The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Timing: 2:26 (146 min)

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Release date

2013-11-15

Country

United States

Production

Lionsgate, Color Force

Genre

Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Budget

$130 000 000

Revenue

$865 011 746

Website

http://www.thehungergames.movie/

Director

Francis Lawrence

Actors

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci
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Scenario

Producer

Jon Kilik, Nina Jacobson, Joseph Drake, Louise Rosner-Meyer, Suzanne Collins, Allison Shearmur

Operator

Jo Willems

Composer

James Newton Howard

Artist

Audition

Debra Zane

Editing

Alan Edward Bell, Adam McCarthy
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• The film is based on Suzanne Collins' novel *Catching Fire* (2009).
• David Cronenberg, Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and Bennett Miller were considered for the director's position.
• Taylor Kitsch, Armie Hammer, Hunter Parrish, Grant Gustin, Joey Graceffa, Luke Mitchell, and Garrett Hedlund were considered for the role of Finnick Odair. Ultimately, the role went to Sam Claflin.
• Zoe Aggeliki and Mia Wasikowska were considered for the role of Johanna Mason before it was given to Jena Malone.
• Melissa Leo was considered for the role of Maggs.
• Some scenes of the Capitol were filmed at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel, which is one of the hotels that hosts the annual Dragon*con convention.
• During filming on the arena set, Jennifer Lawrence hit herself in the head with a bow while running and dove into a pool, which caused her to partially lose her hearing for six days.
• Filming for the movie began on September 10, 2012, in Atlanta. After Atlanta, filming moved to Hawaii and concluded in December 2012.
• Sam Claflin broke his finger during filming.
• The director of the first 'The Hunger Games,' Gary Ross, motivated his refusal to film the sequel by the excessively demanding production schedule.
• Jenna Malone (Johanna Mason) and Donald Sutherland (President Coriolanus Snow) had previously met on the sets of the films 'Cold Mountain' and 'Pride & Prejudice'.
• The fish that Katniss, Finnick, and Peeta eat in one of the scenes was actually raw.
• Jenna Malone said that the scene with her nudity was filmed in a working hotel elevator and required considerable endurance from her.
• Sam Claflin (Finnick) ate 2-3 pieces of sugar in each take of his introductory scene and ended up consuming an entire package of refined sugar.
• The song "Atlas" by Coldplay was the first official soundtrack to the film and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
• Towards the end of the scene where the heroes are running from the monkeys, Katniss runs out of arrows in her quiver. In the next scene on the shore, the quiver is full of arrows.
• Katniss's sister's cat, which appears in the frame at the very beginning in the Victor's Village, is ginger, although a gray cat was shown in the first part of the film.
• When Cinna is hit in the face against the launch elevator where Katniss is locked, blood remains on the glass, which disappears in the next frame.
• The film is based on Suzanne Collins' novel 'Catching Fire' (2009).
• Some scenes of the Capitol were filmed at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, one of the hotels that hosts the annual 'Dragon*con' convention.
• The director of the first "Hunger Games," Gary Ross, justified his refusal to shoot a sequel by the overly demanding production schedule.
• Jenna Malone (Joanna Mason) and Donald Sutherland (President Coriolanus Snow) had previously worked together on the sets of "Cold Mountain" and "Pride & Prejudice".
• The song "Atlas" by Coldplay was the first official soundtrack to the film and was nominated for a Grammy Award.