The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."

2011 2h 38m EN

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Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

“What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw.”

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Cast

Daniel Craig
Mikael Blomkvist
Rooney Mara
Lisbeth Salander
Christopher Plummer
Henrik Vanger
Stellan Skarsgård
Martin Vanger
Robin Wright
Erika Berger
Yorick van Wageningen
Nils Bjurman
Steven Berkoff
Dirch Frode
Joely Richardson
Anita Vanger

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Fincher
Writers: Steven Zaillian
Languages: French, English
Countries: Sweden, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Sweden, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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

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CAST

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Fincher, shot by Jeff Cronenweth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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The take

David Fincher directs. Jeff Cronenweth behind the camera. Trent Reznor scores. Kirk Baxter cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Sweden, United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

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1Clocks in at 158 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
5International production across 2 countries: Sweden, United States of America.
6Part of the "Millennium New Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7261+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by David Fincher, shot by Jeff Cronenweth. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Trent Reznor. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Kirk Baxter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara and Christopher Plummer carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw.".
13IMDB entry: tt1568346 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
14Classified under 30 themes, including "journalist", "island", "rape", "hacker".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Original score: Trent Reznor
Editing: Kirk Baxter
Production design: Donald Graham Burt
Costume design: Trish Summerville
Makeup / hair: Angel Radefeld
VFX supervisor: James Pastorius
Sound: David Parker
Stunt coordinator: Ben Cooke
Runtime: 158 min · 2h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000,000
Box office: $232,617,430
Return: 258% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

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Part of

Millennium New Collection

The American adaptation film series of the Swedish psychological crime thrillers based on the Millennium series of novels by Stieg Larsson. Due to Stieg sudden death in 2004, Swedish author and crime journalist David Lagercrantz was commissioned to continue the Millennium series featuring Larsson's characters.

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CinemaSerf2023-06-14
★ 7/10
Discredited journalist "Michael Blomkvist" (Daniel Craig) is invited to undertake some family investigation work by retired industrialist "Henrik Vanger" (Christopher Plummer). It turns out that a young girl disappeared from the family mansion some forty years earlier and he wants to know what happened. Meantime, the enigmatic young "Lisbeth" (Rooney Mara) is trying to break herself free from the influences/perversions of her legal guardian "Bjurman" (Yorick van Wageningen). She, having been the source of the information and investigation that lead to the earlier troubles of "Blomkvist" is particularly adept at survival! As the mystery deepens, the former engages the detection services of the latter and their search for the truth becomes distinctly perilous. The book is great, and this adaptation does it justice for the most part. Perhaps the screenplay could have been a little tighter, the first half hour takes it's time to get going, but once we have been introduced to this top notch cast representing the somewhat dysfunctional family then the pace of the film really hots up. For once, Craig delivers well and there are strong performances from Steven Berkoff, Stellan Skarsgård and Plummer ensuring that things build nicely to a denouement that, though perhaps not too surprising, is patiently and tensely delivered by David Fincher. Every bit as good as the first film version of this tale, a testament to what an A-list cast can do with a strong story and creative direction. Well worth a watch.

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