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Richard Donner
Lambert Wilson
Marton Csokas
Billy Connolly
Michael Sheen
Ethan Embry
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In the heart of the beautiful and historically rich Dordogne Valley of France, a team of archaeology students and their professor diligently work to uncover the ruins of a 14th-century castle. For Professor Edward Johnston, the project is the culmination of a lifelong dream. Aided by assistant professor Andre Marek, his son Chris and students Kate, Stern and Francois, Johnston has made major strides in unearthing not only La Roque Castle but also a monastery and structures from the surrounding village of Castelgard. But things are about to go haywire... Suspicious of the dig's benefactor, International Technology Corporation (ITC) and the man who runs it, Robert Doniger, Professor Johnston heads to ITC headquarters in New Mexico to get some answers, and while he's away, his students discover a chamber that has been sealed for more than 600 years. Marek and Kate descend into the unstable room, and just before a near disastrous cave-in, they make two startling discoveries--a bifocal lens, which couldn't have been invented before the chamber was sealed, and even more intriguing, a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357... from Professor Johnston! Determined to solve the mystery, the students head for ITC headquarters, where they are stunned to learn of Doniger's new invention--a machine that can actually transmit three-dimensional objects through space. Although he meant for the device to revolutionize shipping, Doniger inadvertently opened a wormhole that leads directly to the 14th century, and Professor Johnston, who had insisted on experiencing the discovery himself, is now trapped in a vicious French vs. English feudal war! Can Johnston's loyal students survive one of the most violent battles in world history...and make it back to the 21st century alive?
Director
Richard Donner
Cast
Lambert Wilson
Marton Csokas
Billy Connolly
Michael Sheen
Ethan Embry
Gerard Butler
David Thewlis
Matt Craven
Anna Friel
Paul Walker
Frances O'connor
Rossif Sutherland
Neal Mcdonough
Crew
Caroline Alder
Simon Atherton
Jille Azis
Jenny Beavan
Frank Cappello
Neil Corbould
Michael Crichton
Kevin De La Noy
Caleb Deschanel
Lauren Shuler Donner
Richard Donner
Daniel T. Dorrance
Sarah Halley Finn
John Gatins
Don Granger
Roger Guyett
Randi Hiller
Derek Hoffman
Gary Levinsohn
Jeff Maguire
Tom Mankiewicz
Richard L Marks
George J. Nolfi
Michael Ovitz
Patrick Rousseau
Lauren Shuler Donner
Brian Tyler
Jim Van Wyck
Jim Van Wyck
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Released in United States Fall November 26, 2003
Released in United States on Video April 13, 2004
Michael Crichton and Richard Donner reportedly receive 15% of the first-dollar gross.
Released in United States Fall November 26, 2003
Released in United States on Video April 13, 2004
