The Midnight Sky

The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky
	Official release poster
Directed by	George Clooney
Screenplay by	Mark L. Smith
Based on	Good Morning, Midnight; by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Produced by	Grant Heslov; George Clooney; Keith Redmon; Bard Dorros; Cliff Roberts;
Starring	George Clooney; Felicity Jones; David Oyelowo; Tiffany Boone; Demián Bichir; Kyle Chandler; Caoilinn Springall;
Cinematography	Martin Ruhe
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Production; companies	Smokehouse Pictures; Anonymous Content;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	December 11, 2020;
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
Box office	$3 million

The Midnight Sky is a 2020 American science fiction film directed by George Clooney based on the 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. The script was written by Mark L. Smith. Clooney plays a leading role in his film, as an aging scientist who must venture across the frigid Arctic Circle to warn off a returning interplanetary spaceship following a global catastrophe on Earth. Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and Caoilinn Springall also star.

The Midnight Sky began a limited theatrical release on December 11, 2020, before being released on Netflix on December 23. It received mixed reviews from critics but was named one of the ten best films of 2020 by the National Board of Review.^[2] At the 93rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Visual Effects, but lost to Tenet.^[3]

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^ "Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Named Best Film Of 2020 By National Board Of Review". Deadline Hollywood. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ Cohn, Gabe (March 15, 2021). "2021 Oscars Nominees List". The New York Times.