July 22, 2011
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Mike Cahill
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing images, some sexuality, nudity and brief drug use)
Screenwriters: Mike Cahill, Brit Marling
Starring: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage
Copyright Holder: N/A
In "Another Earth," Rhoda Williams (Marling), a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs (Mapother), has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined.