Inception (2010)

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

Director:

Christopher Nolan

Writer:

Christopher Nolan

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page

Top Rated Movies #13 | Won 4 Oscars. Another 152 wins & 219 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Cobb
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Arthur
Elliot Page	...	Ariadne (as Ellen Page)
Tom Hardy	...	Eames
Ken Watanabe	...	Saito
Dileep Rao	...	Yusuf
Cillian Murphy	...	Robert Fischer
Tom Berenger	...	Browning
Marion Cotillard	...	Mal
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Maurice Fischer
Michael Caine	...	Miles
Lukas Haas	...	Nash
Tai-Li Lee	...	Tadashi
Claire Geare	...	Phillipa (3 Years Old)
Magnus Nolan	...	James (20 Months Old)

Storyline

Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible, inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea, but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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Plot Keywords:

dream | ambiguous ending | subconscious | surprise ending | psycho thriller | 

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Taglines:

The dream is real.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Early in this movie, during Mal and Cobb's conversation in a room within Saito's estate, Mal comments on a painting in the background. Cobb replies stating that Saito "is partial to postwar British painters". This is referring to the artist, Francis Bacon. The painting, "Study for Head of George Dyer", is of his late lover, whom he painted long after Dyer's death to perpetuate his memory.

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Goofs

When Eames enters the taxi, we do not see the stairs behind Robert anymore but instead a different background.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Saito's Attendant: He was delirious but asked for you by name. Show him...
Japanese Security Guard: He was carrying nothing but this...
[gun]
Japanese Security Guard: And this...
[spinning top]
Saito: Are you here to kill me?

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits Édith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" plays at normal speed, then slows down to the speed it was at the beginning of the film during Hans Zimmer's score and throughout the movie. Then we see the title stop in the center of the screen as the song ends.

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Connections

References Dark City (1998)

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Soundtracks

Non, je ne Regrette rien
Music by Charles Dumont
Lyrics by Michel Vaucaire
Performed by Édith Piaf
Courtesy of EMI Music France
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

Is it possible the makers understand how incredible this film is?

You only get to watch this for the first time once, so choose your state of mind carefully. It is a film about movies and dreams and reality, and what sort of life it is best to find when you leave the cinema and return to whatever you left to enter. It is spectacular, and brutal, and enigmatic and disturbing. It is beautiful and absorbing. It is about one of my favourite characters ever to grace the screen. I don't see it often, in case it's not as good as I like to remember it. That is my secret, that I lock away in my safe in the basement. That somewhere there is a perfect world for us all. For some, perhaps it is in the cinema watching this.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Warner Bros. [Japan]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Japanese French

Release Date:

16 July 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Origine

Filming Locations:

Bedfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$62,785,337, 18 July 2010

Gross USA:

$292,576,195

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$836,836,967

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy

Technical Specs

Runtime:

148 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1