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The Hunger Games
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
2012 · Directed by Gary Ross · 142 min · Science Fiction · Adventure · Action · Thriller · 17 frames
Tagline
The world will be watching.
Crew
- Screenplay: Gary Ross, Billy Ray, Suzanne Collins
- Cinematography: Tom Stern
- Edited by: Stephen Mirrione, Juliette Welfling, Christopher S. Capp
- Music: James Newton Howard
- Production design: Philip Messina
- Produced by: Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen
- Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark
- Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne
- Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy
- Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket
- Lenny Kravitz as Cinna
- Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman
- Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow
- Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane
- Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Lionsgate, Color Force
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Box office: $694,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, revolution, dystopia, monarchy, female protagonist, fashion, bow and arrow, game, cynical, hunting
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