Old

Details

Release year: 2021

Storyline

A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives into a single day.

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Did you know

• The film is an adaptation of a 2010 graphic novel by writer Pierre-Oscar Lévy and artist Frederik Peeters called Sandcastle. When asked what inspired him to adapt the book to film, director M. Night Shyamalan explained: "The book gave me the opportunity to work through a lot of anxieties I had around death and aging, and things like my parents getting older."

• The movie that Charles (Rufus Sewell) can not think of that stars both Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson is The Missouri Breaks (1976). Its plot has no relation to this film.

• Before production, M. Night Shyamalan screened two films for his cast and crew, which were said to be big influences on the style and tone that he wanted for Old. The first was Walkabout (1971) directed by Nicolas Roeg. The second was Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) directed by Peter Weir. Shyamalan described them as "stories about human beings struggling against the overwhelming power of nature" - films where nature becomes something mysterious, overwhelming, almost supernatural.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $48,276,510

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $16,854,735 (2021-07-25)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround 7.1, Datasat, SDDS, DTS:X

Aspect ratio

2.39 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• The packets of food were in special packaging making the food immune to the effects of the dead zone so why not make a blanket out of the packaging and walk out?
• How did the people who brought these vacationers into that zone do so (and get out) safely without being subjected to the same effects themselves?