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Cloud Atlas
Directed by
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • The Wachowskis
  • Tom Tykwer
Based onCloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
Edited byAlexander Berner
  • Cloud Atlas Production
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures(North America and United Kingdom)
X-Verleih (Germany)
Focus Features(International)
  • 8 September 2012 (TIFF)
  • 26 October 2012 (North America)
  • 15 November 2012 (Germany)
172 minutes[1][2]
Country
  • Germany
  • United States[3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget
Box office$130.5 million[5]

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Cloud Atlas is a 2012 science fiction film written and directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer.[6] Adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name by David Mitchell, the film has multiple plots occurring during six different eras in time; Mitchell described it as 'a sort of pointillistmosaic.'[7] The film's synopsis describes it as 'an exploration of how ones soul’s sole actions of an individual lives/souls impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.. asking you how would you shape your soul and your future?'[8]Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Jim Broadbent star as part of an ensemble cast.

The film was produced by Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt, in addition to the Wachowskis and Tykwer. During its four years of development, the project met with some difficulties in securing financial support. However, the film was eventually produced with a US$128.5 million net budget provided by independent sources, making it one of the most expensive independent films ever produced. Production for Cloud Atlas began in September 2011 at Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany.

Cloud Atlas premiered on 8 September 2012 at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival,[9] and was publicly released on 26 October 2012 in conventional and IMAX cinemas.[10] Film critics were polarized, causing it to be included on various 'Best Film' and 'Worst Film' lists.[11][12][13] It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for Tykwer (who co-scored the film), Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil.[14] It received several different nominations at the Saturn Awards (which focus on science fiction, fantasy, and horror), including Best Science Fiction Film, which went to The Avengers. However, it won Saturn Awards for Best Editing and Best Make-up.

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Plot[edit]

In the Chatham Islands, 1849, American lawyer Adam Ewing (Jim Sturgess) witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave, Autua. Autua stows away on Ewing's ship and convinces him to advocate for Autua to join the crew as a free man. Autua saves Ewing's life before Dr. Henry Goose (Tom Hanks), hoping to steal Ewing's gold, can deliver poison he claims will treat a parasitic worm. In San Francisco, Ewing and his wife (Doona Bae) denounce her father's (Hugo Weaving) complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement.

In 1936, English composer Robert Frobisher (Ben Whishaw) finds work as an amanuensis to aging composer Vyvyan Ayrs (Jim Broadbent), allowing Frobisher to compose his own masterpiece, 'The Cloud Atlas Sextet'. Frobisher reads Ewing's (Jim Sturgess) journal among the books at Ayrs's mansion. Ayrs demands credit for 'The Cloud Atlas Sextet' and threatens to expose Frobisher's bisexuality if he refuses. Frobisher shoots Ayrs and goes into hiding, using the name Ewing. He finishes 'The Cloud Atlas Sextet' and shoots himself before his lover Rufus Sixsmith (James D'Arcy) arrives.

In San Francisco, 1973, journalist Luisa Rey (Halle Berry) meets Sixsmith (James D'Arcy), now a nuclear physicist. Sixsmith tips off Rey to a conspiracy to create a catastrophe at a nuclear reactor run by Lloyd Hooks (Hugh Grant), but is killed by Hooks' hitman, Bill Smoke (Hugo Weaving), before he can give her a report as proof. Rey finds Frobisher's letters to Sixsmith and tracks down Frobisher's 'Cloud Atlas Sextet.' Scientist Isaac Sachs (Tom Hanks) passes her a copy of Sixsmith's report. Smoke kills Sachs by blowing up his plane, and runs Rey's car off a bridge. She escapes but the report is destroyed. With help from the plant's head of security, Joe Napier (Keith David), Rey evades another assassination attempt, which results in Smoke's death. With a copy of the report from Sixsmith's niece, she exposes the plot and oil executives are indicted.

In London, 2012, Dermot Hoggins (Tom Hanks), author of a gangster memoir, murders a critic after a harsh review, generating huge sales. Hoggins' brothers threaten the publisher, the aging Timothy Cavendish (Jim Broadbent), for Hoggins' profits. Cavendish's brother Denholme (Hugh Grant) tells him to hide at Aurora House. On the way, Cavendish reads a manuscript based on Luisa's story. Believing Aurora House is a hotel, Timothy signs papers committing himself; in fact, Aurora House is a nursing home. Denholme reveals to Timothy that he sent him there as revenge for Timothy's affair with Denholme's wife. The head nurse, Noakes (Hugo Weaving), is abusive, and denies contact with the outside world. Cavendish escapes with three other residents, resumes his relationship with an old flame, and writes a screenplay about his experience.

In Seoul, 2144, Sonmi-451 (Doona Bae) is a 'fabricant,' a human cloned for slave labor, kept as a fast food server in a dystopian Neo Seoul, Korea. She is exposed to ideas of rebellion by another fabricant, Yoona-939 (Zhou Xun). After Yoona is killed, Sonmi is rescued by rebel Commander Hae-Joo Chang (Jim Sturgess). He exposes Sonmi to the banned writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and a film version of Cavendish's (Jim Broadbent) experience. After Sonmi is captured, Hae-Joo rescues her, introduces her to the leader of the rebel movement, and shows her that clones are recycled into food for other clones. Sonmi makes a public broadcast of her manifesto. The authorities attack; Hae-Joo is killed and Sonmi is recaptured. After recounting her story to an archivist (James D'Arcy), she is executed.

In 2321, the tribespeople of the post-apocalyptic Big Island of Hawaii worship Sonmi-451 (Doona Bae); their sacred text is taken from her recorded testimony. Zachry Bailey (Tom Hanks) is plagued by visions of a demonic figure, Old Georgie (Hugo Weaving) and he visits Abbess (Susan Sarandon), a local witch doctor to seek guidance. Zachry (Tom Hanks), his brother-in-law Adam (Jim Sturgess), and his nephew Jordan, are attacked by the cannibalistic Kona tribe. Zachry runs into hiding and his companions are murdered. His village is visited by Meronym (Halle Berry), a member of the Prescients, an advanced society using remnants of high technology, but who are dying from a plague. Meronym is searching for a communication station on Mauna Sol to send an SOS to off-world humans. In exchange for healing Zachry's niece Catkin, Meronym is guided by Zachry to the station where Sonmi-451 made her recording. Returning, Zachry finds his tribe slaughtered by the Kona. He kills the sleeping Kona chief (Hugh Grant) and rescues Catkin, and Meronym uses her gun to save him from the Kona and is saved by Zachry. Zachry and Catkin join Meronym and the Prescients as their ship leaves Big Island. On a distant planet, Zachry recounts the story to his grandchildren and joins Meronym.

Main cast[edit]

The main character in each story is indicated in bold.

ActorPacific Islands, 1849Cambridge / Edinburgh, 1936San Francisco, 1973London, 2012Neo Seoul, 2144Big Isle, 106 winters after The Fall (2321)
Jim SturgessAdam EwingPoor Hotel GuestMegan's DadHighlanderHae-Joo ChangAdam (Zachry's Brother-in-Law)
Ben WhishawCabin BoyRobert FrobisherStore ClerkGeorgetteN/ATribesman
Halle BerryNative WomanJocasta AyrsLuisa ReyIndian Party GuestOvidMeronym
Jim BroadbentCaptain MolyneuxVyvyan AyrsN/ATimothy CavendishKorean MusicianPrescient 2
Doona BaeTilda EwingN/AMegan's Mom, Mexican WomanN/ASonmi-451, Sonmi-351, Sonmi ProstituteN/A
Tom HanksDr Henry GooseHotel ManagerIsaac SachsDermot HogginsCavendish Look-a-like ActorZachry
Hugh GrantRev. Giles HorroxHotel HeavyLloyd HooksDenholme CavendishSeer RheeKona Chief
Hugo WeavingHaskell MooreTadeusz KesselringBill SmokeNurse NoakesBoardman MephiOld Georgie
Susan SarandonMadame HorroxN/AN/AOlder UrsulaYosouf SuleimanAbbess
Keith DavidKupakaN/AJoe NapierN/AAn-kor ApisPrescient
James D'ArcyN/AYoung Rufus SixsmithOld Rufus SixsmithNurse JamesArchivistN/A
Zhou XunN/AN/ATalbot (Hotel Manager)N/AYoona-939Rose
David GyasiAutuaN/ALester ReyN/AN/ADuophysite
Robert FyfeOld Salty DogN/AN/AMr. MeeksN/APrescient

Other cast members who appear in more than one segment include Martin Wuttke, Brody Nicholas Lee, Alistair Petrie, and Sylvestra Le Touzel.[15] In addition, author David Mitchell makes a cameo appearance as a double agent in the futuristic Korea section.[16]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

The film is based on the 2004 novel Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Filmmaker Tom Tykwer revealed in January 2009 his intent to adapt the novel and said he was working on a screenplay with the Wachowskis,[17] who optioned the novel.[18] By June 2010, Tykwer had asked actors Natalie Portman, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, James McAvoy, and Ian McKellen to star in Cloud Atlas.[19] By April 2011, the Wachowskis joined Tykwer in co-directing the film.[20] In the following May, with Hanks and Berry confirmed in their roles, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, and Jim Broadbent also joined the cast.[21][22] Actor Hugh Grant joined the cast days before the start of filming; he was originally supposed to have only five roles, but asked the Wachowskis for a sixth one, and subsequently was also cast as Denholme Cavendish in the 2012 storyline.[23][24] According to Berry, the character of Ovid she plays in the 2144 storyline was originally meant to be a female character played by Tom Hanks, until the directors felt that Ovid was a logical part of the journey of the soul played by Berry.[25]

It was financed by the German production companies A Company, ARD Degeto Film and X Filme. In May 2011, Variety reported that it had a production budget of $140 million.[26] The filmmakers secured approximately $20 million from the German government, including €10 million ($11.8 million) from the German Federal Film Fund [de] (DFFF),[27][28]€100,000 ($118,000) development funding[29] and €1.5 million ($1.8 million) from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, a German funder, as part of their plans to film at Studio Babelsberg later in 2011.[26] The project also received €1 million ($1.2 million) financial support from Filmstiftung NRW,[30]€750,000 ($887,000) from Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, €30 million ($35.5 million) from UE-Fonds (the biggest proportion of the budget), and €300,000 ($355,000) from FFF Bayern, another German organization.[29] The Wachowskis contributed approximately $7 million to the project out of their own finances.[31] The budget was updated to $100 million.[32]

The directors stated that due to lack of finance, the film was almost abandoned several times. However, they noted how the crew was enthusiastic and determined: 'They flew—even though their agents called them and said, 'They don't have the money, the money's not closed.' They specifically praised Tom Hanks's enthusiasm: 'Warner Bros. calls and, through our agent, says they've looked at the math and decided that they don't like this deal. They're pulling all of the money away, rescinding the offer. I was shaking. I heard, 'Are you saying the movie is dead?' They were like, 'Yes, the movie is dead.'.. At the end of the meeting, Tom says, 'Let's do it. I'm in. When do we start?'.. Tom said this unabashed, enthusiastic 'Yes!' which put our heart back together. We walked away thinking, this movie is dead but somehow, it's alive and we're going to make it.'[33] 'Every single time, Tom Hanks was the first who said, 'I'm getting on the plane.' And then once he said he was getting on the plane, basically everyone said, 'Well, Tom's on the plane, we're on the plane.' And so everyone flew [to Berlin to begin the film]. It was like this giant leap of faith. From all over the globe.'[31]

Some German journalists called it 'the first attempt at a German blockbuster'.[34]

Principal photography[edit]

Tykwer and the Wachowskis filmed parallel to each other using separate camera crews.[35] Although all three shot scenes together when permitted by the schedule, the Wachowskis mostly directed the 19th-century story and the two set in the future, while Tykwer directed the stories set in the 1930s, the 1970s, and 2012.[36] Tykwer said that the three directors planned every segment of the film together in pre-production, and continued to work closely together through post-production.[37]Warner Bros. Pictures representatives agreed to the film's 172-minute running time, after previously stating that it should not exceed 150 minutes.[38]

Filming began at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, on 16 September 2011, the base camp for the production.[39] Other locations include Düsseldorf,[40] in and near Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland,[41] and the Mediterranean island of Majorca, Spain.[23] Glasgow doubled for both San Francisco and London.[39] Scenes filmed in Scotland feature the new Clackmannanshire Bridge[42] near Alloa. The 'Big Island' and 'Pacific Islands' stories were shot on Majorca, mostly in the World Heritage site of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains. Scenes were shot at Cala Tuent and near Formentor, amongst others.[40] The opening scene, when Adam Ewing meets Dr. Henry Goose, was filmed at Sa Calobra. Port de Sóller provided the setting for the scene when the 19th-century ship is mooring.[43]

The film was meant to be shot in chronological order; however, Berry broke her foot two days before she was supposed to start filming. Instead of replacing her, the Wachowskis and Tykwer heavily changed the initial filming schedule; Berry stated that 'it involved travelling back and forth to Majorca and then Germany then we had to go back to Majorca when my foot got a little bit better and we were able to shoot some of that stuff on the mountainside when I could climb a little bit better. It was all over the place.'[44] According to her, 'Tom [Hanks] would play nurse to me. He really took care of me. He would bring me coffee and soup and just stay with me during breaks in shooting because it was difficult for me to move around, especially at the beginning [..] I basically had to be helped back to my chair after every take, but you learn to adapt to the situation. But with Tom at my side, I was really able to go beyond my own expectations of what I was capable of as an actress.'[44]

Music[edit]

The soundtrack was composed by director Tom Tykwer and his longtime collaborators, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek. The trio worked together for years as Pale 3, composing music for several films directed by Tykwer, most notably Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, and The International, and contributing music to the Wachowskis' The Matrix Revolutions. The music was recorded in Leipzig, Germany with the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Radio Chorus.[45]

The film contains approximately two hours of original music. WaterTower Music released the soundtrack album via digital download on 23 October 2012 and CD on 6 November 2012.

Reception[edit]

The Cloud Atlas soundtrack received critical acclaim. Film Music Magazine critic Daniel Schweiger described the soundtrack as 'a singular piece of multi-themed astonishment .. Yet instead of defining one sound for every era, Klimek, Heil and Tykwer seamlessly merge their motifs across the ages to give Cloud Atlas its rhythms, blending orchestra, pulsating electronics, choruses and a soaring salute to John Adams in an astonishing, captivating score that eventually becomes all things for all personages ..'[46] Erin Willard of ScifiMafia said that it was 'cinematic, symphonic, and simply, utterly, exquisitely beautiful .. in the wrong hands the opening theme, which is picked up periodically throughout the entire soundtrack, could easily have become cloying or twee or sappy, but happily this hazard was avoided entirely.'[47] Jon Broxton of Movie Music UK wrote, 'Scores like Cloud Atlas, which have an important and identifiable structure that relates directly to concepts in the film, intelligent and sophisticated application of thematic elements, and no small amount of beauty, harmony and excitement in the music itself, reaffirm your faith in what film music can be when it's done right.'[48] Daniel Schweiger selected the score as one of the best soundtracks of 2012, writing that 'Cloud Atlas is an immense sum total of not only the human experience, but of mankind's capacity for musical self-realization itself, all as embodied in a theme for the ages.'[49] The film's soundtrack was nominated for the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and for several awards by the International Film Music Critics Association, including Score of the Year.

Release[edit]

The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received a 10-minute standing ovation.[9][50][51]

It was released on 26 October 2012 in the United States.[52][53]Warner Bros. distributed the film in the United States & Canada and the United Kingdom, and Focus Features International handled sales and distribution for other territories.[54] The movie was released in the cinemas of China on 31 January 2013 with 39 minutes of cuts, including removal of nudity, a sexual scene, and numerous conversations.[55]

Marketing[edit]

Constantine and christianity and paganism. A six-minute trailer, accompanied by a short introduction by the three directors describing the ideas behind the creation of the film, was released on 26 July 2012.[56] A shorter official trailer was released on 7 September 2012.[57] The six-minute trailer includes three pieces of music. The opening piano music is the main theme of the soundtrack (Prelude: The Atlas March/The Cloud Atlas Sextet) by composing trio Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil, followed by an instrumental version of the song 'Sonera' from Thomas J. Bergersen's album Illusions. The song in the last part is 'Outro' from M83's album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.[58]

Home media[edit]

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The film was released on 14 May 2013, on home media (Blu-ray, DVD and UV Digital Copy).[59]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

The film has had polarized reactions from both critics and audiences, who debated its length and editing of the interwoven stories, but praised other aspects such as its cinematography, score, visual style, ensemble cast, and originality. It received a lengthy standing ovation at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival, where it premiered on 9 September 2012.[60] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 66% score based on 277 reviews. The site's consensus states, 'Its sprawling, ambitious blend of thought-provoking narrative and eye-catching visuals will prove too unwieldy for some, but the sheer size and scope of Cloud Atlas are all but impossible to ignore.'[61] Review aggregator Metacritic collected the 'top 10 films of 2012' lists from various critics and the film was number 25[62] and gives the film a 55 out of 100, based on 45 reviews, indicating 'mixed to average' reviews.[63]

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and listed the film among his best of the year: 'One of the most ambitious films ever made.. Even as I was watching Cloud Atlas the first time, I knew I would need to see it again. Now that I've seen it the second time, I know I'd like to see it a third time .. I think you will want to see this daring and visionary film .. I was never, ever bored by Cloud Atlas. On my second viewing, I gave up any attempt to work out the logical connections between the segments, stories and characters.'[64] Conversely, Slant Magazine's Calum Marsh called it a 'unique and totally unparalleled disaster' and commented '[its] badness is fundamental, an essential aspect of the concept and its execution that I suspect is impossible to remedy or rectify'.[65]The Guardian stated 'At 172 minutes, Cloud Atlas carries all the marks of a giant folly, and those unfamiliar with the book will be baffled' and awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars.[2] Nick Pickerton, who reviewed the film for The Village Voice said 'There is a great deal of humbug about art and love in Cloud Atlas, but it is decidedly unlovable, and if you want to learn something about feeling, you're at the wrong movie.'[66] English critic Mark Kermode on his first viewing called it 'an extremely honourable failure, but a failure' but then on a second viewing for the release of the DVD in the UK stated 'Second time around, I find it to be more engaging – still not an overall success, but containing several moments of genuine magic, and buoyed up by the exuberance of high-vaulting ambition.'[67][68]Village Voice and Time Magazine both named Cloud Atlas the worst film of 2012.[13]

Variety described it as 'an intense three-hour mental workout rewarded with a big emotional payoff. ..One's attention must be engaged at all times as the mosaic triggers an infinite range of potentially profound personal responses.'[69] James Rocchi of MSN Movies stated 'It is so full of passion and heart and empathy that it feels completely unlike any other modern film in its range either measured through scope of budget or sweep of action.'[70]The Daily Beast called Cloud Atlas 'one of the year's most important movies'.[50]Michael Cieply of The New York Times commented on the film 'You will have to decide for yourself whether it works. It's that kind of picture. .. Is this the stuff of Oscars? Who knows? Is it a force to be reckoned with in the coming months? Absolutely.'[71]

Box office[edit]

Despite expectations that the film could be a success,[72] the film opened to only $9,612,247 from 2,008 theaters with an average of $4,787 per theater, ranking #2 at the U.S. box office, an opening described as 'dreadful'.[73] The film ultimately grossed $27,108,272 in the U.S. and $103,374,596 internationally for a total of $130,482,868.[74]

Reaction from the crew[edit]

Directors[edit]

On 25 October 2012, after the premiere at Toronto (and despite the standing ovation it received there), Lilly Wachowski[a] stated '(a)s soon as (critics) encounter a piece of art they don't fully understand the first time going through it, they think it's the fault of the movie or the work of art. They think, 'It's a mess .. This doesn't make any sense.' And they reject it, just out of an almost knee-jerk response to some ambiguity or some gulf between what they expect they should be able to understand, and what they understand.'[31][75]

In the same interview, Lana Wachowski stated '(p)eople will try to will Cloud Atlas to be rejected. They will call it messy, or complicated, or undecided whether it's trying to say something New Agey-profound or not. And we're wrestling with the same things that Dickens and Hugo and David Mitchell and Herman Melville were wrestling with. We're wrestling with those same ideas, and we're just trying to do it in a more exciting context than conventionally you are allowed to. .. We don't want to say, 'We are making this to mean this.' What we find is that the most interesting art is open to a spectrum of interpretation.'[31][75]

Cast[edit]

Tom Hanks has come to heavily praise Cloud Atlas in the years that followed its release.[76] In 2013, he stated 'I’ve seen it three times now and discovered, I swear to God, different, profound things with each viewing.'[77] In a 2017 interview, he called it 'a movie that altered my entire consciousness', stating 'it’s the only movie I’ve been in that I’ve seen more than twice.'[24][78]

Halle Berry stated in an interview 'It would be impossible to explain what I really feel or think about the film. It exists on so many different levels. [..] I love the totality of all the characters.'[44][25] She talked about playing characters belonging to other ethnicities, and playing a male: 'This is so poignant for an actor and someone like me, to be able to shed my skin.. you know, to do something that I would have never been able to do. If it were not for this kind of project, I still wouldn’t have done that.'[25]

In a 2017 interview, Jim Broadbent called the film 'great to do' and 'fantastic'.[79] In another interview, he expressed disappointment over the commercial failure of the film, stating 'It was an independent film and needed a lot of money behind it to get it out there. Warner Bros. had the distribution rights but it wasn't one of their own, so I think it might have been [marketed] harder if it was.'[80]

Hugh Grant stated in an October 2014 interview 'I thought [Cloud Atlas] was amazing. [The Wachowskis] are the bravest film-makers in the world, and I think it’s an amazing film.. it’s frustrating to me. Every time I’ve done something outside the genre of light comedy, the film fails to find an audience at the box office. And, sadly, Cloud Atlas never really found the audience it deserved.'[81] He later stated in 2016 'the whole thing was fascinating. You know, when you work with proper people who love cinema, [the Wachowskis are] a special breed, they’re not the same as people who just make movies and we happen to use cameras. [they are] people who really love cinema.'[24]

Adaptation is a form of translation, and all acts of translation have to deal with untranslatable spots. [..] [If] you are the one with knowledge of the 'into' language, do what works. When asked whether I mind the changes made during the adaptation of Cloud Atlas, my response is similar: The filmmakers speak fluent film language, and they've done what works.

—David Mitchell in The Wall Street Journal.[82]

David Mitchell[edit]

Before hearing about the Wachowskis and Tykwer's project, David Mitchell believed it was impossible to adapt his book into a film: 'My only thought was 'What a shame this could never be a film. It has a Russian doll structure. God knows how the book gets away with it but it does, but you can't ask a viewer of a film to begin a film six times, the sixth time being an hour and a half in. They'd all walk out.'[83]

In October 2013, Mitchell called the film 'magnificent', having been very impressed by the screenplay. He was very satisfied by the casting, especially by Hanks, Berry and Broadbent, and stated he could not even remember now how he was originally portraying the characters in his mind before the movie.[84] He also supported the changes from the novel, impressed by how the Wachowskis and Tykwer successfully disassembled the structure of the book for the needs of the movie.[82][84]

Controversy[edit]

The advocacy group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) criticized the film's use of yellowface to allow non-Asian actors to portray Asian characters in the neo-Seoul sequences.[85][86] MANAA President Guy Aoki also called the lack of blackface being used to portray black characters a double standard.[87] The directors responded that the same multi-racial actors portrayed multiple roles of various nationalities and races (not just Asian) across a 500-year story arc, showing 'the continuity of souls' critical to the story.[85]

Accolades[edit]

The film was pre-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, but was not nominated in any category.[88]

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List of awards and nominations
OrganizationAward categoryNominee(s)Result
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsBest EditingAlexander BernerNominated
Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn'tCloud Atlas
Art Directors Guild Awards[89]Best Production Design in a Fantasy FilmHugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch
Austin Film Critics Association Awards[11]Best FilmCloud Atlas
Top Ten FilmsWon
Best ScoreTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil
Bavarian Film AwardsBest ProductionStefan Arndt
Black Reel AwardsBest ActressHalle BerryNominated
Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards[12]Ten Best Films of the YearCloud AtlasWon
Central Ohio Film Critics AssociationBest ScoreTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold HeilNominated
Chicago Film Critics AssociationBest Film EditingAlexander Berner
CinEuphoria AwardsBest Film - International CompetitionLana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski[a]
Best Screenplay - International Competition
Best Supporting Actor - International CompetitionJim Sturgess
Ben Whishaw
Best Supporting Actress - International CompetitionDoona Bae
Halle Berry
Best Original Music - International CompetitionTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil
Costume Designers Guild AwardsExcellence in Fantasy FilmKym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Czech Lion AwardsBest Foreign Language FilmCloud Atlas
Critics' Choice Awards[90]Best Costume DesignKym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Best MakeupCloud AtlasWon
Best Visual EffectsNominated
German Film Awards[91][92]Outstanding Feature FilmGrant Hill, Stefan Arndt, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski[a]
Best DirectionLana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski[a]
Best EditingAlexander BernerWon
Best CinematographyFrank Griebe and John Toll
Best Film ScoreTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold HeilNominated
Best Costume DesignKym Barrett and Pierre-Yves GayraudWon
Best MakeupHeike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead
Best Production DesignHugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch
Best SoundMarkus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Roland Winke and Ivan SharrockNominated
Audience Award for German Film of the YearCloud Atlas
GLAAD Media AwardsOutstanding Film - Wide Release
Golden Globe Awards[14]Best Original ScoreTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil
Houston Film Critics Society Awards[93]Best FilmCloud Atlas
Best Original ScoreTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold HeilWon
Technical AchievementCloud AtlasNominated
International Film Music Critics Association AwardsFilm Score of the YearTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil
Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
Film Music Composition of the YearTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil for 'The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra'
NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Actress in a Motion PictureHalle Berry
Online Film Critics Society AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayLana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski[a]
Best EditingAlexander BernerWon
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards[94]Best Production DesignHugh Bateup and Uli HanischNominated
Best Visual EffectsCloud Atlas
San Diego Film Critics Society AwardsBest Production DesignHugh Bateup and Uli HanischWon
Satellite Awards[95]Best EditingAlexander BernerNominated
Best Costume DesignKym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Best Visual EffectsDan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, and Stephane Ceretti
Saturn Awards[96][97]Best Science Fiction FilmCloud Atlas
Best EditingAlexander BernerWon
Best Production DesignHugh Bateup and Uli HanischNominated
Best CostumeKym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Best Make-upHeike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy WoodheadWon
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationBest CinematographyFrank Griebe and John TollNominated
Best Visual EffectsCloud Atlas
Best Music Score/SoundtrackTom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil
Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association[98]Best Art DirectionUli Hanisch and Hugh Bateup (production designers), Peter Walpole and Rebecca Alleway (set decorators)Won
Young Artist Award[99]Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Ten and UnderRaevan Lee HananNominated

See also[edit]

  • Soylent Green, 1972 film also depicting a future society where workers are fed with recycled bodies

Notes[edit]

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