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Inception

  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • 2h 28m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
2.7M
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in 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.
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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., but his tragic past may doom the pro... Read allA 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., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.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., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

  • Director
    • Christopher Nolan
  • Writer
    • Christopher Nolan
  • Stars
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Elliot Page
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.8/10
    2.7M
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    97
    17
    • Director
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Writer
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Stars
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
      • Elliot Page
    • 4.9KUser reviews
    • 476Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #14
    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 159 wins & 220 nominations total

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    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Cobb
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Arthur
    Elliot Page
    Elliot Page
    • Ariadne
    • (as Ellen Page)
    Ken Watanabe
    Ken Watanabe
    • Saito
    Tom Hardy
    Tom Hardy
    • Eames
    Dileep Rao
    Dileep Rao
    • Yusuf
    Cillian Murphy
    Cillian Murphy
    • Robert Fischer
    Tom Berenger
    Tom Berenger
    • Browning
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Mal
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • Maurice Fischer
    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Miles
    Lukas Haas
    Lukas Haas
    • Nash
    Tai-Li Lee
    • Tadashi
    Claire Geare
    Claire Geare
    • Phillipa (3 Years Old)
    Magnus Nolan
    Magnus Nolan
    • James (20 Months Old)
    Taylor Geare
    Taylor Geare
    • Phillipa (5 Years Old)
    Johnathan Geare
    • James (3 Years Old)
    Tohoru Masamune
    Tohoru Masamune
    • Japanese Security Guard
    • Director
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Writer
      • Christopher Nolan
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In an effort to combat confusion, television broadcasts in Japan include text in the upper-left corner of the screen to remind viewers in which level of the dream a specific scene takes place.
    • Goofs
      When Ariadne and Cobb are at the café, a man in a yellow jacket passes behind Cobb. The camera switches back and forth between Cobb and Ariadne several times. When it switches back to Cobb, the man in the yellow jacket passes once again. The person in the jacket is a projection and based on what the movie explains, projections behave a lot like extras. This means the same projection may reappear like that.
    • Quotes

      Cobb: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: "Balto" R&T Part 5 (2015)
    • 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 reviews4.9K

    Featured review
    10/10

    Inception was only less shocking to me than the Matrix

    When you wake up from a good dream, you feel the reality is harsh. When you wake up after a bad dream, you will be sentimentally attached to the beauty of reality. But as long as life is good, reality and dreams don't matter.
    • mrmocun
    • Aug 8, 2021
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    • Why only Cobb brought his own projections (Mal, train, kids) in dreams? Why didn't the others bring own problems/projections in the dreams?
    • How does Cobb know the combination of Saito's safe from the beginning of the movie?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 16, 2010 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros. (Japan)
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • El origen
    • Filming locations
      • Fortress Mountain, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Legendary Entertainment
      • Syncopy
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $160,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $292,587,330
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $62,785,337
      • Jul 18, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $839,381,898
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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