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About
When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
Theatrical
Sep 17, 2004
Box Office
$58.0M
Budget
$70.0M
Return
0.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 26, 2006
Theaters
2
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Filmauro, Brooklyn Films II, Riff Raff Entertainment, Blue Flower
Quotes
See all →The Importance of Earth's Creatures Over Ambition
Joe
What are you doing? You honestly think you're gonna find something more important than every single creature on Earth being led by two by two inside a giant rocket ship?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Truth and Trust in Relationships
Polly Perkins
Joe, I wanna ask you something and I want you to tell me the truth. I don't care one way or the other, I swear. I just need to know. The girl in Nanjing was Franky wasn't it?
Joseph Sullivan
Polly...
Polly Perkins
How long were you seeing her?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Jude Law
Sky Captain
G
Gwyneth Paltrow
Polly Perkins
Angelina Jolie
Franky
G
Giovanni Ribisi
Dex
M
Michael Gambon
Paley
B
Bai Ling
Mysterious Woman
O
Omid Djalili
Kaji
L
Laurence Olivier
Dr. Totenkopf (archive footage)
T
Trevor Baxter
Dr Walter Jennings
J
Julian Curry
Dr. Vargas
J
Jon Rumney
German Scientist
K
Khan Bonfils
Creepy
L
Louis Hilyer
Executive Officer
M
Mark Wells
Communication Engineer
S
Steve Morphew
Crewman #2
N
Nancy Crane
Receptionist
S
Stuart Milligan
Police Sergeant
D
Demetri Goritsas
Radio Operator
W
William Hope
American Broadcaster
J
Jonathan Keeble
British Broadcaster
