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Facts
Director: Michael Bay
Release Date: 3 July 2007 (USA)
Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot
A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, an alien civil war was being waged between the two races of robots the noble hero Autobots led by the wise Optimus Prime and the devious evil Decepticons commanded by the dreaded Megatron for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possessed it. When the Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasted off in search of it. He eventually tracked it to the planet of Earth circa 1850, but his reckless desire for power sent him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forced him into a paralyzed state. His body was later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, and before going into a comatose state Megatron used the last of his energy to engrave a map, showing the location of the Allspark, into the Captain’s glasses, and send a transmission to Cybertron. But now the Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between the Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations. Meanwhile a century later, at school a teenager named Sam Witwicky, (nicknamed Spike by his friends,) buys his new car (who is actually one of the Autobots named Bumblebee) after when he promised his dad that he would pass his test. The two robots seeking the cube Allspark with opposite intentions: the Autobots intend to protect the human beings, while the Deceptions want to destroy them. But unfortunately the ultimate power is held by Sam for mankind in the extraordinary adventure.

Cast
Shia LaBeouf – Sam Witwicky
Megan Fox – Mikaela Banes
Josh Duhamel – Captain Lennox
Tyrese Gibson – USAF Tech Sergeant Epps
Rachael Taylor – Maggie Madsen

Links
IMDB.com
Wikipedia.org

Trivia and interesting facts
In her role as Mikaela Banes, Megan Fox gained ten pounds of muscle to be more compatible for the action scenes.

According to Megan Fox, she was attending a Linkin Park concert and when it was over the band met her personally and stated that they heard about the live-action Transformers film and requested whether they could have a song of theirs in the film. And thus the Linkin Park song “What I’ve Done” appears in the closing credits.

Steven Spielberg and Shia LaBeouf are fans of Bumblebee, Megan Fox prefers Starscream, Josh Duhamel likes Ironhide, and Tyrese Gibson favours Optimus Prime (all four as seen in both the animated series and the film), while director Michael Bay’s favourite Transformer is Bonecrusher (as seen in the film).

According to the Director’s Commentary on the DVD, director Michael Bay himself has a cameo in the film, as the human Megatron flicks away.

The fastest-selling DVD release of 2007.

The film’s tagline “Their war. Our world.” was originally meant for AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004).

In the film, the name “Autobot” stands for “Autonomous Robotic Organism.” In the series the Autobots were so called because their alternate modes were mostly trucks, vans, cars and other auto vehicles.

Jess Harnell voices both an Autobot (Ironhide) and a Decepticon (Barricade) in the film.

The military aircraft seen in the film did not fire a single shot during filming; all their shots were created through CGI.

The Transformers official slogan, “More than meets the eye,” is heard twice in the film: firstly when Sam is talking to Mikaela inside Bumblebee; and secondly when Optimus Prime makes his transmission at the end of the film.

Holds the record for the biggest opening week for a NON-sequel with $152.5 million. The former record holder was Spider-Man (2002) with $151.6 million.

Most of the cars that were destroyed in the film had their engines and transmissions removed to make them easier to flip around.

The highest-grossing film in Malaysia, grossing about $5.2 million.

Tyrese Gibson paid the filmmakers to get him a role in the film.

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