Unbroken is a famous film produced and shot in 2014 by the equally famous actress Angelina Jolie. Its activities inspire millions of people around the world. Actors of the film "Unbroken" claim that Angelina is a professional in her field, she gave them a wonderful and irreplaceable experience. Let us consider this picture in more detail.
The plot of the film "Unbroken"
The name of the film work fully reflects the fate of the protagonist - throughout the whole picture, no one could break it. At the same time, the film "Unbroken", the actors of which have gained enormous experience not only for their acting career, tells the very real story of an ordinary athlete.
Louis Zamperini is a famous man, an American athlete, who took part in the Olympic Games in Berlin. Even though he did not win the final race, he was invited to his box by Hitler, who was delighted with Louis Zamperini. The athlete himself thought that he would take part in some games, but, unfortunately, because of the outbreak of World War II, he was forced to go to war to the front.
The film "Unbroken" will tell about this. Actors, director and screenwriters accurately conveyed the life of Louis himself in this film. This man is truly amazing. In the war, his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, and the soldier spent about 47 days on a small raft with his army friends. Then the athlete was captured by the Japanese, where he was subjected to terrible torture, bullying and severe beatings. However, the spirit of Louis Zamperini was not broken, after the war he returned home, and died at 97 in his house. The film tells about the life of an athlete Zamperini before returning home. During the creation of the film, Louis collaborated with Angelina Jolie, they became good friends.
Angelina Jolie and Unbroken
The famous Angelina Jolie can be called the mother of this film, it was she who shot and produced the film "Unbroken". The actors and roles of the film were chosen by her. You can read about the relationship with Louis Zamperini and the impressions of making the film in her various interviews, very strange, but she actively shared information about the film.
This film became her second directorial work. The actress herself says that this is only the beginning. The actors and roles of the film "Unbroken" were carefully selected by the actress herself.
What did this movie teach us?
The main task of Angelina Jolie Pitt was to make the viewer appreciate what a stunning and unusual person like Louis Zamperini can teach humanity. She not only allowed her children to watch this film (given the fact that there are cruel scenes), but also carefully watched them while they watched the picture. After that, she seriously talked with them and found out that this film really influenced her children. They drew attention to small details that many adults would not even notice.
Angelina Jolie herself in an interview said that the story of an athlete Louis Zamperini tells about a man with an incredibly strong spirit, character and inner core. She tried to convey that this very spirit of struggle, which the athlete clearly possessed, should not leave any of us, which shows the film "Unbroken". The actors of the film are in solidarity with this position and morality, so they felt and tried to convey this to the audience.
Actors involved in the paintings
Filmmakers play an important role. After all, it was not only because of the excellent directorial work that the film "Unbroken" was a huge success. The actors played excellently in the film, very clearly conveyed all the emotions, moods and the era of that time in general. The director was pleased with the work.
The main role in the film was played by an old friend of Angelina Jolie Pitt Jack O'Connell. The actors and roles, the creators of the film "Unbroken" were perfectly selected, thanks to this, absolutely every artist successfully fit into his role and stood it until the last second of the film. Jack himself was pleased with this work. He played the role of Louis Zamperini. Despite his age, because at the time of working on the film he was about 23 years old, the young man conveyed difficult emotions with incredible authenticity. Jack O'Connell is said to be one of Hollywood's most prominent young stars. Well, let's hope to see him in new worthy roles.
Donal Gleeson is another young, but already world famous Irish actor. He got the second role in the film "Unbroken". Donal Gleeson is better known in Russia for the film "Anna Karenina", in which he played one of the main roles. Filming took place in Russia. In the movie "Unbroken," Donal Gleeson played the role of one of two crew members who were on board the plane with Louis Zamperini. Gleason’s character has a prototype, that is, he was decommissioned from a real hero, a man who really was present with Louis on board many years ago and spent some time with him on a raft.
Donal Gleeson perfectly played his part, only positive reviews wrote about his work in the film critics.
Start of making a movie
Angelina Jolie Pitt found out about this man (a speech about the protagonist of the real story of Louis Zamperini) thanks to the book of the same name by Laura Hillenbrand. In 2010, this work became a real hit - it beat the sales ratings in the United States of America. The famous New York Times bestseller list was topped by this book.
The famous actress, and now the director thought about this book. Subsequently, she stated that, being in the director's chair, she relied entirely on this work and the stories of Louis Zamperini himself. After the final writing of the script, he approved the work of the scriptwriters and Jolie, noting that he knew that this amazing woman would tell everything correctly.
Filming of the movie "Unbroken"
In 2013, after much discussion in the press, the director finally confirmed that the film would be shot in Australia. “It was an interesting experience for me and for our entire crew,” Jolie said after the shoot. Despite the fact that the work took place in Australia, the main pictures were shot in the United States of America at the bases of various film studios.
The cost of filming a movie
In fact, the film’s budget is amazing - $ 65 million was allocated for the shoot. Of these, about 20 million dollars were provided by the governments of Australia and the United States of America, and also in every possible way accompanied the filming of the film.
Payback of the movie "Unbroken"
From the very beginning, the actors of the film "Unbroken" were convinced of the success of the film, despite the fact that novice directors, even if they had the same powerful start as Angelina Jolie Pitt, often fail at the box office. But with a budget of 65 million conventional units, the film has raised 115 million dollars in the United States and 47 million worldwide. In Russia, despite the fact that this film was not very widely advertised, the film raised a little more than a million dollars, which is a pretty good result. Of course, these incomes cannot be compared with the incomes of directors of a different magnitude, because Angelina is just beginning to develop in this matter and is only just revealing her talents. We hope that soon she will tell us other amazing stories.