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Poor Things (film)
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| Directed by | Yorgos Lanthimos |
| Screenplay by | Tony McNamara |
| Based on | Poor Things by Alasdair Gray |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Robbie Ryan |
| Edited by | Yorgos Mavropsaridis |
| Music by | Jerskin Fendrix |
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| Distributed by | Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 142 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million[2] |
| Box office | $117.6 million[3][4] |
Poor Things is a 2023 film[a] directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara, based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael.[6] Stone plays Bella Baxter, a young woman in Victorian London who has been brought back to life via brain transplant.
Principal photography took place in Hungary from August to December 2021. Poor Things premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2023, and won the Golden Lion there. The film received critical acclaim and was released theatrically in the United States on December 8, 2023, and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on January 12, 2024, by Searchlight Pictures. It grossed $117 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million.
Poor Things was named one of the top ten films of 2023 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and received various accolades, including four wins at the 96th Academy Awards, two at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, and five at the 77th British Academy Film Awards; Stone won Best Actress at each ceremony.
- ^ "Poor Things (18)". BBFC. January 1, 2024. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ "After 'The Favourite,' Yorgos Lanthimos could do anything. He went wilder than ever". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 2023. Archived from the original on December 13, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "Poor Things". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "Poor Things (2023) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
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