Ready Player One

Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction action film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. The film was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in 2045, where much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. A teenage orphan finds clues to a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and his allies try to complete it before an evil corporation can do so. Development of the film first began in 2010 when Warner Bros. acquired the rights to the book. In July 2015, Spielberg signed on to direct and produce the film, with casting commencing in September 2015. Filming began in England in June 2016 and was completed in September that year. The visual effects were handled by Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, and Territory Studio, with some pre-visualization work done by The Third Floor. As with the novel, many popular culture references appear throughout the film, including references to The Shining, the Back to the Future franchise, Godzilla and The Iron Giant. Ready Player One premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 29, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Spielberg's direction, the visual effects, brisk pacing, and the performances of both Sheridan and Rylance. It was also a commercial success, grossing around $607 million worldwide against a $155–175 million budget, and earned a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards, 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and 72nd British Academy Film Awards. Ready Player One was awarded the title of Best Science Fiction Film at the 45th Saturn Awards, and a further two Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Visual Effects Society. A sequel is in development.

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(GROANING) AUTOMATED VOICE: Work violation. Work violation.

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Lay those charges every six feet.

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(GRUNTS) Keep it moving!

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Hey, you!

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Those are explosives! (GROANING) IOI will not reimburse any lost coin if you zero out. Keep it moving!

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So what is this challenge, some sort of video game thing? An Atari 2600, sir. And every game ever made for it, thousands of possibilities.

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MAN: Come up! (SCREAMS)

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(NOLAN SNICKERING)

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Halliday, this is how you plan to resolve the fate of the world's most important economic resource? -Call me when you're close. -Yes, sir. Go, go! No! Ahh!

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One minute into Centipede, the ice broke. It has to be Joust! Halliday still holds the world record on the 2600 port of that game. Maybe we just need to beat his high score. Pitfall! One of the only 2600 games that still hasn't ended. MAN 1: And how about those Swordquest games? MAN 2: Yes! The Swordquest games. They were created for a contest Atari held with real... i-R0k, how are we doin'? To be honest, I think I need physical therapy because it's not-- Is the Orb ready?

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Um, as you wish.

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The Orb... Of Osuvox.

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Ah... How does it work? Has it got, like, a remote or is there a button or something? Nolan, it's a level-99 magic artifact, not one of your drones, so it is activated by a magic spell. Would you care to do the honors?

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(GUNS COCKING) WADE: Where is she? How'd you get in here? -Art3mis. -Who? Samantha Cook. Where is she? If you wanna talk, we can talk, but you gotta put that gun down. You killed my mom's sister. You think I won't kill you? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just slow down, okay? That was a corporate decision. It was not personal. Where is she? She's downstairs in the loyalty center! I know she's in the goddamn loyalty center. You're gonna tell me exactly which rig she's in and the access code to contact her.

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Yeah, that seems appropriate.

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TOSHIRO: Start with access code.

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NOLAN: 6, 45, 7, 25. TOSHIRO: Where's the rig?

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I think he pissed himself. Good job, Z. We're in his account. So he really doesn't know he's in the OASIS?

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