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Babylon
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Babylon is a 2022 American drama and period drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. The cast includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Li Jun Li, and Jovan Adepo. Production was handled by Paramount Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, C2 Motion Picture Group, Organism Pictures, and Wild Chickens Productions, with Marc Platt serving as producer. The film was shot in California, with cinematography by Linus Sandgren, editing by Tom Cross, and music composed by Justin Hurwitz.
The black-and-white film has a runtime of 189 minutes and was released on December 22, 2022, with additional release dates in January 2023. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film’s budget is listed as 78,000,000, with a capital cost of 80,000,000. Box office revenue reached 65,267,446, and attendance totaled 1,470,002. Audience ratings include a 7.4 average from 3,767 votes on TMDb and a 7.1 rating from 207,277 votes on IMDb.
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7.4A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Cast
- Diego Calva as Manny Torres
- Margot Robbie as Nellie LaRoy
- Brad Pitt as Jack Conrad
- Jovan Adepo as Sidney Palmer
- Jean Smart as Elinor St. John
- J.C. Currais as Truck Driver
Themes
- elephant
- gambling
- gambling debt
- movie business
- orgy
- cocaine
- melancholy
- champagne
- alcoholism
- hollywood
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Damien Chazelle
- Written by
- Damien Chazelle
- Produced by
- Marc Platt Matthew Plouffe Olivia Hamilton
- Starring
- Brad Pitt Margot Robbie Diego Calva Jean Smart Jovan Adepo Li Jun Li
- Cinematography
- Linus Sandgren
- Edited by
- Tom Cross
- Music by
- Justin Hurwitz
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures C2 Motion Picture Group Marc Platt Productions Wild Chickens Productions Organism Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- November 14, 2022 ( 2022-11-14 ) ( Los Angeles ) December 23, 2022 ( 2022-12-23 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 189 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $78–80 million
- Box office
- $64.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Babylon is a 2022 American epic period black comedy drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It features an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li. It chronicles the rise and fall of many characters during Hollywood's change from silent to sound films in the late 1920s.
Chazelle began developing Babylon in July 2019, with Lionsgate Films as the frontrunner to acquire the project. It was announced that Paramount Pictures had acquired worldwide rights in November 2019. Much of the main cast joined the project between January 2020 and August 2021, and filming took place in Los Angeles from July to October 2021.
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