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Cloud Atlas
2012
· Movie
· 172 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2500
- IMDb #1401
- Google retired #2328
- Rotten Tomatoes #2752
- Metacritic #2023
- Letterboxd #2165
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3025
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2883
- Metacritic Critics #2889
- Metacritic Audience #587
- Criticker #1280
- AlloCiné #1119
Every rating
54–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Google on 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Interconnected stories span centuries, from a nineteenth-century Pacific voyage to a post-apocalyptic future. The actions and consequences of individual lives ripple across time, influencing one another in unexpected ways. A composer's letters, a journalist's investigation, a publisher's imprisonment, and a clone's rebellion are all part of a vast, cosmic tapestry where souls are born and reborn, and a single act of kindness or cruelty can echo for generations.
Details
- Directors
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
- Writers
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
- Based on
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- Released
- 26 October 2012
- Country
- Germany, United States, China, Hong Kong, Singapore
- Language
- English, Spanish, Ukrainian, Korean
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $102.0M
- Box office
- $130.5M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 36 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (53) →
Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law
Awards & nominations
See all 46 →10 wins from 46 nominations across 41 ceremonies
| Audience Award for German Film of the Year 2012 | Audience Award for German Film of the Year | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
| Best Actress 2012 | Best Actress | Halle Berry | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction 2012 | Best Art Direction | Uli Hanisch and Hugh Bateup (production designers), Peter Walpole and Rebecca Alleway (set decorators) | Winner |
| Best Cinematography 2012 | Best Cinematography | Frank Griebe and John Toll | Winner |
| Best Costume 2012 | Best Costume | Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design 2012 | Best Costume Design | Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Nominee |
| Best Director 2012 | Best Director | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
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Trailer — Cloud Atlas
×Full cast — Cloud Atlas
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Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
Adam Ewing / Poor Hotel Guest / Megan's Dad / Highlander / Hae-Joo Chang / Adam / Zachry Brother-in-Law
Rev. Giles Horrox / Hotel Heavy / Lloyd Hooks / Denholme Cavendish / Seer Rhee / Kona Chief
46 awards — Cloud Atlas
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Best Makeup
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Makeup | Heike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead | Winner |
| Best Makeup | Cloud Atlas | Winner |
Best Score
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Score | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil | Winner |
| Best Score | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Art Direction
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Art Direction | Uli Hanisch and Hugh Bateup (production designers), Peter Walpole and Rebecca Alleway (set decorators) | Winner |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Frank Griebe and John Toll | Winner |
Best Make-up
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Make-up | Heike Merker, Daniel Parker, and Jeremy Woodhead | Winner |
Best Production
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production | Stefan Arndt | Winner |
Best Production Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch | Winner |
Ten Best Films of the Year
1 nomination, 1 won
| Ten Best Films of the Year | Cloud Atlas | Winner |
Top Ten Films
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Cloud Atlas | Winner |
Best Supporting Actor - International Competition
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor - International Competition | Ben Whishaw | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor - International Competition | Jim Sturgess | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actress - International Competition
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress - International Competition | Halle Berry | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress - International Competition | Doona Bae | Nominee |
Best Visual Effects
2 nominations
| Best Visual Effects | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Dan Glass, Geoffrey Hancock, and Stephane Ceretti | Nominee |
Audience Award for German Film of the Year
1 nomination
| Audience Award for German Film of the Year | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Best Actress
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Halle Berry | Nominee |
Best Adapted Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
Best Costume
1 nomination
| Best Costume | Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Nominee |
Best Costume Design
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Nominee |
Best Director
1 nomination
| Best Director | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Alexander Berner | Nominee |
Best Fiction Film
1 nomination
| Best Fiction Film | Grant Hill, Stefan Arndt, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
Best Film
1 nomination
| Best Film | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Best Film - International Competition
1 nomination
| Best Film - International Competition | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
Best Film Editing
1 nomination
| Best Film Editing | Alexander Berner | Nominee |
Best Film Music
1 nomination
| Best Film Music | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Foreign Language Film
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Best Music Score/Soundtrack
1 nomination
| Best Music Score/Soundtrack | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Original Music - International Competition
1 nomination
| Best Original Music - International Competition | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Original Score
1 nomination
| Best Original Score | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Ten and Under
1 nomination
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress Ten and Under | Raevan Lee Hanan | Nominee |
Best Production Design in a Fantasy Film
1 nomination
| Best Production Design in a Fantasy Film | Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch | Nominee |
Best Science Fiction Film
1 nomination
| Best Science Fiction Film | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Best Screenplay - International Competition
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay - International Competition | Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Lilly Wachowski | Nominee |
Best Sound
1 nomination
| Best Sound | Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Roland Winke and Ivan Sharrock | Nominee |
Excellence in Fantasy Film
1 nomination
| Excellence in Fantasy Film | Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud | Nominee |
Film Music Composition of the Year
1 nomination
| Film Music Composition of the Year | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil for "The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra" | Nominee |
Film Score of the Year
1 nomination
| Film Score of the Year | Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil | Nominee |
Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't
1 nomination
| Movie You Wanted to Love But Just Couldn't | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
1 nomination
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Halle Berry | Nominee |
Outstanding Film - Wide Release
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film - Wide Release | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |
Technical Achievement
1 nomination
| Technical Achievement | Cloud Atlas | Nominee |