1. Super 8 | Rotten Tomatoes
Certainly directed by a Spielberg worshipper, Super 8 primarily benefits from its darker retelling of classic stories like E.T. and Goonies, while the rest ...
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters (Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso) are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
2. Super 8 (2011) - Decent Films
Spielberg's cinematic DNA is all over the film, from the 1970s suburban setting to the young heroes with troubled home lives, though what Spielberg himself may ...
Gone are the days when a movie like E.T. could open to a mere $11 million, build on word of mouth, and go on to earn more than $350 million in North America. Obviously, Abrams remembers those days. In a way, Super 8 is as derivative and familiar as anything in theaters today, only the movies it’s copying are all over a quarter of a century old: Spielbergian fare like The Goonies, E.T., Gremlins and Close Encounters, with echoes of earlier and later films.
3. Super 8 (2011) Revisited: J.J. Abrams' throwback to the ... - JoBlo
30 jan 2024 · Riley Griffiths as writer/director Charles Kaznyk. A horror fan who has been inspired by the work of George A. Romero to make a zombie movie.
13 years ago, J.J. Abrams made a tribute to his filmmaking childhood and the films of Steven Spielberg. It's time for Super 8 to be Revisited
4. Super 8 (2011) - FilmTotaal
Mystery uit Verenigde Staten. Regie J.J. Abrams. 'Super 8' volgt een stel kinderen in de jaren '70 die met behulp van hun Super8 camera's een zombiefilm ...
Mystery uit Verenigde Staten. Regie J.J. Abrams. 'Super 8' volgt een stel kinderen in de jaren 70 die met behulp van hun Super8 cameras een zombiefilm maken. Als ze op een treinstation een scène fi...
5. Super 8 Wiki | Fandom
Plot · Production
Super 8 is a science fiction film released on June 10, 2011, written and directed by filmmaker J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, Abrams and Bryan Burk. In 1979, Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), a 14-year-old boy living in the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio, has lost his mother, Elizabeth Lamb, in an accident at the town's steel mill. Louis Dainard (Ron Eldard) comes to the wake, but Joe's father, Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), blames Dainard for his wife's death since she stayed to
6. Super 8 | film by Abrams [2011] - Britannica
Abrams also wrote and directed the supernatural thriller Super 8 (2011). The film was set in a small town in the late 1970s and was inspired by his own ...
Other articles where Super 8 is discussed: J.J. Abrams: …and directed the supernatural thriller Super 8 (2011). The film was set in a small town in the late 1970s and was inspired by his own early filmmaking experiences. As well, it was seen as an homage to the work of Steven Spielberg, who served as a producer. Even as…
7. 'Super 8' Turns 10: A Mint Oral History Of J.J. Abrams' Love Letter ... - Forbes
1 jun 2021 · The story of Super 8 begins decades before the movie's 2011 theatrical release. Its very title is a reference to the fact that Abrams — and ...
Abrams and his talented cast and crew look back on 10 years of the filmmaker's coming-of-age classic.
8. Super 8 (2011 film) | The JH Movie Collection's Official Wiki - Fandom
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction horror film written, co-produced, and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg.
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction horror film written, co-produced, and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and tells the story of a group of young teenagers who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The film was shot in Weirton, West Virginia and surrounding areas. Super 8 was released on June 10, 2011,[2] in conventional and IMAX thea