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Release Date: 2000

Cast: Christian Tessier, Kelly Preston, Richard Tyson, Forest Whitaker, Sabine Karsenti, Earl Pastko, Michael Byrne, Christopher Freeman, Kim Coates, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Barry Pepper, John Travolta ...MORE

Cast: Christian Tessier, Kelly Preston, Richard Tyson, Forest Whitaker, Sabine Karsenti, Earl Pastko, Michael Byrne, Christopher Freeman, Kim Coates, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Barry Pepper, John Travolta, Sylvain Landry, Tim Post, John Topor ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Science Fiction, Action, Space opera, Alien Film, Film adaptation

Battlefield Earth is a 2000 American science fiction film adapted from the novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian, and stars John Travolta, Forest Whitaker and Barry Pepper. The film depicts an Earth that has been under the rule of the alien Psychlos for 1,000 years and tells the story of the rebellion that develops when the Psychlos attempt to use the surviving humans as gold miners. Travolta, a long-time Scientologist, had sought for many years to make a film of the novel by Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. He was unable to obtain funding from... MORE

Battlefield Earth is a 2000 American science fiction film adapted from the novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian, and stars John Travolta, Forest Whitaker and Barry Pepper. The film depicts an Earth that has been under the rule of the alien Psychlos for 1,000 years and tells the story of the rebellion that develops when the Psychlos attempt to use the surviving humans as gold miners. Travolta, a long-time Scientologist, had sought for many years to make a film of the novel by Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. He was unable to obtain funding from any major studio due to concerns about the film's script, prospects, and connections with Scientology. The project was eventually taken on by an independent production company, Franchise Pictures, which specialized in rescuing stars' stalled pet projects. Travolta signed on as a co-producer and contributed millions of dollars of his own money to the production, which was largely funded by a German film distribution company. Franchise Pictures was later sued by its investors and was bankrupted after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the film's budget by $31 million. Battlefield Earth was LESS