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The Martian (2015)

"Help is only 140 million miles away"

Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Aditya Sood, Mark Huffam
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Based on "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Donald Glover
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: Scott Free Productions, Kinberg Genre
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 2 October 2015 (United States)
Running time: 141 minutes
Country: United States, Hungary
Budget: $108 million
Box office: $598.6 million

"The Martian" is an adventure science fiction drama film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Andy Weir's 2011 novel "The Martian", which was adapted into a screenplay by Drew Goddard. The story follows Astronaut Mark Watney who is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew during a manned mission to Mars. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.