Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film released on September 17, 2004 in the United States. It was written and directed by Kerry Conran, in his directorial debut.

Homages

Conran incorporated many elements of classic genre films into his. Here is a partial list.

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• Metropolis (1927)
• King Kong (1933)
• Flash Gordon (1936)
• Things to Come (1936)
• Lost Horizon (1937)
• The War of the Worlds (1938)
• Buck Rogers (1939)
• Wuthering Heights (1939)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• Superman (1941)
• Godzilla
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)
• THX 1138 (1971)
• ' (1977)
• Moonraker (1979)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Forbidden Planet (1956)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• ' (1966)
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978)

There are also significant visual elements from the pulp fiction series Biggles and Doc Savage. The steampunk graphic novel Luther Awkright probably provides the origin of the movie's British craft, but there are other possible sources. Franky Cook, Angelina Jolie's character, seems to have some elements of characters like Nick Fury and Honor Harrington.

Related Topics:
Biggles - Doc Savage - Steampunk - Luther Awkright - Angelina Jolie - Nick Fury - Honor Harrington

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The name of the lead heroine is Conran's reference to the famous British song Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green.

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The line of poetry "... all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by ...", quoted by the hero, is from the famous poem "Sea-Fever" by John Masefield.

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