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The Core is a 2003 American disaster film

Disaster film

A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...

loosely based on the novel Core
Core (novel)
Core is a science fiction novel by author Paul Preuss. First published in August 1993, it is about a group of scientists who must undertake a dangerous trip to the core of the Earth.A 2003 film, The Core, was loosely based on this novel.-Synopsis:...

by Paul Preuss

Paul Preuss

Paul Preuss is an American writer of science fiction and science articles and is a science consultant for film companies. He is perhaps best known for the novels in Arthur C...

. It concerns a team that has to drill to the center of the Earth

Travel to the Earth's center

Travel to the Earth's center, though not considered possible with today's technology, is a popular theme in science fiction. Some subterranean fiction involves travel to the Earth's center, either finding a Hollow Earth or the Earth's molten core....

and set off a series of nuclear explosions

Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...

in order to restart the rotation of Earth's core

Inner core

The inner core of the Earth, its innermost hottest part as detected by seismological studies, is a primarily solid ball about in radius, or about 70% that of the Moon...

. The film was directed by Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel

Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.-Early life:...

, and starred Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American film and stage actor. Born in California, he moved to England at the age of 13, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Sydney, Australia, for his high school senior year...

, Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Delroy George Lindo is an English actor and theatre director. Lindo has been nominated for the Tony and Screen Actors Guild awards and has won a Satellite Award...

, Tchéky Karyo

Tchéky Karyo

-Early life:Karyo was born in Istanbul to a Greek mother and Sephardic-Jewish father and raised in Paris, France. He studied drama at the Cyrano Theatre and later became a member of the Daniel Sorano Company, playing many classical roles.-Career:...

, Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...

, DJ Qualls and Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood is a Canadian actor and musician. He is generally known for his roles as U.S. presidents in Thirteen Days and National Treasure: Book of Secrets and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film...

.
After a series of disturbances caused by instability in the Earth's electromagnetic field

Earth's magnetic field

Earth's magnetic field is the magnetic field that extends from the Earth's inner core to where it meets the solar wind, a stream of energetic particles emanating from the Sun...

, leading geology expert Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

) and fellow scientists Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo

Tchéky Karyo

) and Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, film producer and film director. He has been nominated for several notable film awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in The Lovely Bones...

) learn that the Earth's molten core has ceased its rotation.