John Carter
- Release Date
- March 7, 2012
- Director
- Andrew Stanton
- Cast
- Taylor Kitsch , Lynn Collins , Samantha Morton , Willem Dafoe , Thomas Haden Church , Mark Strong
- Runtime
- 139
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Andrew Stanton , Mark Andrews , Michael Chabon , Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Tagline
- Lost in our world, found in another.
Summary
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes "John Carter"--a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). "John Carter" is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
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