Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Cameron
Produced byJames Cameron
Written by
Starring
Music byBrad Fiedel
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release dates
  • July 1, 1991 (Century City)
  • July 3, 1991 (United States)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$94–102 million[2][3]
Box office$519.8 million[3]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action thriller film written, produced and directed byJames Cameron. The film stars Arnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonRobert Patrick and Edward Furlong. It is the second installment of the Terminator franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film The TerminatorTerminator 2 followsSarah Connor (Hamilton) and her ten-year-old son John (Furlong) as they are pursued by a new, more advancedTerminator, the liquid metalshapeshifting T-1000 (Patrick), sent back in time to kill John Connor and prevent him from becoming the leader of the human resistance. A second, less advanced Terminator (Schwarzenegger) is also sent back in time to protect John.
After a troubled pre-production characterized by legal disputes, Mario Kassar of Carolco Pictures emerged with the franchise's property rights in early 1990. This paved the way for the completion of the screenplay by a Cameron-led production team, and the October 1990 start of a shortened 186-day filming schedule. The production of Terminator 2required an unprecedented budget of more than $94 million, much of which was spent on filming and special effects. The film was released on July 3, 1991, in time for the U.S. Fourth of July weekend.
The film's visual effects saw breakthroughs in computer-generated imagery, including the first use of natural human motion for a computer-generated character and the first partially computer-generated main character.[4] Terminator 2was a box office and critical success and influenced popular culture, especially the use of visual effects in films.[5] It received many accolades, including four Academy Awards for Best Sound EditingBest Sound MixingBest Makeup, and Best Visual Effects.[6] The highest-grossing film of 1991, several publications such as the American Film Institutehave since ranked Terminator 2 as one of the greatest action films, science fiction films and sequels of all time.

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