Gone Girl (2014)

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Gillian Flynn (novel)

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris

Top Rated Movies #190 | Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 64 wins & 187 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Affleck	...	Nick Dunne
Rosamund Pike	...	Amy Dunne
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Desi Collings
Tyler Perry	...	Tanner Bolt
Carrie Coon	...	Margo Dunne
Kim Dickens	...	Detective Rhonda Boney
Patrick Fugit	...	Officer James Gilpin
David Clennon	...	Rand Elliott
Lisa Banes	...	Marybeth Elliott
Missi Pyle	...	Ellen Abbott
Emily Ratajkowski	...	Andie Fitzgerald
Casey Wilson	...	Noelle Hawthorne
Lola Kirke	...	Greta
Boyd Holbrook	...	Jeff
Sela Ward	...	Sharon Schieber

Storyline

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

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Plot Keywords:

disappearance | missing person | murder suspect | based on novel | husband wife relationship | 

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Taglines:

From the Director of Se7en and Zodiac

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

David Fincher's second film in a row to have the word "girl" in the title, the previous being The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

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Goofs

The crime scene investigators use luminol in the kitchen. This is a chemical used in forensics to cause trace amounts of blood to luminesce even after it has been cleaned. DNA is destroyed by alcohol based luminol but NOT by hydrogen peroxide based luminol. Presumably the luminol used in this case was hydrogen peroxide based.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nick Dunne: When I think of my wife, I always think of the back of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brain, trying to get answers. The primal questions of a marriage: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?

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Crazy Credits

The 20th Century Fox fanfare is silent and the logo fades out early.

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Connections

References The Company Men (2010)

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Soundtracks

Cool Cat
Written by Simon Thorpe and John Donaldson
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

Mixed feelings, hear me out.

There's no denying that this is a great film and from what I've heard a great book as well, you can see that I gave it a 9/10 rating, but there's a catch especially for me personally with this movie. The shorts version I can tell you and with my hand to God no lie this movie single handedly put the nail in the coffin for my marriage without me even being the wiser. So for as much as I do appreciate the detailed and intriguing story, watching it years later after my divorce it sends chills through my body knowing that my ex wife and I enjoyed this movie together, and obviously me not knowing just how much she loved it but how it inspired her to go about divorcing me in the way that she did, be weary because there are sick people (men and women) in this world that will vindictively assassinate someone else's character and well being just to avenge whatever perversion that they're transfixed on in their own mind. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything, I'm just stating a fact that happened to me, I don't advise watching this for the first time with a love partner, it could unhinge the mind beyond a point of no return, I'm absolutely 100% serious about this, this is not a joke.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gone Girl

Filming Locations:

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$61,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$37,513,109, 5 October 2014

Gross USA:

$167,767,189

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$369,330,363

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, New Regency Productions, TSG Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

149 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1