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A Quiet Place
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
2018 · Directed by John Krasinski · 91 min · Horror · Drama · Science Fiction · Screenplay in the scene database · 27 frames
Tagline
If they hear you, they hunt you.
Plot
Sightless aliens with sharp hearing and impenetrable armored skin have taken over the planet and killed most of the human population. The Abbott family – father Lee, mother Evelyn, deaf daughter Regan, and sons Marcus and Beau – live on their isolated farm in the middle of a forest in Millbrook, New York, and have survived by taking precautions such as laying sand paths to avoid stepping on crunching leaves and using American Sign Language when communicating.
When the family goes into the nearby town for supplies, Beau finds a toy Space Shuttle, but Lee takes out the batteries and makes Beau leave it behind due to the noise it would make if powered on. As they are getting ready to leave, Regan returns the toy to Beau without its batteries, but Beau takes the batteries without anyone noticing. While walking back home, Beau activates the toy, which starts making noise. Almost immediately, Beau is killed by a nearby alien before Lee can reach him. Regan suffers terrible guilt after Beau's death. She hides her feelings of guilt from her parents, although Marcus is aware of them.
Over a year after Beau's death, Evelyn is pregnant with a fourth child. Lee is trying to build a working hearing aid for Regan, but can't master the electronics; the attempt causes a high-pitched noise, but does not improve hearing. Marcus reluctantly goes fishing with Lee while Regan, upset that she cannot go, visits Beau's grave. While the rest of the family is away, Evelyn goes into labor. While heading to the basement, she accidentally steps on an upright nail and drops a photo frame, alerting a nearby alien which enters the house. Struggling to stay silent amidst the pain, Evelyn flips a switch in the basement, turning the surrounding lights around the house red. The alien enters the basement soon after, but Evelyn distracts it by setting off an egg timer and escapes upstairs. Upon returning to the farm and seeing the red lights, Lee instructs Marcus to lure the alien out of the house by lighting off fireworks, allowing Evelyn to safely give birth to her baby.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski
- Cinematography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
- Edited by: Christopher Tellefsen
- Music: Marco Beltrami
- Production design: Jeffrey Beecroft
- Produced by: Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Michael Bay
Cast
- Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott
- John Krasinski as Lee Abbott
- Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott
- Noah Jupe as Marcus Abbott
- Cade Woodward as Beau Abbott
- Leon Russom as Man in the Woods
- Rhoda Pell as Old Man's Dead Wife (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, Platinum Dunes, Sunday Night Productions
- Budget: $17,000,000
- Box office: $340,955,294
- Themes: pregnancy, fireworks, deaf, post-apocalyptic future, alien life-form, child in peril, creature, alien invasion, parenting, survival horror
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