Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Andrew Adamson
Produced by Andrew Adamson
Martin Bolduc
Aron Warner
Written by Andrew Adamson
Based on Cirque du Soleil
Starring See Cast
Music by Benoît Jutras
Stephen Barton
Cinematography Brett Turnbull
Edited by Sim Evan-Jones
Dirk Westervelt
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20) (TIFF)
  • December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21) (United States)
Running time
 91 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $25 million[2]
Box office $34,153,101[3]

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is a 2012 American 3D family fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson. The film premiered on October 20, 2012 at the Tokyo International Film Festival,[4] and was released theatrically in the United States on December 21, 2012.[5] It was released in 2D and 3D. It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from some of the Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011 including O, Mystère, Kà, Love, and Viva Elvis. The 3D used in the film was highly admired by the critics on its Tokyo premiere. The Eels performed a song titled "Calling for Your Love" for the movie. Distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures on December 21, 2012, the film tells the story of a girl named Mia going to a traveling circus and falling in love with its main attraction, the Aerialist. After the Aerialist falls during his act, he and Mia are transported to another world where each encounter the different worlds of Cirque du Soleil through O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. The film incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows running in Las Vegasin 2011: O, Mystère, Kà, Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe. Each of the acts/performances was filmed on the stage of the theater in Las Vegas where the show is/was running: the acts from "O" at the "O" Theatre at the Bellagio, those from "Ka" at the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand, those from "Love" at the Love Theater at the Mirage, the act from "Mystere" at the Mystere Theater at Treasure Island, the act from "Zumanity" at the Zumanity Theater at the New York New York and the act from "Viva Elvis" at the Aria Theater. It was Reel FX's first and only live action film.

Plot

Mia, a young woman in a small American Midwestern town goes to a traveling carnival one evening, where she is urged by a silent clown to visit the carnival's circus and see the Aerialist, the show's star attraction. She is entranced by the Aerialist, but during his act he misses a catch and falls to the ground. She rushes to help him, but then the ground beneath them gives way and they fall through into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil. Separated, they travel through the different tent worlds trying to find each other, interacting with the strange and wonderful performers and performances of Cirque du Soleil. Mia and the Aerialist perform an aerial courtship for the grand finale.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reviews

This film has received mixed reviews from critics. It currently has a rating of 47% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews and an average score of 5.3/10.[6] On Metacritic, it has a rating of 51/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 16 reviews.[7] A. O. Scott of The New York Times gave this film a score of 3/5, and said that "For me, Cirque du Soleil will always be associated with the movie Knocked Up, in which the characters played by Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd take in a performance of Mystère under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms. If such a trip is not to your taste, or if a trip to Las Vegas is not on your calendar, you might opt for the relatively inexpensive, mildly mind-blowing Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, a new 3-D movie directed by Andrew Adamson."[8]

Awards

List of awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee Result
Golden Trailer Awards The Don LaFontaine Award for Best Voice Over Paramount Pictures and The AV Squad Nominated

Home video

On March 12, 2013, Worlds Away was released on Blu-ray Disc/DVD.

References

  1. ↑ "CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - WORLDS AWAY". British Board of Film Classification. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ↑ Lehmann, Megan (October 20, 2012). "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away: Tokyo Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  5. ↑ The Deadline Team (February 27, 2012). "Paramount Sets December 2012 Release Date For ‘Cirque Du Soleil’ Pic". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More - Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Scott, A.O (20 December 2012). "'Cirque du Soleil - Worlds Away' in 3-D - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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