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Also known as Red Sparrow: The IMAX 2D Experience

2018 film by Francis Lawrence

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Red Sparrow is a 2018 English-language thriller and spy film produced in the United States. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons, and Matthias Schoenaerts. The screenplay was written by Justin Haythe and Eric Warren Singer, with music composed by James Newton Howard. Production companies included Chernin Entertainment, 20th Century Studios, and Peter Chernin, while distribution was handled by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.

The film has a runtime of 140 minutes and was released on February 15, 2018. It was filmed at locations including Festetics Palace, Dég, and the Hungarian State Opera House, with London serving as a narrative location. The production had a budget of 69,000,000 and generated revenue of 151,572,634. Audiences rated the film 6.6 on IMDb based on 218,221 votes, while TMDb recorded a vote average of 6.533 from 6,351 users. The tagline for the film is "Seduce. Deceive. Repeat."

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Film · TMDB

6.5

Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Released: 2018-02-28140 minDir: Francis LawrenceThriller, MysteryBudget: $69.0MBox office: $152M

Cast

  • Jennifer Lawrence as Dominika Egorova
  • Joel Edgerton as Nathaniel "Natan" Nash
  • Matthias Schoenaerts as Vanya Egorov
  • Charlotte Rampling as Matron
  • Jeremy Irons as Vladimir Korchnoi
  • Ciarán Hinds as Alexei Zyuganov

Themes

  • central intelligence agency (cia)
  • sexual abuse
  • budapest, hungary
  • based on novel or book
  • self sacrifice
  • spy
  • patriotism
  • seduction
  • training
  • double agent

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

218,221 votes

Year
2018
Runtime
140 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller

via IMDb

Key facts

Directed by
Francis Lawrence
Screenplay by
Justin Haythe
Based on
Red Sparrow , by Jason Matthews
Produced by
Peter Chernin David Ready Jenno Topping Steven Zaillian
Starring
Jennifer Lawrence Joel Edgerton Matthias Schoenaerts Charlotte Rampling Mary-Louise Parker Jeremy Irons Ciarán Hinds
Cinematography
Jo Willems
Edited by
Alan Edward Bell
Music by
James Newton Howard
Production company
Chernin Entertainment
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release dates
February 15, 2018 ( 2018-02-15 ) ( Newseum ) March 2, 2018 ( 2018-03-02 ) (United States )
Running time
140 minutes
Country
United States
Languages
English , Russian
Budget
$69 million
Box office
$151.6 million

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Based on
Red Sparrow
Screenwriter
Eric Warren Singer
Production company
Peter Chernin
Narrative location
London
Duration
141
FilmAffinity ID
650565
Distribution format
video on demand
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title
Red Sparrow
distributed by
Netflix
publication date
2018-04-04
attendance
220944
social media followers
7705
review score
53/100
capital cost
69000000
box office
151572634
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Encyclopedic overview

Red Sparrow is a 2018 American spy thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Justin Haythe, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Jason Matthews. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Irons, and Ciarán Hinds. It tells the story of a former-ballerina-turned-Russian intelligence officer, who is sent to make contact with a CIA officer in the hope of discovering the identity of a mole.

Matthews, a former member of the CIA, advised the production on the depiction of spying. Based on historic Soviet sexpionage and contemporary Russian use of kompromat, filming took place in Hungary, Slovakia and Austria.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Sparrow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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