THE ZERO THEOREM (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Mélanie Thierry (Babylon A.D.), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Lucas Hedges (Moonrise Kingdom), Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Sanjeev Bhaskar (Goodness Gracious Me), Peter Stormare (Fargo), Ben Whishaw (Skyfall)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Terry Gilliam (Brazil), director; Pat Rushin (film debut), writer; Nicolas Chartier (The Hurt Locker) and Dean Zanuck (Road To Perdition), producers; George Fenton (Groundhog Day), composer; Nicola Pecorini (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), cinematographer; Mick Audsley (Twelve Monkeys), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In an Orwellian corporate future, an eccentric and reclusive computer genius named Qohen Leth (Waltz) is under the strict instructions of a shadowy figure known only as “Management” (Damon) to solve a complicated mathematical equation referred to as the “Zero Theorem”, which could end up revealing the inevitable fate of the universe – if Qohen wasn’t continuously interrupted by unwanted guests…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Terry Gilliam is back in the director’s chair with yet another stylistic, as well as bonkers, look at a possible dystopian sci-fi future.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH MARCH 2014

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