Release Date: 10 June 2011 (USA) Runtime: USA: 112 min
After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: J.J. Abrams
Casts:
Joel Courtney , Riley Griffiths , Ryan Lee , Gabriel Basso , Zach Mills , Kyle Chandler , Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller , Ron Eldard , Amanda Michalka , Andrew Miller , Jade Griffiths, Jakob Miller , Elle Fanning , Britt Flatmo
STORYLINE
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined
Box Office
Budget: $50,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $35,451,168 (USA) (12 June 2011) (3379 Screens)
Gross: $125,316,799 (USA) (7 August 2011)
Production Co : Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Bad Robot
SUMMARY
The film starts in February of 1979, at a steel plant in Lillian, Ohio. Elizabeth Lamb (Caitriona Balfe) has been killed in an accident. Though their family and friends are sad for her husband, Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), their main concern is Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), Elizabeth and Jackson's son. Joe was more attached to his Mom than his Dad, who was never really been there for his son.
Later at the Lamb's house, Louis Dainard (Ron Eldard) pays a visit. Jackson blames Louis for his wife's death, and forces him out of the house and puts him in his squad car. As Joe watches his father take Louis away, his gaze shifts to a silver locket in his hand.
Four months later, the local Middle School lets out for the summer. Joe's friend Charles (Riley Griffiths) has been shooting a Super 8 film for a film festival in Cleveland. Charles has rewritten the the story so that the detective now has a wife. Joe is unsure about this last-minute rewrite, but when Charles tells him that he has gotten Alice Dainard for the part (Elle Fanning), he becomes less-concerned. The two then promise to rendezvous later that night to film their scene, with plans for Alice to drive them.
Arriving home, Joe meets up with his Dad who takes him out for dinner. Jackson Lamb wants his son to attend a baseball camp for the summer, but Joe explains that he wants to help Charles finish his film. Both reach a impasse, having little more to say on the matter.
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