Unless Casey and Frank, aided by Athena and a little bit of Disney magic, intervene, Nix will ensure the self-fulfilling prophesy comes to fruition.Īs the co-protagonist of Tomorrowland Casey Newton symbolizes some of the most important tenets and qualities of a successful scientist. David Nix, a pragmatic bureaucrat and now self-proclaimed Governor of a more dilapidated Tomorrowland, has successfully harnessed subatomic tachyon particles to see a future in which Earth self-destructs. Casey and Frank must partner to return to Tomorrowland, where something has gone terribly awry and imperils the existence of Earth. Casey Newton holding the Tomorrowland transport pin in a scene from Tomorrowland.Īthena connects Casey with a now-aged Frank (George Clooney), who has turned into a cynical, reclusive iconoclastic inventor (bearing striking verisimilitude to Nikola Tesla). She distributes the pins to a collective of the smartest, most creative people, who gather in the Tomorrowland utopia to work and invent free of the impediments of our current society. Protecting Casey as she delves deeper into the mystery is Athena, who it turns out is a very special time-traveling recruiter. When she unexpectedly obtains a mysterious pin - which we first glimpsed at the World’s Fair - it gives her a portal to the very world that young Frank traveled to. She believes the world can be restored to a place of hope and inspiration, particularly through science. But Casey is smart, stubborn and passionate. Through the eyes of idealistic Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), thrill seeker and aspiring astronaut, we see a frustrating world mired in wars, environmental devastation and selfish catastrophes. Unfortunately, as we cut back to present time, the hope and dreams of a better tomorrow haven’t quite worked out as planned. “Walt’s thinking was that the future is not something that happens to us. He was very interested in space travel and what cities were going to look like and how transportation was going to work,” said Tomorrowland screenwriter Damon Lindelof ( Lost, Prometheus). Through sheer curiosity, Frank follows them and transports himself into a parallel universe, a glimmering, utopian marvel of futuristic industry and technology - a civilization gleaming with possibility and inspiration. Enthusiastic young inventor Frank Walker (Thomas Robinson), an optimistic dreamer, catches the attention of brilliant scientist David Nix (Hugh Laurie) and his young sidekick Athena, a mysterious little girl with a twinkle in her eye. With this opening salvo, we immediately jump back in time to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City, the embodiment of confidence and scientific achievement at a time when the opportunities of the future seemed limitless. The critical relevance to our circumstances today and full ScriptPhD review below. This ambition is beautifully embodied in Disney Picttures’ latest release of the same name, a film that is at once a celebration of ideas, a call to arms for scientific achievement and good old fashioned idealistic dreaming. Indeed, every major Disney theme park around the world has some permutation of a themed section called “Tomorrowland,” first introduced at Disneyland in 1955, featuring inspiring Jules Verne glimpses into the future. Just prior to his death in 1966, Disney undertook an ambitious plan to build a utopian “ Community of Tomorrow,” complete with state-of-the-art technology. One of Disney’s biggest fascinations was with space exploration and futurism, often reflected thematically in Disney’s canon of material throughout the years. An inventive visionary, Disney often previewed his inventions at the annual New York World’s Fair and contributed many technological and creative breakthroughs that we enjoy to this day. One of Walt Disney’s enduring lifetime legacies was his commitment to innovation, new ideas and imagination. Tomorrowland poster and stills ©2015 Walt Disney Pictures.
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