Snowpiercer

Czech Republic, South Korea and United States of America, 2013

Film

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In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

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Credits

director

Bong Joon-ho

costume design

Catherine George

original story

Benjamin Legrand

Jacques Lob

Jean-Marc Rochette

producer

Jeong Tae-sung

Jeong Won-jo

Miky Lee

Steven Nam

production company

CJ Entertainment

Moho Film

Opus Pictures

SnowPiercer

Stillking Films

TMS Comics

TMS Entertainment

Union Investment Partners

production design

Ondrej Nekvasil

screenplay

Bong Joon-ho

Kelly Masterson

visual effects

Baik

Duration

02:07:00

Production dates
2013

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-110415

Language

Korean

Subject categories

Action

Drama

Science Fiction

TMDB-Movie

110415

Wikidata

Q492908

Collected

333 times

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