X-Men (movie)

X-Men is a 2000 superhero movie based upon the fictional characters the X-Men. The movie is about mutants who are the next evolutionary step of humanity. These mutants are feared and hated by most of humanity.

X-Men
Directed byBryan Singer
Written byComic Book:
Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Story:
Tom DeSanto
Bryan Singer
Screenplay:
David Hayter
Produced byRalph Winter
Avi Arad
Richard Donner
Tom DeSanto
Lauren Shuler Donner
StarringPatrick Stewart
Hugh Jackman
Ian McKellen
Halle Berry
Famke Janssen
James Marsden
Bruce Davison
Rebecca Romijn
Anna Paquin
CinematographyNewton Thomas Sigel
Edited bySteven Rosenblum
Kevin Sitt
John Wright
Music byMichael Kamen
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
July 14, 2000
Running time
104 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million

The movie was directed by Bryan Singer. It deals with the ideas of prejudice and discrimination in the United States. The screenplay was written by David Hayter. A sequel, X2, was released in 2003 and a third movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, was released in 2006. A fourth film, X-Men: Days of Future Past. A prequel trilogy has been made, the prequel series is currently formed by X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.

Plot

Professor Charles Xavier (the world's most powerful telepath) takes gifted children and teaches them to control their powers for good. He does this at Xavier's Academy for Gifted Youngsters, his school for mutants. This school is the home to the X-Men. The story is about the X-Men trying to stop Erik Lehnsherr (also known as Magneto), a mutant who blames humanity for the death of his family during the Holocaust. Magneto does not believe that humans and mutants can live together in peace. He builds a machine that turns humans into mutants.

Cast

Filming

Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000 in Toronto.[1] Wolverine's claws required a full silicone cast of Hugh Jackman's arm, and 700 versions for Jackman and his stunt doubles.[2]

Music

Bryan Singer asked John Williams to compose the music for the movie, but Williams was too busy composing for Saving Private Ryan.[3]

Reactions and box office

The movie was one of the biggest hits of 2000. It earned more than $296 million worldwide and was the 8th highest grossing movie in the United States that year.

Crazy credits
  • When the 20th Century Fox logo disappears the "X" in "Fox" glows and remains on a black background than the other letters.

Release Dates
CountryPremiere
 Australia13 July 2000
 United States14 July 2000
 Singapore20 July 2000
 Sweden2 August 2000
 Hong Kong3 August 2000
 Malaysia3 August 2000
 Thailand4 August 2000
 Peru10 August 2000
 Mexico11 August 2000
 Taiwan11 August 2000
 Uruguay11 August 2000
 South Korea12 August 2000
 Belgium16 August 2000
 France16 August 2000
 New Zealand17 August 2000
 Brazil18 August 2000
 United Kingdom18 August 2000
 Ireland18 August 2000
 Iceland18 August 2000
 Venezuela23 August 2000
 Argentina24 August 2000
 Austria31 August 2000
  Switzerland31 August 2000 (German speaking region)
 Germany31 August 2000
 Finland1 September 2000
 Denmark8 September 2000
 Norway8 September 2000
 Netherlands28 September 2000
 Portugal29 September 2000
 Spain3 October 2000
 Czech Republic5 October 2000
 India6 October 2000
 Japan7 October 2000
 Israel12 October 2000
 Greece13 October 2000
 Poland13 October 2000
 Russia18 October 2000
 Slovenia26 October 2000
 Italy27 October 2000
 Egypt1 November 2000
 Croatia2 November 2000
 Hungary2 November 2000
 Turkey3 November 2000
 Romania9 November 2000
 Estonia10 November 2000
 Kuwait15 August 2001

References
  1. Greg Dean Schmitz. "Greg's Preview - X-Men". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2007-04-15.
  2. Abel, Kris (2006-10-26). "Making Wolverine's Claws". CTV. Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  3. Bill Ramey (2006-02-12). "Superman-on-Film". Batman-on-Film. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2007-05-22.

Other websites


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.