The Reader (2008) |
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The Reader Cast |
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Kate Winslet
(as Hanna Schmitz)
with David Kross
(as young Michael Berg)
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Plot SummaryTHE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but ... (www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/plotsummary) TaglineUnlock the mystery. |
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The Reader (2008) was nominated for the following awards:
Academy Awards
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Oscar
2009
Oscar Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominated
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Oscar
2009
Oscar Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominated
23.
Oscar
2009
Oscar Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominated
36.
Oscar
2009
Oscar Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominated
BAFTA AwardsGolden Globes
46.
Golden Globe
2009
Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards
49.
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Trivia and QuotesTrivia Juliette Binoche was considered for the role of Hanna Schmitz. Three composers were considered to compose the original music - Nico Muhly, Ozren K. Glaser and Alberto Iglesias. To avoid legal consequences, the crew delayed the filming of sexually explicit scenes until after actor David Kross` 18th birthday on July 4 2008. Hanna`s cell number in prison is 216 which is 6 x 6 x 6 - the number of the beast. Hendrik Maaß, who plays Michael`s court house assistant (uncredited role), had been vocationally trained as a paralegal in real life for some time. Producer Scott Rudin was originally a producer of the movie but he got into conflict with executive producer Harvey Weinstein. Rudin wanted to push the release date back to 2009 to avoid an Oscar campaign along with Doubt (2008/I) and Revolutionary Road (2008) both which were also produced by Rudin. Eventually Rudin left the film and had his name removed from the credits. Ironically, The Reader was nominated for an Academy Award 2009 in the Best Picture category (and thus got producer`s nominations) but neither Doubt nor Revolutionary Road. The film`s original cinematographer was Roger Deakins. From September to October 2007, he shot scenes that didn`t feature the character Hanna. After filming was shut down (to give Nicole Kidman, who had been cast as Hanna, time to finish filming Australia (2008) before joining the production), Deakins left to shoot Doubt (2008/I) and begin pre-production on A Serious Man (2009). Once Kidman withdrew from the film and was replaced by Kate Winslet, filming resumed in March 2008; the new cinematographer, Chris Menges, shot all of Winslet`s scenes. The concentration camp scenes were filmed at the Majdanek concentration camp, located in Lublin, Poland. This camp was functional at the time of its liberation by the Soviets in 1944, meaning that it is intact today. Most other camps (including Auschwitz) were either partially or completely destroyed by the Nazis in an attempt to cover up their actions when they realized they were going to be defeated. Producers Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella both died before the completion of the movie. As the film was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the Academy made an exception from their rules not to name more than three producers as nominees because of this rare circumstance. In the end the two producers Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris who took over duties were nominated as well as the posthumously honored Minghella and Pollack. # Stephen Daldry`s first choice for the lead role was Kate Winslet, who originally turned down the offer due to a scheduling conflict with Revolutionary Road (2008). When Nicole Kidman accepted the role, the producers built in a hiatus in order to allow her to finish filming Baz Luhrmann`s Australia (2008). However, by the time Kidman was set to begin her scenes on the film, she withdrew because of her pregnancy, vacating the role. Winslet, who was now available, agreed to replace Kidman. | ||
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