Emergency Declaration 비상선언 [Movie 2021]

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Emergency Declaration 

 

 

Emergency Declaration (Korean: 비상선언 Bisang Seoneon) is an upcoming South Korean disaster-action film directed by Han Jae Rim and starring Song Kang Ho, Jeon Do Yeon, Lee Byung-hun and Kim Nam Gil.

The film is based on a real aviation disaster in which an aeroplane declared high alert and demanded unconditional landing.

The filming restarted on September 12, 2020, after postponement due to COVID-19 resurgence in August 2020.The film was wrapped up on October 24, 2020.

 

The film was first screened in the out of competition section of the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 16, 2021. It will be released theatrically in 2021 . (wiki)

 

'Emergency Declaration' means an emergency that declares an unconditional landing at the captain's judgment when an aircraft faces a disaster.

The film is about a reality aviation disaster of an airplane heading to Hawaii that declared an 'Emergency' and asked for unconditional landing in the face of an unprecedented disaster, before reaching the destination.

 

Directed and screenplay by Han Jae Rim

Distributed by Showbox

 

 

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Credits and Casting

 

Jae-Rim HAN - Director

Mo-Gae LEE - Cinematography

Jong-Chul PARK - Cinematography

Mok-Won LEE - Set decorator

Byeong-Woo LEE - Music

Woo-Hyun KIM - Film Editor

Kang-Il LEE - Film Editor

Suk-Won KIM - Sound

Jae-Rim HAN - Script / Dialogue

Jae-Rim HAN - Film Editor

 

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source Cannes English Presskit

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Korean Disaster Film ‘Emergency Declaration’ to Get U.S. Theatrical Release (Exclusive)

 

Well Go USA has snapped up all North American rights to the anticipated South Korean disaster film Emergency Declaration, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. The distributor will open the film theatrically in U.S. and Canadian theaters in 2022 following its domestic release in Korea.

 

Directed by Han Jae-rim (The Show Must Go On, The Face Reader), stars a trio of Korea’s biggest name stars: local legend Song Kang-ho in his first role since Parasite; leading man Lee Byung-hun following some recent global exposure in Squid Game; and Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine, The Housemaid). The film marks the first time that all three Korean icons share the screen together, despite working individually with one another previously.

 

The film’s plot centers around a commercial airplane that faces a never-before-experienced crisis situation while in flight — an onboard virus outbreak — which forces the pilot to pursue unconventional emergency measures.

 

“I wrote this screenplay, completed casting and prepared to start shooting in a world in which COVID-19 did not yet exist, but disasters always seem to strike when we least expect them,” said Han in a statement. “As a whole, I think we are now accustomed to the fact that people can sometimes lose strength and become self-centered when faced with a crisis. Thankfully, the situation worldwide is slowly improving despite the turmoil, and I hope that this film can help provide a small measure of comfort and hope to audiences who are exhausted from dealing with the pandemic.”

 

Rounding out Emergency Declaration’s talent-heavy cast are Kim Nam-gil (The Shameless), Yim Si-wan (The Merciless, The Attorney), Kim So-jin (Escape from Mogadishu, Another Child) and Park Hae-joon (Believer, Arthdal Chronicles).

 

“Emergency Declaration is eerily timely, and the brilliance of the cast makes it almost inevitable that viewers will be forced to wonder about their own actions if faced with similar circumstances,” said Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO at Well Go USA Entertainment. “While development and pre-production for the film were in motion well before the worldwide pandemic took hold, this combination of a sudden calamity, high-stakes moral dilemmas and an eventual “us vs. them” mentality will likely feel all too familiar to audiences around the world.”

 

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