Green Room

Green Room (2016)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

2016-04-15

Country

United States

Production

Broad Green Pictures, filmscience

Genre

Horror, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$5 000 000

Revenue

$3 834 092

Website

http://greenroom-movie.com/

Director

Jeremy Saulnier

Actors

Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Macon Blair, Mark Webber, Eric Edelstein, Kai Lennox
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Scenario

Jeremy Saulnier

Producer

Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Victor Moyers, Vincent Savino, Gabriel Hammond, Daniel Hammond

Operator

Sean Porter

Composer

Brooke Blair

Artist

Audition

Avy Kaufman

Editing

Julia Bloch, T.J. Federico
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• Patrick Stewart recounted in one interview that, having finished reading the script at his home in the UK, he was so frightened that he locked all the doors and windows, turned on the alarm system, and poured himself a whiskey. Stewart immediately understood that he wanted to play the role of Darcy, as such distinctive roles of negative characters are rare, and the film should be captivating.
• The pose of the person with a machete on the film's poster is copied from the cover of the British punk rock group The Clash's third studio album, "London Calling" (1979).
• The band performs a cover of the song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys.
• Director Jeremy Saulnier explained why he eagerly took on this film. According to Saulnier, he knew that as he developed as a director, he would no longer have the opportunity to film such a dark film with a large number of violent scenes, and that young directors certainly wouldn't be given such an opportunity. The director felt that after his previous film, "Catastrophe", he was ready to tackle such a complex project.
• During a Q&A session with the audience at the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas in 2015, Jeremy Saulnier stated that although the titles of two of his films contain a color name (blue and green), this happened purely by chance. The director joked that "Green Room" is, rather, part of a so-called "trilogy of helplessness" – films in which the main characters get into serious trouble, and survival requires skills they don't possess.
• The rock band, consisting of the main characters, plays to a pre-recorded backing track. Anton Yelchin (bass) and Alia Shawkat (guitar) could play musical instruments, but Callum Turner (vocals), according to the director, had absolutely no previous experience with music. Joe Cole specifically learned to play the drums before filming.
• The paintball story told in the film by Pat, played by Anton Yelchin, happened in the life of Jeremy Solnier. Rick Spears, mentioned in the story, is a real person.
• The film begins and ends with the same word.
• The idea for the scene where a body is dragged across the floor by a knife sticking out of its head was inspired by a documentary about prison riots that deeply impressed the director.
• At the end of the film, on the van the group was traveling in, you can see the book "Dragons of Spring Dawning" (1985) from the "Dragonlance" series by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis.
• The pose of the person with the machete on the film's poster is copied from the cover of the British punk rock group The Clash's third studio album, "London Calling" (1979).
• The band performs a cover of the song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys.
• Director Jeremy Saulnier explained why he eagerly took on the film. According to Saulnier, he knew that as he developed as a director, he would no longer have the opportunity to film such a dark film with a large number of violent scenes, and that young directors would certainly not be given such an opportunity. The director felt that after his previous film, "Blue Ruin," he was ready to take on such a complex project.
• During a meeting with viewers at the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas, in 2015, Jeremy Saulnier stated that although the titles of two of his films contain a color name (blue and green), this happened purely by chance. The director joked that "Green Room" is, rather, part of the so-called "trilogy of helplessness" – films whose protagonists get into serious trouble, and survival requires skills they do not possess.
• At the end of the film, a book, "Dragons of Spring Dawning" (1985) from Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis's "Dragonlance Saga" series, is visible in the van the group was traveling in.