Drive
There are no clean getaways.
Drive (2011)
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Revenue
$76 410 552
Director
Scenario
James Sallis
Author
Composer
Producer
Actors
Ryan Gosling
Driver
Carey Mulligan
Irene
Bryan Cranston
Shannon
Albert Brooks
Bernie Rose
Oscar Isaac
Standard
Christina Hendricks
Blanche
Ron Perlman
Nino
Kaden Leos
Benicio
Short description
Drive is about a man in Los Angeles who works as a Hollywood stunt driver and, on the side, hires himself out as a getaway driver for criminals. He keeps his distance from everyone until he grows close to his neighbour Irene and her young son. When Irene's husband, Standard, comes home from prison, he asks the driver to help with a robbery that is meant to settle a debt with dangerous people. The job goes wrong, and the driver finds himself hunted while trying to keep Irene and her son safe.
Nicolas Winding Refn directed the film, which sits between Valhalla Rising and Only God Forgives in his filmography. Hossein Amini wrote the screenplay. Ryan Gosling plays the driver, with Carey Mulligan as Irene, Bryan Cranston as Shannon, Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose, Oscar Isaac as Standard and Christina Hendricks as Blanche. The production had a budget of 15 million USD and took about 80 million USD worldwide.
On IMDb it holds 7.8 out of 10 from roughly 758,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.6 from about 14,000 votes. A critics' rating of 8.3 out of 10 from 276 reviews places it above both audience scores. It runs 100 minutes and is a crime drama and thriller from the United States.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ryan Gosling replaced Hugh Jackman in the project.
- Nicolas Winding Refn replaced Neil Marshall as director.
- Jaz Sinclair auditioned for the role of Blanche.
- The protagonist's name is never mentioned. He is referred to as "the driver" in the end credits.
- The driver wears a Patek Philippe Calatrava 5196G watch.
- Originally, Irene was supposed to be a 30-year-old Latina.
- Ryan Gosling performed many of the stunts in the film himself, without stunt doubles.
- Filming took place in Los Angeles.
- Despite the complex and realistic depictions of Los Angeles, Nicolas Winding Refn had no prior knowledge of the city. He spent most of his time with Ryan Gosling to learn about it.
- The driver is wearing Selima Optique Money 2 Aviator sunglasses.
- The camera used by the film crew while shooting the driver performing a stunt with a police car is a Panavision Panaflex System 65 Studio, apparently provided by Panavision to the production as a prop.
- Almost all of the blood and injuries were digitally enhanced with computer effects.
- Porn star Bobbi Starr had a cameo role as the raped wife of Bernie Rose's neighbor, Lenny. This scene was cut.
- Several replicas of the main character's wristwatch (Patek Philippe Calatrava 5196G model) were made specifically for the filming. Gosling later kept one of the replicas as a souvenir.
- Ron Perlman injured his kneecap when the wave hit him during the beach scene.
- In the film, Gosling's character drives a Ford Mustang GT 5.0, a 1973 Chevy Malibu, and in the beginning of the film escapes a chase in a Chevrolet Impala SS.
- The second car chase scene featuring the Ford Mustang and Chrysler 300 was filmed for over two days near the Templin highway, where it branches onto the A5 motorway.
- The scene where the Driver performs a 270-degree turn in his Mustang to evade the Chrysler was filmed in one take.
- Shannon states that the Chevrolet Impala is the most popular car in California, although research indicates it barely makes the top 10, with the Toyota Camry holding the top spot.
- The Driver calls Irene on his mobile phone but ends the conversation with a sound like hanging up a landline.
- During the car chase scene, the hero, Ryan Gosling, is wearing gloves, but when he's shown from another angle, the gloves are gone.
- In one of the scenes, the car's tachometer shows 0 RPM – meaning the car isn't running and is simply being towed. But in the following shots, you can see the engine actually working, confirmed by the tachometer.
- After the beating, Standard has a large wound on his left temporal lobe. But on the way to the pawn shop, the wound disappears.
- In the chase scene, the main character dodges a silver Ford Focus, and in the next shot, a blue Toyota Corolla is visible instead.
- At the beginning of the film, when the main character lets the criminals into the car, a distinct squeak is heard, which can only occur when the driver's door is opened.
- Standard and Blanche spend several minutes in the pawnshop, but during this time the position of the sun changes from midday to evening.
- During the first chase, the Driver, noticing a police helicopter, steps on the gas for a sharp acceleration. However, the distance between him and the cars ahead does not decrease.
- Rose kills the guy from the cafe by inflicting several blows to the neck, but afterwards she is holding a clean knife in her hand.
- The gangster Rose stabs the Driver in the left side, but in the next scene the wound has moved to the right.
- In the scene where Bernie cuts Shannon's wrists, blood gets on Bernie's jacket sleeve. In the following shots, the jacket is clean.
- The film is based on James Sallis' novel "Drive" (2005). In Russian translation, the book was also published under the title "Go!".
- Nicolas Winding Refn decided from the outset to include the opera composition "Oh My Love" from 1971 in the film.
- The director was inspired by a scene from Claude Lelouch's film "This Is a Date" (1976), where a car races through the streets of Paris, and the soundtrack is filled with the roar of the engine, which is why the chase scene features such vivid car sounds.
- Bryan Cranston, who played the friend and mentor of the main character, appeared in an episode of the series "The X-Files" titled "Drive" in 1998.
- Carey Mulligan left the project "Violet & Daisy" to star in "Drive".
- The scene of stomping on the head was significantly cut during editing, as the American Film Association deemed it too violent. For consultation during the filming of the scene, Nicolas Winding Refn turned to Gaspar Noé, who used a similar technique in his controversial film 'Irreversible'.
- The police badge worn by the Driver says 'McCall,' which is a reference to Dana McCall, the prop assistant.
- The main character opens the car trunk to get money, but when he turns to face Bernie – the trunk is already closed.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
