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Year: 2011
USA & UK: Twentieth Century Fox
Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence,
January Jones, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, Rose Byrne, Laurence
Belcher, Bill Milner, Beth Goddard, Morgan Lily, Oliver Platt, Alex
González, Zoë Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones, Edi Gathegi, Corey
Johnson, Lucas Till, Demetri Goritsas, Glenn Morshower, Don Creech,
Matt Craven, James Remar, Ludger Pistor, Wilfried Hochholdinger,
Greg Kolpakchi, Andrei Zayats, Rade Sherbedgia, Ray Wise, Michael
Medeiros, Olek Krupa, Yuri Naumkin,
Gene Farber, David Agranov, Katrine de Candole, James Faulkner, Éva
Magyar, Annabelle Wallis, Juan Herrera, Greg Savage, Jarid Faubel,
Gregory Cox, Josh Cohen, David Crow, Kieran Patrick Campbell, Sasha
Pieterse, Brendan Fehr
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Countries: UK / USA
USA & UK: 131 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and
violence, some sexual content including brief partial nudity and
language
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate fantasy violence and
one use of strong language
USA Release Date: 3 June 2011
UK Release Date: 1 June 2011
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Synopsis
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS brings together the epic scale and action of a
summer blockbuster with a character-driven story that unveils the
beginning of the X-Men saga – and a secret history of the Cold War
and our world at the brink of nuclear Armageddon.
As the first class discovers, harnesses, and comes to terms
with their formidable powers, alliances are formed that will shape
the eternal war between the heroes and villains of the X-Men
universe. Like all
great X-Men stories, X-MEN: FIRST CLASS takes on ambitious themes
and issues while offering a rich and personal look at an unusual
superhero team.
Set in the 1960s, the world was awakening to the Space Age, the Cold
War was at its height with escalating tensions between the US and
the Soviet Union becoming a global threat – and it was when the
world discovered the existence of mutants.
It is also during this period that Charles Xavier met Erik Lehnsherr.
Before Charles (James McAvoy) and Erik (Michael Fassbender)
took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men
discovering their powers. Before they were archenemies they were the
closest of friends, working together and with other mutants to stop
the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Some of these young mutant recruits are fan favorites from
the previous X-Men films, while others are classic heroes from the
comics but new to the film series.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS provides answers to questions that have
long intrigued fans of the movies or comics: How did the X-Men come
together? Why is Charles in a wheelchair?
Where did the X-Mansion and Cerebro come from?
But its themes and historical context will resonate with
those unfamiliar with the other films in the series.
Directed by Matthew Vaughn (KICK-ASS), the story is by Sheldon
Turner, an Academy Award nominee for co-scripting UP IN THE AIR, and
Bryan Singer – whose work as the director of the first two films
in the series, X-MEN and X2: X-MEN UNITED.
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