The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks.

Director:

Bill Condon

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Stars:

Taylor Lautner, Gil Birmingham, Kristen Stewart

9 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Gil Birmingham	...	Billy
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Sarah Clarke	...	Renée
Ty Olsson	...	Phil Dwyer
Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jasper Hale
Peter Facinelli	...	Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Elizabeth Reaser	...	Esme Cullen
Kellan Lutz	...	Emmett Cullen
Nikki Reed	...	Rosalie Hale
Robert Pattinson	...	Edward Cullen
Christian Sloan	...	Unsavory People
James Pizzinato	...	Unsavory People

Storyline

Bella and Edward are to marry. Jacob becomes upset when he learns that Bella is planning to consummate the marriage on her honeymoon. The wedding over, Bella and Edward spend their honeymoon on the Cullen's idyllic private island. But, to their dismay, they discover that Bella is pregnant. The fetus is growing at an accelerated rate and everyone fears for Bella's safety. Will she go ahead with her pregnancy, whatever the cost? The Quileutes close in as the unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks.

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Plot Keywords:

honeymoon | pregnant | wedding | marriage | pregnancy | 

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Taglines:

Forever is only the beginning

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

18 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Breaking Dawn

Filming Locations:

Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$41,683,574 (USA) (18 November 2011)

Gross:

$281,275,991 (USA) (17 February 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment, TSBD Canada Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 125 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Bill Condon reveals in the DVD commentary that the Isle Esme house had to be recreated on a sound stage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana due to production only having one week on location in Brazil. Most of the indoor honeymoon scenes were shot on the sound stage in Louisiana and not in Brazil.

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Goofs

When Edward lifted up Bella in his arms to their honeymoon place, Edward loses his balance as if Bella was too heavy. That is impossible since Edward has super human strength and she is still human.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Bella Swan: Childhood is not from birth to a certain age. And at a certain age, the child is grown and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.

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Crazy Credits

Shortly after the credits roll there is an additional scene.

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Connections

Spoofed in Breaking Wind (2012)

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Soundtracks

"From Now On"
Written by Matthew Pelham, Roger Dabbs, Rollum Haas, and Mark Bond
Performed by The Features
Courtesy of Serpents and Snakes / Bug Music, Inc.

User Reviews

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

I hate Twilight a lot. But nobody can say I am unfair towards it. The third film was actually entertaining and less infuriating. Breaking Dawn Part 1, is different altogether. It is just a horrible product shoved out with no regard for its audience. Bella and Edward get married and go on honeymoon, this last for over an hour. She gets pregnant, which shouldn't be able to happen, and some potentially evil demon baby is sucking the life from her. The films biggest crime is that nothing happens for so long. This series has had a tendency to drag on and on. With New Moon seeming totally unnecessary. What happens here, is that we get one book split into two films. This film has about 30 minutes of material in it. Characters have the same conversations they've had a thousand times before, with nobody evolving. Bella and Edward feel the same way they've always felt, as does Jacob. The sex scene is embarrassingly juvenile, with a quick cut to something from a parody. The film doesn't let up in the absurdity department, as some animated wolves have a conversation with each other, but with mindless growling and dialog, it sounds terrible. What any other film would have shortened into a montage is played out to a variety of banal songs that all sound the same. Finally we get towards the end and the graphic, grotesque birth scene is barely shown at all. It leaves us with a finale in which a wolf "imprints" himself onto a newborn baby in a scene more disturbing than anything The Human Centipede could muster. If you like characters that whine about everything, actors that have no emotional range, and watching slideshows of other people's honeymoons, then you may enjoy this laughable effort.