Weve compiled 10 essential facts for you to know before you see the film. Movies like white house down are slowly but surely extinguishing the torch of freedom in america and around the world. Filming on angel has fallen commenced in virginia water lake, and continued throughout the united kingdom and bulgaria. White house down 20 capitol police officer john cale channing tatum has just been denied his dream job of protecting president james sawyer jamie foxx as a member of the secret service. Banning joins the white houses defenders during kufs initial assault. In his latest bigbudget excuse to blow up 1600 pennsylvania avenue, white house down, emmerich doesnt waste time with anything as conventional as a setup. Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original star wars. Capitol policeman john cale has just been denied his dream job with the secret service of protecting president james sawyer. Roland emmerich white house down director interview. They made a movie centering around white house tours that were outdated months before release.
Roland emmerich is a german film director and producer of blockbuster films like the day after tomorrow 2004, godzilla 1998, independence day 1996 and the patriot 2000. Rent white house down 20 starring channing tatum and jamie foxx on dvd and bluray. On january 22, 2019, david buckley was announced as the film s composer, replacing trevor morris, who scored the previous two films. Director roland emmerich says he wants to honour the people who fought for freedom. White house down is a 20 american political action thriller film directed and co produced by roland emmerich, written by james vanderbilt and produced by.
The white house is under siege in this action thriller from independence day director roland emmerich and the amazing spidermans writer james vanderbilt in. White house down opens nationwide today, but do you really know what the film s about. Director roland emmerich walks the red carpet as he arrives for the premiere of his new film white house down in washington june 21, 20. The best action movies on netflix uk to watch right now. The rest of the cast is impressively credentialed, too, including maggie gyllenhaal and james woods as secret service veterans and richard jenkins as the speaker of the house. Roland emmerich celebrity profile check out the latest roland emmerich photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Watch and share the new 4 minute trailer from white house down starring channing tatum and jamie foxx in theaters june 28. White house down featurette the director 20 channing tatum movie hd a secret service agent is tasked with saving the life of the u. No leftleaning, selfcongratulatory stereotypes here, no siree. Heres the first official movie trailer of white house down, the upcoming action thriller movie directed by roland emmerich who already destroyed the white house in independence day and starring channing tatum, jamie foxx, maggie gyllenhaal, james woods, jason clarke, richard jenkins, lance reddick and. The films director roland emmerich last directed independence day resurgence and stonewall. White house down 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers.
White house down tells story of washington under attack. Rent white house down 20 on dvd and bluray netflix. Other times you want to watch sylvester stallone hanging off a helicopter, firing two guns at once. This weekend, roland emmerich lays waste once again to 1600 pennsylvania avenue with white house down, starring channing tatum as the unemployed, secret.
Director emmerich brings white house down with terrorism. When sharknado appears to be more realistic and the worldwide boxoffice receipts back me up, its time to think twice before releasing a b movie in the theatres. White house down in 1996, film director roland emmerich destroyed the white house on camera. The film was released on dvd and bluray disc on november 5, 20. The right wing dislikes the movie white house down simply because it strikes a little too close to home for them to be comfortable. This month, roland emmerich is back to wreaking havoc on pennsylvania avenue in white house down, an 80sstyle actiondrama that could bring welcome news to. The movies of director roland emmerich, whos become a huge leftwing activist, have never been the same since he stopped working with producer dean devlin. White house down benefits from the leads chemistry, but director roland emmerich smothers the film with narrative cliches and choppily edited action. The films writer james vanderbilt last wrote murder mystery and solace. If olympus has fallen was brutally violent, white house down may have watered down the violence but does it bigger and better with a touch of humour especially with ronald emmerich independence day, 2012, the day after tomorrow at the helm. It seems virtually every big action film lately has to include some sort of mass destruction scene. While on a tour of the white house with his young daughter, a capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from an armed group of paramilitary invaders. No disgustingly overweight midwestern couple asking annoying questions, no leathervested white supremacist mercenaries, no overarching evil from the corporate war machine on no wait, that was another movie, olympus has fallen.
Before being killed, agent roma cole hauser alerts the secret service director lynne jacobs angela bassett that olympus has fallen. With channing tatum, jamie foxx, maggie gyllenhaal, jason clarke. White house down 20 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The director s other white house movie, independence day. He is a producer and writer, known for zodiac 2007, independence day. Cribbing from nearly every action movie of the past thirty years, its like the cinematic equivalent of a concentration game on a long carride. White house down director already destroyed the title structure once, in independence day. A look at the white house down behindthescenes crew and production team. In a way, the movie white house down is a very good caricature of the real life extreme right wing wrapped up in an unrealistic action movie. That was for his movie independence day, in which space aliens invaded washington dc. Released a few months after olympus has fallen, a film with a very similar plot, white house down didnt connect with audiences.
Director roland emmerich on the set of white house down posted on friday, april 12th, 20 by germain lussier everyone thought roland emmerich s next movie was going to. Roland emmerich, jamie foxx, channing tatum, maggie gyllenhaal about this summers big retro action movie. Woods and his hercules 1997 adversary tate donovan each played former white house chief of staff h. White house down was originally scheduled for a november 1, 20 release, but was moved up to a june 28, 20 release.
Roland emmerichs white house down is an entertaining throwback to the action blockbusters of the 1990s. In it, channing tatum stars as a secret service agent trying to singlehandedly defeat a gang of terrorist who have taken over the white house. Retrouvez tout le casting du film white house down realise par roland emmerich avec channing tatum, jamie foxx, maggie gyllenhaal, jason clarke. White house down 4 minute trailer in theaters june. A sequel, titled london has fallen, was released on march 4, 2016, with the principal cast members reprising their roles. White house down 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jamie foxx and channing tatum at an event for white house down 20 white. While on a tour of the white house with his young daughter, a capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from. Channing tatum and jamie foxx try to stay out of harms way in these scenes from director roland emmerichs actionthriller, in theaters june 28th. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the white house, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. A faux janitor wheels a cart into the middle of the white house rotunda and detonates it, collapsing the dome and killing scores of innocents. A few months later, roland emmerichs white house down hits theaters. A devoted father fights a ruthless paramilitary group that has seized control the white house in this highstakes action thriller from director roland emmerich 2012 and writer james vanderbilt. On march 21, 2018, michael landes was cast as white house chief of staff sam wilcox. Patriotic thriller is ridiculous, violent, and entertaining.