1906 is an upcoming disaster film directed by Brad Bird and based on events just prior to and during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The film examines corruption within the then government of San Francisco, as well as the policemen who worked to defeat these criminal activities.
Based on the best-selling novel 1906 by James Dalessandro, the film will mark the second time director Brad Bird has directed a live action film and will be the first for Pixar. It will be the second live-action film released that Pixar is involved with, following the Disney·Pixar production, John Carter of Mars. It will be released on December 14, 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures with Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios.
1906 follows a young investigative reporter and a young cop trying to uncover rampant political corruption in 1906 San Francisco. The city is one of the most beautiful in the world, but underneath the veneer there is mob rule, shanghaiing of sailors, and even trafficking in Chinese slave girls.
Annalisa Passarelli, the Evening Bulletin’s music critic, is secretly helping Byron Fallon, the chief of detectives, gather dirt on fictional character Adam Rolf. Rolf runs a corrupt political syndicate and secretly spreads his influence via his proxy, mayor Eugene Schmitz, an actual historical figure. Schmitz employs an army of goons on the waterfront led by the unsavory character, James “Shanghai” Kelly, also a real person. Byron is killed right as he is about to arrest the mayor. So Byron’s son, Hunter, a former student, teams up with Annalisa and the Brotherhood, a group of honest cops, to bring down Rolf. Before they can incriminate Rolf, the San Francisco Earthquake plunges the city into chaos.[2] The widespread acts of fraud and profiteering in the city government further complicate the already tragic disaster.
The historical figure Enrico Caruso is also included. Based on true events, the famous tenor sang at the San Francisco Opera House five hours before the quake hit, and then sang from his hotel room as he surveyed the carnage.[3]
It was reported that the disaster had so frightened Caruso, that he vowed never to return to San Francisco. He never did.
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