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2019 film directed by Jordan Peele
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*Us* is a 2019 American thriller and horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele. The English-language production stars Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Michael Abels composed the score, while Mike Gioulakis served as director of photography. Jason Blum, Sean McKittrick, and Jordan Peele produced the film, with Daniel Lupi as executive producer. It was produced by Blumhouse Productions and Monkeypaw Productions, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
The narrative is set in California during the 2010s and 1986, featuring doppelgänger motifs and themes of self-reflection and psychological repression. The film has a runtime of 116 minutes. On TMDb, it holds a vote average of 6.948 based on 8,044 votes, with a reported budget of 20,000,000 and revenue of 256,071,218. IMDb lists a rating of 6.8 from 393,871 votes. The film was released in the United States on March 14, 2019, with other publication dates recorded as March 20, 21, and 22, 2019.
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6.9Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Cast
- Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson / Red
- Winston Duke as Gabe Wilson / Abraham
- Elisabeth Moss as Kitty Tyler / Dahlia
- Tim Heidecker as Josh Tyler / Tex
- Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora Wilson / Umbrae
- Evan Alex as Jason Wilson / Pluto
Themes
- mask
- boardwalk
- murder
- psychological thriller
- fear
- family vacation
- home invasion
- amusement park
- doppelgänger
- santa cruz, california
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jordan Peele
- Written by
- Jordan Peele
- Produced by
- Jason Blum Ian Cooper Sean McKittrick Jordan Peele
- Starring
- Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker
- Cinematography
- Mike Gioulakis
- Edited by
- Nicholas Monsour
- Music by
- Michael Abels
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures Monkeypaw Productions Blumhouse Productions QC Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- March 8, 2019 ( 2019-03-08 ) ( SXSW ) March 22, 2019 ( 2019-03-22 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 116 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $256.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Us is a 2019 American psychological horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele, and starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker. The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers, called the "Tethered".
The project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick, having previously collaborated with them on Get Out and BlacKkKlansman. Filming took place in California, including Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Cruz, from July to October 2018.
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