The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

Release Date

2004

Director

  • Roland Emmerich

Cast

  • Dennis Quaid
  • Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Emmy Rossum

Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the crosshairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) is a climatologist whose concerns about the dangerously shifting climate are largely ignored by officials at the United Nations. His research proves true when an enormous "superstorm" develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters around the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who is trapped in New York with his friend Laura (Emmy Rossum) and others, Jack and his crew must travel by foot from Philadelphia, braving the elements, to get to Sam before it's too late.

Past Programs

2012

The Human Response to Disaster

Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY

2013

Climate Change: Fact vs. Fiction

The State Theatre, Modesto, CA

2015

The Science of Climate Change

Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY