The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 follows Bella Swan and Edward Cullen after their wedding, as their honeymoon on a private island off the coast of Brazil takes an unexpected turn. Bella becomes pregnant, and the child's rapid growth threatens her health. Edward and much of his family urge her to end the pregnancy, but Bella insists on carrying the baby to term. Back in Forks, the situation draws the attention of the Quileute wolves, straining the truce between them and the Cullens.
Bill Condon directed this fourth film in the Twilight series, working from a screenplay he wrote with Melissa Rosenberg and Stephenie Meyer. The film was released in November 2011 and stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, with Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli and Michael Sheen among the credited cast of 54. It followed Condon's Dreamgirls and preceded his The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, which continues the story.
Made for 110 million dollars, the film took 712 million dollars worldwide. Audience ratings are modest: 5 out of 10 on IMDb from 272,000 votes and 6.2 out of 10 on TMDB from 9,417 votes. A film critics' rating of 4.4 out of 10 from 210 reviews places it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Robert Pattinson followed a strict diet and worked out at the gym for six months (before and during filming). He later admitted that he wanted to look more masculine for the scene of Bella and Edward's first wedding night.
- Carter Burwell returned as the composer at the invitation of director Bill Condon, with whom he had previously collaborated on another film.
- Renesmee – the name of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan's daughter – was created by combining the names of Bella's mother, Renée, and Edward's adoptive mother, Esme. Her middle name, Carly, is a combination of Carlisle, Edward's adoptive father, and Charlie, Bella's father.
- “Breaking Dawn” is the fourth novel in the “Twilight” series by Stephanie Meyer. The book was first published in the United States on August 2, 2008, with sales beginning at midnight and accompanied by fan parties in bookstores. The initial print run was 3.7 million copies, of which 1.3 million were sold in the first 24 hours, setting a new record for the publishing house “Hachette Book Group”.
- Stephanie Meyer made another cameo appearance in “Breaking Dawn”: at the wedding, when Bella walks down the aisle with her father, she can be seen among the guests.
- Sofia Coppola was interested in directing “Breaking Dawn,” but after Summit Entertainment decided to split the final book into two parts, Coppola switched to searching for another project.
- Mark Waters and Gus Van Sant were considered for the director's position for the "Dawn" duology. Ultimately, Bill Condon took the director's chair.
- The film is based on the novel Breaking Dawn (2008) by Stephenie Meyer from the Twilight series.
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