Film

The Martian 2015

Directed by Ridley Scott

  • Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure
  • 141 min
  • PG-13

Bring him home.

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Science FictionDramaAdventurespacecraftplanet marsbased on novel or booknasaisolationbotanistsurvivalspaceengineeringstrandedastronautstruggle for survival

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Contemporary, classical in form, resolved and earnest.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • earnestironic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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