As she maneuvers the Soyuz away from the ISS, the tangled parachute tethers snag, preventing the spacecraft from leaving Stone performs a spacewalk to cut the cables, succeeding just as the debris field returns, destroying the station. Inside the station, a fire breaks out, forcing her to rush to the Soyuz. She cannot re-establish communication with Kowalski or Earth, and concludes that she is now the sole survivor. Stone enters the space station via the airlock of the Pirs module. Stone is pulled back towards the ISS, while Kowalski floats away. Despite Stone's protests, Kowalski detaches himself from the tether to save her from drifting away with him. Stone's leg gets entangled in the Soyuz's parachute cords and she grabs a strap on Kowalski's suit, but it soon becomes clear that the cords will not support them both. Out of air and maneuvering fuel, the two try to grab onto the ISS the duo's tether snags on one of the station's solar panels. Kowalski suggests using it to travel to the nearby Tiangong space station, 100 km (60 mi) away, in order to board the Shenzhou spacecraft to return safely to Earth. As they approach the station, they see that the ISS's crew has evacuated using one of its two Soyuz spacecraft, the remaining Soyuz spacecraft exhibiting damage with its parachute having been deployed in space rendering it unable to return to Earth. On their way to the ISS, the two discuss Stone's home life and her daughter, who died young in an accident. Stone and Kowalski decide to use the MMU to reach the International Space Station (ISS), which is in orbit about 1,450 km (900 mi) away, Kowalski estimating that they have 90 minutes before the debris field completes an orbit and threatens them again. Kowalski, using a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), rescues Stone, and they return to the Explorer, discovering that the Shuttle has suffered catastrophic damage and the rest of the crew are dead. Communication with Mission Control is lost shortly thereafter as more communication satellites are disabled by debris.ĭebris strikes the Explorer and Hubble, tearing Stone from the shuttle and leaving her tumbling through space. During a spacewalk, Mission Control in Houston warns Explorer 's crew about a rapidly expanding cloud of space debris accidentally caused by the Russians having shot down a presumed defunct spy satellite (see Kessler syndrome) and orders the crew to return to Earth immediately. Ryan Stone is aboard on her first space mission, to perform a set of hardware upgrades on the Hubble. The Space Shuttle Explorer, commanded by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, is in Earth orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The film was also awarded six BAFTA Awards, including Outstanding British Film and Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, seven Critics' Choice Movie Awards, the 2013 Ray Bradbury Award, and the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. At the 86th Academy Awards, Gravity received 10 nominations, including Best Actress for Bullock and Best Picture, and won seven awards, including Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. The film earned awards and nominations from numerous critics and guilds. The film became the eighth highest-grossing film of 2013 with a worldwide gross of over $723 million, against a production budget of around $100 million. Considered one of the best films of 2013, it appeared on numerous critics' year-end lists, and was selected by the American Film Institute in their annual Movies of the Year list. Upon its release, Gravity was met with widespread critical acclaim, with praise for its direction, visuals, cinematography, acting, and score. Gravity opened the 70th Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2013, and had its North American premiere three days later at the Telluride Film Festival. Gravity was produced entirely in the United Kingdom, where British visual effects company Framestore spent more than three years creating most of the film's visual effects, which involve over 80 of its 91 minutes. David Heyman, who previously worked with Cuarón on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), produced the film with him. Later, the distribution rights were acquired by Warner Bros. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as American astronauts who attempt to return to Earth after the destruction of their Space Shuttle in orbit.Ĭuarón wrote the screenplay with his son Jonás and attempted to develop the film at Universal Pictures. Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also co-wrote, co-edited, and produced the film.
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