White House Down

It will start like any other day
White House Down (2013)
Timing: 2:11 (131 min)

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Budget
$150 000 000
Revenue
$205 366 737
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Composer
Harald Kloser
Artist
Kirk M. Petruccelli, Juan Couto
Audition
John Papsidera, Andrea Kenyon, Randi Wells
Editing
Adam Wolfe
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Short description

Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Three identical presidential limousines were needed for filming. To create them, a car was carved from a massive block of foam to almost full size with the finest details. After the foam car was ready, a mold was taken and the body was cast from fiberglass. Then, a classic Suburban suspension was slightly lengthened and the body was attached to it. An LS1 Corvette engine was used during assembly.
  • At the beginning of the film, during a tour of the White House, the guide mentions the movie Independence Day (1996), which was also directed by Roland Emmerich.
  • At the beginning of the film, during a tour of the White House, the tour guide mentions the film "Independence Day" (1996), also directed by Roland Emmerich.
  • Upon completing the research process, production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli hired an entire army of 300 carpenters, 45 sculptors, 32 set decorators, and 16 artists to begin constructing the set. To build the White House, the producers had to rent every single soundstage at Mel's Cité du Cinéma in Montreal. In addition to the White House, Petruccelli's team built many other sets, including the corridors of the Capitol, utility rooms of the Capitol and the White House, Washington streets, both of the president's planes, the Pentagon bunker, the presidential emergency operations center, Secret Service offices, the South Lawn, and the presidential limousine.
  • After completing the research process, artist Kirk M. Petruccelli hired an army of 300 carpenters, 45 sculptors, 32 set decorators, and 16 artists who began building the set. To build the White House, producers had to rent all of the soundstages at Mel’s Cite du Cinema in Montreal. In addition to the White House, Petruccelli’s team built numerous other sets, including the Capitol corridors, the utility rooms of the Capitol and the White House, the streets of Washington, both presidential planes, the Pentagon bunker, the presidential emergency operations center, Secret Service offices, the South Lawn, and the presidential limousine.
  • The entire film takes place inside and outside the White House, which couldn't be filmed even from a distance, let alone inside. Therefore, the White House and its surroundings for several blocks in all directions had to be built on a computer, down to every tree, fence, and guardhouse.

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