Equilibrium (film)

Equilibrium
Equilibrium
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kurt Wimmer
Written by	Kurt Wimmer
Produced by	Jan de Bont; Lucas Foster;
Starring	Christian Bale; Emily Watson; Taye Diggs; Angus Macfadyen; Sean Bean; Matthew Harbour; William Fichtner;
Cinematography	Dion Beebe
Edited by	Tom Rolf; William Yeh;
Music by	Klaus Badelt
Production; companies	Dimension Films; Blue Tulip Productions;
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	December 6, 2002;
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$5.3 million

Equilibrium is a 2002 American science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, and Taye Diggs. The film follows Bale as John Preston, an enforcement officer in a future in which feelings and artistic expression are outlawed, and a society where its citizens are forced to take psychoactive drugs to suppress emotion. After accidentally missing a dose, Preston awakens and begins to uncover the suspicious inner workings of the regime governing the totalitarian state.

Miramax Films released Equilibrium theatrically on December 6, 2002. The film was a critical and commercial failure, receiving unfavorable reviews and grossing only $5.3 million against a production budget of $20 million.

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