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Super 8(Movie, 2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 52min | Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
Super 8Rating: 3.4/5 (with 30153,015 votes)
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and co-produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and tells the story of a group of young teenagers in 1979 who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The film was shot in Weirton, West Virginia, and surrounding areas, portraying the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio. Super 8 was released on June 10, 2011, in conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Abrams' direction, its nostalgic elements, visual effects, musical score and for the performances of the cast, in particular, both Fanning and newcomer Courtney's acting was cited, while also being compared to such thematically similar films as E.T., Stand by Me, and The Goonies, featuring a darker interpretation ... ()
Movie poster of Super 8

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"Super 8" is currently available on 2 providers. Super 8 can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: German
Duration: 1h 47min
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Duration: 1h 52min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German
Duration: 1h 47min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 1h 52min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

About Super 8

In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.

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Trailer for Super 8 + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Weirton
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 36 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hindi (HI), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Malay (MS), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian Nynorsk (NN), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/04/2011 (World premiere: 06/08/2011)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Супер 8"
"超级八"
"SUPER8/スーパーエイト"
"슈퍼 에이트"
"1Super8"
Budget: 50,000,000 USD
Revenue: 260,095,986 USD (= 520%)

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