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Pitch Black

Theatrical Poster
Directed by David Twohy
Produced by Tom Engelman
Written by Story:
Jim Wheat
Ken Wheat
Screenplay:
Jim Wheat
Ken Wheat
David Twohy
Starring Vin Diesel
Radha Mitchell
Cole Hauser
Keith David
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Music by Graeme Revell
Cinematography David Eggby
Editing by Rick Shaine
Distributed by USA Films
Universal Studios
Release date(s) February 18, 2000
Running time 109 minutes
Language English
Arabic
Budget $23,000,000
Gross revenue $53,187,659
Preceded by PITCHBLACK: Slam City
Followed by The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
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In the film, a dangerous criminal (Richard B. Riddick) is being transported to prison in a cargo spacecraft. Richard B Riddick (played by Vin Diesel) more commonly known simply as Riddick, is the fictional Furyan Protagonist of a number of films When the spaceship is damaged in a meteor shower and makes an emergency crash landing on an empty desert planet, Riddick escapes. A meteor shower, some of which are known as a "meteor storm" or "meteor outburst" is a celestial event where a group of meteors are observed to radiate from one point In Science fiction, a desert planet is a one-climate Planet where the climate is Desert, with little or no natural precipitation. However, when predatory flying alien creatures called "Bioraptors" (dubbed "Big Boys" by Riddick) begin attacking the survivors, Riddick joins forces with the crew to develop a plan to escape the planet.

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As the movie opens, the Hunter Gratzner, a cargo spacecraft with basic accommodations for 40 passengers en route to the Tangiers system, accidentally crosses through a meteor shower while on auto-pilot (due to all passengers and crew being in cryo-sleep) and suffers catastrophic damage. Cryonics is the low-temperature Preservation of Humans and other Animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary Medicine until With the captain having been killed during the initial meteor strike, the docking pilot Carolyn Fry, awoken by the ship's computers, wants to dump the passenger cabin after dumping the previous two compartments to level out the spacecraft as it plummets to the planet below so the crew can survive. The navigator Greg Owens (also awakened) keeps her from doing so by jamming a door open with a piece of equipment, preventing the ships computer from accepting Fry's order. A navigator is the person onboard a ship or aircraft responsible for its Navigation. The ship eventually crash-lands on a strange, brightly lit desert planet M6-117 (actually the moon of a larger gas planet) and only 12 people survive. A gas giant (sometimes also known as a Jovian planet after the planet Jupiter, or giant planet) is a large Planet that is not primarily Fry survives, but Owens is mortally wounded in the crash and dies shortly afterward. Among the other survivors are a dangerous criminal (Richard B. Riddick, headed for a new prison), his captor William J. Johns, a Muslim (Imam with his three sons Hassan, Ali and Suleiman), a young stowaway named Jack, an antique dealer named Paris, and two Australian settlers, Zeke and Shazza. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion An imam (إمام plural ائمة A'immah, امام is an Islamic leader often the leader of a Mosque and/or community For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Riddick manages to escape, and Johns leaves to track him. Zeke and the others take it upon themselves to bury those who died in the crash. While Shazza and Jack are searching the ship for bodies, a shadow alerts them to the presence of a nearby person. They fear it is Riddick, but their fears prove baseless when it turns out to be another unknown survivor. Zeke, however, not knowing what Riddick looks like and fearing it may be him, shoots and kills him before being told it was not Riddick, who has used the commotion to sneak into a chair Paris was using to keep watch under a parasol and relaxes with Paris' drink for a moment. When Zeke goes on to bury Owens and the survivor he killed, he notices a small hole in the wall of the pit in the sand. He uses his hands to shovel sand away from the hole and creates a man sized opening. Crawling inside, he is attacked by unseen creatures and brutally killed. Shazza comes to investigate his screaming and sees Riddick, who had also just arrived at the pit. She accuses him of killing Zeke, and he runs away, only to be caught shortly afterwards by Johns, who was hiding behind a stone and surprised him. Riddick is questioned as to whether he killed Zeke, and replies that although he has killed many people, Zeke was not one of them. When Fry investigates the cave, she soon discovers that some kind of vicious creatures exist underground.

While searching for water, an abandoned mining settlement is discovered several miles from the crash site. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body To the great excitement of the survivors, they find a large supply of water and even a small ship capable of leaving the planet (once its power is restored). While exploring the settlement, young Ali goes into the coring chamber and accidentally disturbs a nesting brood of young creatures, who rip the skin from his body. This finally demonstrates to the others not only that the creatures (henceforth called 'Bioraptors') do exist and are incredibly dangerous, but it also shows they have a strong need to avoid light as well. However their relief is short lived when Fry discovers (via a moving model of the solar system they are in) that every 22 years, for one day, the planet undergoes a total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured She also realizes that it must have been during the total darkness of the last such eclipse that the creatures were able to kill all the previous residents of the settlement and, to everyone's dismay, this last eclipse occurred almost exactly 22 years ago.

Now knowing they must escape the planet before the eclipse starts and the creatures emerge, Fry remembers that there are energy cells back in the Hunter Gratzner wreckage that will power the skiff they found. A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is The survivors decide to use a solar powered ATV to go back to the crash site, retrieve the power cells, and then try and get back to the skiff and escape before darkness falls. An all-terrain vehicle (ATV is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires with a seat that is straddled by

Unfortunately, when they are only a few hundred yards from the crash site, the eclipse begins, causing the solar powered ATV to stop. Even worse however, as they are walking the rest of the way to the wreckage in the fast approaching darkness, huge swarms of Bioraptors suddenly emerge from large mounds all over the desert. Shazza is torn in half while running to the ship, but the rest make it inside. However they are now trapped inside a cargo container at the crash site without adequate supplies and with seemingly no safe way to get back to the skiff and escape. Containerization (or containerisation) is a system of Intermodal freight transport Cargo Transport using standard ISO containers

After they discover (at the cost of Hassan) that the Bioraptors are actually harmed by light, and knowing that while in prison Riddick had a procedure, "eyeshine," performed that allows him to see in the dark, the group decides to arm themselves with flashlights, fluorescent lights, and rifle-sized glow-wands and move out into the open to try and make it back to the skiff (dragging the heavy power cells behind them), using a makeshift sled with a rig on it which provides power to the various flourescents and glow-wands. Light, or visible light, is Electromagnetic radiation of a Wavelength that is visible to the Human eye (about 400–700 During the trip, Paris panics and runs away from the group, accidentally destroying the light-providing rig. Paris remarks to himself that he was supposed to die in France but never even saw it. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Alone in total darkness, he takes a swig of alcohol and spits out fire (via a lighter), revealing for a moment that he is surrounded by Bioraptors. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon

The rest of the party light torches using strong alcohol salvaged from the cargo container. After coming upon their previous tracks they realize that they have been walking in circles. Riddick has done this deliberately to buy time due to the hundreds of Bioraptors in the canyon ahead. It is found out that young Jack is not a boy but a girl, and is menstruating. The menstrual cycle is a recurring cycle of physiologic changes that occurs in reproductive-age Females Overt menstruation (where there is blood flow from the The Bioraptors hunt by scent, and smell her blood.

Johns privately speaks with Riddick about the prospect of killing Jack and dragging her behind them in order to keep the Bioraptors occupied. Riddick feigns interest in the plan to see if Johns is serious. When its clear that he is, they get into an argument that becomes increasingly violent until Riddick wounds Johns and leaves him for dead. A Bioraptor soon decapitates him with its axe-like head.

Riddick then learns after examining a dead Bioraptor's skull that they 'see' through echolocation and, because of their widely separated ears, have a blind spot directly in front of them.

The group moves on into a canyon, and Suleiman is wounded when a Bioraptor attempts to grab his leg. He manages to drive it off with light, but he is soon attacked again and dragged away before he can be saved. Another Bioraptor attacks Jack, but Riddick quickly kills it in the nick of time. It begins to rain, causing the torches to fail. Riddick finds a small cave and tells Jack, the Imam, and Fry to get in and wait for him to return. Fry finds bioluminescent larva and puts them in a bottle, which she uses to ward off the Bioraptors as she journeys to the escape ship to find Riddick. Bioluminescence' is the production and emission of Light by a living Organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Riddick was preparing the ship to leave without them, having determined that he could not help them get to the skiff alive. Fry orders him to come back with her and get the others, but Riddick refuses, and tries to convince her to abandon them. Fry is overwhelmed with guilt and begins to weep, before remembering her attempts to purge the passenger compartment of Gratzner, and she attacks Riddick.

Riddick, enraged by her sudden attack on him, tackles her and puts his knife to her neck, and asks her if she would die for them. She says she would. Riddick merely says: "How interesting. "

They go back to the cave, and all four leave together for the escape ship, but Riddick trails behind and is attacked by a Bioraptor. Using its blind spot, he is able to hide directly in front of it and it begins to leave. His plan is thwarted when a second Bioraptor lands behind him, since he cannot hide from both of them at the same time. After the others arrive at the skiff, Fry goes back for Riddick. She finds him badly wounded and tries to help him to the ship, reminding him that she said she would risk her life for the others, not him. She is then suddenly grabbed and pulled away by a Bioraptor.

(At the very beginning of the movie, the viewer is shown a scene of what at first glance appears to be an ordinary pan-out of the camera from the landing site and from Riddick's face; at the point of Fry's death, however, it becomes clear to the viewer that what was actually shown at the start of the film was Fry being carried off into the night by one of the creatures after being impaled, from her point of view. )

This results in an epiphany for Riddick, because he is amazed that she would sacrifice herself to save him. An epiphany is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger essence or meaning of something He says she shouldn't have died for him. Riddick gets into the ship and, in a final act of defiance, allows dozens of the creatures to swarm the outside of the ship before starting the engines, thereby incinerating more of them, and crushing many more with the skiff's windshield. He explains this to Jack as: "We can't leave. . . without saying good night. "

As they are leaving M6-117, Jack asks Riddick what to tell anyone they encounter on the trip home. Riddick delivers the film's final line: "Tell 'em Riddick's dead. He died somewhere on that planet. " Riddick, Jack, and the Imam fly off into an uncertain future.

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Related works

Main article: The Chronicles of Riddick (series)

The setup of the movie is close to the short story Nightfall by Isaac Asimov. Claudia Lee Black (born in Sydney, Australia on 11 October 1[[ ]] 7[[ ]] is an Australian actress, best known for Rhiana Jade Griffith (born April 16, 1985 in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia Firass Dirani (born April 29, 1984) who has a little dick is an Australian Actor of Lebanese origin The Chronicles of Riddick is a Science fiction series spanning a number of films and video games " Nightfall " is an influential Science fiction Short story by author Isaac Asimov, about the coming of darkness to the people of a planet ordinarily Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian

The movie's sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick, was released in 2004 and was also directed by David Twohy. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction / fantasy / thriller Film. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place A short animated movie, The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, directed by Peter Chung, was also released that year. The Chronicles of Riddick Dark Fury is a 2004 made-for-DVD animated movie Dark Fury bridges the gap between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick. In 2000 a prequel to Pitch Black was released named Into Pitch Black, which was supposed to be a Documentary movie. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, a game for the Xbox and the PC, was also released in 2004. The Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay is a Video game developed by the Swedish developers Starbreeze Studios set before the The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT.

See also

For other uses, see Pitch Black (disambiguation). This is a list of Fictional stories in which Solar eclipses feature as an important plot element

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Upon the release of the movie's sequel, The Chronicles of Riddick, the title of the DVD release was changed to The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black to match Universal Studios' branding strategy. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction / fantasy / thriller Film. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American
  2. ^ Pitch Black at the Internet Movie Database

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