A Sound of Thunder Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Evolve or die.

Jan. 8, 2006

A Sound of Thunder

Release Date: Friday, September 2, 2005

Ben Kingsley, Andrew Stevens, Breck Eisner, Renny Harlin, Edward Burns, Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Corey Johnson, Peter Hyams, Howard Baldwin, Jemima Rooper, Catherine McCormack, John Hardy, August Zirner, Rick Nathanson, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Karen Elise Baldwin, Phil Anschutz, Romana Cisarova, Scott Bellefeville, Jorg Westerkamp

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 43 m

2.8

62% WILL SEE

38% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Based on a short story by master of science fiction Ray Bradbury, the sci-fi action adventure "A Sound of Thunder" is set in the future, when time travel is not only possible—it's a lucrative monopoly. It's especially profitable for Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley), the owner of Time Safari Inc., a travel agency that specializes in escorting wealthy clients on exclusive hunting trips back to the Prehistoric Age. Under the leadership of seasoned scout Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns), participants are permitted to hunt and kill dinosaurs provided they follow a set of strenuous rules. These guidelines are intended to protect the creatures' natural habitats and prevent time travelers from impacting the course of evolution. When an expedition is compromised and the rules are broken, the hunters return to the future...and discover the world is a markedly different place than it was when they left. As "time waves" ripple from the Prehistoric past through the present to the uncharted future, Ryer teams up with Sonia Rand (Catherine McCormack), the inventor of the time travel technology, to unravel the mystery behind the catastrophic historical changes that are threatening to erase humanity from existence.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in A Sound of Thunder.

Edward Burns
Finnegan's Foursome, Saving Private Ryan
Ben Kingsley
The King of Kings, The Killer's Game
C
Catherine McCormack
28 Weeks Later, The Song of Names
J
Jemima Rooper
One Chance, Matriarch
W
Wilfried Hochholdinger
A
August Zirner
The Silent Forest
C
Corey Johnson
September 5, The Fourth Kind
S
Scott Bellefeville

Crew Behind the Film

The A Sound of Thunder behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Peter Hyams last directed Enemies Closer and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The film's writer Thomas Dean Donnelly last wrote Doctor Strange and Conan The Barbarian.

Director: Peter Hyams
Screenwriters: Thomas Dean Donnelly
Joshua Oppenheimer
Producers: Phil Anschutz
Howard Baldwin
Karen Elise Baldwin
Renny Harlin

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sci-fi violence, partial nudity, and language
Runtime: 1 hr, 43 m
Tagline: Evolve or die.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Production Details

What we know about the A Sound of Thunder movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

A Sound of Thunder was released in on Friday, September 2, 2005. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including Underclassman, Transporter 2 and Margaret Cho: Assassin.

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