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

Evolve or die.

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Last modified: Jan. 8, 2006

A Sound of Thunder

Release Date: Friday, September 2, 2005

Director: Peter Hyams

Starring: Edward Burns • Ben Kingsley • Catherine McCormack • Jemima Rooper • Wilfried Hochholdinger

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 43 m

2.8 / 5

62% WILL SEE 38% WON'T SEE

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Plot

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Plot: 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
Millers in Marriage, Man on a Ledge
Ben Kingsley
William Tell, The King of Kings
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Catherine McCormack
My Oxford Year, The Song of Names
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Jemima Rooper
One Chance, Matriarch
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Wilfried Hochholdinger
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August Zirner
The Silent Forest
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Corey Johnson
September 5, The Fourth Kind
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Scott Bellefeville

Crew Behind the Film

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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: —

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Additional Information

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

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