Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Se7en (1995)


"Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, John C. McGinley, Gwyneth Paltrow
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 22 September 1995 (United States)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $33 million
Box office: $327.3 million



"Seven" (SE7EN) is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, who hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Social Network (2010)


"You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies"


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth

Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production companies: Relativity Media, Trigger Street Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date: 1 October 2010 (Canada)
Running time: 120 minutes
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $224.9 million


"The Social Network" is a biographical drama film directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin and adapted from Ben Mezrich's book "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal". It shows the founding of social networking website Facebook with all the ensuing consequences.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)


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


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Scott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Based on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Višnjić, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production companies: Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 20 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 158 minutes
Country: United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, United Kingdom
Budget: $90 million
Box office: $232.6 million



"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The story is about Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who investigate a sudden disappearance of a woman with the help of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)


"I was born under unusual circumstances".


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Eric Roth
Story by Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Based on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography: Claudio Miranda
Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production company: The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date: 25 December 2008 (Fiji)
Running time: 166 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $150 million
Box office: $333.9 million

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a romantic fantasy drama film directed by David Fincher and based on "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Zodiac (2007)


"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer"


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Ceán Chaffin, Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, James Vanderbilt
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt
Based on "Zodiac" by Robert Graysmith
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney
Music by David Shire
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Edited by Angus Wall
Production companies: Phoenix Pictures, Road Rebel
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.
Release date: 2 March 2007 (Canada)
Running time: 157 minutes; 162 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country: United States
Budget: $65 million
Box office: $84.8 million


"Zodiac" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book of the same name. The story is about the manhunt for a notorious serial killer who called himself the "Zodiac" who killed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters, blood stained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. Did somebody actually solve th case?

Monday, March 9, 2015

Gone Girl (2014)


"You don't know what you've got 'til it's..."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Leslie Dixon, Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Gillian Flynn
Based on "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Kirk Baxter
Production company: Regency Enterprises, Pacific Standard
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 1 October 2014 (Trinidad and Tobago)
Running time: 149 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $61 million
Box office: $368.1 million



"Gone Girl" is a mystery thriller drama film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 novel of the same name. The story is about Nick Dunne, whose wife Amy has gone missing. People think that exactly the husband is guilty of her disappearance but is that the truth?

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Fight Club (1999)


"Mischief. Mayhem. Soap."


Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Art Linson, Ceán Chaffin, Ross Grayson Bell
Screenplay by Jim Uhls
Based on "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter
Music by Dust Brothers
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by James Haygood
Production company: Regency Enterprises, Linson Films
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date: 15 October 1999 (Canada)
Running time: 139 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $63.000.000
Box office: $100.853.753

"Fight Club" is a drama directed by David Fincher and based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The story is about the nameless Narrator who is discontented with his white-collar job. So he forms a "fight club" with soap maker Tyler Durden, and they are joined by men who also want to fight recreationally. But how will that come off?