The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
The fire will burn forever.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
Production
Budget
$160 000 000
Revenue
$653 428 261
Director
Scenario
Suzanne Collins
Author
Composer
Producer
Jon Kilik
Actors
Jennifer Lawrence
Katniss Everdeen
Josh Hutcherson
Peeta Mellark
Liam Hemsworth
Gale Hawthorne
Woody Harrelson
Haymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth Banks
Effie Trinket
Julianne Moore
President Alma Coin
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plutarch Heavensbee
Jeffrey Wright
Beetee Latier
Short description
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 concludes the story of Katniss Everdeen as the civil war in Panem comes to a head. Based in District 13, she has become the public face of the rebellion against the Capitol, even though she has little control over how her image is used. She joins a small squad, including Gale, Finnick and Peeta, on a mission into the Capitol aimed at President Snow, while the rebel leadership pursues its own plans for the country's future. The advance is dangerous, and Katniss finds that not everyone around her wants the same outcome.
Francis Lawrence directed the film, his sixth feature and the fourth entry in his run of Hunger Games films, following Catching Fire in 2013 and Mockingjay - Part 1 in 2014. Danny Strong and Peter Craig wrote the screenplay, and Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik produced. Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss, with Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks and Julianne Moore among the cast of 56 credited performers.
Released in November 2015, the film cost about 160 million dollars and took roughly 653 million dollars worldwide, a smaller return than the earlier installments but still a substantial result for the series. On IMDb it holds 6.6 from around 411,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.9 from far fewer votes. The critics' rating of 6.5 from 292 reviews is close to the audience scores, suggesting a broadly similar reception on both sides.
What's left behind the scenes
- Director Francis Lawrence called this film the most brutal of all the films in the franchise.
- During its opening weekend in the US, the film grossed just $102.7 million – less than any other installment in the franchise.
- On the day the trailer for the film was released, composer James Newton Howard celebrated his birthday.
- The main trailer for the film was released on July 24, 2015.
- Katniss Everdeen never appeared on screen in the red costume she wore for the film's poster.
- Despite the film's harsh atmosphere, the fight and battle scenes occupy only about 10 minutes of screen time.
- The actors involved in the film repeatedly stated that the most difficult part of the shooting was the episodes in the sewers. It took three weeks. The actors found it physically challenging and very hot, as the filming took place in a real sewer.
- Many of the scenes in the Capitol were filmed in Paris and Berlin.
- This is the only film in the entire series that was released in 3D format.
- The scene at the end of the film, where Haymitch, played by Woody Harrelson, kisses Effie, played by Elizabeth Banks, goodbye, turned out to be very emotional, which surprised even the seasoned filmmakers. In fact, the farewell kiss was not in the script. This scene was invented by the actors and played spontaneously.
- According to the script, Plutarch was supposed to speak to Katniss himself, but instead, in the film, Haymitch reads her his letter. These changes had to be made due to the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the role of Plutarch.
- In the book, Katniss and Peeta have a son and a daughter, not two sons.
- In the epilogue, Josh Hutcherson, who played Peeta Mellark, appears on screen wearing a wig for the first time. For the filming of all the films in the "Hunger Games" franchise, Hutcherson dyed his hair blonde, which he did not enjoy at all. The epilogue of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" was filmed several months after the completion of filming for the film itself. Since the filming of the epilogue was only supposed to take a couple of days, the actor decided not to dye his hair, but to wear a wig.
- In scenes towards the end of the film featuring Plutarch Heavensbee, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, it wasn't Hoffman who appeared. Plutarch is briefly shown during the execution of President Snow and at the honoring of Commander Paylor, but in these scenes, the character of Plutarch is a product of computer technology. The filmmakers used footage of the actor that was not used in the final edit. This was necessary because Hoffman died before he could begin filming the second half of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" (2015).
- When Katniss is talking to Boggs alone in the square, the camera shows her face and then Boggs' face, and during the change of shot, Katniss’s hair is sometimes on the hood and sometimes completely under it.
- Towards the end of the film, when Katniss and Haymitch are talking, close-ups show that Katniss’s costume has a large copper slider on the zipper, but this slider is not present in wide shots.
- The film is based on Suzanne Collins’ novel “Mockingjay” (2010).
- Lily Rabe, who was supposed to play Commander Lyme from District 2, left the project due to her commitment to a stage production titled “Much Ado About Nothing.” Ultimately, the role went to Gwendoline Christie.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Plutarch Heavensbee in the film, died on February 2, 2014, in New York. He had completed work on the first part and was only a week away from finishing work on the second. Lionsgate stated that work on most of the scenes with Hoffman was completed. It was later announced that Hoffman’s character would be recreated using digital technology from previously filmed scenes.
- In the first film, “The Hunger Games” (2012), Prim’s cat, Buttercup, has a black and white coat. In the remaining films, he is depicted as ginger, as he is in Suzanne Collins’ novels.
- Gwendoline Christie and Natalie Dormer starred together in the series “Game of Thrones” (2011).
- Liam Hemsworth called the film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" "possibly the best of the entire series." "It keeps the viewer in constant suspense," the actor said.
- The film starred two actors nominated for an Academy Award (Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci), and three actors who received the golden statuette (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Lawrence, and Julianne Moore). In total, these 5 actors were nominated for an Academy Award 16 times.
- The film "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" features more special effects than any other installment in the franchise. The effects were created by Weta Digital, which previously worked on "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013), the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001-2003), and the "Hobbit" trilogy (2012-2014), as well as the films "Avatar" (2009), "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014), and others.
- The only installment in the "Hunger Games" franchise that did not receive a Golden Globe nomination in the "Best Song" category.
- The second sequel, released in 2015, featured an actor – in this case, Philip Seymour Hoffman – who did not live to see the premiere. The first was Paul Walker in James Wan's "Furious 7".
- Actress Meta Golding reprised her role as Enobaria, the victor of the 62nd Hunger Games. This character appeared in the film *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013) as one of the victors of the 75th Hunger Games and the Third Quarter Quell. Although Enobaria was not featured in *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* according to the plot, it is assumed that she was rescued after the Quarter Quell, but was not in the capital when the residents of District 13 went to liberate Peeta. However, the book states that Enobaria is from a pro-government District (unlike Joanna, Peeta, and Annie), making it unlikely she would have been imprisoned.
- According to director Francis Lawrence, the special effects in the film are so complex that work on them began even before the premiere of the first part of *Mockingjay*.
- During the wedding, a violin plays an old American tune called “Over the Waterfall.”
- It can be assumed that the ginger Buttercup is a neutered cat who was once a stray. At the end of the film, Buttercup is shown against a window, and it is visible that the tip of his left ear has been cut off. When stray cats are caught as part of so-called “TNR” (trap-neuter-release) programs, the tip of their ear is cut off to indicate that the animal has been spayed or neutered. The tip of the left ear is cut off for male cats, and the right for females. If, after catching a stray animal, it becomes clear that the animal is clearly domestic, or if it shows a willingness to interact with people, it may not be released back onto the streets (as it is not actually wild, and cannot compare to individuals who always live on the street). Such animals are often rehomed. This appears to have happened with Buttercup.
- Boggins and his men accompany Katniss, armed with 5.56mm caliber Gewehr 36C rifles manufactured by “Heckler & Koch.” This is standard weaponry for the Bundeswehr, and is also used by police forces in many countries around the world. The rifles in the film are set to safety (when taken off safety, it is possible to select the firing mode – single shots, bursts of 3 shots, and full automatic fire).
- At the international annual "Comic-Con" festival in San Diego in 2015, Jennifer Lawrence let slip that her nephews were cast as the children of Katniss and Peeta.
- President Snow’s rose garden is shown inside a greenhouse, whereas in the film "The Hunger Games" (2012) it was located outdoors, away from the Capitol.
- In the scene where the victors are seated around a round table, a bowl from the film "The Hunger Games" (2012) can be seen behind Katniss. Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane is shown next to this bowl, which contains berries, in the penultimate scene of the first film in the franchise.
Auditions in India
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