About This Movie: Transformers

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About This Movie: Transformers
By Leroy Douresseaux
July 1, 2007 - 12:34

DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Present
In association with Hasbro
A di Bonaventura Pictures Production
A Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production
Transformers (2007)
DIRECTOR: Michael Bay
WRITERS: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman; from a story by John Rogers and Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman (based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures)
PRODUCERS: Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Ian Bryce
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Mitchell Amundsen (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Paul Rubell, A.C.E. and Glen Scantlebury
COMPOSER: Steve Jablonsky
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Jeff Mann
COSTUME DESIGNER: Deborah L. Scott

Megatron

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor, Bernie Mac, with John Turturro and Jon Voight, Kevin Dunn, Michael O’Neill, Julie White, and Amaury Nolasco

Opening date: Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Running time: 140 minutes
Rating: MPAA – PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language

Our world will be changed when aliens make Earth their final battleground in Transformers, the new film from director Michael Bay (The Rock, Armageddon, The Island) and executive producer Steven Spielberg (praise be his name). As the forces of evil seek the key to ultimate power, our last chance for survival rests in the hands of an average teenager.

Optimus Prime

For centuries, two races of robotic aliens – the Autobots and the Decepticons – have waged a war, with the fate of the universe at stake. When the battle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil Decepticons and ultimate power is a clue held by Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf).

Unaware that he alone is mankind’s last chance for survival, Sam and his friend Mikaela (Megan Fox) find themselves in a tug of war between the Autobots and Decepticons. With the world hanging in the balance, Sam comes to realize the true meaning behind the Witwicky family motto, “No sacrifice, no victory!”

Visit the film site at TransformersMovie.com.