Black Orchid is a film created in collaboration with German, French and American filmmakers. An expensive full-length art project debuted at the box office in August 2006. 3.4 million viewers watched a film from director Brian De Palma. The actors of Black Orchid are Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirchner, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank and others. The music for the film was created by composer Mark Isham.
The film, which was shot on several continents, belongs to the films of the age category of viewing 16+. In 2007, Black Orchid was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Cinematography category. In 2006, she participated in the competition program of the Venice Film Festival. The real name of this movie is “Black Dahlia”, however, the Russian distributor Central Partnership chose to call it “Black Orchid”.
Synopsis
The film by Brian De Palma, which is based on real events, is attributed to the cinematic genres of thriller, crime, detective, drama. The plot of the picture originates in the second half of the 1940s. The main characters are two police officers who are looking for those related to the murder of a young person, Elizabeth Short. During the investigation, one of them finds evidence of the involvement of a friend of the murdered woman in her death.
The basis for the plot
Black Dahlia was called in the media by the girl Elizabeth Short, who was found dead in one of the districts of the city of Los Angeles in early 1947. The found corpse of Elizabeth was a body, cut in half, whose internal organs were absent. The girl’s face was monstrously disfigured, someone cut her mouth from ear to ear. Police detained more than two dozen suspects, but could not solve this crime. The story of this murder became the basis for the novel by American writer James Alroy, who creates a detective story. His work from the Los Angeles Quartet series has already been filmed several times.
Project Information
In Black Orchid, the priestess of love, Kake Lake, who was friends with one of the detectives, is performed by actress Scarlett Johansson. At first, the role of the character was to be performed by singer Gwen Stefani, but for some reason this did not happen. The girl who was killed was offered to portray actress Maggie Gyllenhaal on the screen, but she refused. If this film was shot by David Fincher, who was offered to become his director, then this cinematic project would be a black and white movie with a 180-minute duration.
Filming took place in Bulgaria and the United States. “Black Orchid” was musically designed by Mark Isham, taking this work from composer James Horner. It was planned that the character Madeline will be performed by Eva Green.
Scarlett Johansson
The actress in one of her interviews talked about her work on this film. Scarlett Johansson complains that she had to work intensively for several months, and even when she was sick with the flu, she was forced to appear on the set of this cinematic project, since, according to her, “time in the cinema is money”. The actress attributes the 2006 Black Orchid movie to the noir genre, in which “lies and truth are tightly woven together.” Talking about the director of this picture, Brian De Palme, the actress focuses on his fantastic ability to create projects "with blood, violence and sex."
Brief information about the actress
Scarlett Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in the city of Manhattan (USA). Today she is not only an actress, but also a director, she is also involved in writing scripts and producing activities. The actress has 166 cinematographic works, including roles in the films The Avengers, The Horse Whisperer, We Bought a Zoo, and Another Boleyn Family. Climbing the Hollywood Olympus began in 1994, playing in the movie "North". In 2017, she took part in the creation of the films “Ghost in the Shell”, “Very Bad Girls”. Now she is engaged in the projects “Dog Island”, “Avengers 4”, “Beautiful, but Doomed” and others. The actress, whose height is 160 cm, is based on the zodiac sign Scorpio. She was married to Ryan Reynolds and Romain Doriac. The mother of one child. At the time of writing, the actress is 33 years old.
The lead actor. Josh hartnett
In the film "Black Orchid" actor Josh Hartnett played the main character - police officer Duyat Blikert. When the filming of this cinematic project took place, the media periodically appeared information about the romantic relationship that ensued during that period between Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
Josh Hartnett was born July 21, 1978 in the city of St. Paul (USA). His track record includes 86 cinematographic works. He became famous for his roles in the films “Lucky Number Slevin”, “Obsession”, “Pearl Harbor”, “Faculty”. At the dawn of his acting career, he played in the TV series Cracker and in the full-length motion picture Halloween 1998: 20 Years Later. In 2017, he appeared in the projects “At a depth of 6 feet”, “Oh, Lucy”, “Mountains and stones”. Now he is starring in the films The Long House, Highway for Players, Memorable Moment, etc. The actor is 191 cm tall. It is known that actor Josh Hartnett is fond of reading the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and he prefers blues and jazz in music.