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

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Last modified: Jan. 8, 2006

A Sound of Thunder

Director: Peter Hyams

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

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 43 m

62% WILL SEE 38% WON'T SEE

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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A look at A Sound of Thunder behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Peter Hyams last helmed Enemies Closer and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. The film's writer Thomas Dean Donnelly last penned Doctor Strange and Conan The Barbarian.

Dec 2004

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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 three other movies released on the same date, including Underclassman, Transporter 2 and Margaret Cho: Assassin.