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The Hunger Games

Year:
Duration:
142 min
Genres:
Adventure | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Gary Ross
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 32 wins & 40 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2012-03-23
Filming Locations: Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Earnings
Budget: $78,000,000
Opening Weekend: $152,535,747 (USA) (25 March 2012)
Gross: $408,010,692 (USA) (6 September 2012)
Cast
Actor
Character
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks
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Amber Chaney
Amber Chaney
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Kalia Prescott
Kalia Prescott
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Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
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Willow Shields
Willow Shields
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Ian Nelson
Ian Nelson
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Stanley Tucci
Caesar Flickerman
Wes Bentley
Seneca Crane
Liam Hemsworth
Gale Hawthorne
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Hob Vendor
Paula Malcomson
Katniss' Mother
Rhoda Griffis
Registration Woman
Sandino Moya
Propaganda Film Tribute (as Sandino Moya-Smith)
Josh Hutcherson
Peeta Mellark
Raiko Bowman
Peeta's Mother
Dwayne Boyd
Peacekeeper #1
Anthony Reynolds
Peacekeeper #2
Judd Lormand
Peacekeeper #3
Woody Harrelson
Haymitch Abernathy
Toby Jones
Claudius Templesmith
Kimiko Gelman
Venia
Nelson Ascencio
Flavius
Bruce Bundy
Octavia
Lenny Kravitz
Cinna
Amandla Stenberg
Rue
Dayo Okeniyi
Thresh
Leven Rambin
Glimmer
Jack Quaid
Marvel
Latarsha Rose
Portia
Donald Sutherland
President Snow
Alexander Ludwig
Cato
Isabelle Fuhrman
Clove
Ethan Jamieson
Tribute Boy District 4
Jacqueline Emerson
Fox Face
Mackenzie Lintz
Tribute Girl District 8
Imanol Yepez-Frias
Tribute Boy District 9
Annie Thurman
Tribute Girl District 9
Dakota Hood
Tribute Girl District 10
Karan Kendrick
Atala
Shane Biseell
Birthday Boy
Katie Kneeland
Hovercraft Tech (as Kate Kneeland)
Steve Coulter
Game Center Tech #1
Sharon Conley
Game Center Tech #2 (as Sharon Morris)
Tim Taylor
Game Center Tech #3
John Ross
Game Center Tech (as Jack Ross)
Phillip Troy Linger
Katniss' Father
Angela Dawn Atchley
Capitol Citizen
Bill Bennett
Coal Miner (uncredited)
Cedric J. Byrd
Capitol Stylist (uncredited)
Christopher Cozort
Capitol Citizen
Blair Landon Dimmick
Peacekeeper
Jane Doole
Capitol Citizen
Antonio Echeverria
Capitol Citizen
Mary Fox
District 12 Citizen (uncredited)
Joshua Grant
Capital Citizen (uncredited)
Eric Hennig
Game Tech (uncredited)
Dean Allen Jones
Game Center Tech (uncredited)
Mehmet Korhan
Game Tech (uncredited)
Konstantine Kurelias
Peacekeeper
Chad Kurtz
Capitol Crowd
Cody Lowe
District 12 Citizen (uncredited)
William Hunter Luther
District 12 Teen (uncredited)
Sam Ly
Tribute Boy District 7 (uncredited)
Tara Macken
Tribute Girl District 4
Jeremy Marinas
Tribute Boy District 10 (uncredited)
Chris Mark
Tribute Boy District 5 (uncredited)
Logan Martin
Propaganda Video Athlete (uncredited)
George McPherson
District 11 Farmer
Ashton Moio
District 6 Tribute
Shana Murphy
Propaganda Film Tribute (uncredited)
Tim Olcott
Distracted Flickerman Stagehand (uncredited)
Kara Petersen
Tribute Girl District 6
Alexa Poletti
Capitol Citizen
Eli Shannon
Capitol Crowd
Taylor John Smith
Propoganda Film Tribute (uncredited)
Ron Stafford
Capitol Citizen
Sam Tan
Tribute Boy District 8
Trey Taylor
Peacekeeper
Shelby Townsend
District 12 Girl (uncredited)
Bailee Watters
District 12 Citizen (uncredited)
Charles Tyler West
District 12 Citizen (uncredited)
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Trivia
Including the 22 tributes that died in the recent Hunger Games a total of 1,724 tributes have died in the 74 year history of Panem.
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Chloƫ Grace Moretz, Mary Mouser, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jodelle Ferland, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Roberts, Kaya Scodelario, Emily Browning and Shailene Woodley were considered to play Katniss.
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During a New York Magazine interview, Wes Bentley said that the extremely unusual beard he wore as Seneca was styled from his own real beard, not created from applied pieces or extra hair. Bentley said that while he was in North Carolina filming the movie, he would often go to the local Target (a national department store chain) to buy things like baby formula while still sporting the "Seneca beard."
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Goofs
When Effie Trinket is shown from behind walking to the bowl to draw the girl tribute, she has a lot of hair on her neck. Then, when she is shown from behind going to meet Katniss, she has just a few strands of hair there.
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From the start of the arena parts to the end of the scene where Katniss blows up the food, the tribute plates are visible. From then on, the tribute plates have disappeared and can not be seen.
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When Peeta throws the metal ball at the rack of spears, the District 1 & 2 representatives can be seen in the background with their arms hanging loose. Immediately after that, they are shown with their hands folded together.
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Quotes
Effie Trinket: Two hundred miles per hour and you can barely feel a thing. I think it's one of the wonderful things about this opportunity, that even though you're here and even though it's just for a little while, you get to enjoy all of this.
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Katniss Everdeen: Throw that metal thing over there.
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Cato: [On Katniss] Obviously about my age.
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Faq
Q
What are the differences between the British BBFC 12 Version and the Uncensored Version?
A
Despite the book being aimed at a rather young audience, it does contain a few scenes of violence, which were worrying the producers even before the filming had started. Keeping the scenes true to the book would have meant receiving the R-Rating, but of course this was supposed to be a movie for the PG-13 viewer. Therefore, the scenes were softened and The Hunger Games was rated PG-13 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens. The British branch of Lionsgate had similar problems, they were aiming for the BBFC12A rating. In order to get the rating, it was decided that the movie was to be censored. Accordingly, a rough cut was given to the BBFC so they could say which alterations they wanted made in return for the lower rating. These included cuts and the digital removal of some blood. However, the first cut version that was created to meet these limitations was still rejected and The Hunger Games did not get the BBFC12A rating before a few more cuts were added. On DVD the movie was released in a censored version with a BBFC 12 rating, whereas the Blu-ray features the uncensored version with a BBFC 15 rating. In comparison 14 alterations can be found and a detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
Q
What are the fates of the characters?
A
The following answers apply only to the HUNGER GAMES movie and ignore what happens to surviving characters in the book sequels.Katniss: Survives to the very end, nearly commits suicide, but is stopped by the capitol. Returns home with Peeta.Peeta: Survives to the very end, almost commits suicide, but is stopped by the capitol. He returns home with Katniss.Glimmer: Stung to death when Katniss drops a trackerjacker nest in front of her group.Marvel: Attempts to throw a spear at Katniss, who ducks, only for the spear to hit Rue. Katniss immediately shoots Marvel with one of her arrows and kills him instantly.Rue: Stabbed by Marvel's spear.Clove: Attacks Katniss when she tries to get Peeta's medicine. She starts to gain the upper hand but after a few remarks about killing Rue she is attacked by Thresh, who beats her to death against the wall of the cornucopia.Foxface: Unknowingly eats a few poisonous Nightlock berries mistakenly picked by Peeta and dies quickly as a result.Thresh: Presumably killed by mutant killer dogs added to the game area by the capitol.Cato: Makes it to the very end of the game, attempts to use Peeta as a human shield. Katniss shoots him in the hand and he falls off the cornucopia where he is attacked by the mutant dogs. Katniss shoots him one more time to put him out of his misery.Seneca Crane is locked in an empty room with a bowl holding the Nightlock berries that Katniss and Peeta threatened to swallow together. Presumably, Seneca is forced to commit suicide by swallowing the berries, as punishment for failure to "contain" the growing hope spread among the colonies by Katniss and Peeta's struggle. His fate very closely mirrors the Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger, who was condemned to suicide by blood loss.
Q
Why would anyone volunteer to be in the Hunger Games, or even make a career out of being a tribute?
A
The movie briefly touches upon the motivation of some people to become a Career and to volunteer as tribute during the introduction movie played at the Reaping. President Snow mentions that the victor of each Hunger Game is 'bathed in riches' as a reminder of the Capitol's generosity and forgiveness. Since the Districts live in varying degrees of poverty, winning the Games is the fastest (albeit a dangerous) way to obtain personal riches. If one trains for the Games an entire childhood, the odds of winning can increase substantially. The book goes into even greater detail about this. The winner gets medical treatment to recover from the wounds received during the Games. Upon return to his or her District, the victor gets to live in the 'Victor's Village', an area with luxurious villas with hot water. Even more, all the families in the victor's District receive additional food and products for an entire year. So winning is not only good for personal gain, the entire District benefits from it as well, giving the tributes an extra incentive. Most Careers are from District 1, 2 and 4, and are frequent winners of the Games, which may explain why those areas are among the wealthiest of Districts within Panem (Katniss' District 12 has very few past winners and is amongst the poorest). Furthermore, where most tributes are unwilling candidates, some Districts actually pride themselves on being frequent winners, which has likely started a tradition of young people becoming Careers, expected to bring more glory (and luxuries) to their District, despite the risks. Cato, the male District 2 tribute, mentions briefly that killing and bringing pride to his District is all he knows to do.
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