Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action thriller film written, produced and directed byJames Cameron. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick and Edward Furlong. It is the second installment of the Terminator franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film The Terminator. Terminator 2 followsSarah Connor (Hamilton) and her ten-year-old son John (Furlong) as they are pursued by a new, more advancedTerminator, the liquid metal, shapeshifting T-1000 (Patrick), sent back in time to 1995 to kill John and prevent him from becoming the leader of the human Resistance against the machines. An older, less advanced Terminator (Schwarzenegger) is also sent back in time to protect John.
After a troubled pre-production characterized by legal disputes, Mario Kassar of Carolco Pictures emerged with the franchise's property rights in early 1990. This paved the way for the completion of the screenplay by the Cameron-led production team, and the October 1990 start of a shortened 186-day filming schedule. The production of Terminator 2required an unprecedented budget of more than $94 million (1991 dollars), much of which was spent on filming and special effects. The film was released on July 3, 1991, in time for the U.S. Fourth of July weekend.
Terminator 2, a box office and critical success, influenced popular culture and especially movies in the genres of action and science fiction. The film's visual effects saw many breakthroughs in computer-generated imagery, including the first use of natural human motion for a computer-generated character and the first partially computer-generated main character. It received many accolades, including four Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing,Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects. The highest-grossing film of 1991, several publications such as the American Film Institute have since ranked Terminator 2 on lists as one of the greatest science fiction films, greatest action films, and greatest sequels of all time.
Directed by | James Cameron |
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Produced by | James Cameron |
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Music by | Brad Fiedel |
Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Running time | 136 minutes 153 minutes (director's cut) |
Language | English |
Budget | $94–102 million |
Box office | $519,843,345 |
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