The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

"Forever is just the beginning."

2011 1h 57m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 9,453

AdventureFantasyRomance

Synopsis

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Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

“Forever is just the beginning.”

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Cast

Kristen Stewart
Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson
Edward Cullen
Taylor Lautner
Jacob Black
Billy Burke
Charlie Swan
Peter Facinelli
Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Michael Sheen
Aro
Elizabeth Reaser
Esme Cullen
Kellan Lutz
Emmett Cullen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bill Condon
Writers: Melissa Rosenberg, Rick Newsome
Languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 6.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Twilight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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292+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bill Condon, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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The take

Bill Condon directs. Guillermo Navarro behind the camera. Carter Burwell scores. Virginia Katz cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.

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Things worth knowing

1$110M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 6.5× over at the box office.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
5Part of the "Twilight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6292+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Bill Condon, shot by Guillermo Navarro. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Virginia Katz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "Forever is just the beginning.".
12IMDB entry: tt1324999 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "vampire", "hybrid", "sequel".
14Released under 29 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
Original score: Carter Burwell
Editing: Virginia Katz
Production design: Richard Sherman
Costume design: Michael Wilkinson
Makeup / hair: Jean Ann Black
VFX supervisor: Eric Leven
Sound: Tony Lamberti
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Imada
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $110,000,000
Box office: $712,171,856
Return: 647% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

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Twilight Collection

The Twilight movies are a romantic fantasy vampire series based on the series of novels by Stephenie Meyer.

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Andres Gomez2012-12-09
★ 7/10
It may seem that this movie is totally a soap opera but it is actually a terrific adaption of the original novel with good performances from the cast. Another question would be what kind of story we were expecting: teenagers oriented, hyper melodramatic, cheese and quite often stupid and with no sense whatsoever. Exactly as the original novel.

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