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When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
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When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Directed By:Robert Rodriguez
Written By:James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis
In Theaters:2/14/2019
Box Office:$405,000,000
Runtime:122 minutes
Studio:Troublemaker Studios, Lightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, TSG Entertainment
Cast
Robert Rodriguez
Director
Robert Rodriguez
Director
Rosa Salazar
Alita
Christoph Waltz
Dr. Dyson Ido
Jennifer Connelly
Chiren
Mahershala Ali
Vector
Ed Skrein
Zapan
Jackie Earle Haley
Grewishka
Keean Johnson
Hugo
Lana Condor
Koyomi
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Tanji
Eiza González
Nyssiana
Jeff Fahey
McTeague
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