Sunshine is a science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. Taking place in the year , the story follows a group of astronauts on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun. The director cast a group of international actors for the film, and had the actors live together and learn about topics related to their roles, as a form of method acting. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures , while the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment division released the film in the video rental market. Sunshine explores physics, science and religion. Previous science fiction films that Boyle cited as influences included Stanley Kubrick 's film A Space Odyssey , Andrei Tarkovsky 's film Solaris , and Ridley Scott 's science-fiction horror film Alien.

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If you've already rewatched your old holiday favorites, here are three new films to keep the cheer going all season long. Get some picks. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind's last hope. Danny Boyle has rebooted the sci-fi genre to a magnificent start. The plot sounds ridiculous at first, but once you get into it, you really get into it! A crew of 8 are sent on a mission to set a bomb in the sun as it is dying and the earth is suffering a solar winter.
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It follows five generations of a Hungarian Jewish family, originally named Sonnenschein German : "sunshine" , later changed to Sors Hungarian : "fate" , during changes in Hungary , focusing mostly on the three generations from the late 19th century through the midth century. The family story traverses the creation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through to the period after the Revolution , while the characters are forced to surrender much of their identity and endure family conflict. The central male protagonist of all three generations is portrayed by Ralph Fiennes.
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