About Passengers

Passengers is a 2016 American science fiction romance film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts. Set on a spacecraft in the future, the film tells the story of two people who wake up 90 years too early from an induced hibernation.

Making / Production

The movie was produced by Stephen Hamel, Michael Maher, Ori Marmur, and Neal H. Moritz. Filming took place at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and it utilized the largest soundstage ever built in the state of Georgia.

Actors

• Chris Pratt as Jim Preston: An engineer from Denver who becomes the first to wake up. Pratt gives an engaging performance, demonstrating a unique range of despair, excitement and moral conflict.
• Jennifer Lawrence as Aurora Lane: A writer from New York who is woken up a year after Jim. Lawrence delivers an emotionally charged performance as she wrestles with feelings of love and betrayal.
• Michael Sheen as Arthur: An android bartender on the Avalon. Sheen plays the role with a charm and wit, providing some much-needed levity to the film.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• Jennifer Lawrence admitted that she got drunk for the sex scenes because they made her feel uncomfortable.
• The Avalon ship was designed to resemble a giant spinning flower when viewed from afar.
• The film went through development hell for several years with multiple actors attached before Pratt and Lawrence were finalized.

Awards

The movie was nominated for several awards including the Academy Awards for Best Production Design and Best Original Score.

Quotes

• "Live life, don't just exist." - Jim Preston
• "If you live an ordinary life, all you'll have is ordinary stories." - Aurora Lane

• The movie's original score was composed by Thomas Newman.
• The end credits song, "Levitate", was performed by Imagine Dragons.