chinese   dream sequence   subjective camera   beach   corpse   fire   flashback   character repeating someone else's dialogue   frog   prayer   despair   critically acclaimed   retirement   long take   one day   metaphor   radio   outer space   hyperventilation   isolation   fire extinguisher   alarm   near death experience   houston texas   crash landing   engineer   nasa   character's point of view camera shot   sole survivor   escape pod   space shuttle   parachute   satellite   chaos   title at the end   zero gravity   astronaut   science   explosive decompression   box office hit   disaster   soliloquy   oxygen   helmet   lullaby   anecdote   minimal cast   wrench   3 dimensional   indian   self pity   lack of oxygen   fireball   earth viewed from space   virtual set   film starts with text   3d   weightlessness   spacewalk   hole in the head   visceral   space debris   trapped in space   bolt   fountain pen   medical engineer   reference to marvin the martian   alone against the odds   can opener   kessler syndrome   lack of gravity   marooned   spinning through space   woman with tragic history   adrift in space   female astronaut   death   doctor   russian   explosion   fear   panic   altered version of studio logo   written by director   one word title   jet pack   race against time   underwater scene   undressing   death of daughter   space travel   self sacrifice   female doctor   survival   space station   no opening credits   hallucination   lens flare   suspense   tension   space mission   technology   spacesuit