The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem (2013)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2013-09-20

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States, Romania

Production

Voltage Pictures, Zephyr Films, Le Pacte, Zanuck Independent, MediaPro Pictures, Picture Perfect Corporation, Wild Side Films

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Budget

$8 500 000

Revenue

$1 428 362

Website

http://www.thezerotheorem-movie.com

Director

Terry Gilliam

Actors

Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry, Lucas Hedges, Matt Damon, Ben Whishaw, Tilda Swinton, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Margarita Doyle, Rupert Friend
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Scenario

Producer

Nicolas Chartier, Dean Zanuck, Andrei Boncea, Chris Curling, Zev Foreman, Jean Labadie, Phil Robertson, Andreea Stanculeanu, Patrick Newall

Operator

Nicola Pecorini

Composer

George Fenton

Artist

Serban Rotariu

Audition

Irene Lamb, Ana Maria Bulata

Editing

Mick Audsley
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• The screenwriter Pat Rushin and his wife can be seen in one scene. They are sitting in the background on a park bench. His wife is reading a newspaper, while Pat is writing something. In reality, at that moment he was writing the words from the messages that appear throughout the film in the scrolling text of "Mancom Motivational".
• While scouting locations, director Terry Gilliam used the Google Earth project and only made his first trip to Romania after making his selections.
• When filming in the UK was initially planned, the film's budget was $20 million. Then it was decided to move to Bucharest, Romania, where filming cost only $8.5 million.
• As Terry Gilliam later recalled, some actors were on set for only one day – for example, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Peter Stormare; Matt Damon was on set for 4 days, and David Thewlis for a whole week.
• Screenwriter Pat Rushin and his wife can be seen in one scene. They are sitting in the background on a park bench. His wife is reading a newspaper, and Pat is writing something. In reality, at that moment he was writing the words from the messages displayed throughout the film in the "Mancom Motivational" ticker.