This article is about the 2006 film. For the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, see Apokalypto.
For the soundtrack, see Apocalypto (soundtrack).
Apocalypto
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Mel Gibson
Written by
Mel Gibson
Farhad Safinia
Produced by
Mel Gibson
Bruce Davey
Starring
Rudy Youngblood
Raoul Trujillo
Mayra Sérbulo
Dalia Hernández
Jonathan Brewer
Gerardo Taracena
Rodolfo Palacios
Bernardo Ruiz Juarez
Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza
Ricardo Diaz Mendoza
Israel Contreras
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Edited by
John Wright
Music by
James Horner
Production companies
Touchstone Pictures
Icon Productions
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (North America) Icon Film Distribution (International)
Release date
December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
Running time
138 minutes[1]
Countries
United States Mexico[2][3]
Language
Yucatec Maya
Budget
$40 million[4]
Box office
$120.7 million[4]
Apocalypto (/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptoʊ/) is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of American Indian and Indigenous Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Set in Yucatán around the year 1517, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are captured by an invading force. After the devastation of their village, they are brought on a perilous journey to a Maya city for human sacrifice at a time when the Maya civilization is in decline.
Principal photography took place in Mexico from 21 November 2005 to July 2006. All of the indigenous people depicted in the film were Maya. Additionally, all dialogue is in a modern approximation of the ancient language of the setting, and the Indigenous Yucatec Mayan language is spoken with subtitles, which sometimes refer to the language as Mayan.
Apocalypto was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures in North America and Icon Film Distribution in the United Kingdom and Australia. The film was a box office success, grossing over $120 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Gibson's direction, Dean Semler's cinematography, and the performances of the cast, though the portrayal of Maya civilization and historical inaccuracies were criticized.
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