Directed by : Roland Emmerich

Produced by :Harald Kloser

Mark Gordon

Larry J. Franco

Written by : Harald Kloser

Roland Emmerich

Starring :John Cusack

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Amanda Peet

Oliver Platt

Thandie Newton

Danny Glover

Woody Harrelson

Music by :Harald Kloser

 Thomas Wander

Cinematography :Dean Semler

Edited by :David Brenner

Peter Elliott

Production :Centropolis Entertainment

company :The Mark Gordon Company

Distributed by :Columbia Pictures

Release date : November 13, 2009

Running time :158 minutes

Country :United States

Language :English

Budget : $200 million

Box office :$769.7 million

This article is about the film 2012. For a list of films released in the year 2012, see 2012 in film

2012 is a 2009 American disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, and stars John Cusack, Chiwetel
Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson. The film was
produced by Centropolis Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures.[1]

Filming, originally planned for Los Angeles, began in Vancouver in August 2008.[4] The plot follows
novelist Jackson Curtis as he attempts to bring his family to safety amid a geological disaster. The film
refers to Mayanism and the 2012 phenomenon in its portrayal of cataclysmic events.

After a lengthy advertising campaign which included the creation of a website from its main character's
point of view[5] and a viral marketing website on which filmgoers could register for a lottery number to
save them from the ensuing disaster,[6] 2012 was released internationally on November 13, 2009. Critics
gave the film mixed reviews, praising its special effects and dark tone relative to Emmerich's other work
and criticizing its screenplay and length. It was a commercial success and one of 2009's highest-grossing
films.