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The Snowman is a 2017 crime drama and horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson, set in Norway. Based on the novel The Snowman by Jo Nesbø, it follows the character Harry Hole and was adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini, Peter Straughan, and Søren Sveistrup. The cast includes Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Val Kilmer, with cinematography by Dion Beebe, editing by Claire Simpson, and a score by Jonny Greenwood.
Produced by Tim Bevan for companies including Working Title Films, Another Park Film, and Perfect World Pictures, the film was distributed by Universal Pictures. A co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it runs 119 minutes, had a budget of $35,000,000, and earned revenue of $43,203,413. It is rated R.
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5.2Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Cast
- Michael Fassbender as Harry Hole
- Rebecca Ferguson as Katrine Bratt
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Rakel
- Jonas Karlsson as Mathias
- Michael Yates as Oleg
- Ronan Vibert as Gunnar Hagen
Themes
- based on novel or book
- winter
- gun
- detective
- cellar
- snowman
- serial killer
- snow
- cabin
- twins
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Ratings
IMDb
5.2/10
75,486 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
7%
Metacritic
23/100
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Tomas Alfredson
- Screenplay by
- Peter Straughan Hossein Amini Søren Sveistrup
- Based on
- The Snowman , by Jo Nesbø
- Produced by
- Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Piodor Gustafsson Robyn Slovo
- Starring
- Michael Fassbender Rebecca Ferguson Charlotte Gainsbourg Val Kilmer J. K. Simmons
- Cinematography
- Dion Beebe
- Edited by
- Thelma Schoonmaker Claire Simpson
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures Working Title Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- 7 October 2017 ( 2017-10-07 ) ( Haifa ) 14 October 2017 ( 2017-10-14 ) (United Kingdom and Sweden) 20 October 2017 ( 2017-10-20 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States Sweden
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $43.1 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
The Snowman | Universal Pictures At Home
When an elite crime squad's lead detective investigates the disappearance of a victim on the first snow of winter, he fears an elusive serial killer may be active again. With the help of a brilliant recruit, the cop must connect decades-old cold cases to the brutal new one if he hopes to outwit this unthinkable evil before the next snowfall. © 2017 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Snowman
- Director
- Tomas Alfredson
- Screenwriter
- Søren Sveistrup
- Cast member
- Genevieve O'Reilly
- Composer
- Jonny Greenwood
- Producer
- Tim Bevan
- Cinematographer
- Dion Beebe
- Narrative location
- Norway
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 564460
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.uphe.com/movies/the-snowman
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2017-11-17
- title
- The Snowman
- film editor
- Claire Simpson
- review score
- 23/100
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 16:9
- social media followers
- 1669
- characters
- Harry Hole
- Commons category
- The Snowman
- after a work by
- Jo Nesbø
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Encyclopedic overview
The Snowman is a 2017 psychological thriller film directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup. The story is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, and J. K. Simmons, and follows inspector Harry Hole as he tracks a serial killer who builds snowmen at his crime scenes. Principal photography began on 18 January 2016 in Norway, before moving to London and Sweden.
The Snowman premiered on 7 October 2017 at the Haifa International Film Festival, and was theatrically released on 14 October 2017 in the United Kingdom and Sweden, and on 20 October 2017 in the United States by Universal Pictures. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $43.1 million worldwide against a $35 million budget, and was widely panned by critics, who called it "clichéd and uninvolving." Alfredson later disowned the film and attributed many of its problems to the rushed production schedule.
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