Jonnie locates a plentiful supply at the long-abandoned Fort Knox. Terl gives Jonnie a party of slaves and a Psychlo flying shuttle and orders him to find gold. Jonnie spends time in the library and is particularly inspired by the Declaration of Independence. An amused Terl shows Jonnie the ruins of Denver and its public library and boasts that the Psychlos conquered all of Earth in only nine minutes early in the 21st century.
He defiantly declares that one day, humans will overthrow the Psychlos and retake their planet. Jonnie acquires a comprehensive knowledge of human history and literature in a Psychlo rapid-learning machine. Terl observes that Jonnie is a resourceful human and selects him to lead the mining operation. Psychlos avoid such areas because radiation reacts explosively with the gas mixture that they breathe. He plans to bribe his way back to the Psychlo home planet by illegally mining gold in areas of high radioactivity. Terl's superiors have had him reassigned to his remote Earth outpost indefinitely due to one or more unexplained incidents involving "the Senator's daughter". A massive dome over the base protects the Psychlos from Earth's atmosphere, which is toxic to them.Īt the camp, they meet Terl the Psychlo security chief, and his deputy, Ker. Both are captured by a Psychlo raiding party and transported to a slave camp in the ruins of Denver, Colorado, the Psychlos' principal base of operations. Jonnie Goodboy Tyler rejects this universal hopelessness and leaves his tribe in the Rocky Mountains on a journey of exploration with a nomad hunter named Carlo. A few primitive hunter-gatherer tribes of humans live in freedom in remote, hidden areas, but after ten centuries of Psychlo oppression they have abandoned any hope of regaining control of their planet. The Psychlos, a brutal race of giant humanoid aliens, have ruled the planet for 1,000 years, and use human slave labor to strip its minerals and other resources, with a special desire for gold. In the year 3000, Earth is a desolate wasteland.
5.4 Allegations of Scientology influence.In 2007, Franchise Pictures was sued by its investors and went bankrupt after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the film's budget by $31 million this, coupled with the film's poor reception, ended Travolta's plans for a sequel. It received eight Golden Raspberry Awards, which until 2012 was the most Razzie Awards given to a single film, and in 2010, it won Worst Picture of the Decade. Audiences were reported to have ridiculed early screenings and stayed away from the film after its opening weekend. Reviewers criticized the acting, cinematography, script, special effects, musical score, character development, and art direction. Travolta, as co-producer, also contributed millions of dollars he envisioned Battlefield Earth as the first in a two-part adaptation of the book, as it only covers the first half of the novel's story.īattlefield Earth was a critical and commercial failure, and is frequently described as one of the worst films of all time. Production began in 1999, largely funded by the German distribution company Intertainment AG. In 1998, it was picked up by independent production company Franchise Pictures, which specialized in rescuing stars' pet projects. He was unable to obtain major studio funding due to concerns regarding the script and its connections to Scientology. Travolta, a Scientologist, began attempting to adapt Battlefield Earth in the mid-1990s. The film follows a rebellion against the alien Psychlos, who have ruled Earth for 1,000 years. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker. Battlefield Earth (also referred to as Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel by Scientology founder L.
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