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:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner

11 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Gil Birmingham	...	Billy
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Sarah Clarke	...	Renee
Ty Olsson	...	Phil
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 Man
James Pizzinato	...	Unsavory Man

Storyline

Bella and Edward celebrate their wedding, but, after their honeymoon on Isle Esme, things take a turn for the worse when Bella realises she is pregnant. As the baby grows at an abnormally fast rate and causes many health problems to Bella, Edward and the wolf pack fear that she may give birth to an immortal child. But the Cullens will do everything they can to ensure that both Bella and the unborn child remain safe.

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Plot Keywords:

human vampire hybrid | half human | first part | actor reprises previous role | actress reprises previous role | 

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Taglines:

Forever is only the beginning

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Meyer was present on set during all the filming.

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Goofs

In the indoor chess game, Edward has a passed pawn on g3 - despite Bella retaining her pawn on g5 - making the position highly dubious as to get there it would have been necessary to have somehow jumped over the g pawn, an illegal move.

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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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Alternate Versions

In the UK, the film was originally shown to the resident censors, the BBFC, in an unfinished version. The BBFC advised the company that the film was likely to receive a '15' classification but that the requested '12A' certificate could be achieved by making changes to the sex scene between Edward and Bella. In particular, the BBFC suggested that more graphic sight of Edward thrusting while he lies on top of Bella, while her legs are wrapped around his torso, be removed. When the finished version of the film was submitted these changes had been made, with the scene having been reduced in length and with less focus on full body shots. As a result, the film was classified '12A'.

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Connections

Features The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

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Soundtracks

Cold
Written by Lucy Schwartz and Matt Hales
Performed by Matt Hales (as Aqualung) & Lucy Schwartz
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group and Fortunate Fool Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
and by arrangement with District Music LLC

User Reviews

Forced To See This

I know I'm late in reviewing this and probably no one is reading this review, but I had a hot date for this one and I couldn't say no. She really wanted to see this, and she had a thrill in dragging me along despite me not wanting to see this at all. I was never going to see this or any Twilight movie for that matter. She loved this one. I did not.

The problem, the biggest problem to me, is that it's very, very, very boring. NOTHING HAPPENS! Let's see, we see Jacob take off his shirt in the first two seconds of the movie and then Bella and Edward awkwardly have a wedding with fake smiles on their face. Then she has nightmares, possibly to show some form of entertainment throughout this boredom of a movie, and then there's the reception. That was the only scene I liked in the movie. At least it provided some humor. Then they go off to Rio... and nothing really happens. Yeah, they keep having sex and Bella just keeps wanting more. She calls her dad who is the only likable character, at least to me, in the whole series and then she finds out she's pregnant with some hell spawn, I guess. And vampires and werewolves get ticked off.

Then the dumbest moment happens. The wolves talking to each other. I swear it looked like a Saturday morning cartoon because they were so faked CGI and their voices was so Saturday morning cartoonish that Twi- hards should be offended! Anyway, the movie just drags and drags and I caught myself falling asleep. I held my date's hand and practically made out with it just to keep from falling asleep. I made it through the film. Thank God for that.

After the film, she really looked at me in hopes that I would love it like she did. I really couldn't lie to her and I hate telling her how much I couldn't stand the film. She explained the whole lore of the Twilight series and I still don't get it. I hate these movies. Unfortunately she is dragging me to part 2. At least I can spend more quality time with her.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

18 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Breaking Dawn

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$138,122,261, 20 November 2011

Gross USA:

$281,287,133

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$712,205,856

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment, TSBD Canada Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 125 min (extended edition) 122 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1