Snowpiercer Directed by Bong Joon-ho Screenplay by
Bong Joon-ho
Kelly Masterson
Story by Bong Joon-ho Based on Le Transperceneige by
Jacques Lob Benjamin Legrand Jean-Marc Rochette Produced by
Jeong Tae-sung
Steven Nam
Park Chan-wook
Lee Tae-hun
Starring Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyo Edited by
Steve M. Choe
Kim Chang-ju
Music by Marco Beltrami Production companies
Moho Film
Opus Pictures
Union Investment Partners
Stillking Films
Distributed by Release dates
29 July 2013 (2013-07-29 ) (Times Square)
1 August 2013 (2013-08-01 ) (South Korea)
Running time
126 minutes Countries
South Korea
Czech Republic[ 1]
Languages English,[ 2] Korean[ 2] Budget $40 million[ 3] Box office $86.8 million[ 4]
Snowpiercer (Hangul : 설국열차 ; Hanja : 雪國列車 ; RR : Seolgungnyeolcha ) is a 2013 science fiction action movie based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette.[ 5] The movie was directed by Bong Joon-ho .[ 6] [ 7]
The movie stars Chris Evans , Song Kang-ho , Tilda Swinton , Jamie Bell , Octavia Spencer , Go Ah-sung, John Hurt , and Ed Harris .
Snowpiercer received positive movie reviews after being released on 29 July 2013.[ 8] It was also successful at the box office , earning $86.8 million compared to its movie budget of $40 million.[ 4] [ 3]
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