Equilibrium - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Equilibrium"

Equilibrium (2002)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Equilibrium (1/12) Movie CLIP - Lights Out (2002) HD

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Equilibrium (2002) Official Trailer #1 - Christian Bale Movie HD

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What's left behind the scenes

Around two hundred people auditioned for the role of Patridge, and only when filming began was Lucas Foster able to convince Sean Bean to participate in the film.
Filming the scene of John Preston’s gunfight with the officers took only 30 minutes.
Meticulous statisticians counted 236 corpses in the film.
A Bernese Mountain Dog puppy was used in the scene with the dog. Interestingly, the dog sounds we hear in this episode (barking, panting, whimpering) were actually made by a specially trained voice actor.
With the active participation of Kurt Wimmer, the project's director and screenwriter, new elements were introduced into the art of martial arts. No one had ever filmed a gunfight from this angle before.
The drug used in the film to suppress feelings is called "Prozium." It is a kind of combination of two drugs, "Prozac" and "Valium," each of which is used in everyday life to relieve stress.
The concept art for Libria was inspired by the work of artist Hugh Ferriss.
Partridge reads poems by Yeats.
The Tetragrammaton is a word used in Judaism as the name of God.
Initially, the Prozium drug was called "Librium" (with a nod to Libria), but it turned out that this is a genuinely registered trademark.
During the confiscation of paintings, the camera captures a canvas depicting a young girl – it is Adolf-William Bouguereau’s “The Book of Stories.”
Kurt Wimmer wanted Dominic Purcell to play Preston. However, the producers did not want an unknown Australian actor in the lead role. To avoid completely upsetting Purcell, they gave him a small role at the beginning of the film.
The film features a globe with a continental arrangement that differs significantly from our world.
The flag of Libria is styled after the Nazi flag. The Tetragrammaton symbol – a cross made of four ‘T’ letters – is used instead of a Christian cross, lacking its upper part.
During the Leader’s speech, footage from various famous events of the 20th century flashes on the screens. The first frames show the “detention” of Rodney King; the second video clip features Adolf Hitler from Leni Riefenstahl’s film “Triumph of the Will”; the third scene recounts a unique incident that occurred in China during the Tiananmen Square protests in June 1989, when an unknown man ran in front of the tanks.
The film was shot in Berlin, the capital of Germany, from September to December 2000. Filming took place, in particular, at the famous concert hall "Deutschlandhalle" and at the "Olympiastadion" stadium.
Daniel Radcliffe auditioned for the role of John Preston's son.
The car carrying the clerics to Grammaton is a Cadillac Seville.
All orchestral sounds are samples from the private collection of Media Ventures; no symphony orchestra was used.
The assault weapons used by the guards in the final shootout are modified Heckler & Koch G36s.
The white suit Preston wears at the end of the film is an exact replica of Bruce Lee's mourning suit from 'Fist of Fury' (1972); the black suits he wears for most of the film are a black version of the same suit.
The clerics' weapon is a modified Beretta 92FS pistol.
In the dog shooting scene, the sound of a shotgun is heard, but the soldier is actually firing a WA2000 sniper rifle.
In the scene where the 'Mona Lisa' is pulled from under the floor, it is painted on canvas. In reality, the painting is made on a wooden board.
Despite common misconception, wires and cables were not used during the filming of the breathtaking stunts that, at first glance, seem to defy gravity. For example, the “backflip” on a motorcycle was filmed on a trampoline.
Preston's wife was played by two actresses – Alexa Summer and Maria Pia Calzone, with the first being credited as Vivianne Preston and the second as Preston's wife.
The swords used in the film were made specifically for the shooting. They were wooden and broke regularly during filming, as Christian Bale and Taye Diggs fought with swords without holding back.
Filming the gunfight scene between John Preston and the officers took only 30 minutes.
The drug used in the film to induce unconsciousness is called "Prozium." It is a kind of combination of two drugs, "Prozac" and "Valium," each of which is used in everyday life to relieve stress.
The film was shot in Berlin, the capital of Germany, from September to December 2000. Filming took place, in particular, at the famous concert hall "Deutschlandhalle" and the "Olympiastadion" stadium.

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