The book of eli denzel

He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, while surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in villages for water and supplies. It featured denzel washington as eli, a man on a quest to get to the west coast. The biblewhat it is and what it sayslies at the heart of this cinematic book. Nominated 2014 na san sebastian international film festival for donostia award. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Eli tells another character that he meets on his journey that god showed him where the book is and told him to travel west with the book and that god will have his back along. The story centers around a latterdayprophet type, eli denzel washington, who has been traveling west. Aarp annual movies for grownups awards for best actor won aacta international award for best actor. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Only a christian flick to dogmatic believers, says the films codirector allen hughes. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. The book of eli 2010 official trailer denzel washington, mila.

Slechts een enkel lichtpuntje in the book of eli trouw. The book of elis storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. The cinamatography was almost as if i was watching a movie based on the video game fallout 3. Jan 09, 2010 the book of eli 2010 official trailer denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd 720p. Produced by joel silver, denzel washington, broderick johnson, andrew a. Indeed, its something of a sunday sermon wrapped in a mad max adventure. The bleak colors set the stage for a postapocolyptic world in which denzel navigate his way through, looking for food and tasked with protecting a very valuable book.

Six months ago or so, collider enjoyed the rare opportunity to visit the set of the book of eli, allen and albert hughes postapocalyptic thriller about a laconic hero denzel washington who. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli denzel washington, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. He is a man on a mission, protecting the last bible on earth. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer. This was an great story and denzel shines as the lone wanderer on a mission. The book of eli 2010 thirty years after war turned the world into a wasteland, a lone warrior named eli denzel washington marches across the ruined landscape, carrying hope for humanitys. Water and food is priceless and instead of using money or any kind of currency, people traded and bartered personal belongings. Eli goes on a quest westward across the barren, postapocalyptic country. The film opens with a really riveting scene, slowly panning across a wooded area covered in ash, and with more ash still falling from the sky. Watch the book of eli free denzel washington video. Whatever you bring to it, thats what youre going to come out of it with. Jan 11, 2010 the book of eli, starring denzel washington, hits theaters jan. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. Viewing the book of eli for the second time last week, i was again impressed by that scene, as well as by the movies overall visual scheme.

A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they. Jan, 2010 carnegie needs eli because eli has maybe the last remaining copy of a book that eli believes will allow him to expand and rule many more towns. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli its brutal content is not for all tastes, but this thoughtful action movie finds denzel washington protecting the last copy of a very important book. Elis book that he is transporting the book of eli is actually the holy bible, the king james version, the only copy that has seemed to survive the war. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by.

The book of eli denzel washington interview duration. Here the brothers show us the horror but somehow the staid and calm denzel feels more approachable than the distraught and scrambling viggo. The main character eli played by denzel washington is alive after the post apocalypse, where due to perhaps nuclear war, the world was wiped out as most knew it. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the west coast of. Denzel washington interview the book of eli collider collider. Denzel washington in the book of eli can you talk about the fight training you had to do for the book of eli.

The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor, and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a sharp blade. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Dan teaches many martial arts but most of it in the film looked like filipino martial arts. It could be that the movie was meant to highlight that despite even a fatal wound eli was supernaturally protected so that he could complete his mission. Overall, a good movie thats worth seeing at least once. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Pictures denzel washington stars as a drifter protecting a sacred text in the postapocalyptic thriller the book of eli. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. See more ideas about the book of eli, denzel washington and movies. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. Drama actie film geregisseerd door albert hughes en allen hughes.

Denzel washington interview the book of eli collider. Unfortunately, eli is caught between competing forces. The book of eli stunt coordinator jeff imada, who is a disciple of the book of eli martialarts fight trainer danny inosanto, who was a contemporary of bruce lee, trained me, and i. The book of eli 2010 full movie watch in hd online for. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. In a postapocalyptic america where the oncepicturesque countryside has become a desolate and violent wasteland, one man denzel washington fights to. Denzel washington becomes a martialarts master in the. He was bringing knowledge with him, which gary oldman as carnegie believed. The book of eli stars denzel washington as a lone wanderer, making his away across a postnuclear holocaust america, scavenging and scraping to survive and well adept at it. The cooling towers, in which eli denzel washington and solara mila kunis take refuge, are most likely the cooling towers of the former rancho seco nuclear power plant outside of sacramento, california, given the apparent travel time on foot and by vehicle before eli and solara reach the golden gate bridge, and carnegie gary oldman returns to his town. Aarp annual movies for grownups awards for best actor won. The book of eli dvd, 2010 the entire country has been destroyed by what appears to have been a nuclear apocalypse 3035 years before. You know, you say youve been walking for thirty years, right.

Jan 19, 2010 the plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screen the end of the world and its few survivors. In the movie the book of eli we discover at the end that the bible eli has been carrying the entire movie is written in braille. Does this imply that he is blind and has been living completely by faith his entire life or is the punchline of the movie that he is the simply the last living man on earth who can read braille. Denzel was trained by dan inosanto for the movie, one of my heroes. Denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson en jennifer beals. The postapocalyptic world in which the story takes. Dec 21, 2014 denzel washington number one,great actor. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Though in the vein of recent films like 2012, a blockbuster about the end of the world as predicted by the mayan calendar, evangelical movie buffs are touting the book of eli as a rare major studio release where the protagonist is unabashedly a christian. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers duration. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters. The book of eli opens with denzel washingtons eli murdering a cat, but by the end its the film that has really screwed the pooch.

The book of eli in a postapocalyptic america where the oncepicturesque countryside has become a desolate and violent wasteland, one man denzel washington fights to protect that sacred tome that could hold the key to the survival of the human race in this futuristic thriller from filmmaking duo albert and allen hughes from hell and dead presidents. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Denzel washington squares off against gary oldman in this global smash action movie directed by the hughes brothers. I am forbidden by the critics little rule book from naming the volume, but if youve made a guess after seeing numerous billboards stating religion is power, you may have guessed right. With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, denzel washington strides a bleak and barren world in the book of eli. Book of eli was a postapocalyptic tale directed by the hughes brothers. The earths ozone layer was apparently severely damaged resulting in many being severely burned by uv rays andor blinded.

Denzel washington is a mysterious drifter who holds the last hope for mankinda biblein a desolate future. Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. Watch the book of eli streaming online hulu free trial. The book of eli denzel washington interview by tribute movies. The book of eli 2010 official trailer denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. One determined man denzel washington walks across a postapocalyptic wasteland. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. List of awards and nominations received by denzel washington.

The story involves a lone wanderer denzel washington who wears a name tag saying hi. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel. So when you bug out, or stay home, decide what things are most important outside of the essentials required to live and sustain survival. Dusty, dark and with its fair share of firearms, the denzel washington vehicle follows a lonesome pilgrim on a holy quest. The book of eli action and adventure films the guardian. He was bringing knowledge with him, which gary oldman as carnegie believed could be used to seize power.

Denzel washington and his son team up with the hughes brothers to make by blacktree tv. Gewapend met zijn jachtgeweer, zwaard en instinct heeft eli denzel washington deze wereld jarenlang afgezworven, zichzelf verdedigend. The bad guy character in the movie named carnegie classic played by gary oldman was a book collector of sorts who pursued eli until the bitter end. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is, perhaps, the most explicitly christian film ive seen come out of the secular film industry since the passion of the christ. Jan 15, 2010 denzel washington is eli, the principled survivor of a catastrophic war, one that has made some citizens marauding, plundering cannibals, turned others into blind, cowering weaklings and has. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america.