Carnage
Short description
Carnage is a comedy-drama about two sets of parents who meet to discuss a fight between their sons. What begins as a civil conversation in a Brooklyn apartment gradually breaks down, as the four adults turn on each other and expose their own tensions and faults. The film is based on the play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, who wrote the screenplay with director Roman Polanski.
Polanski directed the film as his nineteenth feature, arriving between The Ghost Writer and Venus in Fur. The cast is led by Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly as Penelope and Michael Longstreet, the parents of the injured boy, and Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz as Nancy and Alan Cowan, the parents of the boy who struck him. The film runs eighty minutes and was produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, with a credited crew of fifty-five.
Released in September 2011, the film had a budget of 25 million US dollars and took about 30 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.1 from roughly 138,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.2 from around 3,200 votes. A film critics' rating of 6.9 from 197 reviews places it close to the audience scores, indicating a broadly similar reception among critics and viewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- While developing the character of Alan, Christoph Waltz worked with a speech coach to cultivate an American accent, although an Austrian inflection occasionally slipped through (the actor himself is originally from Vienna).
- The American premiere of the play on Broadway took place on March 22, 2009, with previews beginning on February 28, 2009. The original cast included Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini, and Marcia Gay Harden. The final performance was on June 6, 2010. A total of 452 regular performances and 28 previews were held on Broadway.
- Director Roman Polanski appears in a cameo role as a neighbor who opens his front door to see what is happening in the hallway.
- Although the play and film are set in Brooklyn, New York, filming took place entirely in Paris. This was due to director Roman Polanski's ongoing legal issues with the American justice system, which have lasted for over thirty years.
- The film is based on the play 'God of Carnage,' which was released in 2006 and written by French actress, playwright, and screenwriter Yasmina Reza. It premiered in December 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland. The French premiere took place in January 2008 in Paris, and the British premiere in March 2008 in London.
- Immediately before filming began, director Roman Polanski scheduled two weeks of intensive rehearsals for the quartet of actors. Each was to memorize all of their lines from beginning to end, similar to how it is usually done in theater. During this process, the director also made a number of small changes to the adapted English text of the play.
- The role of Michael was initially offered to Matt Dillon.
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