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e e e e e e e e The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American Science Fiction disaster film to conceive co-written co-produced and directed by Roland emeric based on the 1999 book The Coming Global superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley streber and St ing Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal cell Ward Emy rossom and Ian Holm the film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in which a series of extreme weather events usher in climate change and lead to a new ice age 34 originally slated for release in the summer of 2003 it premiered in Mexico City on May 17th 2004 and was released in the US on May 28th 2004 the film was a commercial success grossing $552 million worldwide against a production budget of $125 million becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 24 filmed in Montreal it was the highest grossing Hollywood film made in Canada at its time of release the film received mixed reviews it was nominated for best science fiction film and best special effects at the Saturn Awards Jack Hall an American paleoclimatologist and is colleagues Frank and Jason drill for ice course samples in the Larson ice shelf for the Noah when the ice shelf splits away at an unconference in New Delhi Jack discusses his research showing that climate change could cause an ice age but US vice president Raymond Becker dismisses his concerns Professor Terry rapson an oceanographer of the Headland Center in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate shift Tokyo is struck by a giant hail storm and Astron from the International Space Station spot three gigantic superstorms above Canada Europe and Siberia rapson team in Scotland began noticing severe temperature drops from multiple boys from the North Atlantic realizing Jack's theories were correct but the climate shift is happening too fast remnants of a hurricane spawn a destructive tornado outbreak over the lab Basin and three helicopters sent to rescue the British royal family from Balmoral Castle crash in Scotland after they fly in into their superstorm's eye Jax and rapson teams along with NASA meteorologist Janet Takata build a forecast model based on Jack's research discovering the impact of climate change will happen in 68 Weeks Later discovered as being 710 days rapson notifies Jack that siphon air from the upper troposphere flash freezes anything caught in the eyes of the Cyclones with temperatures below 150° f 101° c which was the cause of the helicopter crash in New York City Jack's son Sam along with his friends Brian and Laura participate in an academic DEC cathline where they make a new friend JD the North American superstorm creates strong winds and rain that flood Manhattan and knee deep water all Transportation halt stranding the city population a massive storm surge inundates the city forcing Sam's group to seek shelter at the New York Public Library but not before Laura in an attempt to help rescue two French speaking tourists industry stress from a cab with a police officer cuts her leg between two taxis Sam is able to contact Jack and his mother Lucy a pediatrician through a working pay phone jack warns Sam of the exacerbating superstorm and urges him to stay inside and warm and Promises to rescue him rapson and his team succumb to the European storm Lucy remains in her Hospital caring for bedri and patients where the authorities eventually rescue them upon Jack's suggestion president Blake orders the southern states to be evacuated into Mexico while the northern ones are warned by the government to seek shelter and stay warm Jack Jason and Frank make their way to New York in Pennsylvania Frank falls through the Skylight of a mall covered in snow and sacrifices himself by cutting his rope to prevent his friends from falling in with him in the library most survivors seek to join the southern states refugees once the flood water freezes despite Sam's warnings in Mexico Becker learned that Blake's motorcade perished in the superstorm Laura developed sepsis from her injury whereupon Sam Brian and JD scour an abandoned Russian cargo ship that drifted into the city before the water froze for penicillin and supplies although they find them they also encounter a pack of escaped wolves from the Central Park Zoo the boys fend off the wolves and make it back to the library with what they need as the eye of the North American superstorm passes over and freezes Manhattan Jack and Jason takes shelter in an abandoned restaurant days later the Super Storms dissipate after finding people outside frozen to death including those from the library who tried to escape Jack and Jason reached the library finding Sam's group alive Jack sends a radio message to US forces in Mexico in his first address as the new president from the US Embassy in Mexico Becker apologizes on the Weather Channel for his ignorance and sends helicopters to rescue survivors including Jack and Sam's group in the northern states on the International Space Station astronauts look down in awe at Earth's transformed surface now with ice sheets extending across much of the northern hemisphere remarking that the air never looks so clear the day after tomorrow was inspired by coast to coast and talk radio host Art Bell and Whitley sher's book The Coming Global superstorm five and streber wrote the film's novelization to choose a studio writer Michael wymer created an auction with a copy of the script being sent to all major Studios along with a term sheet they had a 24-hour window to decide whether to produce the movie with Roland Emer directing and Fox Studios was the only Studio to accept the terms six filming the day after tomorrow was filmed predominantly in Montreal 7 and Toronto eight with some footage also shot in New York City 9 in Choda Tokyo tin filming ran from November 7th 2002 until October 8 18 20031 special effects The Day After Tomorrow features 416 visual effects shots with nine effects houses notably industrial Light and magic and digital domain and over 1,000 artists working on the film for over a year 12 although a miniature set was initially considered according to the behindth scenes documentary for the destruction of New York effects artists instead utilize a 13 block size live R scan 3D model of Manhattan 13 with over 50,000 scan photographs used for building textures 14 due to its overall complexity and a tight schedule the storm surge scene required as many as three special effects vendors for certain shots with the digital water created by either digital domain or small effects house tweak films depending on the shot 15 Miniatures were employed for a later underwater scene in which a city bus is crushed under the bulb stern of an abandoned russan tanker ship that had drifted Inland 16 similarly the opening flyover of Antarctica was also computer generated created by digitally scanning miniature Iceberg models created out of sculpted styrofoam the falling pieces of ice as the Shelf cracks were entirely hand animated created by the effects company hydrx and running for approximately 2 and 1/2 minutes in length the scene was at the time the longest continuous all CG shot in film history surpassing the space zoom out from the opening of contact 1997 the film came in second at the US box office behind Shrek 2 over its 4day Memorial Day opening and grossed 85,86 $341 19 for 20 years it would hold a record for having the highest opening weekend for a natural disaster film until 2024 when it was dethroned by Twisters 208 led the per theater average with a 4-day average of $25,500 compared to Shrek 2's 4-day average of 20 2633 at the end of its theatrical run the film had gross $186 m747 N9 domestically and 552 M 639 571 worldwide it was the second highest opening weekend film not to lead at the box office Inside Out surpassed it in June 2015 one critical response on Rotten to Tomatoes 45% of 219 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 5 310 the website's critic's consensus reads the day after tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn Thriller filled with clunky dialogue but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster 21 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 38 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 22 two audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade B on an A plus to f scale 23 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times described the film as profoundly silly but nonetheless said the film was effective and praised the special effects he gave it three stars out of four 24 Mark Carol of the Chicago Tribune wrote a completely negative review which considered the film Unworthy of publicity for the climate change debate it had created Emer did not deny that his casting of a weak president and the resemblance of Kenneth Welsh to Vice President Dick Cheney were intended to criticize the climate change policy of the George W Bush Administration 26 responding to claims of insensitivity in his inclusion of scenes of a devastated New York City Less Than 3 years after the September 11th attacks Emerich said that it was necessary to Showcase The increased Unity of people in the face of disaster because of the attacks 27028 29 some scientists criticize the film's scientific aspects paleoclimatologist and professor of Earth and planetary science at Harvard University Daniel P shrag said on the one hand I'm glad that there's a big budget movie about something as critical as climate change on the other I'm concerned that people will see these over the-top effects and think the whole thing is a joke we are indeed experimenting with the Earth in a way that hasn't been done for millions of years but you're not going to to see another Ice Age at least not like that 26j Marshall Shepard a research meteorologist at the NASA garded space flight center expressed a similar sentiment I'm hardened that there's a movie addressing real climate issues but as for the science of the movie I'd give it a D minus or an f and I'd be concerned if the movie was made to advance a political agenda 26 according to University of Victoria climatologist Andrew Weaver it's the Towering Inferno of climate science movies but I'm not losing any sleep over a new Ice Age because it's impossible 26 Patrick J Michaels a former research professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia and fellow at The kado Institute who rejected the scientific consensus 30 on global warming called the film propaganda in a USA Today editorial as a scientist I bristle when lies dressed up as science are used to influence political discourse 31 call College instructor and retired NASA office of Inspector General senior special agent Joseph Guin called The Day After Tomorrow a cheap Thrill Ride which many weak-minded people will jump on and stay on for the rest of their lives in a Space daily editorial 32 Stefan ramstor of the poom Institute for climate impact research an expert on thermohaline circulation and its effect on climate said after a talk with script writer Jeffrey nachmanoff at the films Berlin pre preview clearly this is a disaster movie and not a scientific documentary and the filmmakers have taken a lot of artistic license but the film presents an opportunity to explain that some of the basic background is Right humans are indeed increasingly changing the climate and this is quite a dangerous experiment including some risk of abrupt and unforeseen changes luckily it is extremely unlikely that we will see major ocean circulation changes in the next couple of decades I'd be just as surprises Jack Hall if they did occur at least most scientists think this will only become a more serious risk towards the end of the century and the consequences would certainly not be as dramatic as the superstorm depicted in the movie nevertheless a major change in Ocean circulation is a risk with serious and partly unpredictable consequences which we should avoid and even without events like ocean circulation changes climate change is serious enough to demand decisive action 33 environmental activist and guardian columnist George momat called The Day After Tomorrow a great movie and lousy science 34 in 2008 Yahoo movies listed the day after tomorrow as one of its top 10 scientifically inaccurate films 35 it was criticized for depicting meteorological phenomena as occurring over the course of hours instead of decades or centuries 36 of 2015 Washington Post article reported on a paper published in in scientific reports which indicated that global temperatures could drop relatively rapidly 1° Fahrenheit change or 0.5° Cel change over an 11-year period due to a temporary shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation caused by global warming Dennis William Quaid born April 9th 19541 is an American actor he is known for his starring roles in breaking away 1979 The Right Stuff 1983 The Big Easy 1986 interpace 1987 Great Balls of Fire 1989 Dragon heart 1996 The Parent Trap 1998 frequency 2000 the rookie 2002 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and good company 2004 Flight of the Phoenix 2004 Yours Mine and Ours 2005 and Vantage Point 2008 Quaid received a Golden Globe award nomination for his role in Far From Heaven 2002 in 2009 the Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination two Quaid also acted in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 jaws 3D 1983 come see the paradise 1990 Any Given Sunday 1999 traffic 2000 American Dreams 26 foot loose 2011 Playing for Keeps 2012 truth 2015 Midway 2019 Strange World 2022 the substance 2024 he portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 2010 earning nominations for a prime time Emmy Award a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actor Guild award he also portrayed Deputy s Marshall Cheryl Lynn in the Paramount plus western series Lawman Bas Reeves 2023 and President Ronald Reagan in the biographical film Reagan 2024 Dennis William Quaid was born in Houston Texas the son of Juanita Bonnie Dale Nita n Jordan a real estate agent and William Ruddy Quaid 19231 1987 an electrician he has English Irish Scots Irish and cage and French ancestry three through his father quaade is a first cousin twice removed of cowboy performer Jee utry for quate attended Paul W Horn elementary school in Belair and persing Middle School in Houston he studied Mandarin Chinese and dance at Belair High School in Belair Texas and later in college at the University of Houston Under drama coach Cecil picket who had previously taught at Belair high and whose daughter is actress Cindy picket Quaid was raised in the Baptist Faith 56 he is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid Quaid dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career three he made his film debut in an uncredited role in the action comedy film crazy mama 1975 starring chloris leechman Quaid then acted in the psychological drama I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 and the drama September 30th 1955 1977 he initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice after appearing in the comedy breaking away in 1979 and the musical drama The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 seven during this time Quaid appeared in a variety of films such as the drama are winning season 1978 the comedy the seniors 1978 the romantic Comedy All Night Long 1981 and the slapstick comedy caveman 1981 he portrayed Outlaw Ed Miller in the Walter Hill directed Western drama the long Riders 1980 Quaid appeared as an extra at a graduation ceremony in the Ivan Reitman directed comedy Stripes 1981 starring Bill Murray 19832 2002 stardom in aaim Quaid in 2012 known for his grin a Quaid has appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles three his breakout role was for his portrayal of astronaut Gordon Cooper in the critically acclaimed Philip Coffman directed historical epic The Right Stuff 1983 three the film received positive reviews earning an Academy Award for best picture nomination critic Roger eert praised the film writing it contains uniformly interesting performances naming Quaid Ed Harris Scott Glenn and Fred Ward that same year Quaid had starring role RS in the horror film Jaws 3d1 1983 and the Romantic Sports drama Tough Enough acting alongside Pam grer he later acted in the science fiction films Dreamscape 1984 enemy mind 1985 and interpace 1987 in 1987 Quaid starred in the neon Noir romance Thriller The Big Easy 1987 opposite Ellen Barkin how Hinson of the Washington Post praised his performance comparing him to Jack Nicholson the same is true for Quaid a gator grin spreading over his face Quaid is so unabashedly full of himself that you get swept up in his enthusiastic High Spirits he's a lifegiver like Nicholson nine for his performance Quaid received a nomination for the independent Spirit Award for best male lead he also achieved a claim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire 1989 acting alongside W Nona Rider three in 1989 Quaid also appeared throughout the Bonnie rate music video for the song Thing Called Love 10 qu's career lost steam in the early 1990s after he fought anorexia nervosa brought on when he lost 40 PBS to play the tuberculosis Afflicted Doc Holiday in the western drama Wyatt herb 1994 11 and recovered from a cocaine addiction three however Quaid continued to Garner positive reviews in a variety of films three he played the lead role in the 1996 Adventure film dragonart and starred in the remake of The Parent Trap 1998 directed by Nancy Mayers playing the part the twins divorced father he also starred as an aging pro football quarterback in Oliver Stones Any Given Sunday 1999 and in the science fiction film frequency 2000 he was the guest star of a season 2 episode of Muppets tonight 1997 in 1998 quaade made his debut as a film director with everything that rises a television movie Western in which Quaid also starred 12 in 2000 Quaid acted in Steven soderberg's critically acclaimed crime drama traffic Quaid earned a nomination for the screen actor's guild award for outstanding performance by a cast in Emotion picture along with the Ensemble he gained a claim for his role in the Norman jewison directed HBO film dinner with friends 2001 based on the Donald margy's play of the same name Quaid acted alongside Andy McDow Greg kenar and Tony kette in 2002 Quaid portrayed former baseball pitcher Jim Morris in the Walt Disney Sports drama the rookie 2002 that same year he earned a claim for his role as the closeted husband Frank Whitaker during the 1950s in the Todd Haynes directed Romantic Period film far from Heaven Quaid acted alongside Julian Moore and earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor motion picture after winning the independent Spirit award in the New York Film critics Circle award aard 2003 present established actor Quaid then acted in films in various genres such as the Thriller Cold Creek Manor 2003 the survival drama Flight of the Phoenix 2004 the war film The Alamo 2004 the romantic comedy in Good Company 2004 the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and the family comedy Yours Mine and Ours 2005 he played the president in the political comedy American Dreams 2006 with Hugh Grant Mandy Moore Mara Gay Harden and Willam dafo in 2008 Quaid starred in the political action thriller Vantage Point 2008 alongside sigy Weaver William Hurt and Forest Whitaker that same year he portrayed football coach Ben schwarzwalder in the sports drama the express the Ernie Davis story 2008 and 2009 Quaid portrayed General Clayton m abery Hawk and G Joe the Rise of Cobra 2009 he also acted in Pandorum 2009 and guest starred in an episode of Spongebob Squarepants playing Mr Krab's grandfather Captain Redbeard Quaid with a cast from Midway in 2019 Quaid returned to television portraying as President Bill Clinton alongside Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and hope Davis as Hillary Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 29 he received a claim as well as nominations for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie as well as a Golden Globe award and a screen actor's guild award in 2012 and 2013 Quaid played Sheriff Ralph Lamb in the CBS TV drama series Vegas in 2015 he made guest appearances playing Lucky luchano in Drunk History and a chief and a judge in Inside Amy Schumer from 2015 to 2016 Quaid played Samuel Brookner in the crackle series The Art of Moore he played Michael Lenox in the British series for fortitude in 2017 and Wade Blackwood in the Amazon Prime legal series Goliath in 2019 in 2017 Quaid starred in A Dog's Purpose as Ethan Montgomery build as a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs 13 the following year Quaid star in I can only imagine where he played Arthur Millard the father of singer and songwriter Bart Millard and kin where he plays Hal the father of the film's two protagonists in 2019 Quaid portrayed vice admiral William B Hy in the war drama Midway in 2022 he voiced a leading role in the Walt Disney animated film Strange World in 2023 Quaid starred in the sports drama the hill 2023 in March 2018 it was confirmed by director Shan McNamara that Quaid would portray President Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic titled Reagan 14 the second time Quaid has portrayed US president 15 the film was slated to have a summer 2019 release however in May 2020 it was still in pre-production 14 and was scheduled to begin filming but was stopped and postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 the film was released in theaters on August 30th 20124 Quaid has been married four times and has three children he met his first wife actress PJ Souls on the set of the film our winning season 18 they were married in 1978 and divorced in 198 83 19 on February 14th 1991 Quaid married actress Meg Ryan Quaid and Ryan fell in love during the shooting of their second film together DOA 20 they have a son jack Quaid born 1992 21 Quaid and Ryan announced their separation on June 28th 2000 saying they had been separated 6 weeks by then 20 their divorce was finalized in July 2001 22 Quaid dated model shanana from February to October 2001 23 out of 24 Quaid Mary Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington on July 4th 2004 at his Ranch in Paradise Valley Montana 25 they have fraternal twins who were born via a serate on November 8th 2007 in Santa Monica California 26 27 on November 18th 2007 Hospital staff mistakenly gave Quaid's 10day old twins a dosage of heprin a blood thinner that was 1,000 times the common dosage for infants 28 29 the babies recovered but Quaid filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare claiming that packaging for the two doses of heprin are not different enough 30 in May 2008 the quides testified before the United States House committee on oversight and government reform asking US congress not to preempt the right to sue drug manufacturers for negligence under state law 31 the incident LED Quaid to become a patient safety Advocate producing a series of documentaries on preventable medical errors that aired on the Discovery Channel 3233 as well as co-authoring a medical journal article addressing the positive influence of patient stories in motivating change in healthcare 34 the first documentary chasing zero winning the war on Healthcare harm aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010 3233 and the second documentary surfing the healthcare tsunami bring your best board aired on the Discovery Channel in 2012 35,3635 38 Buffington filed for divorce from quaade in March 2012 39 buffington's attorney then withdrew the divorce papers on April 26 2012 40 that summer Quaid and Buffington moved to California 41 in October 2012 he and Buffington again decided to separate and Buffington filed for legal SE separation seeking joint legal and sole physical custody of the twins 42 after waiting to establish the required 6 months of residency in California Quaid filed for divorce on November 30th 2012 asking for joint legal and physical custody of the children and offering to pay spousal support to Buffington 41 they then reconciled and the divorce was dismissed by September 2013 43 on June 28 2016 the couple announced an a joint statement that they were divorcing with Buffington asking for full physical custody and Joint legal custody 44 the divorce was finalized on April 27th 2018 following his separation from Buffington Quaid dated model Santa OA from July 2016 to 2019 454 and 647 on October 21st 2019 Quaid confirmed his engagement to Laura Savoy 48 their original wedding plans were post postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 and they married on June 2nd 2020 is Santa Barbara 49 Savoy is a CPA and yoga instructor 39 years his Junior who shares his Christian faith Quaid says God is in the relationship I've never had a relationship like that before together they launched the production company bonnydale films based in Nashville with the couple live 50 religion Quaid is a Christian coming to Faith around 1990 after struggling with addiction 51 he wrote the Christian song on my way to heaven dedicated to his mother and included in the film I can only imagine in which Quaid starred 52 interest in addition to acting Quaid is a musician and plays with his band the Sharks Quaid wrote and performed the song closer to you in the film The Big Easy 1987 he also has a pilot's license and owned a Cess citation 53 Quaid is also a one-h handicap golfer and in 2005 he was named the top golfer among the Hollywood set by Golf Digest Magazine Quaid is a fan of the Houston Astros and after the teens 2005 National League Championship winning season he narrated their commemorative DVD release after the filming of the express the Ernie Davis story Quaid went to Cleveland Browns Stadium to dedicate Davis's Jersey Quaid began casting in 2020 starting the pet show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy gelinck its first episode premiered on July 10th 2020 54 during that podcast Quaid learned of a shelter cat in Lynchburg Virginia also named Dennis Quaid 55 he adopted the cat and flew it out to California to live at his Recording Studio 56 substance use there have been extensive stories about Quaid's past abuse of cocaine in a 22 interview with Larry King on his talk show after King asked about his motives for using drugs Quaid responded well you got to put it in context back in the late 1960s early 1970s that was back during the time where you know drugs were going to expand our minds and everybody was experimenting and everything we were really getting high we didn't know it and cocaine at that time was considered harmless you know I remember magazine articles and People magazine of doctors saying it is not addicting it is just alcohol is worse so I think we all fell into that but that's not the way it was when Quaid was asked if he believed he had ever been addicted to the drugs Quaid responded it was a gradual thing but it got to the point where I couldn't have any fun unless I had it which is a bad place to be later in the interview he said but I saw myself being dead in about 5 years if I didn't stop 57 political views in a 2018 interview with the New York Post Quaid stated he was a registered independent and has voted for both Democratic and Republican candidates saying that he did not consider himself an adherent to any particular ideology though he did opine that Ronald Reagan was his favorite President of his lifetime 58 in April 2020 during the co9 pandemic Quaid stated that President Donald Trump was handling the pandemic well calling him involved 59 quides subsequently recorded an interview with infectious disease expert Anthony F as part of an advertising campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services to defeat despair surrounding covid-19 60 in May 2024 Quaid endorsed Donald Trump for president during an interview on Piers Morgan uncensored The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American Science Fiction disaster film to conceive co-written co-produced and directed by Roland Emer based on the 1999 book The Coming Global superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley streber and starring Dennis quaade Jake Gyllenhaal cell Ward Emy rossom and Ian Holm the film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in which a series of extreme weather events usher in climate change and lead to a new ice age 34 originally slated for release in the summer of 2003 it premiered in Mexico City on May 17th 2005 4 and was released in the US on May 28th 2004 the film was a commercial success grossing 552 million worldwide against a production budget of $125 million becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 24 filmed in Montreal it was the highest grossing Hollywood film made in Canada at its time of release the film received mixed reviews it was nominated for best science fiction film and best special effects at the Saturn a Awards Jack Hall an American paleoclimatologist and his colleagues Frank and Jason drill for ice course samples in the Larson ice shelf for the Noah when the ice shelf splits away at an unconference in New Delhi Jack discusses his research showing that climate change could cause an ice age but US vice president Raymond Becker dismisses his concerns Professor Terry rapson an oceanographer of the Headland Center in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate sh shift Tokyo is struck by a giant hail storm and astronauts from the International Space Station spot 3 gigantic superstorms above Canada Europe and Siberia rapson team in Scotland begin noticing severe temperature drops from multiple boys from the North Atlantic realizing Jack's theories were correct but the climate shift is happening too fast remnants of a hurricane spawn a destructive tornado outbreak over the LA Basin and three helicopters sent to rescue the British royal family from Balmoral Castle crash in Scotland after they fly into their superstorm's eye Jacks and rapson teams along with NASA meteorologist Janet Takata build a forecast model based on Jack's research discovering the impact of climate change will happen in 68 Weeks Later discovered as being 710 days rapson notifies Jack that siphon air from the upper troposphere flash freezes anything caught in the eyes of the Cyclones with temperatures below 150° Fen 100 1° C which was the cause of the helicopter crash in New York City Jack's son Sam along with his friends Brian and Laura participate in an Academic Decathlon where they make a new friend JD the North American superstorm creates strong winds and rain that flood Manhattan and knee deep water all Transportation halt stranding the city population a massive storm surge inundates the city forcing Sam's group to seek shelter at the New York Public Library but not before Laura in an attempt to help rescue two French speaking tourists in distress from a cab with a police officer cuts her leg between two taxis Sam is able to contact Jack and his mother Lucy a pediatrician through a working pay phone jack warns Sam of the exacerbating superstorm and urges him to stay inside and warm and Promises to rescue him rapson and his team succumb to the European storm Lucy remains in her Hospital caring for bedridden patients where the authorities eventually rescue them upon Jack's suggestion president Blake orders the southern states to be evacuated into Mexico while the northern ones are warned by the government to seek shelter and stay warm Jack Jason and Frank make their way to New York in Pennsylvania Frank falls through the Skylight of a mall covered in snow and sacrifices himself by cutting his rope to prevent his friends from falling in with him in the library most survivors seek to join the southern states refugees once the flood water freezes despite Sam's warnings in Mexico Becker learns that Blake's motorcade perished in the superstorm Laura developed sepsis from her injury whereupon Sam Brian and JD scour an abandoned Russian cargo ship that drifted into the city before the water froze for penicillin and supplies although they find them they also encounter a pack of escaped wolves from the Central Park Zoo the boys fend off the wolves and make it back to the library with what they need as the eye of the north am American superstorm passes over in freezes Manhattan Jack and Jason take shelter in an abandoned restaurant days later the superstorms dissipate after finding people outside frozen to death including those from the library who tried to escape Jack and Jason reached the library finding Sam's group alive Jack sends a radio message to US forces in Mexico in his first address as the new president from the US Embassy in Mexico Becker apologizes on the Weather Channel for his ignorance and sends helicopters to rescue survivors including Jack and Sam's group in the northern states on the International Space Station astronauts look down in awe at Earth's transformed surface now with ice sheets extending across much of the northern hemisphere remarking that the air never looks so clear the day after tomorrow was inspired by Coast to Coast M talk radio host Art Bell and Whitley streber book The Coming Global superstorm five and streber wrote the film's novelization to choose a studio writer Michael wymer created an auction with a copy of the script being sent to all major Studios along with a term sheet they had a 24-hour window to decide whether to produce the movie with Roland Emer directing and Fox Studios was the only Studio to accept the terms six filming the day after tomorrow was filmed predominantly in Montreal 7 and Toronto eight with some footage also shot in New York City 9 and shoda Tokyo 10 filming ran from November 7th 2002 until October 18th 2003 11 special effects The Day After Tomorrow features 416 visual effects shots with nine effects houses notably industrial Light and magic and digital domain and over 1,000 artists working on the film for over a year 12 although a miniature set was initially considered according to the behindth scenes documentary for the destruction of new New York effects artists instead utilize a 13 block size lar scan 3D model of Manhattan 13 with over 50,000 scan photographs used for building textures 14 due to its overall complexity and a tight schedule the storm surge scene required as many as three special effects vendors for certain shots with the digital water created by either digital domain or small effects house tweak films depending on the shot 15 Miniatures were employed for a later underwater scene in which a city bus is crushed under the bulb stern of an abandoned Russian tanker ship that had drifted Inland 16 similarly the opening flyover of Antarctica was also computer generated created by digitally scanning miniature Iceberg models created out of sculpted styrofoam the falling pieces of ice as the Shelf cracks were entirely hand animated created by the effects company hydrx and running for approximately 2 and 1/2 minutes in length the scene was at the time the long continuous all CG shot in film history surpassing the space zoom out from the opening of contact 1997 the film came in second at the US box office behind Shrek 2 over its 4-day Memorial Day opening and grossed 85 m87 $341 19 for 20 years it would hold a record for having the highest opening weekend for a natural disaster film until 2024 when it was dethroned by Twisters 208 led the per theater average with a 4-day average of $25,500 compared to Shrek 2's 4-day average of 20 2633 at the end of its theatrical run the film had gross $16,747.54 2,639 571 worldwide it was the second highest opening weekend film not to lead at the box office Inside Out surpassed it in June 2015 one critical response on Rotten Tomatoes 45% of 219 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 5 3/10 the website's critics consensus reads the day after tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn Thriller filled with clunky dialogue but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster 21 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 38 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 22 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade B on an A plus to f scale 23 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times described the film as profoundly silly but nonetheless said the film was effective and praised the special effects he gave it three stars out of four 24 Mark Carol of the Chicago Tribune wrote a completely negative review which considered the film Unworthy of publicity for the climate change debate it had created Emer did not deny that his casting of a weak president and the resemblance of Kenneth Welsh to Vice President Dick Cheney were intended to criticize the climate change policy of the George W Bush Administration 26 responding to claims of insensitivity in his inclusion of scenes of a devastated New York City Less Than 3 years after the September 11th attacks Emir said that it was necessary to Showcase The increased Unity of people in the face of disaster because of the attacks 270 28029 some scientists criticize the film scientific aspects paleoclimatologist and professor of Earth and planetary science at Harvard University Daniel P shrag said on the one hand I'm glad that there's a big budget movie about something as critical as climate change on the other I'm concerned that people will see these over the toop effects and think the whole thing is a joke we are indeed experimenting with the Earth in a way that hasn't been done for millions of years but you're not going to see another Ice Age at least not like that 26j Marshall Shepard a research meteorologist at the NASA garded space flight center expressed a similar sentiment I'm Harden that there's a movie addressing real climate issues but as for the science of the movie I'd give it a D minus or an f and I'd be concerned if the movie was made to advance a political agenda 26 according to University of Victoria climatologist Andrew Weaver it's the Towering Inferno of climate science movies but I'm not losing any sleep over a new Ice Age because it's impossible 26 Patrick J Michaels a former research professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia and fellow at The kado Institute who rejected the scientific consensus 30 on global warming called the film propaganda in a USA Today editorial as a scientist I bristle when lies dressed up in as science are used to influence political discourse 31 College instructor and retired NASA office of Inspector General senior special agent Joseph guins called The Day After Tomorrow a cheap Thrill Ride which many weak-minded people will jump on and stay on for the rest of their lives in a Space daily editorial 32 Stefan ramstor of the poom Institute for climate impact research an expert on thermohaline circulation and its effect on climate said after a talk with script writer Jeffrey nachman off at the film's Berlin preview clearly this is a disaster movie and not a scientific documentary and the filmmakers have taken a lot of artistic license but the film presents an opportunity to explain that some of the basic background is Right humans are indeed increasingly changing the climate and this is quite a dangerous experiment including some risk of abrupt and unforeseen changes luckily it is extremely unlikely that we will see major ocean circulation changes in the next couple of decades I'd be just as surprised as Jack Hall if they did occur at least most scientists think this will only become a more serious risk towards the end of the century and the consequences would certainly not be as dramatic as the superstorm depicted in the movie nevertheless a major change in Ocean circulation is a risk with serious and partly unpredictable consequences which we should avoid and even without events like ocean circulation changes climate change is serious enough to demand decisive action 33 environmental activist and guardian columnist George momat called The Day After Tomorrow a great movie and lousy science 34 in 2008 Yahoo movies listed the day after tomorrow as one of its top 10 scientifically inaccurate films 35 it was criticized for depicting meteorological phenomena as occurring over the course of hours instead of decades or centuries 36 of 2015 Washington Post article reported on a paper published in scientific reports which indicated that global temperatures could drop relatively rapidly 1° Fahrenheit change or 0.5° Celsius change over an 11-year period due to a temporary shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation caused by global warming Dennis William Quaid born April 9th 19541 is an American actor he is known for his starring roles in break away 1979 The Right Stuff 1983 The Big Easy 1986 interpace 1987 Great Balls of Fire 1989 Dragon heartt 1996 The Parent Trap 1998 frequency 2000 the rookie 2002 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and good company 2004 Flight of the Phoenix 2004 Yours Mine and Ours 2005 and Vantage Point 2008 Quaid received a Golden Globe award nomination for his role in Far From Heaven 2002 in 2009 the guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination two quaade also acted in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 jaws 3D 1983 come see the paradise 1990 Any Given Sunday 1999 traffic 2000 American Dreams 26 foot loose 2011 Playing for Keeps 2012 truth 2015 Midway 2019 Strange World 2022 the substance 2024 he portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 2010 earning nominations for a prime time Emmy Award a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actor Guild award he also portrayed deput s Marshall Cheryl Lynn in the Paramount plus western series Lawman Bas Reeves 2023 and President ronal Reagan in the biographical film Reagan 2024 Dennis William Quaid was born in Houston Texas the son of Juanita Bonnie Dale Nita n Jordan a real estate agent and William Ruddy Quaid 19231 1987 an electrician he has English Irish Scots Irish and cage and French ancestry three through his father quaade is a first cousin twice removed of cowboy performer Jean ay four quaade attended Paul W Horn elementary school in Belair and persing Middle School in Houston he studied Mandarin Chinese and dance at Belair High School in belir Texas and later in college at the University of Houston Under drama coach Cecil picket who had previously taught at Belair high and whose daughter is actress Cindy picket Quaid was raised in the Baptist Faith 56 he is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid Quaid dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career three he made his film debut in an uncredited role in the action comedy film crazy mama 1975 starring chloris leechman Quaid then acted in the psychological drama I never promis You a Rose Garden 1977 and the drama September 30th 1955 1977 he initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice after appearing in the comedy breaking away 1979 and the musical drama The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 seven during this time quaade appeared in a variety of films such as the drama or winning season in 1978 the comedy the seniors 1978 the romantic comedy all night long 1981 and the slapstick comedy caveman 1981 he portrayed Outlaw Ed Miller in the Walter Hill directed Western drama the long riters 1980 quid appeared as an extra at a graduation ceremony in the Ivan Reitman directed comedy Stripes 1981 starring Bill Murray 19832 2002 stardom and acclaim Quaid and in 2012 known for his grin a Quaid has appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles three his breakout role was for his portrayal of astronaut Gordon Cooper in the critically acclaimed Philip Kaufman directed historical epic The Right Stuff 1983 three the film received positive reviews earning an Academy Award for best picture nomination critic Roger Ebert praised the film writing it contains uniformly interesting performances naming Quaid Ed Harris Scott Glenn and Fred Ward that same year quid had starring roles in the horror film Jaws 3d1 1983 and the Romantic Sports drama Tough Enough acting alongside Pam grer he later acted in the science fiction films Dreamscape 1984 enemy mind 1985 and interpace 1987 in 1987 Quaid starred in the neon Noir romance Thriller The Big Easy 1987 opposite Ellen Barkin Hal Henson of the Washington Post praised his performance comparing him to Jack Nicholson the same is true for Quaid a gator grin spreading over his face Quaid is so unabashedly full of himself that you get swept up in his enthusiastic High Spirits he's a lifegiver like Nicholson nine for his performance Quaid received a nomination for the independent Spirit Award for best male lead he also achieved a claim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire 1989 acting alongside wiona Rider three in 1989 quaade also appeared throughout the Bonnie rate music video for the song Thing Called Love 10 Quaid's career lost steam in the early 1990s after he fought anorexia nervosa brought on when he lost 40 lbs to play the tuberculosis Afflicted Doc Holiday in the western drama Wyatt herb 1994 11 and recovered from a cocaine addiction three however quate continued to Garner positive reviews in a variety of films three he played the lead role in the 1996 Adventure film Dragon heart and starred in the remake of The Parent Trap 1998 directed by Nancy Mayers playing the part the twins divorced father he also starred as an aging pro football quarterback in Oliver Stones Any Given Sunday 1999 and in the science fiction film frequency 2000 he was the guest star of a season 2 episode of Muppets tonight 1997 in 1998 Quaid made his debut as a film director with everything that rises a television movie Western in which Quaid also starred 12 in 2000 Quade acted in Steven soderberg's critically acclaimed crime drama traffic Quaid earned a nomination for the Screen Actor Guild award for outstanding performance by a cast in Emotion picture along with the Ensemble he gained a claim for his role in the Norman jewison directed HBO film dinner with friends 2001 based on the Donald margy's play of the same name Quaid acted alongside Andy McDow Greg kenar and Tony Colette in 2002 Quaid portrayed former baseball pitcher Jim Morris in the Walt Disney Sports drama the rookie 2002 that same year he earned a claim for his role as the closeted husband Frank Whitaker during the 1950s in the Todd Haynes directed Romantic Period film far from Heaven Quaid acted alongside Julian Moore and earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor motion picture after winning the independent Spirit award and the New York Film critics Circle award 2003 present established actor Quaid then acted in films in various genres such as the Thriller Cold Creek Manor 2003 the survival drama Flight of the Phoenix 2004 the war film The Alamo 2004 the romantic comedy in Good Company 2004 the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and the family comedy Yours Mine and Ours 2005 he played the president in the political comedy American Dreams 2006 with Hugh Grant Mandy Moore Mara Gay Harden and Willam dafo in 2008 Quaid starred in the political action thriller Vantage Point 2008 alongside sigy Weaver William Hurt and Forest Whitaker that same year he portrayed football coach Ben schwarzwalder in the sports drama the express the Ernie Davis story 2008 in 2009 Quaid portrayed General Clayton m ABY Hawk and G Joe the Rise of Cobra 2009 he also acted in Pandorum 2009 and guest starred in an episode of Spongebob Squarepants playing Mr Krab's grandfather Captain Redbeard Quaid with a cast from Midway in 2019 Quaid returned to television portraying as President Bill Clinton alongside Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and hope Davis as Hillary Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 29 he received a claim of as well as nominations for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie as well as a Golden Globe award and a screen actor's guild award in 2012 and 2013 Quaid played Sheriff Ralph Lamb in the CBS TV drama series Vegas in 2015 he made guest appearances playing Lucky luchano in Drunk History and a chief and a judge in Inside Amy Schumer from 2015 to 2016 Quaid played Samuel Brookner in the Crackle series The Art of Mo he played Michael Lenox in the British series fortitude in 2017 and Wade Blackwood in the Amazon Prime legal series Goliath in 2019 in 2017 Quaid starred in A Dog's Purpose as Ethan Montgomery build as a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs 13 the following year Quaid star and I can only imagine where he played Arthur Millard the father of singer and songwriter Bart Millard and kin where he played plays Hal the father of the film's two protagonists in 2019 Quaid portrayed vice admiral William bu Hy in the war drama Midway in 2022 he voiced a leading role in the Walt Disney animated film Strange World in 2023 Quaid starred in the sports drama the hill 2023 in March 2018 it was confirmed by director sha McNamara that Quaid would portray President Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic titled Reagan 14 to second time Quaid has portrayed o president 15 the film was slated to have a summer 2019 release however in May 20120 it was still in pre-production 14 and was scheduled to begin filming but was stopped and postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 the film was released in theaters on August 30th 2024 Quaid has been married four times and has three children he met his first wife actress PJ Souls on the set of the film Our Winning Season 18 they were married in 1978 and divorced in 1983 19 on February 14th 1991 Quaid married actress Meg Ryan Quaid and Ryan fell in love during the shooting of their second film together DOA 20 they have a son jack Quaid born 1992 21 Quaid and Ryan announced their separation on June 28th 200000 saying they had been separated 6 weeks by then 20 their divorce was finalized in July 2001 22 Quaid dated model shanana moer from February to October 2001 23 out of 24 Quaid mared Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington on July 4th 2004 at his Ranch in Paradise Valley Montana 25 they have fraternal twins who were born via a surate on November 8th 2007 in Santa Monica California 2627 on November 18th 2007 Hospital staff mistakenly gave Quaid's 10day old twins a dosage of heprin a blood thinner that was 1,000 times the common dosage for infants 28 29 the babies recovered but Quaid filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare claiming that packaging for the two doses of heprin are not different enough 30 in May 2008 the quides testified before the United States House committee on oversight and government reform asking US congress not to preempt the right to sue drug manufacturers for negligence under state law 31 the incident LED Quaid to become a patient safety Advocate producing a series of documentaries on preventable medical errors that aired on the Discovery Channel 3233 as well as co-authoring a medical journal article addressing the positive influence of patient stories in motivating change in healthc care 34 the first documentary chasing zero winning the war on Healthcare harm aired on the Discovery Channel in 201 10 3233 and the second documentary surfing the healthcare tsunami bring your best board aired on the Discovery Channel in 2012 35 m3637 38 Buffington filed for divorce from Quade in March 2012 39 buffington's attorney then withdrew the divorce papers on April 26th 2012 40 that summer Quaid and Buffington moved to California 41 in October 2012 he and Buffington again decided to separate and Buffington filed for legal separation seeking joint legal and sole physical custody of the twins 42 after waiting to establish the required 6 months of residency in California Quaid filed for divorce on November 30th 2012 asking for joint legal and physical custody of the children and offering to pay spousal support to Buffington 41 they then reconciled and the divorce was dismissed by September 2013 43 on June 28 2016 the couple announced in a joint statement that they were divorcing with Buffington asking for full physical custody and Joint legal custody 44 the divorce was finalized on April 27th 2018 following his separation from Buffington Quaid dated model Santa oena from July 2016 to 2019 454 and 647 on October 21st 2019 Quaid confirmed his Eng engagement to Laura Savoy 48 their original wedding plans were postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 and they married on June 2nd 2020 in Santa Barbara 49 SEO is a CPA and yoga instructor 39 years his Junior who shares his Christian faith Quaid says God is in the relationship I've never had a relationship like that before together they launched the production company bonnydale films based in Nashville where the couple live 50 religion Quaid is a Christian coming to Faith around 1990 after struggling with addiction 51 he wrote the Christian song on my way to heaven dedicated to his mother and included in the film I can only imagine in which Quaid starred 52 interests in addition to acting Quaid is a musician and plays with his band the Sharks Quaid wrote and performed the song closer to you in the film The Big Easy 1987 he also has a pilot's license and owned a Cessna Citation 53 Quaid is also a one- handicap golfer and in 2005 he was named the top golfer among the Hollywood set by Golf Digest Magazine Quaid is a fan of the Houston Astros and after the teens 2005 National League Championship winning season he narrated their commemorative DVD release after the filming of the express the Ernie Davis story Quaid went to Cleveland Brown Stadium to dedicate Davis's Jersey Quaid began podcasting in 2020 starting the pet show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy gelan it its first episode premiered on July 10th 2020 54 during that podcast Quaid learned of a shelter cat in Lynchburg Virginia also named Dennis Quaid 55 he adopted the cat and flew it out to California to live at his Recording Studio 56 substance use there have been extensive stor about Quaid's past abuse of cocaine in a 22 interview with Larry King on his talk show after King asked about his motives for using drugs Quaid responded well you got to put it in context back in the late 1960s early 1970s that was back during the time where you know drugs were going to expand our minds and everybody was experimenting and everything we were really getting high we didn't know it and cocaine at that time was considered harmless you know I remember magazine articles and People magazine of doctors saying it is not addicting it is just alcohol is worse so I think we all fell into that but that's not the way it was when Quaid was asked if he believed he had ever been addicted to the drugs Quaid responded it was a gradual thing but it got to the point where I couldn't have any fun unless I had it which is a bad place to be later in the interview he said but I saw myself being dead in about 5 years if I didn't stop 57 political views in a 2018 interview with the New York Post Quaid stated he was a registered independent and has voted for both Democratic and Republican candidates saying that he did not consider himself an adherent to any particular ideology though he did opine that Ronald Reagan was his favorite President of his lifetime 58 in April 2020 during the co9 pandemic Quaid stated that President Donald Trump was handling the pandemic well calling him involved 59 quides subsequently recorded an interview with infectious disease expert Anthony F as part of an advertising campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services to defeat despair surrounding covid-19 60 in May 2024 Quaid endorsed Donald Trump for president during an interview on peer Morgan uncensored The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American Science Fiction disaster film to conceive co-written co-produced and directed by Roland Emer based on the 1999 book The Coming Global superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley streber and starring Dennis quaade Jake Gyllenhaal cell Ward Emy rossom and Ian Holm the film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in which a series of extreme weather events usher in climate change and lead to a new ice age 34 originally slated for release in the summer of 2003 it premiered in Mexico City on May 17th 2004 and was released in the US on May 28th 2004 the film was a commercial success grossing $552 million worldwide against a production budget of $125 million becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 24 filmed in Montreal it was the highest grossing Hollywood film made in Canada at its time of release the film received mixed reviews it was nomin ated for best science fiction film and best special effects at the Saturn Awards Jack Hall an American paleoclimatologist and his colleagues Frank and Jason drill for ice cor samples in the Larsson ice shelf for the Noah when the ice shelf splits away at an unconference in New Delhi Jack discusses his research showing that climate change could cause an ice age but US vice president Raymond Becker dismisses his concerns Professor Terry rapson an oceanographer of the headland Center in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate shift Tokyo is struck by a giant hail storm and astronauts from the International Space Station spot three gigantic superstorms above Canada Europe and Siberia rapson team in Scotland began noticing severe temperature drops from multiple boys from the North Atlantic realizing Jack's theories were correct but the climate shift is happening too fast remnant of a hurricane spawn a destructive tornado outbreak over the LA Basin and three helicopters sent to rescue the British royal family from Balmoral Castle crash in Scotland after they fly into their superstorm's eye Jax and rapson teams along with NASA meteorologist Janet Takata build a forecast model based on Jack's research discovering the impact of climate change will happen in 68 Weeks Later discovered as being 710 days rapson notifies Jack that siphon air from the upper troposphere flash freezes anything caught in the eyes of the Cyclones with temperatures below 150° f 101° c which was the cause of the helicopter crash in New York City Jack's son Sam along with his friends Brian and Laura participate in an Academic Decathlon where they make a new friend JD the North American superstorm creates strong winds and rain that flood Manhattan and knee deep water all Transportation halt stranding the city population a massive storm surge inundates the city forcing Sam's group to seek shelter at the New York Public Library but not before Laura in an attempt to help rescue two French speaking tourist in distress from a cab with a police officer cuts her leg between two taxis Sam is able to contact Jack and his mother Lucy a pediatrician through a working pay phone jack warns Sam of the exacerbating superstorm and urges him to stay inside and warm and Promises to rescue him rapson and his team succumb to the European storm Lucy remain remains in her Hospital caring for bedridden patients where the authorities eventually rescue them upon Jack's suggestion president Blake orders the southern states to be evacuated into Mexico while the northern ones are warned by the government to seek shelter and stay warm Jack Jason and Frank make their way to New York in Pennsylvania Frank falls through the Skylight of a mall covered in snow and sacrifices himself by cutting his rope to prevent his friends from falling in with him in the library most survivors seek to join the southern State's refugees once the flood water freezes despite Sam's warnings in Mexico Becker learns that Blake's motorcade perished in the superstorm Laura develops sepsis from her injury whereupon Sam Brian and JD scow an abandoned Russian cargo ship that drifted into the city before the water froze for penicillin and supplies although they find them they also encounter a pack of escaped wolves from the Central Park Zoo the boys fend off the wolves and make it back to the library with what they need as the eye of the North American superstorm passes over and freezes Manhattan Jack and Jason take shelter in an abandoned restaurant days later the superstorms dissipate after finding people outside frozen to death including those from the library who tried to escape Jack and Jason reached the library finding Sam's group alive Jack sends a radio message to US forces in Mexico in his first address as the newent president from the US Embassy in Mexico Becker apologizes on the Weather Channel for his ignorance and sends helicopters to rescue survivors including Jack and Sam's group in the northern states on the International Space Station astronauts look down in awe at Earth's transformed surface now with ice sheets extending across much of the northern hemisphere remarking that the air never looks so clear the day after tomorrow was inspired by Coast to Coast M talk radio host Art Bell and Whitley streber book the coming Global superstorm five and streber wrote the film's novelization to choose a studio writer Michael wymer created an auction with a copy of the script being sent to all major Studios along with a term sheet they had a 24-hour window to decide whether to produce the movie with Roland Emer directing and Fox Studios was the only Studio to accept the terms six filming the day after tomorrow was filmed predominantly in Montreal 7 and Toronto with some footage also shot in New York City 9 in Choda Tokyo tin filming ran from November 7th 2002 until October 18th 2003 11 special effects The Day After Tomorrow features 46 visual effects shots with nine effects houses notably industrial Light and magic and digital domain and over 1,000 artists working on the film for over a year 12 although a miniature set was initially considered according to the behind the scenes documentary for the destruction of New York effects artists instead utilize a 13 block size lar scan 3D model of Manhattan 13 with over 50,000 scan photographs used for building textures 14 due to its overall complexity and a tight schedule the storm surge scene required as many as three special effects vendors for certain shots with the digital water created by either digital domain or small effects house tweak film depending on the shot 15 Miniatures were employed for a later underwater scene in which a city bus is crushed under the bulb stern of an abandoned Russian tanker ship that had drifted Inland 16 similarly the opening flyover of Antarctica was also computer generated created by digitally scanning miniature Iceberg models created out of sculpted styrofoam the falling pieces of ice as the Shelf cracks were entirely hand animated created by the effects company Hydraulics and running for approximately 2 and 1/2 minutes in length the scene was at the time the longest continuous all CG shot in film history surpassing the space zoom out from the opening of contact 1997 the film came in second at the US box office behind Shrek 2 over its 4-day Memorial Day opening and grossed 85,86 $341 19 for2 years it would hold a record for having the highest opening weekend for a natural disaster film until 2024 when it was dethroned by Twisters 208 led the per theater average with a 4-day average of $25,500 compared to Shrek 2's 4-day average of 20 2633 at the end of its theatrical run the film had gross 1886 m747 199 domestically and 552 m63 19571 worldwide it was the second highest opening weekend film to lead at the box office Inside Out surpassed it in June 2015 one critical response on Rotten Tomatoes 45% of 219 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 5 310 the website's critics consensus reads the day after tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn Thriller filled with clunky dialogue but spectacular visuals save it from being a total disaster 21 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 38 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 22 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade B on an A plus to f scale 23 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times described the film as profoundly silly but nonetheless said the film was effective and praised the special effects he gave it three stars out of four 24 Mark Carol of the the Chicago Tribune wrote a completely negative review which considered the film Unworthy of publicity for the climate change debate it had created Emer did not deny that his casting of a weak president and the resemblance of Kenneth Welsh to Vice President Dick Cheney were intended to criticize the climate change policy of the George W Bush Administration 26 responding to claims of insensitivity in his inclusion of scenes of a devastated New York City Less Than 3 years after the September 11th attack Emer said that it was necessary to Showcase The increased Unity of people in the face of disaster because of the attacks 27028 29 some scientists criticize the film's scientific aspects paleoclimatologist and professor of Earth and planetary science at Harvard University Daniel P shrag said on the one hand I'm glad that there's a big budget movie about something as critical as climate change on the other I'm concerned that people will see these over the top effects and think the whole thing is a joke we are indeed experimenting with the Earth in a way that hasn't been done for millions of years but you're not going to see another Ice Age at least not like that 26j Marshall Shepard a research meteorologist at the NASA garded space flight center expressed a similar sentiment I'm hardened that there's a movie addressing real climate issues but as for the science of the movie I'd give it a D minus or an f and I'd be concerned if the movie was made to advance a political agenda 26 according to University of Victoria climatologist Andrew Weaver it's the Towering Inferno of climate science movies but I'm not losing any sleep over a new Ice Age because it's impossible 26 Patrick J Michaels a former research professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia and fellow at The kado Institute who rejected the scientific consensus 30 on global warming called the film propaganda in a US USA Today editorial as a scientist I bristle when lies dressed up as science are used to influence political discourse 31 College instructor and retired NASA office of Inspector General senior special agent Joseph guins called The Day After Tomorrow a cheap Thrill Ride which many weak-minded people will jump on and stay on for the rest of their lives in a Space daily editorial 32 Stefan ramstor of the poom Institute for climate impact research Arch an expert on thermohaline circulation and its effect on climate said after a talk with script writer Jeffrey nachmanoff at the film's Berlin preview clearly this is a disaster movie and not a scientific documentary and the filmmakers have taken a lot of artistic license but the film presents an opportunity to explain that some of the basic background is Right humans are indeed increasingly changing the climate and this is quite a dangerous experiment including some risk of abrupt and un foreseen changes luckily it is extremely unlikely that we will see major ocean circulation changes in the next couple of decades I'd be just as surprised as Jack Hall if they did occur at least most scientists think this will only become a more serious risk towards the end of the century and the consequences would certainly not be as dramatic as the superstorm depicted in the movie nevertheless a major change in Ocean circulation is a risk with serious and partly unpredictable consequences which we should avoid and even without events like ocean circulation changes climate change is serious enough to demand decisive action 33 environmental activist and guardian columnist George momat called The Day After Tomorrow a great movie and lousy science 34 in 2008 Yahoo movies listed the day after tomorrow as one of its top 10 scientifically inaccurate films 35 it was criticized for depicting meteorological phenomena as occurring over the course of hours instead of decades or centuries 36 of 2015 Washington Post article reported on a paper published in scientific reports which indicated that global temperatures could drop relatively rapidly one degree Fahrenheit change or 0.5° CS change over an 11-year period due to a temporary shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation caused by global warming Dennis William Quaid born April 9th 1954 41 is an American actor he is known for his starring roles in breaking away 1979 The Right Stuff 1983 The Big Easy 1986 interpace 1987 Great Balls of Fire 1989 Dragon heart 1996 The Parent Trap 1998 frequency 2000 the rookie 2002 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 in Good Company 2004 Flight of the Phoenix 2004 Yours Mine and Ours 2005 and Van Point 2008 Quaid received a Golden Globe award nomination for his role in Far From Heaven 2002 in 2009 the guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination two Quaid also acted in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 jaws 3D 1983 come see the paradise 1990 Any Given Sunday 1999 traffic 2000 American Dreams 26 foot loose 2011 Playing for Keeps 2012 truth 2015 Midway 2019 Strange World 2022 the substance 2024 he portrayed President Bill Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 2010 earning nominations for a prime time Emmy Award a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actor Guild award he also portrayed Deputy s Marshall Cheryl Lynn in the Paramount plus western series Lawman base Reeves 2023 and President Ronald Reagan in the biographical film reag in 2024 Dennis William Quaid was born in Houston Texas the son of Juanita Bonnie Dale n n Jordan a real estate agent and William Ruddy Quaid 1923 1987 an electrician he has English Irish Scotts Irish and cage in French ancestry three through his father Quaid is a first cousin twice removed of cowboy performer Jee arrey for quaade attended Paul W Horn elementary school in Bair and hering Middle School in Houston he studied Mandarin Chinese and dance at Belair High School in Belair Texas and later in college at the University of Houston Under drama coach Cecil picket who had previously taught at belir high and whose daughter is actress Cindy picket Quaid was raised in the Baptist Faith 56 he is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid Quaid dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career three he made his film debut in an uncredited role in the action comedy film crazy mama 1975 starring chloris leechman Quaid then acted in the psychological drama I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 and the drama September 30th 1955 1977 he initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice after appearing in the comedy breaking away 1979 and the musical drama The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1981 s during this time time quaade appeared in a variety of films such as the drama are winning season 1978 the comedy the seniors 1978 the romantic comedy all night long 1981 and the slapstick comedy caveman 1981 he portrayed Outlaw Ed Miller in the Walter Hill directed Western drama the long Riders 1980 Quaid appeared as an extra at a graduation ceremony in the Ivan Reitman directed comedy Stripes 1981 starring Bill Murray 19832 2002 stardom and acclaim Quaid in 2012 known for his grin a Quaid has appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles three his breakout role was for his portrayal of astronaut Gordon Cooper in the critically acclaimed Philip Kaufman directed historical epic The Right Stuff 1983 three the film received positive reviews earning an Academy Award for best picture nomination critic Roger Ebert praised the film writing it contains uniformly interesting performances naming Quaid Ed Harris Scott Glenn and Fred Ward that same year Quaid had starring roles in the horror film Jaws 3d1 1983 and the Romantic Sports drama Tough Enough acting alongside Pam grer he later acted in the science fiction films Dreamscape 1984 enemy mind 1985 and interpace 1987 in 1987 Quaid starred in the neon Noir romance Thriller the big easy 1987 opposite Ellen Barkin how Henson of the Washington Post praised his performance comparing him to Jack Nicholson the same is true for Quaid a gator grin spreading over his face Quaid is so unabashedly full of himself that you get swept up in his enthusiastic High Spirits he's a lifegiver like Nicholson nine for his performance Quaid received a nomination for the independent Spirit Award for best male lead he also achieved a claim for his portrayal of G Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire 1989 acting alongside wona ryer three in 1989 quaade also appeared throughout the Bonnie rate music video for the song Thing Called Love 10 Quaid's career lost steam in the early 1990s after he fought anorexia nervosa brought on when he lost 40 PBS to play the tuberculosis Afflicted Doc Holiday in the western drama Wyatt herb 1994 11 and recovered from a cocaine addiction three however quaade continued to Garner positive reviews in a variety of films three he played the lead role in the 1996 Adventure film dragonart and starred in the remake of The Parent Trap 1998 directed by Nancy Mayers playing the part the twins divorce father he also starred as an aging pro football quarterback in Oliver Stones Any Given Sunday 1999 and in the science fiction film frequency 2000 he was the guest star of a season 2 episode of Muppets tonight 19 1997 in 1998 Quaid made his debut as a film director with everything that rises a television movie Western in which Quaid also starred 12 in 2000 Quaid acted in Steven soderberg's critically acclaimed crime drama traffic Quaid earned a nomination for the screen actor's guild award for outstanding performance by a cast in Emotion picture along with the Ensemble he gained a claim for his role in the Norman jewison directed HBO film dinner with friends 2001 based on the Donald margy's play of the same name Quaid acted alongside Andy McDow Greg kenar and Tony Colette in 2002 Quaid portrayed former baseball pitcher Jim Morris in the Walt Disney Sports drama the rookie 2002 that same year he earned a claim for his role as the closeted husband Frank Whitaker during the 1950s in the Todd Haynes directed Romantic Period film far from Heaven Quaid acted alongside Julian Moore and earned a nomin ation for the Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor motion picture after winning the independent Spirit award in the New York film critic Circle award 2003 present established actor Quaid then acted in films in various genres such as the Thriller Cold Creek Manor 2003 the survival drama Flight of the Phoenix 2004 the war film The Alamo 2004 the romantic comedy in Good Company 2004 the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow 2004 and the family comedy Yours Mine and Ours 2005 he played the president in the political comedy American Dreams 2006 with Hugh Grant Mandy Moore Mara Gay Harden and Willam dafo in 2008 Quaid starred in the political action thriller Vantage Point 2008 alongside sigy Weaver William Hurt and Forest Whitacre that same year he portrayed football coach Ben schwarzwalder in the sports drama the express the Ernie Davis story 200 8 in 2009 Quaid portrayed General Clayton m abery Hawk and G Joe the Rise of Cobra 2009 he also acted in Pandorum 2009 and guest starred in an episode of Spongebob Squarepants playing Mr Krab's grandfather Captain Redbeard Quaid with a cast from Midway in 2019 Quaid returned to television portraying as President Bill Clinton alongside Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and hope Davis as Hillary Clinton in the HBO film the special relationship 29 he received a claim as well as nominations for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie as well as a Golden Globe award and a screen actor's guild award in 2012 in 2013 Quaid played Sheriff Ralph Lamb in the CBS TV drama series Vegas in 2015 he made guest appearances playing Lucky luchano in Drunk History and a chief and a judge in Inside Amy Schumer from 2015 to 2016 Quaid played Samuel Brookner in the crackle series The Art of Moore he played Michael Lenox in the British series fortitude in 2017 and Wade Blackwood in the Amazon Prime legal series Goliath in 2019 in 2017 Quaid starred in A Dog's Purpose as Ethan Montgomery build as a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs 13 the following year Quaid star in I can only imagine where he played Millard the father of singer and songwriter Bart Millard and kin where he plays Hal the father of the film's two protagonists in 2019 Quaid portrayed vice admiral William bu Hy in the war drama Midway in 2022 he voiced a leading role in the Walt Disney animated film Strange World in 2023 Quaid starred in the sports drama the hill 2023 in March 2018 it was confirmed by director sha McNamara that Quaid would portray President Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic titled Reagan 14 the second time Quaid has portrayed US president 15 the film was slated to have a summer 2019 release however in May 2020 it was still in pre-production 14 and was scheduled to begin filming but was stopped and postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 the film was released in theaters on August 30 2024 Quaid has been married four times and has three children he met his first wife actress PJ Souls on the set of the film our winning season 18 they were married in 1978 and divorced in 1983 19 on February 14th 1991 Quaid married actress Meg Ryan Quaid and Ryan fell in love during the shooting of their second film together DOA 20 they have a son jack Quaid born 1992 21 Quaid and Ryan announced their separation on June 28th 2000 saying they had been separated 6 weeks by then 20 their divorce was finalized in July 2001 22 Quaid dated model shanana moer from February to October 2001 23 24 Quaid Mary Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington on July 4th 2004 at his Ranch in Paradise Valley Montana 25 they have fraternal twins who were born via a serate on November 8th 2007 in Santa Monica California 2627 on November 18th 2007 Hospital staff mistakenly gave Quaid's 10day old twins a dosage of heprin a blood thinner that was 1,000 times the common dosage for infants 28 29 the babies recovered but Quaid filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare claiming that packaging for the two doses of heprin are not different enough 30 in May 2008 the quides testified before the United States House committee on oversight and government reform asking US congress not to preempt the right to sue drug manufacturers for negligence under state law 31 the incident LED Quaid to become a patient safety Advocate producing a series of documentaries on preventable medical errors that aired on the Discovery Channel 3233 as well as co-authoring a medical journal article addressing the positive influence of patient stories in motivating change in healthcare 34 the first documentary chasing zero winning the war on Healthcare harm aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010 3233 and the second documentary surfing the healthcare tsunami bring your best board aired on the Discovery Channel in 2012 35 M363 738 Buffington filed for divorce from quaade in March 2012 39 buffington's attorney then withdrew the divorce papers on April 26th 2012 40 that summer Quaid and Buffington moved to California 41 in October 2012 he and Buffington again decided to separate and Buffington filed for legal separation seeking joint legal and sole physical custody of the twins 42 after waiting to establish the required 6 months of residency in California Quaid filed for divorce on November 30th 2012 asking for joint legal and physical custody of the children and offering to pay spousal support to Buffington 41 they then reconciled and the divorce was dismissed by September 2013 43 on June 28 2016 the couple announced in a joint statement that they were divorcing with Buffington asking for full physical custody and Joint legal custody 44 the divorce was finalized on April 27th 2018 following his separation from Buffington Quaid dated model Santa Oz from July 2016 to 2019 454 647 on October 21st 2019 Quaid confirmed his engagement to Laura Savoy 48 their original wedding plans were postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic 16 and they married on June 2nd 2020 is Santa Barbara 49 Savoy is a CPA and yoga instructor 39 years his Junior who shares his Christian faith Quaid says God is in the relationship I've never had a relationship like that before together they love launched the production company bonnydale films based in Nashville where the couple live 50 religion quaade is a Christian coming to Faith around 1990 after struggling with addiction 51 he wrote the Christian song on my way to heaven dedicated to his mother and included in the film I can only imagine in which Quaid starred 52 interests in addition to acting Quaid is a musician and plays with his band the sharks Quaid wrote and performed the song closer to you in the film The Big Easy 1987 he also has a pilot's license and owned a Cessna Citation 53 Quaid is also a one- handicap golfer and in 2005 he was named the top golfer among the Hollywood set by Golf Digest Magazine Quaid is a fan of the Houston Astros and after the teens's 2005 National League Championship winning season he narrated their commemorative DVD release after the filming of the express the Ernie Davis story Quaid went to Cleveland Browns Stadium to dedicate Davis's Jersey Quade began podcasting in 2020 starting the pet show with Dennis Quaid and Jimmy gelan it its first episode premiered on July 10th 2020 54 during that podcast Quaid learned of a shelter cat in Lynchburg Virginia also named Dennis Quaid 55 he adopted the cat and flew it out to California to live at his recording studio 5 6 substance use there have been extensive stories about Quaid's past abuse of cocaine in a 22 interview with Larry King on his talk show after King asked about his motives for using drugs Quaid responded well you got to put it in context back in the late 1960s early 1970s that was back during the time where you know drugs were going to expand our minds and everybody was experimenting and everything we were really getting high we didn't know it and and cocaine at that time was considered harmless you know I remember magazine articles in People magazine of doctors saying it is not addicting it is just alcohol is worse so I think we all fell into that but that's not the way it was when Quaid was asked if he believed he had ever been addicted to the drugs Quaid responded it was a gradual thing but it got to the point where I couldn't have any fun unless I had it which is a bad place to be later in the interview he said but but I saw myself being dead in about 5 years if I didn't stop 57 political views in a 2018 interview with the New York Post Quaid stated he was a registered independent and has voted for both Democratic and Republican candidates saying that he did not consider himself an adherent to any particular ideology though he did opine that Ronald Reagan was his favorite President of his lifetime 58 in April 2020 during the covid-19 pandemic Quaid stated that President Donald Trump was handling the pandemic well calling him involved 59 quides subsequently recorded an interview with infectious disease expert Anthony F as part of an advertising campaign by the Department of Health and Human Services to defeat despair surrounding covid-19 60 in May 2024 Quaid endorsed Donald Trump for president during an interview on Pier's Morgan uncensored The Day After Tomorrow is a 20 4 American Science Fiction disaster film to conceive co-written co-produced and directed by Roland Emer based on the 1999 book The Coming Global superstorm by Art Bell and Whitley streber and starring Dennis Quaid Jake Gyllenhaal Cella Ward Emy rossom and Ian Holm the film depicts catastrophic climatic effects following the disruption of the North Atlantic Ocean circulation in which a series of extreme weather events usher in climate change and lead to a new age 34 originally slated for release in the summer of 2003 it premiered in Mexico City on May 17 2004 and was released in the US on May 28th 2004 the film was a commercial success grossing $552 million worldwide against a production budget of $125 million becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 24 filmed in Montreal it was the highest grossing Hollywood film made in Canada at time of release the film received mixed reviews it was nominated for best science fiction film and best special effects at the Saturn Awards Jack Hall an American paleoclimatologist and his colleagues Frank and Jason drill for ice course samples in the Larson ice shelf for the Noah when the ice shelf splits away at an un conference in New Deli Jack discusses his research showing that climate change could cause an ice age but US vice president Raymond Becker dismisses his concerns Professor Terry rapson an oceanographer of the Headland Center in Scotland befriends Jack over his views of an inevitable climate shift Tokyo is struck by a giant hail storm and astronauts from the International Space Station spot three gigantic superstorms above Canada Europe and Siberia rapson team in Scotland begin noticing severe temperature drops from multiple boys from the North Atlantic realizing Jack's theories were correct but the climate shift is happening too fast remnants of a hurricane spawn a destructive tornado outbreak over the LA Basin and three helicopters sent to rescue the British royal family from Balmoral Castle crash in Scotland after they fly into their superstorm's eye Jack and rapson teams along with NASA meteorologist Janet Takata build a forecast model based on Jack's research discovering the impact of climate change will happen in 6 8 weeks later discovered as being 710 days rapson notifies Jack that siphon air from the upper troposphere flash freezes anything caught in the eyes of the Cyclones with temperatures below 150° fenit 101° C which was the cause of the helicopter crash in New York City Jack's son Sam along with his friends Brian and Laura participate in an academic DEC cathlin where they make a new friend JD the North American superstorm creates strong winds and rain that flood Manhattan and KNE deep water all Transportation halt stranding the city population a massive storm surge inundates the city forcing Sam's group to seek shelter at the New York Public Library but not before Laura in an attempt to help rescue two French speaking tourists in distress from a cab with a police officer cuts her leg between two taxis Sam is able to contact Jack and his mother Lucy a pediatrician through a working pay phone jack warns Sam of the exacerbating superstorm and urges him to stay inside and warm and Promises to rescue him rapson and his team succumb to the European storm Lucy remains in her Hospital caring for bed and patients where the authorities eventually rescue them upon Jack's suggestion president Blake orders the southern states to be evacuated into Mexico while the northern ones are warned by the government to seek shelter and stay warm Jack Jason and Frank make their way to New York in Pennsylvania Frank falls through the Skylight of a mall covered in snow and sacrifices himself by utting his rope to prevent his friends from falling in with him in the library most survivors seek to join the southern states refugees once the flood water freezes despite Sam's warnings in Mexico Becker learns that Blake's motorcade perished in the superstorm Laura developed sepsis from her injury whereupon Sam Brian and JD scour an abandoned Russian cargo ship that drifted into the city before the water froze for penicillin and supplies although they find them they also encounter a pack of escaped wolves from the Central Park Zoo the boys fend off the wolves and make it back to the library with what they need as the eye of the North American superstorm passes over in freezes Manhattan Jack and Jason take shelter in an abandoned restaurant days later the superstorms dissipate after finding people outside frozen to death including those from the library who tried to escape Jack and Jason reach the library finding Sam's group alive Jack sends a radio message message to US forces in Mexico in his first address as the new president from the US Embassy in Mexico Becker apologizes on the Weather Channel for his ignorance and sends helicopters to rescue survivors including Jack and Sam's group in the northern states on the International Space Station astronauts look down in awe at Earth's transformed surface now with ice sheets extending across much of the northern hemisphere remarking that the air never looks so clear the day after tomorrow was inspired by coast to coast in talk radio host Art Bell and Whitley streber book The Coming Global superstorm five and streber wrote the film's novelization to choose a studio writer Michael wymer created an auction with a copy of the script being sent to all major Studios along with a term sheet they had a 24-hour window to decide whether to produce the movie with Roland Emer directing and Fox Studios was the only Studio to accept the terms six filming the day after after tomorrow was filmed predominantly in Montreal 7 and Toronto eight with some footage also shot in New York City 9 and Choda Tokyo 10 filming ran from November 7th 2002 until October 18th 2003 11 special effects The Day After Tomorrow features 416 visual effects shots with nine effects houses notably industrial Light and magic and digital domain and over 1,000 artists working on the film for over a year 12 although a miniature set was initially considered according to the behind the scenes documentary for the destruction of New York effects artists instead utilize a 13 block size lar scan 3D model of Manhattan 13 with over 50,000 scan photographs used for building textures 14 due to its overall complexity and a tight schedule the storm surge scene required as many as three special effects vendors for certain shots with the water created by either digital domain or small effects house tweak films depending on the shot 15 Miniatures were employed for a later underwater scene in which a city bus is crushed under the bulb stern of an abandoned Russian tanker ship that had drifted Inland 16 similarly the opening flyover of Antarctica was also computer generated created by digitally scanning miniature Iceberg models created out of sculpted styrofoam the falling pieces of ice as the Shelf cracks were entire irely hand animated created by the effects company hydrx and running for approximately 2 and 1/2 minutes in length the scene was at the time the longest continuous all CG shot in film history surpassing the space zoom out from the opening of contact 1997 the film came in second at the US box office behind Shrek 2 over its 4-day Memorial Day opening and grossed 85 m87 $341 19 for 20 years it would hold a record Rec for having the highest opening weekend for a natural disaster film until 2024 when it was dethroned by Twisters 20 it led the per theater average with a 4-day average of $25,500 compared to Shrek 2's 4-day average of 20 2633 at the end of its theatrical run the film had gross 1886 m747 199 domestically and 552 M 639 571 worldwide it was the second highest opening weekend film not to lead at the box office Inside Out surpassed it in June 2015 1 critical response on Rotten Tomatoes 45% of 219 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 5 3/10 the website's critics consensus reads the day after tomorrow is a ludicrous popcorn Thriller filled with clunky dialogue but spectacular visual will save it from being a total disaster 21 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100 based on 38 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 22 audiences surveyed by cinemascore gave the film an average grade B on an A plus to f scale 23 Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times described the film as profoundly silly but nonetheless said the film was effective and praised the special effect he gave it three stars out of four 24 Mark Carol of the Chicago Tribune wrote a completely negative review which considered the film Unworthy of publicity for the climate change debate it had created Emer did not deny that his casting of a weak president and the resemblance of Kenneth Welsh to Vice President Dick Cheney were intended to criticize the climate change policy of the George W Bush Administration 26 responding to claims of insensitivity in his inclusion of scenes of a devastated New York City Less Than 3 years after the September 11th attacks Emer said that it was necessary to Showcase The increased Unity of people in the face of disaster because of the attacks 27028 29 some scientists criticize the film's scientific aspects paleoclimatologist and professor of Earth and planetary science at Harvard University Daniel P shrag said on the one hand I'm glad that there's a big budget movie about something as critical as climate change on the other I'm concerned that people will see these over the toop effects and think the whole thing is a joke we are indeed experimenting with the Earth in a way that hasn't been done for millions of years but you're not going to see another Ice Age at least not like that 26j Marshall Shepard a research meteorologist at the NASA Godard space flight center expressed a similar sentiment I'm hardened that there's a movie addressing real climate issues but as for the science of the movie i' give it a D minus or an f and I'd be concerned if the movie was made to advance a political agenda 26 according to University of Victoria climatologist Andrew Weaver it's the Towering Inferno of climate science movies but I'm not losing any sleep over a new Ice Age because it's impossible 26 Patrick J Michaels a former research professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia and fellow at The kado Institute who rejected the scientific consensus 30 on global warming called the film propaganda in a USA Today editorial as a scientist I bristle when lies dressed up as science are used to influence political discourse 31 College instructor and retired NASA office of Inspector General senior special agent Joseph guins called The Day After Tomorrow a cheap Thrill Ride which many weak-minded people will jump on and stay on for the rest of their lives in a Space daily editorial 32 Stefan ramstor of the poom Institute for climate impact research an expert on thermoline circulation and its effect on climate said after a talk with script writer Jeffrey nachmanoff at the film's Berlin preview clearly this is a disaster movie and not a scientific documentary and the filmmakers have taken a lot of artistic license but the film presents an opportunity to explain that some of the basic background is Right humans are indeed increasingly changing the climate and this is quite a dangerous experiment including some risk of abrupt and unforeseen changes luckily it is extremely unlikely that we will see major ocean circulation changes in the next couple of decades I'd be just as surprised as Jack Hall if they did occur at least most scientists think this will only become a more serious risk towards the end of the century and the consequences would certainly not be as dramatic as the superstorm depicted in the movie nevertheless a major change in Ocean circulation is a risk with serious and partly unpredictable consequences which we should avoid and even without events like ocean circulation changes climate change is serious enough to demand decisive action 33 environmental activist and guardian columnist George momat called The Day After Tomorrow a great movie and lousy science 34 in 2008 Yahoo movies listed the day after tomorrow as one of its top 10 scientifically inaccurate films 35 it was criticized for depicting meteorological phenomena as occurring over the course of hours instead of decades or centuries 36 a 2015 Washington Post article reported on a paper published in scientific reports which indicated that global temperatures could drop relatively rapidly 1° Fahrenheit change or 0.5° Celsius change over an 11-year period due to a temporary shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation caused by global warming Dennis William Quaid born April 9th 19541 is an American actor he is known for his starring roles in breaking away 1979 The Right Stuff 1983 The Big Easy 1986 interpace 1987 Great Balls of Fire 1989 Dragon heartt 1996 The Parent Trap 1998 frequency 2000 the rookie 2002 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 in Good Company 2004 fly of the Phoenix 2004 Yours Mine and Ours 2005