The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1

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Movie
German title The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1
Original title The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2014
length 122 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Francis Lawrence
script Danny Strong ,
Peter Craig
production Nina Jacobson ,
Jon Kilik
music James Newton Howard
camera Jo Willems
cut Alan Edward Bell ,
Mark Yoshikawa
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The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 (original title: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 ) is an American science fiction film from the year 2014, based on the book The Hunger Games - Blazing Wrath of Suzanne Collins based . It is the third of four films and the sequel to The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games and Catching Fire . The film was directed by Lionsgate produced, Francis Lawrence directed from a screenplay by Danny Strong . The film had its world premiere in London on November 10, 2014. It started in German cinemas on November 20, 2014. On November 19, 2015, the sequel The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 was released.

action

Katniss Everdeen, Finnick Odair, and the engineer Beetee were rescued from the 75th Hunger Games arena and taken to District 13 underground by the rebels, including playmakers Plutarch Heavensbee and Haymitch Abernathy . There are also the few survivors of the bombing on District 12, including Katniss' sister Prim and her mother, who fled into the woods with Gale. Plutarch Heavensbee acts as an advisor to President Alma Coin in District 13 while Beetee develops weapons. Among the Capitol captives, however, are Peeta, Johanna Mason, and Finnick's lover Annie Cresta.

President Coin asks Katniss to stand up for the uprising in the districts in the symbolic figure of the "mocking booby" (Mockingjay). Seven districts have already risen against the Capitol. Katniss initially refuses. At Heavensbee's suggestion, Katniss is flown to the ruins of District 12, accompanied by Gale and Colonel Boggs. Katniss finds all the houses in ruins and a multitude of unburied bodies. Katniss' house in the outlying village of the victors is undamaged, from there she takes various personal items and Prim's cat Buttercup with her. Katniss is horrified to find that a fresh white rose, a distinctive mark of President Snow, is in a vase full of withered flowers.

President Snow gives a televised speech to the people condemning the acts of the rebels (he calls them “radicals”), making any use of the mocking booby symbol a death penalty and announcing merciless retribution for any further violation. During the address, several prisoners in each district are executed in front of the residents. The Capitol later broadcasts Caesar Flickerman's interview with Peeta. He expresses his incomprehension about the rebels threatening the peace, takes Katniss, who had known nothing, under protection and finally calls for a ceasefire. For the residents of District 13, Peeta is now considered a traitor.

Concerned about Peeta, Katniss makes herself available as a mocking boob, on condition that President Coin makes every effort to rescue Peeta, Joan and Annie from the Capitol and grant them impunity. President Coin initially declined, citing the democratic principles of her society, but Katniss' persistence and Heavensbee's advice pushed her to agree and announced the conclusion of the agreement in front of the assembled residents of the district.

Preparations for the shooting of rebel propaganda spots called "Propos" are being made under Heavensbee's direction . Effie Trinket, who was also taken from the Capitol, shows Katniss the designs that the dead Cinna left behind for the mocking booby costume; Katniss wears this in public from now on. After the first attempts to arrange the proposal in the studio did not produce a convincing result, it was agreed, on the advice of Haymitch, to fly Katniss to the combat area in District 8 and film it on location. Once there, Katniss, accompanied by Gale, Colonel Boggs and their camera team around director Cressida, visits a makeshift hospital. Given the mood among the wounded, Katniss promises to take part in the battle against the Capitol. Meanwhile, Snow learns of their presence in District 8 and orders the hospital to be bombed. Instead of retreating into the shelter of the bunker, Katniss rushes into battle with Gale, and with the Beetees special weapons they manage to shoot down two Capitol hovercrafts. The hospital, however, has been completely destroyed and all wounded are dead. Katniss then calls an angry declaration of war against President Snow in the cameras. After returning to District 13, Beetee can feed this first propo into all broadcast networks. Peeta, meanwhile, speaks out against the rebels again at Caesar Flickerman as the figurehead of the Capitol.

The rebels make their next propo in bombed District 12, where Gale tells what happened and how he saved 915 of the district's 10,000 residents. Katniss sings the song about the hangman's tree , which is broadcast again in all districts and which leads to further acts of rebellion. In District 7 the residents lure a group of peacekeepers into a booby trap and in District 5 the residents storm a hydroelectric power station with heavy losses and blow up the dam, causing the entire Capitol to lose power. On Peeta's next television appearance, Beetee succeeds in interrupting the broadcast with recordings of Katniss, as the Capitol's security system is no longer fully functional due to the lack of power. Peeta appears to see Katniss and, with great difficulty, produces a warning of an attack on District 13 before the picture is canceled. Coin has the residents of District 13 evacuated to the lower levels. In fact, several Capitol bomber squadrons are now attacking District 13 directly.

When the bombers are gone, it turns out that Peeta's warning saved enough time that there are no losses to complain about. President Coin sends a special squad, including Gale and Colonel Boggs, to the Capitol to free Peeta and the other prisoners held there in the former Tribute training center. While Finnick speaks a live propo, which is provided by Beetee with a jamming signal, which is supposed to paralyze the emergency power transmission network of the Capitol, the command can penetrate the training center. When the Capitol is able to restore the power supply, Katniss tries to distract President Snow from the liberation campaign with a live message. However, this finally gives her to understand that he knows about the planned rescue operation and cuts the connection. In District 13 the command is believed to have been lost.

Contrary to expectations, the command returns unscathed, along with Peeta, Johanna and Annie. Gale suggests that the Capitol apparently let her escape. When Katniss approaches Peeta, the latter unexpectedly pounces on her and tries to strangle her. At the last moment, Colonel Boggs knocks Peeta down. It turns out that in the Capitol, Peeta was manipulated through psychological torture in such a way that he perceives Katniss as a threat and attacks her. President Coin announces the success of the liberation mission in a speech and announces an attack with ground troops on the largest fortress of the Capitol in District 2. Meanwhile, Katniss sees Peeta alone in a brightly lit room, where he is tied to a hospital bed and rears up with a pained face.

production

Production preparation

Lionsgate announced on July 10, 2012 that the third installment in the Flammender Zorn series would be split into two films, with the first part slated to open on November 20, 2014 and the second on November 20, 2015. In November 2012 it was confirmed that Francis Lawrence would take over the direction of the third and fourth parts again. Danny Strong was hired as a screenwriter in December 2012. In November 2013, Peter Craig was hired to rework the script.

Casting

Most of the actors from The Hunger Games - Catching Fire can also be seen in the third part. Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth , Woody Harrelson , Elizabeth Banks , Jeffrey Wright , Donald Sutherland , Stanley Tucci , Jena Malone , Meta Golding , Willow Shields , Paula Malcomson and Sam Claflin are revisiting their roles from the previous films. One of the first new roles went to Natalie Dormer on August 22, 2013 , who took on the role of Cressida . Stef Dawson was cast on August 26, 2013 for the role of Annie Cresta , Finnick Odair's great love. On the same day, the signing of Evan Ross as Messalla , a stylist and crew member for director Cressida, was also announced. In September 2013 it was officially confirmed that Julianne Moore would take over the role of President Alma Coin . Also in September, Lily Rabe was cast in the role of Commander Lyme . Later that month, Patina Miller , Mahershala Ali , Wes Chatham and Elden Henson were signed on . In mid-December 2013, Lionsgate announced that a new character named Antonius would be introduced in the last two parts , which does not exist in the novel. The character is a Minister for President Snow. The role was taken on by Robert Knepper .

Filming

Filming began on September 23, 2013, with Part 1 and Part 2 filmed in direct succession. The film was shot in Rockmart, Georgia , among others . In November 2013, filming for the promotion of Catching Fire was suspended. They resumed at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on December 2, 2013 .

The German film studio Babelsberg is a co-producer. Therefore, numerous filming took place in Germany in 2014, after the preparations had already started in November of the previous year. In May and June 2014 , the film was shot against the backdrop of the studios of Studio Babelsberg , Potsdam . Other locations were u. a. at the exhibition grounds and the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin , in a former mine in Rüdersdorf , Brandenburg , and in the old town of Potsdam.

Philip Seymour Hoffman ( Plutarch Heavensbee ) died on February 2, 2014 in New York. According to Lionsgate statements, all of his scenes for the film had already been shot by then; only one scene for Mockingjay part 2 was still missing, which one wanted to recreate digitally first. Instead, this scene was rewritten for the role of Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson. The film is dedicated to Hoffman.

Cast and dubbing

actor role Voice actor
Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen Maria Koschny
Josh Hutcherson Peeta Mellark Ricardo Richter
Liam Hemsworth Gale Hawthorne Leonhard Mahlich
Woody Harrelson Haymitch Abernathy Thomas Nero Wolff
Elizabeth Banks Effie Trinket Cathlen Gawlich
Sam Claflin Finnick Odair Patrick Roche
Jena Malone Johanna Mason Janin Stenzel
Jeffrey Wright Beetee Olaf Reichmann
Philip Seymour Hoffman Plutarch Heavensbee Oliver Stritzel
Julianne Moore President Alma Coin Petra Barthel
Donald Sutherland President Snow Jürgen Kluckert
Natalie Dormer Cressida Marieke Oeffinger
Sarita Choudhury Egeria Dana Friedrich
Stanley Tucci Caesar Flickerman Lutz Mackensy
Willow Shields Primrose "Prim" Everdeen Valentina Bonalana
Paula Malcomson Mrs. Everdeen Silke Matthias
Stef Dawson Annie Cresta Verena Mehnert

Soundtrack

As in the previous two parts, the soundtrack was created by James Newton Howard . The Hanging Tree , the song from the hangman's tree , sung by actress Jennifer Lawrence herself, was particularly successful . After the film started, it saw great demand in the download shops and reached high chart positions in many countries. In Austria and Germany it was even a number one hit. Even Yellow Flicker Beat of Lorde managed in January 2015, the leap into the charts of the German-speaking countries.

The soundtrack has the following track list:

  1. Stromae feat. Lorde , Pusha T , Q-Tip , & Haim - Meltdown
  2. Chvrches - Dead Air
  3. Tove Lo - Scream My Name
  4. Charli XCX feat. Simon Le Bon - Kingdom
  5. Major Lazer feat. Ariana Grande - All My Love
  6. Raury - Lost Souls
  7. Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat
  8. Tinashé - The Leap
  9. Bat for Lashes - Plan The Escape
  10. Grace Jones - Original Beast
  11. Lorde - Flicker ( Kanye West Rework)
  12. XOV - Animal
  13. The Chemical Brothers feat. Miguel & Lorde - This Is Not A Game
  14. Lorde - Ladder Song

Jennifer Lawrence's The Hanging Tree is only on the original Motion Picture Score , which also includes other instrumental pieces from the film.

Reviews

Martin Schwickert awards 4 out of 5 stars in the German film magazine epd Film . The third part of the young adult franchise about the girl heroine Katniss is no longer "about the cynical media event of the 'Hunger Games', but about the revolution and its price". The film preserves what characterizes Suzanne Collins' original : the “doubt and the ability to reflect” deeply inscribed in the female main character. The film takes the young audience seriously.

In the FAZ, Andreas Kilb criticizes the division of the third volume into two films: Part 1 does not lead to a conclusion, not even to an interim result. The decisive duel - the confrontation between Katniss and Snow - will be "postponed for a hundred minutes". Therefore, the film seems "like a pedestal for the last part of the saga". Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss is, however, among the "heroines on today's picture market (...) the most modern, everyday and at the same time the most unbelievable in her self-sacrifice". The film has the strongest moments when it shows the spread of the uprising: Then the "updated aesthetics (...) reminiscent of Metropolis and Brazil are underlaid with the pathos of 1984 ".

Fritz Göttler stated in the Süddeutsche Zeitung that with “Mockingjay” the Panem series “quietly changed the genre”: It had grown up. "This is a war film that does not take the perspective of a warrior, in the pulpit of a combat bomber, but remains at the bottom (...) A film about the machinations of politics and domination (...)" However, "Mockingjay" does not make cinema moral Establishment, but remain "pleasantly distant and subversive".

For Focus , the film is “a typical intermediate part (...) The actual story can be told in half an hour instead of 120 minutes”. A real plot is missing, action scenes, spectacular arena fights like in the first two parts and "unexpected twists" are rare. "Unfortunately, the makers do not go to great lengths to inspire 'Panem' newcomers to the actually politically interesting story." Acting performance, camera work and film music are "cinematic average". Nonetheless, the film is a must for fans, "since it is fully dedicated to the inner conflict of its heroine".

For Rüdiger Suchsland from the Heise online magazine Telepolis , the beginning of the film is difficult to understand for someone who does not know the two predecessors. In parts, the strip is a "dull war film (...) with more than a hint of 'Dune'". Nonetheless, he doesn't need to shy away from the comparison to the “mostly shallow fantasy average, to the bloodless 'Twilight' or to the heavy-blooded, reactionary 'Lord of the Rings'”. It is "excellent fantasy cinema". Mockingjay Part 1 adheres to the bestseller template, is not an “eternal return of the same thing”, is demanding and has depth. It is the darkest film in the trilogy. If “Panem” tells about growing up, part 3 now stands for “the phase of awakening from all dreams”. This time the main character resembles a modern Joan of Arc : “She cannot and does not want to run away, she looks her fate in the face.” The message of the film is to remain skeptical of all peer pressure and to offer resistance if necessary. The "fight of the individual against the system" ...

Financial success

The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 had the highest overall box office sales of all productions released in theaters in 2014 in the United States. In total, the film has grossed over $ 337 million since its release (as of October 4, 2019). Globally, the total is more than $ 755 million.

continuation

The cinematic release for the sequel The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 was in Germany on November 19th and in the USA on November 20th, 2015. The sequel can be seen in 3D and IMAX 3D in the cinema, the stereoscopic version was subsequently converted to 3D .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Release certificate for The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 981 K).
  3. ↑ Age rating for The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 . Youth Media Commission .
  4. ↑ The Hunger Games 3 - Mockingjay Part 1. filmstarts.de, accessed on August 27, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Kino.de - The Hunger Games - Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015) (accessed on November 18, 2015)
  6. ↑ Keith Staskiewics: 'Mockingjay' to be split into two movies, release dates announced . Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ 'Exclusive: Francis Lawrence to Direct Remainder of THE HUNGER GAMES Franchise with Two-Part Adaptation of MOCKINGJAY ′ . Collider.com. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hillary Busis: Best of 2012 (Behind the Scenes): 'Game Change' (and 'Mockingjay') writer Danny Strong on his biggest year . In: Entertainment Weekly . December 6, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  9. ↑ a b 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' Screenwriter Danny Strong to Begin Work on Part 2 (Exclusive) . February 15, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Justin Kroll: 'Mockingjay' Casts Natalie Dormer from 'Game of Thrones' . Variety.com. August 22, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ Rebecca Ford: Australian Actress Stef Dawson Joins 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay' . TheHollywoodReporter.com. August 26, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ Patrick Kunze: "The Hunger Games - Flammender Zorn": Stef Dawson and Evan Ross cast for the two-part finale . Filmstarts.de. August 28, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr .: TOLDJA! Julianne Moore joins 'The Hunger Games' . Deadline.com. September 13, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  14. ↑ Luise Lober: “American Horror Story” star Lily Rabe takes on the role in the final two-part series for “The Hunger Games” . Filmstarts.de. September 17, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  15. ↑ a b Björn Becher: "Prison Break" villain Robert Knepper takes on the role of a new character in "The Hunger Games - Flammender Zorn" . Filmstarts.de. December 12, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  16. ↑ Samantha Highfill: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay': Robert Knepper cast as… Antonius? . EntertainmentWeekly.com. December 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Hunger Games guest in Babelsberg" , Potsdamer Latest News (PNN) from February 3, 2014, accessed December 26, 2014
  18. ^ "Shooting of Hunger Games" , Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ) from June 21, 2014, accessed December 26, 2014
  19. ↑ Sebastian Moitzheim: Solution for Philip Seymour Hoffman's missing scenes found , gamona.de, February 8, 2014
  20. ^ How Philip Seymour Hoffman's death changed 'Mockingjay - Part 2'. November 18, 2015, accessed November 23, 2015 .
  21. ↑ The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 in the German dubbing index
  22. ↑ The Hanging Tree (James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence) in the Austrian charts
  23. ↑ Charts Germany 05-2015 ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on musikmarkt.de from January 27, 2015
  24. ↑ Martin Schwickert: Film review of Mockingjay Part 1 , epd-film.de. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  25. ^ Andreas Kilb: Das singende, schießende Spottvogelchen , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 20, 2014. Accessed on November 20, 2014.
  26. ^ Missed Idyll vorm Galgenbaum , Süddeutsche.de, November 20, 2014. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  27. ↑ This is how "The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1" becomes Focus online, November 20, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  28. ^ Rüdiger Suchsland: Fighter Instead of Covergirl Telepolis, November 21, 2014. Accessed November 22, 2014.
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The Hunger Games
Books

Deadly Games  (2008) • Dangerous Love  (2009) • Flaming Wrath  (2010) • The Song of a Bird and a Snake  (2020)

Movies

The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games  (2012) • The Hunger Games - Catching Fire  (2013) • The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1  (2014) • The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2  (2015)