Pig

Pig (2021)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

6.635/10
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6.395/10
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6.9/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

2021-07-16

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Saturn Films, Pulse Films, Escape Artists, Endeavor Content, AI Film, Sweet Tomato Films, Hungry Bull Productions, Valparaiso Pictures, BlockBox Entertainment

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$3 000 000

Revenue

$3 889 432

Website

https://neonrated.com/films/pig

Director

Michael Sarnoski

Actors

Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, Dalene Young, Darius Pierce, Elijah Ungvary, Brian Sutherland, David Knell
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Steve Tisch, Nicolas Cage, Thomas Benski, Joseph Restaino, Vanessa Block, Dori A. Rath, Ben Giladi, David Carrico, Adam Paulsen, Dimitra Tsingou

Operator

Patrick Scola

Composer

Alexis Grapsas

Artist

Audition

Editing

Brett W. Bachman
All team (61)

• According to director Michael Sarnoski, the pig was trained for only three days, during which it repeatedly charged at Nicolas Cage and bit him. After one particularly painful bite, the actor joked that during filming he had to be burned and involved in car accidents, but it seemed he was destined to die from a pig bite infection.
• The film's budget was so small that the filmmakers simply couldn't afford to hire a trained pig.
• According to director Michael Sarnoski, he had only 20 days for filming, so the actors had to strive to get it right from the very first take, as there was simply no time for retakes.
• Distributors found the film too long and cut nearly a full hour of screen time from it.
• Due to financial constraints, the filmmakers were unable to hire a trained pig.
• According to director Michael Sarnoski, the pig was only trained for three days, so it repeatedly charged at Nicolas Cage and bit him. After one particularly painful bite, the actor joked that during filming he had to be burned and get into car accidents, but it seemed he was destined to die from an infection after the pig bite.
• According to director Michael Sarnoski, he only had 20 days to shoot the film, so the actors had to try to perform well on the first take.
• Distributors found the film too long and cut almost an hour out of it.