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Midnight in Paris
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Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy and science fiction film directed and written by Woody Allen. The production, which originated in the United States and Spain, features a cast including Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kurt Fuller, and Michael Sheen. Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum served as producers, while Darius Khondji was the director of photography and Stephane Wrembel composed the score. The film was produced by Mediapro and Television of Catalonia, among other companies, and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and Netflix.
Set in Paris, the movie explores the theme of time travel. Filming took place in Paris, square Jean-XXIII, the Palace of Versailles, and Giverny. The film has a runtime of 94 minutes and was released in May and June 2011. It received a PG-13 rating and had a budget of 17,000,000, generating 151,119,219 in revenue.
The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Production Design. It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Critics and audiences have responded positively, with an IMDb rating of 7.6, a Metascore of 81, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%.
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Film · TMDB
7.5While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Cast
- Owen Wilson as Gil
- Rachel McAdams as Inez
- Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein
- Kurt Fuller as John
- Adrien Brody as Salvador Dalí
- Carla Bruni as Museum Guide
Themes
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- detective
- screenwriter
- camping
- diary
- time travel
- forbidden love
- painter
- midnight
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
469,474 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
81/100
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 26 wins & 103 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- A Moveable Feast
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Screenwriter
- Woody Allen
- Composer
- Stephane Wrembel
- Producer
- Stephen Tenenbaum
- Production company
- Television of Catalonia
- Cinematographer
- Darius Khondji
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 567174
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/midnightinparis
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- publication date
- 2011-06-03
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- title
- Midnight in Paris
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Alisa Lepselter
- box office
- 151100000
- capital cost
- 17000000
- review score
- 81/100
- Commons category
- Midnight in Paris
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Encyclopedic overview
Midnight in Paris is a 2011 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Paris, the film follows Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), a screenwriter and aspiring novelist, who is forced to confront the shortcomings of his relationship with his materialistic fiancée (Rachel McAdams) and their divergent goals, which become increasingly exaggerated as he travels back in time to the 1920s each night at midnight.
Produced by the Spanish group Mediapro and Allen's US-based Gravier Productions, the film stars Wilson, McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Corey Stoll, Alison Pill, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Lea Seydoux, Marion Cotillard, and Michael Sheen. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United States on May 20, 2011. The film opened to critical acclaim. In 2012, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. It was nominated for three other Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Art Direction.
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