A sci-fi romance film directed by Morten Tyldum & written by Jon Spaihts. It stars Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt with Laurence Fishburne & Michael Sheen in supporting roles. It follows two passengers on an immense interstellar spacecraft carrying thousands of people to a colony 60 light years from Earth, when the two are awakened 90 years early from their induced hibernation. The Avalon, a sleeper ship transporting 5,000 colonists & 258 crew members in hibernation pods, is traveling from Earth to the planet Homestead II, a 120-year journey. After only 30 years, an asteroid collision damages the ship despite its defense systems, causing a malfunction that awakens mechanical engineer James "Jim" Preston 90 years too early. After a year of isolation, with only an android barman named Arthur for company, Jim grows despondent & contemplates suicide until he notices Aurora Lane, a beautiful young woman inside her pod. He views her video interview file, & is smitten. He considers reviving her for companionship, but struggles with the morality of doing so, knowing it will rob her of her intended life on their destination planet. He eventually causes her pod to awaken her, letting her believe she was also the victim of a malfunction. He asks Arthur not to reveal what he has done. Aurora, devastated at having to live out her life on the ship, unsuccessfully tries to re-enter hibernation. Resigned to the situation, Aurora, a writer & journalist, resumes writing about her experience. The two slowly grow closer over the next year, & eventually, fall in love. Jim intends to propose to her; but when Arthur hears Jim say there are "no secrets" between him & Aurora, the android reveals the truth of her awakening. Aurora berates, shuns, & even physically attacks Jim. She furiously rejects his apologies & avoids contact with him. Sometime later, another pod failure awakens Gus Mancuso, a deck chief officer. Using his personal code to access the bridge (into which Jim has repeatedly & unsuccessfully tried to force his way in), they discover multiple cascading failures throughout the ship's systems, but the computer doesnt reveal their origin. If the faults are not repaired, the ship will inevitably fail, causing the passengers & crew to perish. While Gus attempts repairs with Jim & Aurora's help, he uncovers the story of Jim awakening Aurora through examining their pods & discusses it with them separately; Gus does not condone Jim's actions but understands, & tells Aurora that a "drowning man" (the suicidal Jim) will grab onto any lifeline even if it were to put their rescuer in danger. Having generally felt unwell since waking, Gus falls critically ill. The ship's automated medical suite, the Autodoc, reveals that Gus has suffered pansystemic necrosis & that he has only hours to live, which Gus realizes was caused by multiple failures of his hibernation pod. Before dying Gus gives Jim & Aurora his officers ID allowing them to access crew-only areas & try to repair the ship. Jim & Aurora find a series of hull breaches from the asteroids penetration two years earlier. The computer module administering the ships fusion reactor power plant has been critically damaged, causing the cascading malfunctions as the other systems' computing power was diverted to try to maintain it. They replace the damaged module, but when the computer attempts to vent the reactor to extinguish a runaway plasma reaction, the exterior vent fails. Jim is forced to spacewalk & vent the plasma from outside using the manual controls in the vent tube. Jim learns that he must remain in the tube, keeping the vent open, while Aurora initiates venting from inside the ship. Revealing her enduring feelings for him, she admits she is terrified of losing him & being left alone. Jim uses a door as an improvised heat shield & survives the venting but is blasted out into space as his tether snaps, & his damaged spacesuit begins losing oxygen. Aurora retrieves a clinically dead Jim from space & manages to resuscitate him in the Autodoc while the Avalon, its reactor repaired, returns to normal operations. After burying Gus in space, Jim learns that with Gus' clearance the Autodoc can function as a hibernation pod for one person & offers to put Aurora back in hibernation for the remainder of the voyage. Realizing she would never see him again, she chooses to remain awake with him. He presents her with the makeshift engagement ring he made earlier which she accepts. 88 years later, the ships crew is awakened on schedule shortly before their arrival at Homestead II. In the ships grand concourse they discover a huge tree with trailing vines, lush vegetation, flying birds, & a cabin. A recording of Aurora's story describes the wonderful life she & Jim had together on the Avalon.

Isn’t it strange how American Airlines didn’t even sound a peep after Capt Bob Snow’s cardiac arrest on touch down last week at DFW With over 200 people on board? No press conference No denials No public relations mitigation They don’t give a rats ass