Black Panther

20182018
PG-13PG-13
2h 14min

Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Isaach De Bankolé, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

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T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

Director
- Ryan Coogler
Writers
- Ryan Coogler
- Joe Robert Cole
- Stan Lee(based on the Marvel comics by)
Stars

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Won 3 Oscars
- 114 wins & 280 nominations total

Florence Kasumba, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, and Lupita Nyong'o in Black Panther (2018)

Angela Bassett and Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther (2018)

Michael B. Jordan and Daniel Kaluuya in Black Panther (2018)

Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o in Black Panther (2018)

Chadwick Boseman and Daniel Kaluuya in Black Panther (2018)

Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)

Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther (2018)

Danai Gurira in Black Panther (2018)

Angela Bassett, Connie Chiume, Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, and Dorothy Steel in Black Panther (2018)

Lupita Nyong'o in Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther (2018)

Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther (2018)

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After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Prince T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new king. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war. —Editor

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Taglines
- Long live the king.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for prolonged sequences of action violence, and a brief rude gesture
Parents guide

Trivia
During an interview with Michel Martin on the radio program "All Things Considered," Danai Gurira (Okoye) said that the language spoken by Wakandans is a real language, Xhosa, a South African language characterized by clicks and glottal stops: "It's the same language that is native to Nelson Mandela. It's from the Cape region of South Africa. And Mr. John Kani, who plays T'Challa's father, T'Chaka, he's Xhosa. And so he - they started and agreed to that language being the language of Wakanda in Captain America: Civil War (2016)."

Goofs
(at around 39 mins) When Shuri gives T'challa the new shoes (called sneakers), she mentions that they absorb sound & allow silent footsteps, which T'challa demonstrates. Later in the film (at around 52 mins), T'challa runs up a ramp wearing the sneakers... accompanied by the sound of footsteps.

Quotes
M'Baku: If you say one more word, I'll feed you to my children!
[Ross shuts up, beat]
M'Baku: I'm kidding. We're vegetarians.

Crazy credits
The main credits for the people of Wakanda are colored according to the tribe:
the cast credits for the members of the Wakandan royal family are in purple/gold, the royal colors.
Forest Whitaker's credit is in purple, as befits Zuri's role as adviser to the royal family.
Lupita Nyong'o's credit is shaded green, the River Tribe color.
Danai Gurira's credit is shaded red, the Dora Milaje color.
Daniel Kaluuya's credit is shaded blue, the Border Tribe color.
Winston Duke's credit is represented by an ape face, since the Jabari have no tribe color.

Alternate versions
In advance of the film's release in India, the filmmakers removed all references to the Hindu god Hanuman presumably to avoid generating any controversy surrounding the film.

Connections
Edited into La case du siècle: Restituer l'art africain: les fantômes de la colonisation (2020)

Soundtracks
In the Trunk
Written by Too $hort (as Todd Shaw) and Shorty B (as Stuart Jordan)
Performed by Too $hort
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

Top review

8/10

Review Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman lade such a message to the community with this movie that we all in some way got affected by. His previous movies and this are all a very inspiring and he is so good at imitating the character or person he should in the film. Black Panther is one of the best Marvel movies because of its content and message! Wakanda Forever!!

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Budget
- $200,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $700,426,566
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $202,003,951
- Feb 18, 2018
Gross worldwide
- $1,347,597,973

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Runtime
- 2h 14min
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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