The Lobster

The Lobster (2015)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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All about film

Video 10

Photo 102

Actors and characters

Release date

2015-10-15

Country

France, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom

Production

Lemming Film, Protagonist Pictures, Film4 Productions, Element Pictures, Limp, Eurimages, Faliro House Productions, Scarlet Films, Haut et Court, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Greek Film Centre

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$15 700 000

Website

http://thelobster-movie.com/

Director

Yorgos Lanthimos

Actors

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Angeliki Papoulia, Jessica Barden
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Scenario

Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos

Producer

Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Lee Magiday, Tessa Ross, Andrew Lowe, Rory Gilmartin, Sam Lavender

Operator

Thimios Bakatakis

Composer

Artist

Jessica Timlin

Audition

Jina Jay, Louise Kiely

Editing

Yorgos Mavropsaridis
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• The film was shot almost entirely using natural lighting. Electric lighting was only used for filming some night scenes. The actors were not made up.
• Many scenes from the film were shot inside and around the Parknasilla Hotel in the village of Sneem (County Kerry, Ireland).
• Most of the film was shot in County Kerry, but city scenes were filmed in Dublin.
• Jason Clarke was initially considered for the lead role in the film, but he had to decline due to commitments to other projects.
• Scenes inside the hotel were mostly filmed at the Eccles Hotel in the village of Glengarriff, County Cork. Many of the street scenes were filmed near the Parknasilla Hotel in the village of Sneem.
• Many mistakenly believe that 'The Lobster' was the first film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos in English. In fact, his first such film was the short film 'Necktie,' lasting only ninety seconds, filmed as part of the 'Venezia 70: Future Reloaded' project.
• Filmcasino in Vienna, Austria, was the only cinema in a German-speaking country to show 'The Lobster,' so there is no German-dubbed version of the film, nor even a version with German subtitles.
• In the scene where David and his wife dance in the forest, they play 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue on their CD players.
• Many episodes of the film were shot inside and around the Parknasilla Hotel in the village of Sneem (County Kerry, Ireland).
• Scenes inside the hotel were mostly shot at the Eccles Hotel in the village of Glengarriff in County Cork. Many street scenes were filmed near the Parknasilla Hotel in the village of Sneem.
• Many mistakenly believe that "The Lobster" was the first film that director Yorgos Lanthimos shot in English. In fact, his first such film was a short film called "Necktie" lasting only ninety seconds, shot as part of the "Venezia 70: Future Reloaded" project.
• "Filmcasino" in Vienna, Austria, was the only cinema in a German-speaking country to screen "The Lobster," so there is neither a German-dubbed version of the film nor even a version with German subtitles.
• In the scene where David and his wife dance in the forest, they play “Where The Wild Roses Grow” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue on their CD players.