QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Gravity can be found here.
QHow did the filmmakers do the scene where Stone sheds her suit in the airlock?
ASandra Bullock sat on a rig with a bicycle seat and had her right leg strapped into a two-part brace inside a specially-made chamber. She then mimed movements that were carefully choreographed and a camera rig was rotated slowly to create the illusion of her's and the ISS's rotation. Lights were also placed in strategic spots to capture the shining of the sun in the window. In post-production, Bullock's right leg and the braces were erased completely and her bare leg was recreated with CGI. In the special features of the DVD and blu-ray editions of the movie there's a short documentary showing how this effect was created. Director Alfonso Cuaron himself says that the image was specifically designed this way to make Stone look like an in-utero child, hence her body's position & the positioning of the hoses in the background suggesting umbilical cords.
QDoes the machine Kowalski uses for spacewalking really exist?
AThe MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) was used by American astronauts during the mid 1980's, but it is not currently being used. Dialogue in the film indicates that Kowalski is using a fictional, new, presumably more fuel-efficient version of the MMU. It's also possible that it's more technologically advanced in a fictional sense.
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