Lucy in the Sky - Wikipedia

Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 American science fiction drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Noah Hawley loosely inspired by the life of NASA ... LucyintheSky FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 2019filmdirectedbyNoahHawley Thisarticleisaboutthefilm.FortheBeatlessong,seeLucyintheSkywithDiamonds.Forthecomicbookcharacter,seeKarolinaDean. LucyintheSkyTheatricalreleaseposterDirectedbyNoahHawleyScreenplayby BrianC.Brown ElliottDiGuiseppi NoahHawley Storyby BrianC.Brown ElliottDiGuiseppi Producedby ReeseWitherspoon BrunaPapandrea NoahHawley JohnCameron Starring NataliePortman JonHamm ZazieBeetz DanStevens ColmanDomingo EllenBurstyn CinematographyPollyMorganEditedbyRegisKimbleMusicbyJeffRussoProductioncompanies PacificStandard 26KeysProductions TSGEntertainment DistributedbyFoxSearchlightPictures[1]Releasedates September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11)(TIFF) October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)(UnitedStates) Runningtime124minutesCountryUnitedStatesLanguageEnglishBudget$21.4million[2]Boxoffice$325,950[2][1] LucyintheSkyisa2019Americansciencefictiondramafilmdirected,co-produced,andco-writtenbyNoahHawley(inhisfeaturedirectorialdebut),looselyinspiredbythelifeofNASAastronautLisaNowak.[3]ThefilmstarsNataliePortman,JonHamm,ZazieBeetz,DanStevens,ColmanDomingo,andEllenBurstyn. LucyintheSkyhaditsworldpremiereatthe44thTorontoInternationalFilmFestivalonSeptember11,2019,[4][5]andwastheatricallyreleasedintheUnitedStatesbyFoxSearchlightPicturesonOctober4,2019.Thefilmreceivednegativereviewsfromcriticsandwasabox-officebomb,grossingamere$325,950againstits$21.4millionbudget. Contents 1Plot 2Cast 3Production 4Release 5Reception 5.1Boxoffice 5.2Criticalresponse 5.3Controversy 6References 7Externallinks Plot[edit] AstronautLucyColaisleftawestruckfromherfirstmissioninouterspace.UponreturningtoEarth,sheimmediatelyfeelsdisconnectedfromhernormallifewithherhusbandandniece.AlthoughrequiredtoundergoNASAtherapyandrecommendedtorest,Lucybeginspushingherselfphysicallyandmentallyinordertoreturntospaceonthenextavailablemission.Duringtraining,LucyencountersayoungerfemaleastronautnamedErin.Boredbyandfrustratedwithhersupportivehusband,Lucybeginsspendingtimewithotherastronautswhohavebeentospace,eventuallybeginninganaffairwithonenamedMark. DeterminedtobeatarecordrecentlysetbyErin,Lucynearlydrownsduringanunderwatertest,butremainscompletelycalmwithherheartbeatactuallygrowingcalmer.LateritisdiscoveredthatMarkisalsohavinganaffairwithErin,leavingLucyfeelingincreasinglyisolatedfromherhusband.Refusingtobebeaten,LucypushestoescalateheraffairanddemandsthatMarkceasehisrelationshipwithErin.Lucy'sbelovedgrandmotherdiesofastroke,aneventthatleavesLucydeeplydistressedandcausingherhusbandtobeincreasinglyconcernedbyhererraticbehavior.Breakingdownafterthefuneral,Lucywalksoutonherhusband,withherteenagenieceintow.Shecriesinapublicrestroomatabowlingalleyandasks,"Isthisasgoodasitgets?" NASAadministrationconfrontsLucywithherneardrowning(aswellasevidencethatshehasbeenblowingofftherapy)andtellshersheisbeingpassedoverfortheroleintheupcomingmission.Despitepromisesthatshecanqualifyforthefollowingmissioninthreeyearstime,Lucybecomesfuriousandparanoidthatshehasbeenpassedoverforulteriorreasons.BreakingintoMark'scomputer,LucyfindsemailsshowingboththathehascontinuedhisaffairwithErin,aswellascorrespondencefromMarkurgingNASAthatLucybepassedover.HerparanoiaisconfirmedwhenLucyfindsthatErinhasbeenselectedforthemission. Withhergriponrealitynowcompletelyunraveling,LucydecidestotakerevengeonMarkandErin.Lucyandhernieceembarkonacrosscountrytrip.Alongtheway,sheexperienceshallucinationsofhergrandmotherandleavesemotionallyerraticmessagesforNASA.Wearingawig,LucystormsintoanairportwhereMarkandErinarelocated.FollowingMarktohiscar,Lucytearfullyconfrontshim,butisstoppedwhenErinappears.LucyspraysinsectsprayintoMark'sfaceandMarkspeedsoffinhiscar.Lucycompletelybreaksdownandisapprehendedbythepolicewhileattemptingtoflee.Anassortmentofweaponsandtoolsarediscoveredinhercar. Threeyearslater,Lucy'snieceisgivingapresentationinclass,withLucy'shusbandinattendance.Lucyisworkingasabeekeeper;sheclosesoneofthehives,thenopensthehoodofherprotectivesuit,smilingmomentarilyatthebeesandonebutterflyflyingaroundher. Cast[edit] NataliePortmanasLucyCola JonHammasMarkGoodwin ZazieBeetzasErinEccles DanStevensasDrewCola ColmanDomingoasFrankPaxton EllenBurstynasNanaHolbrook PearlAmandaDicksonasBlueIris JeremiahBirkettasHankLynch JoeWilliamsonasMayerHines NickOffermanasDr.WillPlimpton TigNotaroasKateMounier JeffreyDonovanasJimHunt Production[edit] InFebruary2017,NoahHawleywasbroughtontotheproject,thenknownasPaleBlueDot,toproducealongsideBrunaPapandreaandReeseWitherspoon,withWitherspoonintendedtostarintheleadrole.[6]However,inNovember2017,WitherspoondroppedoutofthefilminordertoshootasecondseasonofBigLittleLies.[7] ByJanuary2018,Hawleywasalsosettodirectthefilm,whileNataliePortmanenteredintonegotiationsfortheleadrole.[8]ThefilmisHawley'sfeaturefilmdirectorialdebut,[9]andderivesitstitlefromtheBeatlessong"LucyintheSkywithDiamonds".[10]InMarch2018,JonHammjoinedthecast.[11]InApril2018,ZazieBeetzjoinedthecast,withDanStevensjoininginMay.[12][13]InJune2018,EllenBurstynjoinedthecasttoportraythegrandmotherofPortman'scharacter.[14]InJuly2018,ColmanDomingoandJeremiahBirkettjoinedthecastofthefilm.[15]InFebruary2019,itwasannouncedNickOffermanhadbeencastinthefilm.[16] FilmingbeganinJune2018.[17][18] Release[edit] Thefilmhaditsworldpremiereatthe2019TorontoInternationalFilmFestivalonSeptember11,2019.[19]ItwasreleasedonOctober4,2019.[20] Reception[edit] Boxoffice[edit] Thefilmmade$55,000from37theatersinitsopeningweekend,whichwasdescribedas"terrible".[21] Criticalresponse[edit] OnreviewaggregatorwebsiteRottenTomatoes,thefilmholdsanapprovalratingof21%basedon127reviews,withanaverageof4.4/10.Thesite'scriticsconsensusreads,"NataliePortmangivesitherall,butitisn'tenoughtoovercomeLucyintheSky'sconfusedapproachtoitsjumbledstory."[22]OnMetacritic,thefilmhasaweightedaveragescoreof36outof100,basedon36critics,indicating"generallyunfavorablereviews".[23] Atthe46thSaturnAwards,thefilmearnedthreenominations:BestScienceFictionFilm,BestActressforPortman,andBestSupportingActressforBurstyn.[24] Controversy[edit] InNovember2018,retiredastronautMarshaIvins,whoflewfivemissions,criticizedthepremiseoftheplotanddeniedthatthereissuchathingasa"longstandingideathatsaysastronautsbegintolosetheirgriponrealityafterbeinginspaceforanextendedperiodoftime".[25][26][27]Followingitspremiereatthe2019TorontoInternationalFilmFestival,multiplemediaoutlets,somejokingly,criticizedthefilmforfailingtoincludethemoresalaciouselementsofNowak'sreal-lifecase,inparticular,heruseofadultdiapers.[28][29][30][31] 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