Us

Us (2019)

Timing: 1:56 (116 min)

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Release date

2019-03-14

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Fuji Television Network, Blumhouse Productions, Perfect World Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Monkeypaw Productions, QC Entertainment, Densetsu

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$256 022 707

Website

https://www.usmovie.com

Director

Jordan Peele

Actors

Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon
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Scenario

Jordan Peele

Producer

Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Jordan Peele, Ian Cooper, Daniel Lupi, Beatriz Sequeira

Operator

Mike Gioulakis

Composer

Michael Abels

Artist

Audition

Terri Taylor

Editing

Nicholas Monsour, Corey Sklov
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• Filming took place from late July to early October 2018 in Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.
• Before filming, Jordan Peele asked the actors to watch 10 horror films: "The Birds" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963), "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), "Dead Again" (Kenneth Branagh, 1991), "Funny Games" (Michael Haneke, 1997), "The Sixth Sense" (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Kim Jee-woon, 2003), "Martyrs" (Pascal Laugier, 2008), "Let the Right One In" (Tomas Alfredson, 2008), "The Babadook" (Jennifer Kent, 2014), "It Follows" (David Robert Mitchell, 2014).
• In Red's speech, as performed by Lupita Nyong'o, spasmodic dysphonia (a strained, intermittent, trembling voice) is audible, as Red has not spoken for many years.
• Jason Blum was one of the producers of Jordan Peele's previous film. He was offered to become a producer on this film as well, but his company Blumhouse Productions was unable to provide the required budget, and Universal Pictures brought Blum on as a hired producer.
• Before filming, Jordan Peele tasked the actors with watching 10 horror films: "The Birds" (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963), "The Shining" (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), "Dead Again" (Kenneth Branagh, 1991), "Funny Games" (Michael Haneke, 1997), "The Sixth Sense" (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999), "A Tale of Two Sisters" (Kim Jee-woon, 2003), "Martyrs" (Pascal Laugier, 2008), "Let the Right One In" (Tomas Alfredson, 2008), "The Babadook" (Jennifer Kent, 2014), "It Follows" (David Robert Mitchell, 2014).
• To prepare for her role, Lupita Nyong'o worked with tutors and specialists – an otolaryngologist, a speech therapist, and others – due to fears of losing her voice.