Fury
War never ends quietly.
Fury (2014)
Production
Budget
$68 000 000
Revenue
$211 817 906
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
Brad Pitt
Don 'Wardaddy' Collier
Shia LaBeouf
Boyd 'Bible' Swan
Logan Lerman
Norman Ellison
Michael Peña
Trini 'Gordo' Garcia
Jon Bernthal
Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
Jim Parrack
Sergeant Binkowski
Brad William Henke
Sergeant Davis
Kevin Vance
Sergeant Peterson
Short description
Set in April 1945, this war drama follows a five-man American crew aboard a Sherman tank named Fury. Led by an experienced sergeant, the soldiers push deep into Nazi Germany during the final Allied offensive in Europe. The unit, which includes an inexperienced recruit, must navigate a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Despite being outnumbered by a desperate opponent, the crew must use their courage and skill to survive the conflict.
The film was written and directed by David Ayer, marking the fourth project in his directorial career, following Harsh Times, Street Kings, and End of Watch. The cast is led by Brad Pitt, appearing alongside Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, and Jim Parrack. Produced by Columbia Pictures and other companies, the movie had a budget of 68 million USD and earned 212 million USD at the worldwide box office.
Audience reception was generally positive, with a rating of 7.6/10 on IMDb based on 617,641 votes and 7.5/10 on TMDB from 13,246 votes. Film critics gave the movie a lower score of 6.9/10 based on 261 reviews.
What's left behind the scenes
- As the first firefight of the first mission ends, Wardaddy walks past the tanks towards the group, and in this moment a bright red fire extinguisher can be seen next to one of the tanks.
- In the final scene, the tank is covered with hundreds of shell casings. These are supposed to be empty casings, but in reality, it is visible that they are live rounds.
- Cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, to achieve a realistic image inside the tank, refused to use traditional lighting and instead used small LED panels installed to highlight shadows. Contrary to modern trends of using digital cinema cameras, the filming was done on film. In post-processing, the image was changed only slightly by removing unnecessary details and adding background elements.
- The protagonist's nickname is borrowed from Sergeant Lafayette “Wardaddy” Pool, commander of a Sherman tank and the most successful tank ace in the U.S. Army during World War II, credited with 12 confirmed destroyed enemy tanks, as well as over two and a half hundred armored vehicles and self-propelled guns.
- According to the script, Scott Eastwood’s character (Sergeant Miles) was supposed to chew tobacco and spit it while sitting on a tank (this is visible in the episode before the battle with German anti-tank guns). Shia LaBeouf and Brad Pitt, seeing this, almost fought with Scott, and the director had to intervene. When they understood it was necessary according to the script, they calmed down. The reason for this reaction was that Shia LaBeouf and Brad Pitt were actually living in that tank during filming and treated it like a home, like real tankers.
- In several scenes of the film, when Sherman tanks are disabled, their turrets fly off from the main chassis. This effect is known as "jack-in-the-box". It is caused by high pressure inside the tank (for example, from an explosion of ammunition inside). This only happens if all of the tank's hatches are sealed. When this effect is shown in the film, it is visible that the tanks have open hatches, meaning their turrets could not have been blown off.
- A second after Grady pours the contents of the glass over Norman's head, his face and hair are completely dry.
- The musical excerpt that Norman plays on the piano and that Emma sings along to is "Maria's Lullaby" ("Mariä Wiegenlied") by German composer Maximilian Reger.
- During the first major battle, when the Americans with tanks were capturing German positions, the commander directs fire using the 8 and 6 o'clock positions to adjust the tank fire, but these directions indicate that the tank gun should be firing backwards, while they were moving and firing straight ahead.
- At the end of the film, two grenades are thrown into a tank with a dead crew, but after the explosion, nothing happens to their bodies.
- Before the final battle, the corpse of a German soldier was placed on the tank. Shortly after, a close-up clearly shows that it is a mannequin.
- In one scene inside the tank, Boyd Swan smokes Natural American Spirit cigarettes. These cigarettes only appeared in 1982 and could not have existed in 1945.
- When Don kills a German at the beginning of the film, he delivers several knife blows to the chest, and in the next moment, he pulls the knife out of the German's face.
- Shia LaBeouf pulled out one of his teeth for filming and didn't wash for a long time, which annoyed the film crew and actors.
- The patch of the 2nd Armored Division, "Hell on Wheels", was never worn on the shoulder. It was always located on the front of the uniform, over the heart.
- The cuts on Shia LaBeouf's face are real. He inflicted them on himself when necessary to add more realism to his performance.
- When Norman gets into the ambulance, its windows are almost completely covered in dust and dirt. However, when the camera shows the ambulance from the outside, he is very clearly visible through those windows.
- To film the scenes inside the "Sherman", a special set was built on hinges to simulate the shaking during driving. The walls of the set were movable to allow for changing camera angles. The interior of the tank was recreated on the set based on surviving blueprints. To ensure authenticity, cladding and parts from real tanks, borrowed from collectors, were used.
- The main Sherman tanks used in the film were: M4A2 76mm HVSS from the Bovington Tank Museum, M4A2 75mm VVSS from Tay Restorations, M4A2 76mm HVSS from Jeep Sud Est, M4A4 75MM VVSS from Adrian Barrell, and M4A1 76mm VVSS from Barratt Homes.
- In one scene, a wooden crate with four Panzerfausts (anti-tank weapons) is delivered to the battlefield. One is fired and misses, then the second inflicts serious damage to the tank, after which they stop firing from them. Elite, experienced SS soldiers, instead of using the remaining launchers, continue a futile hail of rifle fire at the armored tank.
- In the final battle scene, the action begins during the day, but then, literally within minutes, day turns into night.
- When Norman goes on reconnaissance and sees marching Germans, it is clearly visible that every third one has a Panzerfaust (anti-tank weapon) on their shoulder. But when the battle begins, the Germans start taking Panzerfausts from boxes that are brought from somewhere.
- The assault rifle carried by Brad Pitt's character is a German StG 44, also known as Sturmgewehr 44.
- Up to 350 extras were involved in filming scenes from the movie simultaneously. All extras were British military personnel or retired servicemen.
- During the final battle, Norman escapes by fleeing the tank through a hatch in the floor. He then buries himself in the mud, but in the morning, when he is found by American soldiers, all of his clothes are completely clean.
- During filming, Shia LaBeouf converted to Christianity.
- Two brands of cigarettes were used in the film – Lucky Strike and Camel. If someone needed to smoke on camera, the actors could choose either herbal cigarettes or real ones without filters. Herbal cigarettes do not contain harmful chemicals, but they burn completely in about 1 minute. The cigar smoked by the battalion doctor during the operation is a genuine Cuban cigar, as are all the other cigars in the film.
- Belarusian company Wargaming participated in the promotion of the film. The first video from the film was shown at the "World of Tanks" booth at E3 2014.
- For the filming of the movie, a real "Tiger" tank was used for the first time in the history of cinema. It was "Tiger 131" from the British Bovington Tank Museum, the only fully functional "Tiger" in the world.
- As the German troops march towards the crossroads, it can be heard that they are singing, and Norman confirms this later. But at the moment their singing is heard, the lips of all the German soldiers are motionless.
- Authentic clothing and uniforms from World War II, collected from collectors, were used as costumes for the film.
- Filming of the movie began in September 2013 in Oxfordshire, England, and at the Bovington military base airfield.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
