The 6th Day [Blu-ray]

Director: Roger Spottiswoode Roger Spottiswoode

Overview

In this science-fiction thriller set in the very near future, DNA cloning has been perfected and has become an accepted part of everyday life -- cattle and fish are cloned for sale at the market, genetically engineered fruit and vegetables are found in most family's kitchens (nacho-flavored bananas, anyone?), and if your pet dies, you can even order a cloned replacement. But laws have been passed that strictly forbid the cloning of human beings. However, helicopter pilot Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who believes people should live and die the old-fashioned way, discovers that someone has been violating these regulations. After Adam luckily avoids being on a copter that crashes, he comes home to discover someone has duplicated him. Now Adam is on a mission to find out who cloned him and why, as he struggles to take back his life from a scientifically created impostor, his boss Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), and a pair of thugs (Sarah Wynter and Rod Rowland) who have been cloned into near-indestructibility. The 6th Day also stars Robert Duvall as cloning expert Griffin Weir, Michael Rooker as Drucker's right-hand man Robert Marshall, and Michael Rapaport as Adam's partner, Hank Morgan.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/08/2008
UPC:	0043396253339
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	SONY PICTURES
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:03:00
Sales rank:	5,741

Special Features

Showtime special: The Future Is Coming; Storyboard comparisons and animatics; Repet infomercial and tv spot; On the 6th Day...9 behind the scenes featurettes: "Another Way to Fly," "Finding Sim Pal Cindy," "The Art of the Chase," "Over the Cliff," "Virtual Girlfriend," "In the Tank," "Free Falling," "Detonation," "Enhancing the Look"; Enhanced for D-box motion control system

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

¿¿ ¿¿¿¿	Adam Gibson
Michael Rapaport	Hank Morgan
Tony Goldwyn	Michael Drucker
Michael Rooker	Robert Marshall
Sarah Wynter	Talia Elsworth
Wendy Crewson	Natalie Gibson
Rodney Rowland	P. Wiley
Terry Crews	Vincent
Ken Pogue	Speaker Day
Robert Duvall	Dr. Griffin Weir
Wanda Cannon	Katherine Weir
Taylor Anne Reid	Clara Gibson
Jennifer Gareis	Virtual Girlfriend
Don R. McManus	RePet Salesman
Steve Bacic	Johnny Phoenix
Christopher Lawford	Police Lieutenant
Mark High	RePet Spokesman
Ellie Harvey	Rosie
Jennifer Sterling	Virtual Attorney
Walter Von Huene	Virtual Psychiatrist
Chris Cound	Snowboarder
Ben Bass	Bodyguard
Michael Budman	Zealot #2
Warren Takeuchi	Reporter
Claudine Grant	Reporter
Alexandra Castillo	Reporter
D. Neil Mark	Security Guard
Colin Lawrence	Security Guard
Mark Gibbon	Security Guard
Crawford James	Security Guard
Hiro Kanagawa	Team Doctor
Mi-Jung Lee	Newscaster
Gillian Barber	Katherine's Doctor
Gerard Plunket	Technician
Claire Riley	Webcaster
Andrew McIlroy	Scott Moore
Norma Wick	Announcer #1
Paul Carson	Announcer #2
Graham Andrews	Cab Driver
Benita Ha	Teacher
Andrea Libman	SimPal Cindy
Kwesi Ameyaw	Security Guard
Greg Bronson	Patron of the Arts
Gavin Buhr	Security Guard
Novie Edwards	SimPals Salesgirl
Victor Formosa	Football Fan
Ulla Friis	Woman at Party
Anthony Harrison	Security Guard
Lowela Jotie	Cheerleader
Spencer Kayden	Pearl
Ian Alexander Martin	Synchorder Operator
Robert Musnicki	Security Guard
Melissa Panton	Cheerleader
Kristen Ross	Girl at mall
Nikky Smedley	Sgt. Schultz
Trevor Rabin	Composer

Technical Credits

Cormac Wibberley

Marianne Wibberly

Roger Spottiswoode	Director
Cormac Wibberley	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Jon Davison	Producer
¿¿ ¿¿¿¿	Producer
Mike Medavoy	Producer
David Coatsworth	Executive Producer
Daniel Petry	Executive Producer
Alan Rankin	Sound Effects
Scott Martin Gershin	Sound Effects
Dino Dimuro	Sound Effects
Seth Arnett	Stunts
Rhythm & Hues Studios	Special Effects
David Husby	Sound/Sound Designer
Marianne Wibberly	Screenwriter,Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Recent scientific advancements lend credibility to the not-so-improbable events vividly dramatized in The 6th Day, a sci-fi thriller that returns Arnold Schwarzenegger to the genre that made him a box-office monster. The film is set in a near-future America, where shopping malls have stores that clone dead pets and where human cloning -- while possible -- remains outlawed. That doesn’t stop ruthless tycoon Tony Goldwyn (Ghost) and rogue scientist Robert Duvall, who develop a black market in people regenerated from traces of DNA material. Arnold portrays a helicopter pilot caught up in Goldwyn’s schemes and targeted for death while a clone assumes his identity. The 6th Day offers Arnold’s fans plenty of action, albeit of a less lethal variety than found in some of his previous vehicles, while raising some interesting questions about the morality of cloning-on-demand. Director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) doesn't let the big questions bog down the narrative, though, as he maintains a driving pace straight through to the closing credits. He also surrounds the histrionically challenged Schwarzenegger with terrific actors like Goldwyn, who’s a positively reptilian villain, and Duvall, whose recently widowed scientist, haunted by his conscience, strikes a poignant note. Exciting, suspenseful, and (dare we say) intellectually provocative, The 6th Day is a must-have item for Arnold’s admirers and sci-fi fans alike. The DVD includes a phony infomercial for the film’s pet-cloning company, RePet, along with an audio commentary by music composer Trevor Rabin, an isolated music score, talent files, production notes, and theatrical trailers.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

The 6th Day is not in the same league with the great Schwarzenegger films such as Total Recall and Terminator 2, but it's a well-crafted entertainment containing enough ideas to qualify it as science fiction and not just as a futurist thriller.

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert