Category: Action
All Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA
Runtime: 144
Rating: 6.7 (0)
Languages: English, Spanish
Director: Michael Bay
Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Taglines:
Their war. Our world.
Destroy
Protect
You havent seen it all until youve seen it in IMAX
Writing by: Roberto Orci – (screenplay) &
Alex Kurtzman – (screenplay)
John Rogers – (story) and
Roberto Orci – (story) &
Alex Kurtzman – (story)
Produced by: Kenny Bates – co-producer (as Ken Bates)
Michael Bay – executive producer
Ian Bryce – producer
Allegra Clegg – co-producer
Matthew Cohan – associate producer
Tom DeSanto – producer
Lorenzo di Bonaventura – producer
Brian Goldner – executive producer
Michelle McGonagle – associate producer
Don Murphy – producer
Steven Spielberg – executive producer
Mark Vahradian – executive producer
Cast: Shia LaBeouf – Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox – Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel – Captain Lennox
Tyrese Gibson – USAF Tech Sergeant Epps
Rachael Taylor – Maggie Madsen
Anthony Anderson – Glen Whitmann
Jon Voight – Defense Secretary John Keller
John Turturro – Agent Simmons
Michael ONeill – Tom Banacheck
Kevin Dunn – Ron Witwicky
Julie White – Judy Witwicky
Music: Steve Jablonsky
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Plot Outline: An ancient struggle re-erupts on Earth between two extraterrestrial clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a young teenager.
Plot: A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war was being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captains glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. He is then carted away by the Captains ship. A century later, Sam Witwicky, nicknamed Spike by his friends, buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, as he bears the Captains glasses and the map carved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth – in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all “specimens of this alien race,” and Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves in the middle of a grand battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, stretching from Hoover Dam all the way to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, within the depths of Hoover Dam, the cryogenically stored form of Megatron awakens…
Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Though hardly recognizable, the Paramount and DreamWorks jingles at the beginning are the original ones heavily altered digitally to be darker and robotic. They then merge with the title sequence music.
Goofs: We know about 61 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Sam says his Great-great-grandfather made his expedition in 1897. However, when Frenzy finds the article about the expedition on Air Force One, the newspaper article had a date of 1895.
Trivia: There are 99 entries in the trivia list – like these:
- The films tagline “Their war. Our world.” was originally meant for AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004).
- Throughout the film, Bumblebee communicates using his radio, in a manner reminiscent of the Junkions, denizens of the planet Junk, featured in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), who spoke entirely in the form of television broadcasts. Notable transmissions by Bumblebee include: – The voice of Lt. Uhura from "Star Trek" (1966) saying “Message from Starfleet.” The role of Megatron/Galvatron was previously played by Leonard Nimoy and Frank Welker, who have also both played Spock in Star Trek. – A line, “Across the inanimate vastness of space,” was taken from Orson Welless infamous 1939 radio broadcast “The War of the Worlds.” Welless final film was The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where he voiced the planet-devouring Unicron. – A line by John Wayne from El Dorado (1966).Waynes voice has long been associated as an influence on Peter Cullens voice for Optimus Prime.
- The fastest-selling DVD release of 2007.