The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

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Release date

2015-11-18

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Studio Babelsberg, Lionsgate, Color Force

Genre

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Budget

$160 000 000

Revenue

$653 428 261

Website

http://www.thehungergames.movie/

Director

Francis Lawrence

Actors

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

Producer

Jon Kilik, Nina Jacobson, Joseph Drake, Jan Foster, Suzanne Collins, Allison Shearmur

Operator

Jo Willems

Composer

James Newton Howard

Artist

Carine Demongueres, Sean Ryan Jennings, Alice Leconte

Audition

Debra Zane

Editing

Alan Edward Bell, Mark Yoshikawa
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• The film is based on Suzanne Collins' novel "Mockingjay" (2010).
• Lily Rabe, who was to play Commander Lyme from District 2, left the project due to her commitment to a stage production called "Much Ado About Nothing." Gwenodolin Christie ultimately took on the role.
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Plutarch Heavensbee in the film, died on February 2, 2014, in New York. He had completed work on the first part and was just a week away from finishing the second. Lionsgate stated that work on most of the scenes with Hoffman had been completed. It was later announced that Hoffman's character would be recreated using digital technology from previously filmed scenes.
• Director Francis Lawrence called this film the most brutal of all the films in the franchise.
• During its opening weekend in the US, the film grossed just $102.7 million – less than any other installment in the franchise.
• In the first "The Hunger Games" film (2012), Prim's cat, Buttercup, is black and white. In the subsequent films, he is depicted as ginger, as he is in Susan Collins' novels.
• Gwendoline Christie and Natalie Dormer starred together in the series "Game of Thrones" (2011).
• Liam Hemsworth called "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" "possibly the best of the entire series." "It keeps the audience on the edge of their seats," the actor said.
• The film featured two actors nominated for an Academy Award (Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci), and three actors who have won the award (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julianne Moore). In total, these 5 actors have been nominated for an Academy Award 16 times.
• "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" features more special effects than any other installment in the franchise. The effects were created by Weta Digital, who previously worked on "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013), the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-2003), the "Hobbit" trilogy (2012-2014), "Avatar" (2009), "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), and others.
• The only installment in the "Hunger Games" franchise that did not receive a Golden Globe nomination in the "Best Original Song" category.
• On the day the trailer for the film was released, composer James Newton Howard celebrated his birthday.
• The second sequel, released in 2015, featured an actor – in this case, Philip Seymour Hoffman – who did not live to see the premiere. The first was Paul Walker in James Wan's "Furious 7".
• The main trailer for the film was released on July 24, 2015.
• Katniss Everdeen never appeared on screen in the red costume she wore for the film's poster.
• Despite the film's harsh atmosphere, the fight and battle scenes occupy only about 10 minutes of screen time.
• Actress Meta Golding reprised her role as Enobaria, the victor of the 62nd Hunger Games. This character appeared in the film "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013) as one of the victors of the 75th Hunger Games and the Third Quarter Quell. Although Enobaria was not in the film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1" according to the plot, it is assumed that she was rescued after the Quarter Quell, but she was not in the Capitol when the residents of District 13 went to liberate Peeta. However, the book states that Enobaria is from a pro-government district (unlike Johanna, Peeta, and Annie), so it is unlikely that she could have been imprisoned.
• The actors involved in the film repeatedly stated that the most difficult part of the shooting was the episodes in the sewers. It took three weeks. The actors found it physically challenging and very hot, as the filming took place in a real sewer.
• According to director Francis Lawrence, the special effects in the film are so complex that work on them began even before the premiere of the first part of "Mockingjay".
• Many of the scenes in the Capitol were filmed in Paris and Berlin.
• This is the only film in the entire series that was released in 3D format.
• During the wedding, a violin plays an old American melody called «Over the Waterfall».
• It can be assumed that the ginger Buttercup is a neutered cat who was once a stray. At the end of the film, Buttercup is shown against a window, and it is visible that the tip of his left ear has been cut off. When stray cats are caught as part of so-called «TNR» programs (trap-neuter-release), the tip of their ear is cut off to indicate that the animal has been spayed or neutered. The tip of the left ear is cut off for male cats, and the right ear for females. If, after catching a stray animal, it becomes clear that the animal is clearly domestic, or if it shows a willingness to interact with humans, it may not be released back onto the street (as it is not actually wild, and cannot compete with individuals who always live on the street). Such animals are usually rehomed. This appears to have happened with Buttercup.
• Boggins and his men accompany Katniss, armed with Gewehr 36C 5.56mm caliber automatic rifles from «Heckler & Koch». This is standard armament for the Bundeswehr, which is also used by police forces in many countries around the world. The rifles in the film are set to safe (when taken off safe, the firing mode can be selected – single shots, bursts of 3 shots, and full automatic fire).
• At the international annual «Comic-Con» festival in San Diego in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence let slip that her nephews played the roles of Katniss and Peeta's children.
• The scene at the end of the film, where Haymitch, played by Woody Harrelson, kisses Effie, played by Elizabeth Banks, goodbye, turned out to be very emotional, which surprised even the seasoned filmmakers. In fact, the farewell kiss was not in the script. This scene was invented by the actors and played spontaneously.
• According to the script, Plutarch was supposed to speak to Katniss himself, but instead, in the film, Haymitch reads her his letter. These changes had to be made due to the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the role of Plutarch.
• In the book, Katniss and Peeta have a son and a daughter, not two sons.
• President Snow's rose garden is shown inside a greenhouse, whereas in the film *The Hunger Games* (2012) it was located outdoors, away from the Capitol.
• In the scene where the victors are seated around a round table, a bowl from the film *The Hunger Games* (2012) can be seen behind Katniss. Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane is shown next to this bowl, containing berries, in the penultimate scene of the first film in the franchise.
• In the epilogue, Josh Hutcherson, who played Peeta Mellark, appears on screen wearing a wig for the first time. For the filming of all the films in the "Hunger Games" franchise, Hutcherson dyed his hair blonde, which he did not enjoy at all. The epilogue of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" was filmed several months after the completion of filming for the film itself. Since the filming of the epilogue was only supposed to take a couple of days, the actor decided not to dye his hair, but to wear a wig.
• In scenes towards the end of the film featuring Plutarch Heavensbee, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, it wasn't Hoffman who appeared. Plutarch is briefly shown during the execution of President Snow and at the honoring of Commander Paylor, but in these scenes, the character of Plutarch is a product of computer technology. The filmmakers used footage of the actor that was not used in the final edit. This was necessary because Hoffman died before he could begin filming the second half of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" (2015).
• When Katniss is talking to Boggs alone in the square, the camera shows her face and then Boggs' face, and during the change of shot, Katniss’s hair is sometimes on the hood and sometimes completely under it.
• Towards the end of the film, when Katniss and Haymitch are talking, close-ups show that Katniss’s costume has a large copper slider on the zipper, but this slider is not present in wide shots.
• The film is based on Suzanne Collins’ novel “Mockingjay” (2010).
• Lily Rabe, who was supposed to play Commander Lyme from District 2, left the project due to her commitment to a stage production titled “Much Ado About Nothing.” Ultimately, the role went to Gwendoline Christie.
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Plutarch Heavensbee in the film, died on February 2, 2014, in New York. He had completed work on the first part and was only a week away from finishing work on the second. Lionsgate stated that work on most of the scenes with Hoffman was completed. It was later announced that Hoffman’s character would be recreated using digital technology from previously filmed scenes.
• In the first film, “The Hunger Games” (2012), Prim’s cat, Buttercup, has a black and white coat. In the remaining films, he is depicted as ginger, as he is in Suzanne Collins’ novels.
• Gwendoline Christie and Natalie Dormer starred together in the series “Game of Thrones” (2011).
• Liam Hemsworth called the film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" "possibly the best of the entire series." "It keeps the viewer in constant suspense," the actor said.
• The film starred two actors nominated for an Academy Award (Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci), and three actors who received the golden statuette (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julianne Moore). In total, these 5 actors were nominated for an Academy Award 16 times.
• The film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" features more special effects than any other installment in the franchise. The effects were created by Weta Digital, which previously worked on "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013), the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-2003), and the "Hobbit" trilogy (2012-2014), as well as the films "Avatar" (2009), "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), and others.
• The only installment in the "Hunger Games" franchise that did not receive a Golden Globe nomination in the "Best Song" category.
• The second sequel, released in 2015, featured an actor – in this case, Philip Seymour Hoffman – who did not live to see the premiere. The first was Paul Walker in James Wan's "Furious 7".
• Actress Meta Golding reprised her role as Enobaria, the victor of the 62nd Hunger Games. This character appeared in the film *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013) as one of the victors of the 75th Hunger Games and the Third Quarter Quell. Although Enobaria was not featured in *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* according to the plot, it is assumed that she was rescued after the Quarter Quell, but was not in the capital when the residents of District 13 went to liberate Peeta. However, the book states that Enobaria is from a pro-government District (unlike Joanna, Peeta, and Annie), making it unlikely she would have been imprisoned.
• According to director Francis Lawrence, the special effects in the film are so complex that work on them began even before the premiere of the first part of *Mockingjay*.
• During the wedding, a violin plays an old American tune called “Over the Waterfall.”
• It can be assumed that the ginger Buttercup is a neutered cat who was once a stray. At the end of the film, Buttercup is shown against a window, and it is visible that the tip of his left ear has been cut off. When stray cats are caught as part of so-called “TNR” (trap-neuter-release) programs, the tip of their ear is cut off to indicate that the animal has been spayed or neutered. The tip of the left ear is cut off for male cats, and the right for females. If, after catching a stray animal, it becomes clear that the animal is clearly domestic, or if it shows a willingness to interact with people, it may not be released back onto the streets (as it is not actually wild, and cannot compare to individuals who always live on the street). Such animals are often rehomed. This appears to have happened with Buttercup.
• Boggins and his men accompany Katniss, armed with 5.56mm caliber Gewehr 36C rifles manufactured by “Heckler & Koch.” This is standard weaponry for the Bundeswehr, and is also used by police forces in many countries around the world. The rifles in the film are set to safety (when taken off safety, it is possible to select the firing mode – single shots, bursts of 3 shots, and full automatic fire).
• At the international annual "Comic-Con" festival in San Diego in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence let slip that her nephews were cast as the children of Katniss and Peeta.
• President Snow’s rose garden is shown inside a greenhouse, whereas in the film "The Hunger Games" (2012) it was located outdoors, away from the Capitol.
• In the scene where the victors are seated around a round table, a bowl from the film "The Hunger Games" (2012) can be seen behind Katniss. Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane is shown next to this bowl, which contains berries, in the penultimate scene of the first film in the franchise.