MIT Lecture Series Committee

January 17, 2014

Rated PG-13
114 minutes

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format: 35mm

Ender's Game (2013)

Join Ender's Game Director Gavin Hood and VFX Supervisor (and MIT alum!) Matt Butler at 3pm in 32-123 for a lecture, "The Making of Ender's Game," followed by a screening of the film in 26-100 at 4pm sharp! Lecture attendees will receive a voucher for FREE admission to the film plus popcorn! General admission to the film is $4. Sponsored by MIT Space Systems Lab Zero Robotics.

In the near future, a hostile alien race has attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race. Based on the best-selling, award winning novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is an epic adventure which stars Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, and Viola Davis, with Abigail Breslin and Harrison Ford. [www.rottentomatoes.com]

A biting morality tale with themes of power, manipulation, child soldiers and genocide. Hood's superb screenplay quickly sets up the premise and immediately involves us ... is a powerful, disturbing and thrilling experience. Unforgettable
      -- Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile. Read this review.