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The Lighthouse

  • 2019
  • R
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
283K
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Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse (2019)
Keeping secrets, are ye? From Robert Eggers, acclaimed director of 'The Witch,' and starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. THE LIGHTHOUSE — In Theaters October 18
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Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

  • Director
    • Robert Eggers
  • Writers
    • Robert Eggers
    • Max Eggers
  • Stars
    • Robert Pattinson
    • Willem Dafoe
    • Valeriia Karaman
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    283K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    718
    105
    • Director
      • Robert Eggers
    • Writers
      • Robert Eggers
      • Max Eggers
    • Stars
      • Robert Pattinson
      • Willem Dafoe
      • Valeriia Karaman
    • 1.6KUser reviews
    • 466Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 34 wins & 143 nominations total

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    Robert Pattinson
    Robert Pattinson
    • Thomas Howard
    Willem Dafoe
    Willem Dafoe
    • Thomas Wake
    Valeriia Karaman
    Valeriia Karaman
    • Mermaid
    Logan Hawkes
    • Ephraim Winslow
    Kyla Nicolle
    Kyla Nicolle
    • Woman on the Rocks
    Shaun Clarke
    • Departing Wickie
    Pierre Richard
    • Departing Assistant Wickie
    Preston Hudson
    • Tender Mate
    Jeffrey Cruts
    • Tender Mate
    • (as Jeff Cruts)
    Sully Seagull
    • Seagull
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Eggers
    • Writers
      • Robert Eggers
      • Max Eggers
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    • Trivia
      Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson stated that they barely spoke a word to each other on set and were too exhausted to hang out together after a day of shooting because filming was so physically demanding due to the miserable weather conditions. While Pattinson stayed at a normal hotel with the rest of the film crew during the shoot, Dafoe lived in a little fisherman's cottage in solitude. On set, on the other hand, Pattinson would tend to eat and stay by himself during filming breaks, while Dafoe stayed with the crew. Both stated that they liked each other very much as soon as they had their first real conversation a few months later.
    • Goofs
      One of the folk songs used during one of the drunken sessions in the film is 'On a Monday Morning', written by Cyril Tawney in about 1966 - but the film is supposedly set in the C19th.
    • Quotes

      Thomas Wake: Yer fond of me lobster aint' ye? I seen it - yer fond of me lobster! Say it! Say it. Say it!

      Ephraim Winslow: I don't have to say nothin'.

      Thomas Wake: Damn ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead Winslow! HAAARK!

      Thomas Wake: Hark Triton, hark! Bellow, bid our father the Sea King rise from the depths full foul in his fury! Black waves teeming with salt foam to smother this young mouth with pungent slime, to choke ye, engorging your organs til' ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and brine and can scream no more - only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin' tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fell be-finned arm, his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet, bursting ye - a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now and nothing for the harpies and the souls of dead sailors to peck and claw and feed upon only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the Dread Emperor himself - forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god or devil, forgotten even to the sea, for any stuff for part of Winslow, even any scantling of your soul is Winslow no more, but is now itself the sea!

      Ephraim Winslow: Alright, have it your way. I like your cookin'.

    • Connections
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    • Soundtracks
      Tis Brasswork
      Based on the Poem: "Brasswork: The Light-Keepers Lament" by Frederic W. Morong, Jr.

      Melody by Mark Korven

      Performed by Willem Dafoe

    User reviews1.6K

    Featured review

    a puzzle

    I discovered this film as a large puzzle. Different pieces , from the atmosphere to the acting and flavor of old fashion Gothic stories are pieces of this dark, profound, bitter not comfortable but inspired in each scene film. A film about loneliness. And one of films with the main virtue to be a return to a form of cinema who can be defined as good refuge. So, a puzzle. An admirable one.
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    • Mar 21, 2020
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    • Release date
      • November 1, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El faro
    • Filming locations
      • Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, Canada(Lighthouse and buildings exterior movie set)
    • Production companies
      • Regency Enterprises
      • RT Features
      • Parts and Labor
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,867,104
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $427,797
      • Oct 20, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $18,095,509
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.19 : 1

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