Nim's Island

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Nim's Island

Theatrical poster
Directed by Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin
Produced by Cary Granat
Paula Mazur
Written by Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin
Joseph Kwon
Paula Mazur
Book:
Wendy Orr
Starring Abigail Breslin
Jodie Foster
Gerard Butler
Music by Patrick Doyle
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) April 4, 2008
Country United States
Language English
Official website
Allmovie profile
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Nim's Island is a 2008 American film directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. The film stars Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler. The story is a adventure-fantasy film based on the book Nim's Island by Wendy Orr, a Canadian-born Australian writer. A young girl, Nim, seeks help from the author of her favourite adventure series when her scientist father goes missing. Nim, though, lives on an island in the South Pacific. The author, Alexandra Rover, is an agoraphobic living in San Francisco. Rover overcomes her fears and sets out in search of Nim while Nim tries to overcome her fear of losing her father. In the meantime, a cruise ship company threatens to invade Nim's island with uncouth tourists. The film was released on April 4, 2008.

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[edit] Premise

Nim (Breslin) is a young girl who lives on an island in the South Pacific with only her father and some local animals for company: Selkie the Sea lion, Fred the Bearded dragon, Chica the Turtle, and Galileio the Pelican. When Nim's father (played by Butler) goes missing at sea, Nim teams up with Alexandra Rover (Foster), the author of the Alex Rover adventure books, to save her father and protect the island from Buccaneers, or so she believes. Ms. Rover, whom Nim believes to be the fictional explorer Rover himself, proves to be a neurotic San Franciscan who is prodded into helping by the mental image of her fictional hero (also played by Butler).[1]

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[edit] Production

Screenwriters Joseph Kwon and Paula Mazur wrote a script based on the book Nim's Island written by Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard.[2] Husband-and-wife team[3] Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin were attached to re-write the script and direct the film adaptation under Walden Media. Actresses Abigail Breslin and Jodie Foster were cast into the lead roles in April 2007,[2] and actor Gerard Butler was cast into the film a month later. Production began in late July 2007 in Australia.[3]

[edit] Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of April 10, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 49% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 80 reviews.[6] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 23 reviews.[7] The movie received an average score of 59.4% from 51 film critics according to Movie Tab. [8]

[edit] Box office performance

In its opening weekend, Nim's Island grossed an estimated $13.3 million in 3,513 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office behind 21. [9] As of May 11, 2008, the film has a domestic box office gross of $44,395,857 surpassing its $37 million budget, according to Box Office Mojo and a foreign gross of $19,047,978 and total of $63,443,835 worldwide.

[edit] Soundtrack

The score to Nim's Island was composed by award-winning composer Patrick Doyle. He recorded his score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage during the week of February 3, 2008. This marked the first time in a decade that he has recorded a score in Los Angeles.[10]

The song playing over the closing credits is Beautiful Day by U2.

The film's soundtrack CD was released on April 8, 2008 from Varèse Sarabande.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Nim's Island. ComingSoon.net. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c d Michael Fleming. "Foster, Breslin circle 'Island'", Variety, 2007-04-01. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. 
  3. ^ a b c Pamela McClintock. "Butler sets sail for 'Island'", Variety, 2007-05-17. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. 
  4. ^ Susan Wloszczyna. "First look: All is idyllic on 'Nim's Island'", USA Today, 2007-11-09. Retrieved on 2008-01-11. 
  5. ^ Nim's Island. cinemaclock.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  6. ^ Nim's Island Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  7. ^ Nim's Island (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
  8. ^ Movie Tab: Nim's Island Reviews. Movie Tab. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  9. ^ Nim's Island (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  10. ^ Dan Goldwasser. "Patrick Doyle records his score to Nim's Island in Los Angeles", ScoringSessions.com, 2008-02-25. Retrieved on 2008-02-26. 
  11. ^ moviemusic.com

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