Orphan

Orphan (2009)

Timing: 2:3 (123 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-07-24

Country

Canada, France, Germany, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal, Silver Pictures, Appian Way, Dark Castle Entertainment, Don Carmody Productions, OMDC

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$77 912 251

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Director

Jaume Collet-Serra

Actors

Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Aryana Engineer, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jamie Young
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Scenario

Producer

Joel Silver, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Barrett, Henning Molfenter, Charlie Woebcken, Sarah Meyer, Susan Downey, Richard Mirisch, Erik Olsen, Ethan Erwin

Operator

Jeff Cutter

Composer

John Ottman

Artist

Audition

Ronnie Yeskel, Andrea Kenyon, Tina Gerussi

Editing

Timothy Alverson
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• The original title of the film was “Orphan”.
• In an earlier version of the script, Esther sang Doris Day’s song “Que Sera, Sera”.
• Filming was originally scheduled to begin as early as December 2007 in Toronto.
• Isabelle Fuhrman auditioned for the role of Lilith Sullivan in the film "Case 39" (2007), which has a very similar theme to "Orphan".
• In the script, Esther is a girl with fair skin, delicate features, and platinum blonde hair. Isabelle Fuhrman did not fit this description at all, but the film crew was so impressed with her audition that they decided to cast her in the role.
• A sign next to the school entrance of Esther and Daniel reads: "R.J. Gilbert Elementary School" – this is a reference to the film's production manager, Ronald Gilbert.
• Ariana انجینیر celebrated her seventh birthday on the set of the film "Orphan". The entire cast and crew threw her a big party.
• Following numerous complaints from adoptive parents and orphanages, Warner Brothers was forced to remove from the film's trailer a scene in which Esther says that it is harder for parents to love adopted children than their own. However, this episode is present in the film itself.
• The photograph of the Saarna Institute in the newspaper is a photograph of Alma College, named after St. Thomas (Ontario, Canada). The building burned down on May 28, 2008.
• Director Jaume Collet-Serra decided to spend only one or two takes on the scene where Esther says an obscenity to Kate, so the girl wouldn't have to swear repeatedly.
• The author of the Kate-related articles on children's mental deviations is Isabelle Côté. She is the film's graphic designer.
• The scene where Kate records and plays music on the piano was actually longer. And when Vera Farmiga, who is herself an experienced pianist, learned that director Jaume Collet-Serra had decided to cut part of it, she was furious. Nevertheless, Vera thought the full version would be released on DVD, but that didn't happen either.
• In an earlier version of the script, Esther sang Doris Day's song "Que Sera, Sera."
• Isabelle Furman auditioned for the role of Lilith Sullivan in the film "Case 39" (2007), which has very similar themes to "Orphan".
• The sign next to the doorway of Esther and Daniel's school reads: "R.J. Gilbert Elementary School" – this is a reference to the film's production manager, Ronald Gilbert.
• Ariana Enginger celebrated her seventh birthday on the set of "Orphan". The entire cast and crew threw her a big party.