John Carter (film)

John Carter is a 2012 American science fictionfantasy film directed by Andrew Stanton and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on A Princess of Mars, the first book in the Barsoom series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film chronicles the first interplanetary adventure of John Carter, portrayed by actor Taylor Kitsch. The film marks the centennial of the characters first appearance. The film is the liveaction debut for writer and director Stanton his previous directorial work includes the Pixar animated films Finding Nemo 2003 and WALLE 2008. Cowritten by Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, it was produced by Jim Morris, Colin Wilson, and Lindsey Collins. The score was composed by Michael Giacchino and released by Walt Disney Records on March 6, 2012. The ensemble cast also features Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarn Hinds, Thomas Haden Church, Dominic West, James Purefoy, and Willem Dafoe.

After the sudden death of John Carter Taylor Kitsch, a former American Civil War Confederate Army captain, Carters nephew, Edgar Rice Burroughs Daryl Sabara, attends the funeral. Per Carters instructions, the body is put in a tomb that can be unlocked only from the inside. His attorney hands Burroughs Carters journal, which Burroughs reads in the hope of finding clues to Carters cause of death and the reason he is willed heir. The bulk of the film is enactment of what Burroughs reads.Burroughs reads of Carters exploits in the Arizona Territory as a prospector, where Union Colonel Powell Bryan Cranston arrests him. Powell, knowing about Carters military background, seeks his help in fighting the Apache, insisting that Carter owes it to his country. Carter refuses, stating that he paid any debt he had when he lost his family. Carter escapes his holding cell, but is pursued by Powell and his cavalry. After a runin with a band of Apaches, Carter and a wounded Powell are chased until they take to hiding in a cave that turns out to be the object of Carters earlier searching, the Spider Cave of Gold. A mysterious being, called a Thern, appears in the cave at that moment Carter kills him but accidentally activates the Therns powerful medallion, and is unwittingly transported to a ruined and dying planet, Barsoom, later revealed as Mars. ........

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