Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 American science fiction action adventure film written and directed by Kerry Conran in his directorial debut. The film is set in an alternative 1939 and follows the adventures of Polly Perkins Gwyneth Paltrow, a newspaper reporter, and Joseph Joe Sullivan Jude Law, alias Sky Captain, as they track down the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf Laurence Olivier, who is seeking to build the World of Tomorrow. The film is an example of the dieselpunk genre.
In a technologically advanced 1939, the zeppelin Hindenburg III arrives in New York City, mooring atop the Empire State Building. Aboard the airship is Dr. Jorge Vargas Julian Curry, a scientist who arranges for a package containing two vials to be delivered to Dr. Walter Jennings Trevor Baxter. Moments later, as the courier looks back while leaving with the vials, Dr. Vargas is nowhere to be seen.Polly Perkins Gwyneth Paltrow, a newspaper reporter for The Chronicle, is looking into the disappearances of Vargas and five other renowned scientists. She receives a cryptic message telling her to go to Radio City Music Hall. Ignoring the warning of her editor, Mr. Paley Michael Gambon, she meets Dr. Jennings during a showing of The Wizard of Oz. Dr Jennings tells Polly that Dr. Totenkopf is coming for him next. Suddenly, air raid sirens go off as giant, seemingly indestructible robots attack the city. Clearly outmatched, the police and other authorities call for Sky Captain Joe Sullivan Jude Law. Joe commands a private air force based in New York State known as the Flying Legion. ........
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