}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $100 million<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=missiontomars.htm |title=Mission to Mars |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-10-18}}</ref> 
| gross          = $111 million<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo/>
}}

'''''Mission to Mars''''' is a 2000 American [[Science fiction film|science fiction]] [[adventure film]] directed by [[Brian De Palma]], written by [[Jim Thomas (screenwriter)|Jim]] and [[John Thomas (screenwriter)|John Thomas]], and [[Graham Yost]], and suggested by [[Disney Parks, Experiences and Products|Disney]]'s [[Mission to Mars (attraction)|theme park attraction of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ohmy.disney.com/insider/2015/06/26/mission-to-mars-the-ride-that-inspired-the-movie-that-inspired-the-ride/ |title=Mission to Mars: The Ride That Inspired the Movie That Inspired the Ride |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015-06-26 |website=Oh My Disney |publisher=Disney |access-date=2019-06-23 }}</ref> The film depicts the first crewed [[Mars]] exploration mission going awry; American [[astronaut]] Jim McConnell ([[Gary Sinise]]) helps to coordinate a rescue mission for a colleague. Principal support actors were [[Tim Robbins]], [[Don Cheadle]], [[Connie Nielsen]], [[Jerry O'Connell]], and [[Kim Delaney]].

Released theatrically by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] through [[Touchstone Pictures]] on March 10, 2000, the film was both a critical and commercial disappointment.

==Plot==
In 2020, the ''Mars I'' mission launches for planet [[Mars]], commanded by Luke Graham. Upon arrival, the team discovers a bright white formation in the [[Cydonia (region of Mars)|Cydonia region]], which they suspect is an [[extrusion]] from a subsurface [[Geothermal activity|geothermal]] column of water, useful to future [[Colonization of Mars|human colonization]]. After reporting this to the Earth-orbiting World Space Station, they go to investigate the formation and start hearing a low sound on their communications system. Radar initially reports that the formation is metal, but when they increase power to the radar, a large [[vortex]] appears and kills everyone except Luke. After the vortex subsides, the formation is revealed to be part of [[Face on Mars|a large humanoid face]].

The event creates an [[electromagnetic pulse]] the space station observes, after which it receives a distress message from Luke. Realizing Luke could not have left because the pulse would have damaged the computer system of the Earth Return Vehicle (ERV) they repurpose the ''Mars II'' mission into a rescue.

Months later, as ''Mars Rescue''—consisting of Commander Woody Blake, his wife Terri Fisher, recent [[widower]] Jim McConnell, and technician Phil Ohlmyer— nears Mars orbit, they discover that all satellite imagery of the formation area is covered with [[white noise|static]]. [[Micrometeoroid]]s breach the ship, causing damage to the external fuel lines and resulting in the engines exploding. With the destroyed ''Mars II'' out of control, the crew is forced to abandon ship and travel in their spacesuits to the Resupply Module in a nearby orbit over Mars. Woody launches himself at the module and manages to attach a tether to it, but loses his grip and begins descending into the Martian atmosphere. Terri attempts to rescue Woody, but knowing she would run out of fuel before reaching him, Woody removes his helmet, killing himself to save her.

The survivors arrive on the Martian surface, and begin repairing the ERV. They find Luke living in a [[greenhouse]]; he shows them pictures of the face, and reveals that the pulses in the low sound they heard represented a 3D model of human-like [[DNA]], but missing a pair of chromosomes. Jim determines they must complete the sequence to pass a test, and they send a rover to broadcast the completed signal via radar. Following the transmission, an opening appears in the side of the structure. With a massive dust storm approaching Jim, Terri, and Luke head to the formation, while Phil stays to finish repairing the ERV. Phil is ordered to launch, with or without them, before the storm hits.

The three astronauts enter the opening, which seals behind them. A three-dimensional projection of the [[Solar System]] depicts the planet Mars, covered with water, being struck by a large asteroid and rendered uninhabitable. A projection of a humanoid Martian lifeform reveals that the native Martians evacuated the planet in spaceships, one of which was sent to seed Earth with DNA, intending to create life that could one day land on Mars and be recognized as descendants. An invitation is offered for one of their group to follow the Martians to their new home. Jim accepts the invitation, bidding farewell to Terri and Luke, and is sealed inside a small capsule. Terri and Luke race back to the ERV and arrive just as Phil is about to take off. They barely escape the dust storm into space as Jim's capsule is launched from the crumbling formation and flies past them toward the Martians' home.

==Cast==
*[[Gary Sinise]] as Jim McConnell
*[[Tim Robbins]] as Woody Blake
*[[Don Cheadle]] as Luke Graham
*[[Connie Nielsen]] as Terri Fisher
*[[Jerry O'Connell]] as Phil Ohlmyer
*[[Kim Delaney]] as Maggie McConnell
*[[Peter Outerbridge]] as Sergei Kirov
*[[Kavan Smith]] as Nicholas Willis
*[[Jill Teed]] as Renée Coté
*[[Elise Neal]] as Debra Graham
*[[Robert Bailey Jr.]] as Bobby Graham
*Taylor Jones as Daniel Lederman
*[[Armin Mueller-Stahl]] as Ray Beck
*[[Bill Timoney]] as Computer (voice)

==Filming==
The film was shot primarily on location in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]; [[Jordan]]; and the [[Canary Islands]].<ref name="YahooMov" /> Extensive special effects surrounding certain aspects of the film such as the NASA spacecraft and Martian vortex, were created by a number of digital effects companies including [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]], [[Dream Quest Images]], [[Tippett Studio]], CIS Hollywood, and Trans FX.<ref name="YahooMov" /> Between visuals, miniatures, and animation, over 400 technicians were directly involved in the production aspects of the special effects.<ref name="YahooMov" />

According to the director in the 2015 [[De Palma (film)|documentary film]] about his career, De Palma was brought on board after the previous director [[Gore Verbinski]] walked away due to concerns over the lack of additional money for the budget. De Palma indicated that the film needed additional funds and that much of the budget went into the CGI for the film. When De Palma was hired the script had already been written and the film cast.<ref>"De Palma" 2015 documentary film</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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The original score for ''Mission to Mars'', was released by the [[Hollywood Records]] music label on March 14, 2000. The score for the film was composed by [[Ennio Morricone]] and performed by the [[New York Philharmonic]]. Suzana Peric and Nick Meyers edited the film's music.<ref name="YahooMov">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800352357/cast |title=Mission to Mars (2000) |access-date=2011-10-25 |publisher=Yahoo! Movies}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Release===
The film, produced by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] [[Touchstone Pictures]], was distributed by [[Buena Vista Pictures]] in North America, and [[Spyglass Entertainment]] in selected European territories.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/oct/21/2|title=Hey, you wanna buy a movie?|date=1999-10-21|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref> ''Mission to Mars'' explores astronomy, extraterrestrial life, and space exploration.<ref name="film">[[Brian De Palma]]. (2000). ''Mission to Mars'' [Motion picture]. United States: [[Touchstone Pictures]].</ref> Despite the fact that the film employed the use of numerous extensive special effects, it failed to garner any award nominations from mainstream motion picture organizations for its production merits. On March 14, 2000, the original film score was released by the [[Hollywood Records]] label. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Italian composer [[Ennio Morricone]].

===Critical response===
Among mainstream critics in the United States, the film received mainly negative reviews.<ref name="meta">[https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mission-to-mars Mission to Mars]. [[Metacritic]]. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2011-10-22.</ref> [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 24% of 115 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 4.1/10 and the consensus, "Beauty only goes skin deep in this shallow but visually stunning film."<ref name="rt">[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mission_to_mars/ Mission to Mars (2000)]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 2025-02-27.</ref> At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted mean|weighted average]] out of 100 to critics' reviews, the film received a score of 34 based on 36 reviews.<ref name="meta" /> Furthermore, the film was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry Award]] for Brian De Palma in the category of 'Worst Director', where he lost to [[Roger Christian (filmmaker)|Roger Christian]] for ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.razzies.com/forum/2000-razzie-nominees-winners_topic350.html |title=2000 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners" |publisher=[[Golden Raspberry Award Foundation|Golden Raspberry Award]] |access-date=2011-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513120507/http://www.razzies.com/forum/2000-razzie-nominees-winners_topic350.html |archive-date=2013-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "C−" on scale of A to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

The film's reception among French-language critics was markedly different in positive fashion.<ref>{{cite book | author = [[Steven Dillon (writer and professor)|Steven Dillon]] | title=The Solaris Effect: Art and Artifice in Contemporary American Film | date=November 2006 | publisher= University of Texas Press | page=80 |isbn=978-0-292-71345-1 }}</ref> Film journal ''[[Cahiers du cinéma]]'' devoted several articles to De Palma and ''Mission to Mars'' at the time of its release, and placed it as ''#4'' in their list of the ''10 best films of 2000''.<ref>[http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html Top Ten Lists: 1951-2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102838/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/cahiers.html |date=2012-03-27 }}. Cahiers du Cinéma. Retrieved 2011-10-22.</ref> The film was screened out of competition at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5176/year/2000.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Mission to Mars |access-date=2009-10-17|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Sinise and Robbins, a couple of awfully good actors, are asked to speak some awfully clunky lines. When Robbins says, "OK, we're ready to light this candle" before ignition, it sounds like a parody of astronaut lingo.}}

—Bob Graham, writing in the ''San Francisco Chronicle''<ref name="Graham"/>

Mark Halverson, writing in ''[[Sacramento News & Review]]'', said "My inner child felt cheated that the film leapt from an astronaut barbecue to Mars without so much as a rocket launch and that the best special effect (a sandstorm nod to ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'') was unveiled in the first 20 minutes." He added, "This visually alluring mess also includes gobs of cheesy dialogue and a hokey-looking alien."<ref name="halverson">Halverson, Mark (24 May 2001). [http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/mission-to-mars/content?oid=6528 ''Mission to Mars'']. ''[[Sacramento News & Review]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> Left unimpressed, Bob Graham in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', wrote that the film "meanders into space-mystico mumbo jumbo. We're supposed to share the characters' awe at the wonder of the universe, but more likely the audience will wonder whatever were the filmmakers thinking." Graham characterized ''Mission to Mars'' as "a very mixed bag: rhapsodic cinematography, several genuine shocks amid a suffocating air of gooeyness, impressive visual effects – even if some seem to exist in a vacuum – and an absolutely loony conclusion."<ref name="Graham">Graham, Bob (10 March 2000). [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/03/10/DD7394.DTL Spaced Out `Mission to Mars' gets lost in mystical mumbo jumbo]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', said the film "contains conversations that drag on beyond all reason. It is quiet when quiet is not called for. It contains actions that deny common sense. And for long stretches the characters speak nothing but boilerplate". He believed that "It misses too many of its marks. But it has extraordinary things in it. It's as if the director, the gifted Brian De Palma, rises to the occasions but the screenplay gives him nothing much to do in between them."<ref>Ebert, Roger (10 March 2000). [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000310/REVIEWS/3100301 Mission to Mars]. ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> The film however, was not without its supporters. Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News]]'', exclaimed the film was "One of the most gorgeous science-fiction movies ever - and probably also one of the most realistic in detail and scientific extrapolation".<ref>Wilmington, Michael (10 March 2000). Mission to Mars. ''[[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' commented that "This isn't ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001]]'', by a long shot, but for 2000, it'll do nicely".<ref>Corliss, Richard (10 March 2000). ''Mission to Mars''. ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> William Arnold of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', added to the positive sentiment by saying "Here and there an inspired shot makes the film come alive, and at least three of its sequences had me positioned well on the edge of my seat."<ref>Arnold, William (10 March 2000). Mission to Mars. ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref>

Writing for ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]'', Marc Savlov noted that the "''Mission to Mars'' falls prey to an overwhelming sense of a man trying to please everyone all the time." He went further, that "De Palma has reached out to embrace a larger audience and seemingly sacrificed those traits that drew us to him in the first place: his singular vision, his clinical stylistics, and the palpable sense of dread that his best films engender."<ref>Savlov, Marc (10 March 2000). [http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2000-03-10/140147/ Mission to Mars]. ''[[The Austin Chronicle]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> In a mixed review, [[James Berardinelli]] writing for ''[[ReelViews]]'', called the film "Ineptly directed, badly acted, and scripted with an eye towards stupidity and incoherence, the film is worthwhile only to those who are in desperate need of a nap. And, as is often the case when a big budget, high profile motion picture self-destructs, this one does so in spectacular fashion."<ref>Berardinelli, James (March 2000). [http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/m/mission_mars.html Mission to Mars]. ''[[ReelViews]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> Describing a mixed opinion, [[J. Hoberman]] of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' said the film encompassed "a touchy-feely esprit that's predicated on equal parts [[Buck Rogers]] bravado and backyard barbecue, the whole burnt burger drenched in Ennio Morricone's elegiac western-style score".<ref>Hoberman, J. (14 March 2000). [http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-03-14/film/missions-impossible/1/ Missions Impossible]. ''[[The Village Voice]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref>

{{blockquote|Unfortunately, the filmmakers' imagination flags in the closing sequences; the movie's final reel looks like a high-tech museum exhibit entitled '"2001: A Space Odyssey" for Dummies'.}}

—Margaret A. McGurk, writing for ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]''<ref>McGurk, Margaret (14 March 2000). [http://cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/mcgurk/031000_mars.html Mars looks familiar next to nothing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007032458/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/movies/mcgurk/031000_mars.html |date=2012-10-07 }}. ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref>

[[Elvis Mitchell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', stated that the "visual design is spectacular, and the scenes on the Martian surface look so real that the picture could have been made on location. A [[holograph]]ic sequence detailing the evolutionary link between Earth and Mars is staggeringly well staged."<ref name="Mitchell" /> However, he ultimately came to the conclusion that there wasn't "an original moment in the entire movie, and the score is so repetitive that it could have been downloaded directly from ''EnnioMorricone.com''."<ref name="Mitchell">Mitchell, Elvis, (10 March 2000). [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9804E6D81F38F933A25750C0A9669C8B63 Small Step for Man, but a Big Whoop for Martians]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> Similarly, [[Todd McCarthy]] wrote in ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' that the film's "dramatic package that it arrives in is so flimsy, unconvincing and poorly wrought that it's impossible to be swept away by the illustrated version of [[creationism]] on offer." He did note "Pictorially, the film is smooth and pristine looking. De Palma and his frequent cinematographer Stephen H. Burum go for their patented swooping and twisting camera moves whenever possible, and there are some very nice ones onboard the recovery ship."<ref>McCarthy, Todd (9 March 2000). [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117778778?refcatid=31 ''Mission to Mars'']. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref> [[Lisa Schwarzbaum]] writing for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' deduced that "''Mission to Mars'' wants us to think about lofty things: the bravery of explorers, the ingenuity of our nation's space program, the humility required to comprehend the possibility that we earthlings are not the be-all and end-all of creation. But De Palma's film is too embarrassed, too jittery and self-conscious to hush up and pay attention."<ref>Schwarzbaum, Lisa (17 March 2000). [https://web.archive.org/web/20081122143526/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275701,00.html ''Mission to Mars'']. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved 2011-10-26.</ref>

===Box office===
The film premiered in cinemas on March 10, 2000, in wide release throughout the U.S. During its opening weekend, the film opened in first place, grossing $22,855,247 in business showing at 3,054 locations.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/> It earned the third-highest March opening weekend at that time, behind ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' and ''[[Liar Liar]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/mission-to-mars-takes-off-with-23m/401707.article|title=Mission To Mars takes off with $23m}}</ref> The film ''[[The Ninth Gate]]'' came in second place during that weekend grossing $6,622,518.<ref name=BoxOfficeResults>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2000&wknd=10&p=.htm |title=March 10–12, 2000 Weekend |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-10-25}}</ref> The film's revenue dropped by 50% in its second week of release, earning $11,385,709. For that particular weekend, the film fell to second place screening in 3,060 theaters. ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' unseated ''Mission to Mars'' to open in first place, grossing $28,138,465 in box office revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/roberts-smashes-box-office-again/401784.article|title=Roberts smashes box office again |date=20 March 2000 |last=Goodridge |website=[[Screen Daily]]}}</ref><ref name=BoxOfficeResults2>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=2000&wknd=11&p=.htm |title=March 17–19, 2000 Weekend |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-10-25}}</ref> During its final weekend in release, it opened in a distant 72nd place with $17,467 in revenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2000&wknd=29&p=.htm |title=July 14–16, 2000 Weekend |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-10-25}}</ref> The film went on to top out domestically at $60,883,407 in total ticket sales through an 18-week theatrical run.<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo/> The film took in an additional $50,100,000 in business through international release to top out at a combined $110,983,407 in gross revenue.<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo/> The film ranked 41st at the box office for 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2000&p=.htm |title=2000 Domestic Grosses |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2011-10-25}}</ref>

==Home media==
''Mission to Mars'' was released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on September 12, 2000. The film was later released on Blu-ray in France on September 22, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Mission-to-Mars-Blu-ray/20099/|title=Mission to Mars Blu-ray|via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of films set on Mars]]
* [[List of films featuring space stations]]
* [[List of films featuring extraterrestrials]]
* [[Mars in fiction]]

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