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Hidden Figures

  • 20162016
  • PGPG
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
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Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Jim Parsons, and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)
This is the story of the brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit.
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The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
225K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
492
91
  • Director
    • Theodore Melfi
  • Writers
    • Allison Schroeder(screenplay by)
    • Theodore Melfi(screenplay by)
    • Margot Lee Shetterly(based on the book by)
  • Stars
    • Taraji P. Henson
    • Octavia Spencer
    • Janelle Monáe
Top credits
  • Director
    • Theodore Melfi
  • Writers
    • Allison Schroeder(screenplay by)
    • Theodore Melfi(screenplay by)
    • Margot Lee Shetterly(based on the book by)
  • Stars
    • Taraji P. Henson
    • Octavia Spencer
    • Janelle Monáe
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 576User reviews
    • 431Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 37 wins & 94 nominations total

    Videos32

    Trailer #2
    Trailer 2:28
    Trailer #2
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 3:15
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    Hidden Figures
    Trailer 3:04
    Hidden Figures
    Re Assigned
    Clip 0:58
    Re Assigned
    Its The Starter
    Clip 0:53
    Its The Starter
    Make You The First
    Clip 1:07
    Make You The First
    Give Or Take
    Clip 1:20
    Give Or Take
    Already Be One
    Clip 0:41
    Already Be One
    Russian Spy
    Clip 1:10
    Russian Spy
    New Computer
    Clip 0:40
    New Computer
    Slice Of Pie
    Clip 0:56
    Slice Of Pie
    We Wear Glasses
    Clip 0:59
    We Wear Glasses

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    Olek Krupa and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Kirsten Dunst and Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson, and Jim Parsons in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Octavia Spencer in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Kevin Costner, Taraji P. Henson, and Kimberly Quinn in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Octavia Spencer and Crystal Lee Brown in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Glen Powell, and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)
    Kevin Costner in Hidden Figures (2016)

    Top cast

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    Taraji P. Henson
    Taraji P. Henson
    • Katherine G. Johnson
    Octavia Spencer
    Octavia Spencer
    • Dorothy Vaughan
    Janelle Monáe
    Janelle Monáe
    • Mary Jackson
    Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner
    • Al Harrison
    Kirsten Dunst
    Kirsten Dunst
    • Vivian Mitchell
    Jim Parsons
    Jim Parsons
    • Paul Stafford
    Mahershala Ali
    Mahershala Ali
    • Colonel Jim Johnson
    Aldis Hodge
    Aldis Hodge
    • Levi Jackson
    Glen Powell
    Glen Powell
    • John Glenn
    Kimberly Quinn
    Kimberly Quinn
    • Ruth
    Olek Krupa
    Olek Krupa
    • Karl Zielinski
    Kurt Krause
    Kurt Krause
    • Sam Turner
    Ken Strunk
    Ken Strunk
    • Jim Webb
    Lidya Jewett
    Lidya Jewett
    • Young Katherine Coleman
    Donna Biscoe
    Donna Biscoe
    • Mrs. Joylette Coleman
    Ariana Neal
    Ariana Neal
    • Joylette Johnson
    Saniyya Sidney
    Saniyya Sidney
    • Constance Johnson
    Zani Jones Mbayise
    Zani Jones Mbayise
    • Kathy Johnson
    • Director
      • Theodore Melfi
    • Writers
      • Allison Schroeder(screenplay by)
      • Theodore Melfi(screenplay by)
      • Margot Lee Shetterly(based on the book by)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Astronaut John Glenn did specifically request that Katherine Johnson review all of the calculations for the Friendship 7 mission - (his dialogue in the film based on actual NASA transcripts*) - before he could be confident enough to proceed, but which in reality actually occurred a few weeks before launch: not as depicted in the film whilst awaiting the actual launch. And Katherine Johnson's calculations (more realistically) actually took (just!) three days to confirm. (*Director's own DVD commentary information.)
    • Goofs
      In the movie, the impression is given that John Glenn's flight was to have lasted seven orbits and was curtailed after three orbits due to the problem with the heat shield. This is incorrect as the flight was always scheduled for three orbits. Where the confusion comes in, on reaching orbit Glenn was given a "go" for seven orbits meaning the systems, fuel, oxygen, etc. could sustain the astronaut for seven orbits IF needed.
    • Quotes

      Al Harrison: Here at NASA we all pee the same color.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Robert De Niro/Pharrell Williams & Kim Burrell (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Crave
      Written and Performed by Pharrell Williams

      Pharrell Williams performs courtesy of i am OTHER Entertainment/Columbia Records

    User reviews576

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Punches all my buttons: segregation, space, engineering, computers
    I'm an engineer. I designed computers, I grew up in the south during the 1950s and 1960s. I was heavily involved in the space race at an early age and watched every launch and recovery on black-and-white TV. I never saw separate restrooms and drinking fountains for "colored" but they were there. I never rode on segregated public buses, but they were there and I knew it. This movie, "Hidden Figures," brings all of these worlds back to me. No, it's not a painstakingly accurate picture. NASA didn't have flat-panel screens back then. Communications between the ground and the Mercury capsules were not static-free. But a lot of this movie feels real. Very real.

    The protagonists in this movie are three women of color working in one of the most unwelcoming environments they might hope to find: NASA Langley, Virginia, in 1961. As women, they were employed as human "computers" because they were less expensive and they got their numbers right. As "colored" folk, they got their own separate (and sparse) restrooms and their own, separate dining facilities. This was not America's shining hour, even in some place as lofty as NASA.

    At the same time, civil unrest was rising in the towns. This is the time of Martin Luther King's rise to prominence. It's a time just before the rise of militant civil rights groups. It's a time when resistance to segregation and discrimination was still civil, but as the movie shows, that resistance was beginning to firm up and become widespread.

    There are several reasons to see this movie: from a civil rights perspective; from a feminism perspective; from the perspective of the early space race when we lagged the Soviet Union, badly. If you lived during this time, see the movie to remember. If you were born later, see this movie to see what things were like.
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    • steven-leibson
    • Jan 7, 2017

    FAQ2

    • Why did Katherine take her work with her to the "colored women's" restroom if she knew she had to get back to the large workroom in a hurry ?
    • What is the significance of the finger clicking when Jim Parsons holds up the newspaper?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bộ Ba Ưu Việt
    • Filming locations
      • East Point, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fox 2000 Pictures
      • Chernin Entertainment
      • Levantine Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $169,607,287
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $515,499
      • Dec 25, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $235,956,898
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Auro 11.1
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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