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|name = 10,000 Hours
| name = 10,000 Hours
|image = 10,000 Hours poster.jpg
| image = 10,000 Hours poster.jpg
|caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = [[Joyce Bernal]]
| director = [[Joyce E. Bernal|Bb. Joyce Bernal]]
|producer = {{Plainlist|
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Neil Arce
*Neil Arce
* Nikolo Juban
*Nikolo Juban
* Lope V. Juban Jr.
*Lope V. Juban Jr.
* Boy 2 Quizon
*Boy 2 Quizon
* Vic del Rosario Jr.
*Vic del Rosario Jr.
}}
}}
|screenplay = {{ubl|Rylla Epifania Berico|Keiko Aquino}}
| screenplay = {{ubl|Rylla Epifania Berico|Keiko Aquino}}
|story = {{Plainlist|
| story = {{Plainlist|
* Neil Arce
*Neil Arce
* Peter Serrano
*Peter Serrano
* [[Bela Padilla]]
*[[Bela Padilla]]
* Joyce Bernal
*Joyce Bernal
}}
}}
|starring = [[Robin Padilla]]
| starring = [[Robin Padilla]]
|music = Teresa Barrozo
| music = Teresa Barrozo
|cinematography = {{ubl|Marissa Floirendo|Gilberto Vistan}}
| cinematography = {{ubl|Marissa Floirendo|Gilberto Vistan}}
|editing = {{ubl|Marya Ignacio|Joyce Bernal}}
| editing = {{ubl|Marya Ignacio|Joyce Bernal}}
|studio = {{ubl|[[Joyce Bernal|N<sup>2</sup> Pictures]]|Philippine Film Studios}}
| studio = {{ubl|[[Joyce Bernal|N{{sup|2}} Pictures]]|Philippine Film Studios}}
|distributor = [[Viva Films]]
| distributor = [[GMA Films]]
|released = {{Film date|2013|12|25}}
| released = {{Film date|2013|12|25}}
|runtime = 107 minutes
| runtime = 107 minutes
|country = [[Philippines]]
| country = [[Philippines]]
|language = [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
| language = [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
|gross =
| gross =
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'''''10,000 Hours''''' is a 2013 Filipino action film directed by [[Joyce Bernal]]. The film stars [[Robin Padilla]] as a Philippine senator forced to go on the run.
'''''10,000 Hours''''' is a 2013 Filipino action thriller film co-edited and directed by [[Joyce E. Bernal]]. The film stars [[Robin Padilla]] as a Philippine senator forced to go on the run. The film was released by [[Viva Films]] on December 25, 2013, as an official entry of the [[2013 Metro Manila Film Festival|39th Metro Manila Film Festival]], where it won 14 awards, including [[Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (for Bernal), and [[Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for Padilla).


==Plot==
==Plot==
In 2010, Sen. Gabriel Alcaraz prepares a privilege speech revealing details of a corruption scam at the highest levels of the government, implicating [[President of the Philippines|President]] Genoviva Obrero. However, on the day he is prepared to deliver the speech at the [[Philippine Senate|Senate]], a close ally, [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)|NBI]] director San Juan, is assassinated while trying to warn him of a plan to arrest him. Undaunted, Alcaraz leaves his family and slips out of the Senate complex just as a [[Philippine National Police|police]] detail led by his old colleague, Director Dante Cristobal, move in to serve the warrant. He heads to the [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]], but knowing that the police are waiting for him there, slips out of the country aboard a ship with help from TV reporter Maya Limchauco and an associate of the NBI chief. He arrives in [[Amsterdam]], where Isabelle Manahan, a Filipino expatriate who works with the [[UN]], shelters the senator but discourages him against contacting his loved ones back home; the family falls into despair from the backlash over his escape.
In 2010, Senator Gabriel Alcaraz prepares a privilege speech revealing details of a corruption scandal at the highest levels of the government, implicating [[President of the Philippines|President]] Genoviva Obrero. However, on the day he is supposed to deliver the speech at the [[Philippine Senate|Senate]], a close ally, [[National Bureau of Investigation (Philippines)|NBI]] director San Juan, is assassinated while trying to warn him of a plan to arrest him. Undaunted, Alcaraz leaves his family and slips out of the Senate complex just as a [[Philippine National Police|police]] detail led by his old colleague, Director Dante Cristobal, move in to serve the warrant. He heads to [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]], but knowing that the police are waiting for him there, slips out of the country aboard a ship with help from TV reporter Maya Limchauco and an associate of the San Juan. He arrives in [[Amsterdam]], where Isabelle Manahan, a Filipino expatriate who works with the [[UN]], shelters the senator but discourages him against contacting his loved ones back home; the family falls into despair from the backlash over his escape.


Flashbacks over the course of the film reveal that Alcaraz, Cristobal and San Juan were partners in the [[Integrated National Police|police force]], who were assigned in 1986 to rescue Manahan who was then kidnapped by an erring judge. A police informer, Sebastian Jago, helped in saving Manahan. The judge is arrested but ten years later, he attempts to kill Alcaraz and his family for being the source of his woes; Alcaraz actually killed him in self-defense. Now hiding in the [[Netherlands]], Jago is sought by Alcaraz to come home and clear his name, using a picture of his daughter and newborn grandson as encouragement.
Flashbacks over the course of the film reveal that Alcaraz, Cristobal and San Juan were partners in the [[Integrated National Police|police force]], who were assigned in 1986 to rescue Manahan who was then kidnapped by an erring judge. A police informer, Sebastian Jago, helped in saving Manahan. The judge is arrested but ten years later, he tried to kill Alcaraz and his family for being the source of his woes; Alcaraz actually killed him in self-defense. Now hiding in the [[Netherlands]], Jago is sought by Alcaraz to come home and clear his name, using a picture of his daughter and newborn grandson as encouragement.


The authorities alert [[Interpol]] about Alcaraz and gradually zero in on his location. The discovery of his whereabouts triggers his wife's stroke as Cristobal and Limchauco separately fly to the Netherlands to find him. Manahan provides Alcaraz and Jago with separate tickets to fly back to the Philippines. Limchauco successfully helps Alcaraz avoid Cristobal and the [[Dutch police]], but upon revealing herself as a daughter of the judge, wants to kill him instead to avenge her father's death. Alcaraz convinces her to get the whole story from Manahan and help Jago as he comes clean back in the Philippines.
The authorities alert [[Interpol]] about Alcaraz and gradually zero in on his location. The discovery of his whereabouts triggers his wife's stroke as Cristobal and Limchauco separately fly to the Netherlands to find him. Manahan provides Alcaraz and Jago with separate tickets to fly back to the Philippines. Limchauco successfully helps Alcaraz avoid Cristobal and the [[Dutch police]], but upon revealing herself as a daughter of the judge, wants to kill him instead to avenge her father's death. Alcaraz convinces her to get the whole story from Manahan and help Jago as he comes clean back in the Philippines.
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==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Robin Padilla]] as Senator Gabriel Molino Alcaraz
*[[Robin Padilla]] as Sen. Gabriel Molino Alcaraz
*[[Michael de Mesa]] as Dir. Dante Cristobal
**[[Alden Richards]] as young Gabriel
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*[[Michael de Mesa]] as Dir. Dante Cristobal
**[[Joem Bascon]] as young Dante
*[[Bela Padilla]] as Maya Limchauco
*[[Bela Padilla]] as Maya Limchauco
*[[Pen Medina]] as Sebastian Jago
*[[Pen Medina]] as Sebastian Jago
*[[Mylene Dizon]] as Mrs. Anna Alcaraz
*[[Mylene Dizon]] as Anna
*[[Carla Humphries]] as Isabelle Manahan
*[[Carla Humphries]] as Isabelle Manahan
*[[Alden Richards]] as young Gabriel Molino Alcaraz
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*[[Joem Bascon]] as young Dante Cristobal
*Bibeth Orteza as Pres. Genoviva Obrero
*Bibeth Orteza as Pres. Genoviva Obrero
*Cholo Barretto as Benjo Alcaraz
*Cholo Barretto as Benjo Alcaraz
*[[Ejay Falcon]] as Gabriel's son


==Development==
==Development==
The film's plot draws inspiration from Philippine Senator [[Panfilo Lacson]]'s controversial flight in 2010 as he was about to be arrested over the 2000 Dacer-Corbito murder case. He said the production team paid him an unknown sum for the film rights and let him choose the lead actor and director for the project. However, he claims additional details behind his escape will be available in a book he is writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/127411/lacson-says-film-basically-fictional |title=Lacson says film basically fictional &#124; Inquirer Entertainment |publisher=Entertainment.inquirer.net |date=2013-12-29 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref> Bernal herself landed the project after passing up directorial duties for two other co-entries - ''My Little Bossings'' and ''Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel''.
The film's plot draws inspiration from Philippine Senator [[Panfilo Lacson]]'s controversial flight in 2010 as he was about to be arrested over the 2000 [[Dacer-Corbito double murder case]]. He said the production team paid him an unknown sum for the film rights and let him choose the lead actor and director for the project. However, he claims additional details behind his escape will be available in a book he is writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.inquirer.net/127411/lacson-says-film-basically-fictional |title=Lacson says film basically fictional &#124; Inquirer Entertainment |publisher=Entertainment.inquirer.net |date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> Bernal herself landed the project after passing up directorial duties for two other co-entries - ''[[My Little Bossings]]'' and ''[[Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel]]''.


The movie was shot at the premises of the [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|NAIA]] Terminal 3 and the [[Senate of the Philippines|Philippine Senate]], with footage from the security cameras integrated into the cinematography. The Amsterdam scenes included shooting inside the [[Schiphol International Airport]]. A number of Filipino expatriates in Amsterdam were recruited for the shoot.
The movie was shot at the premises of [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|NAIA]] Terminal 3 and the [[Senate of the Philippines|Philippine Senate]], with footage from the security cameras integrated into the cinematography. The [[Amsterdam]] scenes included shooting inside the [[Schiphol International Airport]]. A number of Filipino expatriates in Amsterdam were recruited for the shoot.


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
The film got mostly positive reviews. Maridol Ranoa-Bismark of [[Yahoo!]] Philippines said the film was relevant considering the current political climate in the Philippines<ref>{{cite web|author=Maridol Rañoa-Bismark |url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/blogs/say-cheese/review-10-000-hours-timely-today-headlines-054440514.html|title=Review: 10,000 Hours as timely as today's headlines &#124; Say Cheese! - Yahoo Celebrity Philippines |publisher=Ph.omg.yahoo.com|date=January 2, 2014|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> while Fred Hawson of [[ABS-CBN News]] praised the movie's technical aspects that shone to the quality of foreign films.<ref name="abs-cbnnews1">{{cite web|last1=Hawson|first1=Fred|title=Review: Why '10,000 Hours' won 39th MMFF|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/28/13/review-why-10000-hours-won-39th-mmff|website=ABS CBN News|date=January 2, 2014}}</ref>
The movie got mostly positive reviews. It received an average rating of 7.4/10 stars on [[IMDb]].<ref>10000 Hours (2013). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2995148/</ref>


Maridol Ranoa-Bismark of [[Yahoo!]] Philippines said the film was relevant considering the current political climate in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web|author=Maridol Rañoa-Bismark |url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/blogs/say-cheese/review-10-000-hours-timely-today-headlines-054440514.html |title=Review: 10,000 Hours as timely as today’s headlines &#124; Say Cheese! - Yahoo Celebrity Philippines |publisher=Ph.omg.yahoo.com |date=2014-01-02 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref>
On the other hand, Carl Joe Javier of [[GMA Network]] claims the movie cherry-picked social issues without focusing on them clearly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/342028/lifestyle/reviews/movie-review-a-lack-of-vision-in-10-000-hours|title=Movie review: A lack of vision in '10,000 Hours' &#124; Lifestyle &#124; GMA News Online|publisher=Gmanetwork.com|date=January 1, 2014|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>


==Accolades==
Writing for [[ABS-CBN News]], Fred Hawson said the movie's technical aspects shone to the quality of foreign films.<ref name="abs-cbnnews1">{{cite web|last1=Hawson|first1=Fred|title=Review: Why '10,000 Hours' won 39th MMFF|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/28/13/review-why-10000-hours-won-39th-mmff|website=ABS CBN News|date=January 2, 2014}}</ref>
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The movie brought home 14 of the 17 awards up for grabs at the 39th [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] including the Best Picture and Best Actor awards.<ref name="abs-cbnnews1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff|title=Ping Lacson biopic '10,000 Hours' bags most awards in this year's MMFF|publisher=InterAksyon.com|date=December 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131094009/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff|archive-date=January 31, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Blanco |first=Eunice |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/12/28/1272767/robin-padilla-10000-hours-win-big-2013-mmff-awards-night |title=Robin Padilla, '10,000 Hours' win big at the 2013 MMFF Awards Night &#124; Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star |publisher=philstar.com |date=December 28, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/12/28/1272821/10000-hours-tops-mmff-2013-awards|title='10,000 Hours' tops MMFF 2013 awards &#124; Headlines, News, The Philippine Star |publisher=philstar.com|date=December 28, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dumaual|first1=Miguel|title='10,000 Hours' is runaway winner at 39th MMFF|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/27/13/39th-mmff-winners-named|website=ABS CBN News|date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards|title=10,000 Hours sweeps Metro Manila awards |publisher=Filmbiz.asia|date=December 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228112212/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards |archive-date=December 28, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/photos/4300/10000-hours-wins-big-at-2013-metro-manila-film-fest-awards|title=10,000 Hours wins big at 2013 MMFF Awards &#124; Gallery &#124; PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz|publisher=PEP.ph|access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>

On the other hand, Carl Joe Javier of [[GMA Network]] claims the movie cherry-picked social issues without focusing on them clearly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/342028/lifestyle/reviews/movie-review-a-lack-of-vision-in-10-000-hours |title=Movie review: A lack of vision in ‘10,000 Hours’ &#124; Lifestyle &#124; GMA News Online |publisher=Gmanetwork.com |date=2014-01-01 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref>

==Awards==
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The movie brought home 14 of the 17 awards up for grabs at the 39th [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] including the Best Picture and Best Actor awards.<ref name="abs-cbnnews1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff |title=Ping Lacson biopic '10,000 Hours' bags most awards in this year's MMFF |publisher=InterAksyon.com |date=2013-12-27 |accessdate=2014-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131094009/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/77577/ping-lacson-biopic-10000-hours-bags-most-awards-in-this-years-mmff |archive-date=2014-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Blanco |first=Eunice |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/12/28/1272767/robin-padilla-10000-hours-win-big-2013-mmff-awards-night |title=Robin Padilla, ‘10,000 Hours’ win big at the 2013 MMFF Awards Night &#124; Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star |publisher=philstar.com |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/12/28/1272821/10000-hours-tops-mmff-2013-awards |title=‘10,000 Hours’ tops MMFF 2013 awards &#124; Headlines, News, The Philippine Star |publisher=philstar.com |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dumaual|first1=Miguel|title='10,000 Hours' is runaway winner at 39th MMFF|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/27/13/39th-mmff-winners-named|website=ABS CBN News|date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards |title=10,000 Hours sweeps Metro Manila awards |publisher=Filmbiz.asia |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2014-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228112212/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/10000-hours-sweeps-metro-manila-awards |archive-date=2013-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.pep.ph/photos/4300/10000-hours-wins-big-at-2013-metro-manila-film-fest-awards |title=10,000 Hours wins big at 2013 MMFF Awards &#124; Gallery &#124; PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz |publisher=PEP.ph |date= |accessdate=2014-02-03}}</ref>


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|align=center|[[2014 GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards|2014]]||Film Actor of the Year<ref>[http://www.thesummitexpress.com/2014/05/complete-list-of-winners-45th-guillermo-mendoza-box-office-entertainment-awards-2014.html "Complete List of Winners: 45th Guillermo Mendoza Box-Office Entertainment Awards 2014"]. ''The Summit Express''. Retrieved May 19, 2014.</ref>||align=center|[[Robin Padilla]]||{{won}}
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== See also ==
* [[Ping Lacson: Super Cop]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2995148|10,000 Hours}}
*{{IMDb title|2995148|10,000 Hours}}


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{{MMFF}}
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10,000 Hours
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBb. Joyce Bernal
Screenplay by
  • Rylla Epifania Berico
  • Keiko Aquino
Story by
Produced by
  • Neil Arce
  • Nikolo Juban
  • Lope V. Juban Jr.
  • Boy 2 Quizon
  • Vic del Rosario Jr.
StarringRobin Padilla
Cinematography
  • Marissa Floirendo
  • Gilberto Vistan
Edited by
  • Marya Ignacio
  • Joyce Bernal
Music byTeresa Barrozo
Production
companies
Distributed byGMA Films
Release date
  • December 25, 2013 (2013-12-25)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

10,000 Hours is a 2013 Filipino action thriller film co-edited and directed by Joyce E. Bernal. The film stars Robin Padilla as a Philippine senator forced to go on the run. The film was released by Viva Films on December 25, 2013, as an official entry of the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival, where it won 14 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (for Bernal), and Best Actor (for Padilla).

Plot

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In 2010, Senator Gabriel Alcaraz prepares a privilege speech revealing details of a corruption scandal at the highest levels of the government, implicating President Genoviva Obrero. However, on the day he is supposed to deliver the speech at the Senate, a close ally, NBI director San Juan, is assassinated while trying to warn him of a plan to arrest him. Undaunted, Alcaraz leaves his family and slips out of the Senate complex just as a police detail led by his old colleague, Director Dante Cristobal, move in to serve the warrant. He heads to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but knowing that the police are waiting for him there, slips out of the country aboard a ship with help from TV reporter Maya Limchauco and an associate of the San Juan. He arrives in Amsterdam, where Isabelle Manahan, a Filipino expatriate who works with the UN, shelters the senator but discourages him against contacting his loved ones back home; the family falls into despair from the backlash over his escape.

Flashbacks over the course of the film reveal that Alcaraz, Cristobal and San Juan were partners in the police force, who were assigned in 1986 to rescue Manahan who was then kidnapped by an erring judge. A police informer, Sebastian Jago, helped in saving Manahan. The judge is arrested but ten years later, he tried to kill Alcaraz and his family for being the source of his woes; Alcaraz actually killed him in self-defense. Now hiding in the Netherlands, Jago is sought by Alcaraz to come home and clear his name, using a picture of his daughter and newborn grandson as encouragement.

The authorities alert Interpol about Alcaraz and gradually zero in on his location. The discovery of his whereabouts triggers his wife's stroke as Cristobal and Limchauco separately fly to the Netherlands to find him. Manahan provides Alcaraz and Jago with separate tickets to fly back to the Philippines. Limchauco successfully helps Alcaraz avoid Cristobal and the Dutch police, but upon revealing herself as a daughter of the judge, wants to kill him instead to avenge her father's death. Alcaraz convinces her to get the whole story from Manahan and help Jago as he comes clean back in the Philippines.

Approximately 10,000 hours - one year, one month, and one week - after leaving the Philippines, Alcaraz flies back by private plane and reunites with his family. He plays over Maya's news show an audiotape Jago preserved for years, which names many corrupt government officials. However, nearly all of them are dead under various circumstances while a petty thug kills Jago in his cell and is subsequently silenced by a prison guard. The police chief, who hired the thug and the prison guard, tells President Obrero that another of the named officials is about to die of a stroke.

Cast

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Development

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The film's plot draws inspiration from Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson's controversial flight in 2010 as he was about to be arrested over the 2000 Dacer-Corbito double murder case. He said the production team paid him an unknown sum for the film rights and let him choose the lead actor and director for the project. However, he claims additional details behind his escape will be available in a book he is writing.[1] Bernal herself landed the project after passing up directorial duties for two other co-entries - My Little Bossings and Kimmy Dora: Ang Kiyemeng Prequel.

The movie was shot at the premises of NAIA Terminal 3 and the Philippine Senate, with footage from the security cameras integrated into the cinematography. The Amsterdam scenes included shooting inside the Schiphol International Airport. A number of Filipino expatriates in Amsterdam were recruited for the shoot.

Critical reception

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The film got mostly positive reviews. Maridol Ranoa-Bismark of Yahoo! Philippines said the film was relevant considering the current political climate in the Philippines[2] while Fred Hawson of ABS-CBN News praised the movie's technical aspects that shone to the quality of foreign films.[3]

On the other hand, Carl Joe Javier of GMA Network claims the movie cherry-picked social issues without focusing on them clearly.[4]

Accolades

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The movie brought home 14 of the 17 awards up for grabs at the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival including the Best Picture and Best Actor awards.[3][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Year Category Recipient Result
2013 Best Picture 10,000 Hours Won
Best Director Joyce Bernal Won
Best Actor Robin Padilla Won
Best Actress Bela Padilla Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Pen Medina Won
Best Screenplay Won
Best Original Story Won
Best Cinematography Won
Best Editing Marya Ignacio Won
Best Production Design Won
Best Visual Effects Won
Best Musical Score Teresa Barrozo Won
Best Sound Engineering Emmanuel Clemente Won
Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Awards 10,000 Hours Won
Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence Won
2014 Film Actor of the Year[11] Robin Padilla Won

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lacson says film basically fictional | Inquirer Entertainment". Entertainment.inquirer.net. December 29, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Maridol Rañoa-Bismark (January 2, 2014). "Review: 10,000 Hours as timely as today's headlines | Say Cheese! - Yahoo Celebrity Philippines". Ph.omg.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Hawson, Fred (January 2, 2014). "Review: Why '10,000 Hours' won 39th MMFF". ABS CBN News.
  4. ^ "Movie review: A lack of vision in '10,000 Hours' | Lifestyle | GMA News Online". Gmanetwork.com. January 1, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Ping Lacson biopic '10,000 Hours' bags most awards in this year's MMFF". InterAksyon.com. December 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014.
  6. ^ Blanco, Eunice (December 28, 2013). "Robin Padilla, '10,000 Hours' win big at the 2013 MMFF Awards Night | Entertainment, News, The Philippine Star". philstar.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "'10,000 Hours' tops MMFF 2013 awards | Headlines, News, The Philippine Star". philstar.com. December 28, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
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