Detroit

Detroit (2017)

Timing: 2:23 (143 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2017-07-28

Country

United States

Production

Annapurna Pictures, Page 1, Harpers Ferry

Genre

Crime, Drama, Thriller, History

Budget

$34 000 000

Revenue

$23 400 000

Website

http://detroit.movie

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Actors

John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Hannah Murray, Jason Mitchell, Jack Reynor, Ben O'Toole, Jacob Latimore, Kaitlyn Dever
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Scenario

Producer

Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison, Matthew Budman, Colin Wilson, Colin Wilson, Greg Shapiro

Operator

Barry Ackroyd

Composer

James Newton Howard

Artist

Audition

Victoria Thomas, Richard Hicks

Editing

William Goldenberg, Harry Yoon, Bryan Yaconelli
All team (152)

• Filming took place in September 2016 in Brockton, Massachusetts. Sets depicting 1967 Detroit were built on the site known as the "Freedom Tree" – a sycamore planted in 1763 on one of the stops of the Underground Railroad (the name given to the secret system of routes used to organize escapes and transport enslaved African Americans from the slave states of the South to the North). During the Civil War, slaves traveling north hid during the day in Edward Bennett's barn and traveled at night.
• John Boyega was fortunate enough to meet Melvin, the security guard he portrayed on screen.
• Some episodes of the film were shot on Ashmont Street in Boston. The film also features the house of the parish priest of the All Saints Episcopal Church on the same street. The church itself is also shown in the film.
• Using a technique she first experimented with in her work on the war thriller "The Hurt Locker" (2008), director Kathryn Bigelow used 3-4 cameras simultaneously, constantly circling the actors. Bigelow kept the entire set lit and rarely used close-ups. Each scene was shot from multiple takes to choose the one that best conveyed the emotional intensity.
• The concert was filmed at Emerson Majestic Theater in Boston. It is located on the grounds of Emerson College, which many entertainment industry professionals attended.
• Filming took place in September 2016 in Brockton, Massachusetts. Sets depicting Detroit in 1967 were erected on the site known as the 'Freedom Tree'—a sycamore planted in 1763 on one of the stops of the Underground Railroad (the name given to the secret system of routes used to organize escapes and transport enslaved African Americans from the slave states of the South to the North). During the Civil War, slaves traveling north hid during the day in Edward Bennett’s stable and traveled at night.
• Using a technique she first experimented with on the war thriller 'The Hurt Locker' (2008), director Kathryn Bigelow used 3-4 cameras simultaneously, constantly circling the actors. Bigelow kept the entire set lit and rarely used close-ups. Each scene was shot from multiple takes to choose the one that best conveyed the emotional intensity.