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Room is a 2015 drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her work of the same name. The cast includes Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy. Produced by Ed Guiney with executive producer Tessa Ross, the film was distributed by Universal Pictures. It originated from Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with filming taking place in Toronto. The original language is English, and the film has a runtime of 118 minutes.
The production had a budget of 13,000,000 and a capital cost of 6,000,000, generating revenue of 35,401,758. Stephen Rennicks composed the score, while Danny Cohen served as director of photography. Production companies included Téléfilm Canada, Element Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, No Trace Camping, and Film4 Productions. The film received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won the Academy Award for Best Actress and was named to the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Films. Audience ratings include an IMDb score of 8.1 from 480,958 votes and a TMDb average of 7.994 from 9,680 votes.
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Film · TMDB
8.0Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Cast
- Brie Larson as Ma
- Jacob Tremblay as Jack
- Joan Allen as Nancy
- Sean Bridgers as Old Nick
- Tom McCamus as Leo
- William H. Macy as Robert
Themes
- based on novel or book
- escape
- isolation
- carpet
- kidnapping
- imprisonment
- grandparents
- hospital
- dog
- captive
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Room | Irish Film Database
irishfilmdb.com →Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room? Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
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Encyclopedic overview
Room is a 2015 survival psychological drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 novel. It stars Brie Larson as a young woman who has been held captive for seven years and whose five-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) was born in captivity. Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. The film also stars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and William H. Macy.
The film was a co-production of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and was shot in Toronto, with the set built at Pinewood Toronto Studios. The crew designed each part of the set of the room to be removable to provide access for the crew. Larson researched trauma and nutrition for her part.
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