Apocalypto

Titolo originale: Apocalypto
Regia: Mel Gibson |
Anno: 2006
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Azione Dramma Storia
Tag: loss of loved one | maya civilization | village | solar eclipse | slavery | tribe | native american | forest | human sacrifice | central america | ancient civilization | 16th century | maya temple | ancient language film | intense |
Cast: Rudy Youngblood | Raoul Max Trujillo | Gerardo Taracena | Iazua Larios | Antonio Monroy | María Isabel Díaz Lago | Dalia Hernández | Jonathan Brewer | Morris Birdyellowhead | Carlos Emilio Báez | Amilcar Ramírez | Israel Contreras | Israel Ríos | Espiridion Acosta Cache | Mayra Sérbulo | Rodolfo Palacios | Lorena Heranandez | Itandehui Gutierrez | Sayuri Gutierrez | Hiram Soto | José Suárez | Ariel Galván | Bernardo Ruiz | Ricardo Diaz Mendoza | Richard Can | Carlos Ramos | Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza | Marco Antonio Argueta | Javier Escobar | Fernando Hernández | Maria Isidra Hoil | Aquetzali García | Abel Woolrich | Nicolás Jasso | Ronaldo Eknal | Miriam Tun | Rafael Velez | Diana Botello | Joaquin Rendon |

Negli anni del declino del regno Maya, i capi della tribù degli Holcane sono convinti che per tornare a prosperare basterà costruire nuovi templi e fare sacrifici umani. Così gli Holcane, tribù che prima di essere annientata da distruttori più potenti (gli spagnoli), vanno alla ricerca di schiavi da avviare al lavoro forzato e ai sacrifici umani, nella speranza di ritrovare la perduta prosperità. Partono così alla conquista della pacifica tribù di Zampa di Giaguaro… ma il giovane Zampa di Giaguaro, scelto per essere sacrificato, decide di tentare di sfuggire al suo destino per mettere in salvo sé stesso e la sua famiglia… già perché tra i folti alberi della foresta oscura, nascosti in un pozzo, ad attenderlo ci sono la moglie incinta e il piccolo primogenito. Zampa di Giaguaro ignaro del futuro infausto (che si può solo intuire vedendo arrivare i conquistadores spagnoli) corre. Corre per non fare la fine del tapiro, trafitto e sventrato vivo.

Approfondimenti

The eclipse scene is reminiscent of the 1948 Tintin album "Prisoners of the Sun", where an eclipse s [...] D
Mel Gibson: Gibson makes a brief, nearly hidden appearance in the Apocalypto trailer. Click the paus [...] D
Mel Gibson claimed that Rudy Youngblood was genuinely running from the jaguar, which was only kept f [...] D
Mel Gibson and Farhad Safinia tried hard to find actors that matched the archetype each character re [...] D
(at around 57 mins) When the tree is cut down, nearly falling on the slaving party, Zero Wolf says, [...] D
Oracle Girl's entire prophecy comes true, including being "reborn" from mud and earth. When Jaguar P [...] D
The amount of digital footage shot equals approximately 2 million feet of conventional film. D
" Apocalypto " was the last R-rated movie released under the Walt Disney banner. D
Because of heavy rains in Mexico, the released date moved from August 4, 2006 to December 8, 2006. D
Initial quote: "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself fro [...] D
(at around 1h 45 mins) For the waterfall jump scene, Rudy Youngblood jumped in a harness from a 15-s [...] D
Bodycount: 114. D
In Italy, the film was initially given a "general admission" rating, along with a warning in most ci [...] D
Special care was taken to protect the digital cameras from the unpredictable Mexican rain forest cli [...] D
According to director Mel Gibson and co-writer Farhad Safinia's DVD commentary, the halting of the s [...] D
Raw Leiba was originally offered the part of Hanging Moss, but turned it down due to time commitment [...] D
The teaser trailer for the movie has an almost entirely different cast than the one that ends up in [...] D
Was included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider, until [...] D
During filming, severe flooding in Southern Mexico displaced at least 1 million people. The crew hel [...] D
The film is allegedly inspired by the text of the Popol Vuh, sometimes called the Mayan Bible, and S [...] D
Jaguars generally do not kill humans, though there have been a few cases. The method of attack is po [...] D
The man on the promotional poster for the film is not Jaguar Paw but one of his pursuers, Middle Eye [...] D
While filming a 170-ft. waterfall for Jaguar Paw's jump scene, a real cow that was trying to cross u [...] D
Many substantial speaking roles were filled by Mayan people who had never acted before. Sick Girl, w [...] D
The white powder being mined and processed is lime, which is used for building. It is dangerous if i [...] D
Mel Gibson turned down the lead role in World Trade Center (2006) in order to direct this film. D
(at around 35 mins) As a teenager, Mel Gibson was once called "almost" by an older boy, a deep insul [...] D

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Errori

On top of the Mayan sacrificial temple, the blue paint marks on Blunted's face change. D
Jaguar Paw and the enemy chasers arrive at the beach in heavy rain, with an overcast sky. Bright lig [...] D
When Zero Wolf stabs Hanging Moss, Zero Wolf's hand is low and the stabbing appears to be in the sto [...] D
(at around 48 mins) At the beginning of the scene where one of the (wounded) captives belonging to J [...] D
(at around 58 mins) When they meet Sick Girl, her hair is covering her right ear, then showing it, t [...] D
The style of sacrifice portrayed in this movie are Aztec in style e.g. taking out peoples hearts and [...] D
When Jaguar Paw runs through foliage to escape the Holkanes, the tracking camera moves some leaves i [...] D
During the attack on the village, Zero Wolf's son gets hurt on the right eye. His father does two bl [...] D
(at around 58 mins) As the captives approach the Mayan city, they come across a girl and her dead mo [...] D
When Jaguar Paw is running through the jungle, after the black jaguar mauls the one warrior, it goes [...] D
(at around 58 mins) Sick Girl's facial wounds change color and shape. At one point, when she is star [...] D
(at around 1h 55 mins) The diameter of the tube created with the leaf to shoot the blow-darts was fa [...] D
(at around 1h 40 mins) When Jaguar Paw is in the trees and sees the torch lights of the hunting part [...] D
There was no total solar eclipse in Mexico or Central America in 1502. D
Throughout the sequence at the top of the pyramid, the man Jaguar Paw's group met in the forest at t [...] D
A solar eclipse can only take place at new moon. However, the night following the eclipse has a full [...] D
(at around 15 mins) When Blunted's mother-in-law pushes him into the hut from behind, a hand is clea [...] D
(at around 2h 5 mins) At the end of the movie, all three characters are staring in the same directio [...] D
The buildings in the city co-mingle architectural styles from three separate Mayan civilizations: Ti [...] D
(at around 1h 16 mins) When the High Priest pulls the first warrior's heart out, the first shot show [...] D
(at around 1h 20 mins) When the crowd cheers just before the eclipse, a white middle-aged woman with [...] D
(at around 2h 5 mins) When the Spaniards arrive, rain is pouring down on Jaguar Paw and his two purs [...] D
(at around 1h 35 mins) A jaguar brutally mauls the face of a warrior chasing Jaguar Paw. The other w [...] D
(at around 1h 21 mins) The partial part of a solar eclipse takes about hour and half, while the tota [...] D
(at around 1h 13 mins) The long feathers on the Mayan priest's headdress are supposed to be Quetzal, [...] D
(at around 2h) When there are three warriors remaining in pursuit of Jaguar Paw, Zero Wolf greatly o [...] D
(at around 1h 45 mins) When Jaguar Paw jumps from the waterfall and emerges from the water, his woun [...] D
(at around 1h 9 mins) The murals in the tunnel are nearly exact replicas of murals dating from 100 B [...] D
When the captives are escorted through the city, several close-up shots show their faces. In one sho [...] D
Given the area covered by the Aztec for their kingdom, there was no eclipse at anytime that would ha [...] D
The progress of a total solar eclipse is relatively slow. The darkening of the sun within a minute o [...] D
There are piles of hundreds of corpses dead less than a month, just outside the city, and more piles [...] D
During the sacrifice just before the eclipse, a pile of torsos and heads is just right of the bottom [...] D
The frog used to create the poison darts is clearly too large for a "poison dart" frog, which are no [...] D
When Jaguar Paw prepares the poison darts, he approaches the water to wash off. When he approaches t [...] D
(at around 2h) In Jaguar Paw's final strike against Hanging Moss, Jaguar Paw holds the weapon in his [...] D
We see a solar eclipse and that night the moon is in the sky. Given that the (new) moon was on the S [...] D

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