The Place Beyond the Pines
One moment can change your life.
Country
Production
Budget
$15 000 000
Revenue
$35 485 608
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Sidney Kimmel, Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof, Bruce Toll, Matt Berenson, Jim Tauber
Operator
Composer
Artist
Inbal Weinberg
Audition
Editing
Jim Helton, Ron Patane
All team (124)
All team (124)
Short description
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
What's left behind the scenes
- Shannon Plumb, the wife of Cianfrance, appears in the film as the woman in the ice cream shop.
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jennifer Goodwin auditioned for the role of Jennifer.
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ginnifer Goodwin auditioned for the role of Jennifer.
- The wife of Derek Cianfrance, Shannon Plumb, appears in the film as a woman in an ice cream shop.
- Director Derek Cianfrance stated that he would not have made the film without Bradley Cooper in the role of Cross. He actually drove five hours to Toronto to meet with Cooper in person and convince him to take the role. Cianfrance said he wrote the role specifically for Cooper— “a guy who postures like a hero but feels rotten inside.”
- Derek Cianfrance said that he was inspired by television shows like Cops (1989) and America's Wildest Police Chases when filming the chase scenes in the movie.
- During the scene in the police station, where a stack of stolen $20 bills is shown, it can be noticed that the design of the bills does not match the time period in which the film takes place (1997). These banknotes only appeared in 1998.
- After a successful bank robbery, Luke tells Robin, "There hasn't been a duo like this since Hall and Oates!". Later, as Avery and his colleagues return from Romina’s house, having retrieved the money Luke left for his son, the song “Maneater” by Hall and Oates is playing on the radio.
- Derek Cianfrance said that he was inspired by television shows in the style of "Police Story" (1989) and America's Wildest Police Chases when filming the chase scenes in the film.
- Two months before filming began, Andrij Parekh, who had been the cinematographer for the film Valentine (2010), declined to work on the project largely due to the Globe of Death stunt at the beginning of the movie (a stunt featuring motorcyclists inside a spherical cage). According to Derek Cianfrance, Parekh spoke to him on the phone and said he refused to continue working on the film because he had a dream in which he was killed during filming. And this dream almost came true: during the filming of that stunt, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt was nearly killed when a motorcycle fell on him while filming inside the cage.
- Director Derek Cianfrance stated that he would not have made the film without Bradley Cooper in the role of Cross. In fact, he spent five hours traveling to Toronto to meet Cooper in person and convince him to take the part. Cianfrance said that he wrote the role specifically for Cooper—as "a guy who looks like a hero on the outside, but feels rotten on the inside."
- Ryan Gosling suggested that Eva Mendes audition for the role of Romina.
- Derek Cianfrance did 22 takes of the scene in which Ryan Gosling accelerates on a motorcycle to zip through an intersection before 36 cars crash into each other. Cianfrance wanted a stunt driver for this scene, but then it would have been immediately obvious that it wasn't Gosling. He also mentioned that during each of these takes, he nervously clenched his shirt in his teeth, and by the time they got a successful take, he had managed to bite a hole through it. The scene did not make it into the final version of the film.
- All the banks robbed in this film are real. The First National Bank of Scotland allowed filming in several of its branches.
- According to Ryan Gosling, all the bank robbery scenes were filmed in one take.
- According to director Derek Cianfrance, he met Ryan Gosling at his agent's house in 2007 while working on 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' (2010). He asked Gosling, 'Is there anything in your life you haven't done yet but would like to try?' Gosling replied that he had always wanted to rob a bank. Cianfrance asked him how he would rob a bank, and Gosling described a motorcycle robbery because it was fast and mobile, and a helmet would help conceal his identity. He said he would leave the motorcycle in the back of a truck after the robbery so the police wouldn't find it. Cianfrance told him that he was actually writing a script about a bank robbery exactly like that, and he felt that Gosling should play the role.
- Greta Gerwig was initially cast in the role of Jennifer, but she had to decline due to a scheduling conflict.
- Two months before filming began, Andriy Parekh, who was the cinematographer for "Blue Valentine" (2010), declined to work on the project largely due to the Globe of Death stunt at the beginning of the film (a stunt involving motorcyclists inside a spherical cage). According to Derek Cianfrance, Parekh spoke to him on the phone and said he had refused to continue working on the film because he had a dream in which he was killed during filming. And that dream almost came true: during the filming of this stunt, operator Shawn Bobbitt nearly died. A motorcycle fell on him while filming the stunt inside the cage.
- Ryan Gosling suggested Eva Mendes audition for the role of Romina.
- Greta Gerwig was originally cast as Jennifer, but she was forced to decline due to scheduling conflicts.
- Much of the film was shot in the city of Schenectady, New York. The film’s title comes from the name of this city, which translates from the Mohawk language as “place under the pines.”
- Derek Cianfrance did 22 takes of the scene in which Ryan Gosling accelerates on a motorcycle to get through an intersection before 36 cars collide with each other. Cianfrance wanted a stunt double for this scene, but it would have been immediately obvious that it wasn't Gosling. He also said that in each of these takes, he clenched his shirt in his teeth from nerves, and by the time a good take was achieved, he had managed to bite a hole through it. The scene did not make the final cut of the film.
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