Project Detail

The Zero Theorem

Synopsis

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Features
Running time
107 mins
Director
Terry Gilliam
Producer
Nicolas Chartier, Dean Zanuck
Editor
Mick Audsley
Screenwriter
Pat Rushin
Director of Photography
Nicola Pecorini
Production Designer
David Warren
Music
George Fenton
Principal cast
Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Tilda Swinton, Peter Stormare, Ben Whishaw, Sanjeev Bhaskar

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Production Status

Production Company

Zanuck Independent

Tel: +1 310 274 5735

MediaPro Pictures

Buftea, Romania
Tel: +40 31 8251 840

Sales Company

Voltage Pictures

662 N Crescent Heights Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048
USA
Tel: +1 323 606 7630

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