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Gone Girl
A man in a blue shirt standing by a body of water, wispy clouds in the blue sky above. A woman's eyes are superimposed on the sky. Near the bottom of the image there are horizontal distortion error lines.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Fincher
Produced by
Screenplay byGillian Flynn
Based onGone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Starring
Music by
CinematographyJeff Cronenweth
Edited byKirk Baxter
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • September 26, 2014 (2014-09-26) (NYFF)[1]
  • October 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) (United States)[1]
Running time149 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$61 million[3]
Box office$279.1 million[3]


Gone Girl is a thriller film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 novel of the same name.

It stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, and Carrie Coon.

The story begins as a mystery about a man whose wife had gone missing.

It examines dishonesty, the media, the economy's effects on marriage, and appearances.

The film had its world premiere on opening night of the 52nd New York Film Festival on September 26, 2014. It had its nationwide theatrical release on October 3 and received positive reviews.

 

 
On the day of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne returns home to find that his wife Amy (Pike) is missing.

Her disappearance is heavily covered by the media as she is the daughter of parents who wrote a string of “Amazing Amy” stories with a perfect version of their daughter as the main character.

In the ensuing media frenzy, suspicions arise that Nick murdered her, and his awkward behaviour is interpreted as characteristic of a sociopath.

Nick and Amy's marriage has disintegrated.

Both lost their jobs in the recession and moved from New York City to Missouri when Nick's mother was diagnosed with cancer.

Nick has since become lazy, distant, and unfaithful.

Nick's lack of knowledge about his wife's everyday routines and blood type make the police suspicious about the state of the Dunnes' marriage.

The police convince Nick to take part in Amy's annual anniversary treasure hunt, but it only further implicates him in her disappearance.

Detective Rhonda Boney (Dickens) uncovers evidence indicating financial troubles and domestic disputes, a report indicating Amy wanted to purchase a gun, and poorly concealed evidence of a struggle.

A friend of Amy's that Nick didn't know about, Noelle Hawthorne, reveals that Amy was six weeks pregnant.

This is backed up with Amy's medical report, giving Nick a motive to kill her, as they disagreed on having a baby.

It is revealed Amy has faked her death, framing Nick as revenge for his infidelity.

She exhaustively planned to frame Nick for her murder by ingratiating herself into local life, faking her pregnancy thanks to the help of her naive, pregnant neighbour and creating a fake diary filled with fabricated evidence of Amy's fear of her husband.

She has changed her appearance and is hiding in a distant campground, believing Nick will be convicted and executed for her murder and later will commit suicide to complete the illusion that Nick is a murderer.

When her neighbors steal a stash of money, she calls her wealthy former boyfriend, Desi Collings (Harris), against whom she filed a restraining order.

Amy convinces Desi that she ran from Nick fearing for her life, and he agrees to hide her in his luxury lake house.

Nick convinces his twin sister, Margo (Coon), of his innocence.

Nick hires Tanner Bolt (Perry), a defense attorney who specializes in defending husbands accused of killing their wives, to improve his public image.

Nick also meets Amy's ex-boyfriend Tommy O'Hara (McNairy), who claims Amy framed him for rape.

After Nick's student and mistress, Andie (Ratajkowski), reveals their affair at a press conference, Nick appears on a talk show and apologizes for his failures as a husband, but swears he is not a murderer.

His performance improves his public image and rekindles Amy's feelings for him.

Amy seduces Desi and slices his throat with a box cutter during sex.

She returns home covered in blood and claims Desi kidnapped and raped her, clearing Nick of suspicion.

Amy tells Nick the truth, saying that the man she watched pleading for her return was the man she wants him to become again.

Nick shares this with Boney, Bolt, and Margo, but has no way to prove Amy's guilt.

Nick intends to leave Amy and expose her lies.

Amy reveals she is pregnant, having used sperm Nick stored at a fertility clinic.

Nick reacts violently, but he feels responsible for the child.

Despite Margo's objections, Nick reluctantly decides to stay with Amy and they announce on television that they are expecting a baby together.

Cast[edit]

 

Gone Girl is a film adaptation of the 2012 novel of same name by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the adapted screenplay.

One of the film's producers, Leslie Dixon, read the manuscript of the novel in 2011 and brought it to the attention of Reese Witherspoon in December of that year.

Witherspoon and Dixon then collaborated with Bruna Papandrea to develop it.

With Flynn's film agent, Shari Smiley, they met with film studios in early 2012.[6]

Flynn submitted her first draft screenplay to 20th Century Fox in December 2012, before Fincher became the director.

Flynn enjoyed the experience of making the film, and appreciated that in Fincher she had "had a great director who really liked the book and didn’t want to turn it into something other than what it already was" and that Fincher reassured her even when she second guessed herself.[7]

On September 11, 2013, the crew began filming establishing shots.[8]

Principal photography began on September 15 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and was scheduled to last about five weeks.[9][10] Some scenes were also filmed in Los Angeles.[10]

According to producer Ceán Chaffin, Fincher took, on average, as many as 50 takes for each scene.[11]

Music[edit]

Main article: Gone Girl (soundtrack)

On January 21, 2014, Trent Reznor announced that he and Atticus Ross would provide the score,[12] marking their third collaboration with Fincher, following The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

David Fincher was inspired by music he heard while at the chiropractor, the music "inauthentically trying to make him feel OK", and tasked Reznor with creating the musical equivalent of an insincere facade.

The music mixes soothing sounds with staccato electronic noises, resulting in an unnerving and nerve-wracking sound.[13]

The soundtrack album was released on September 30, 2014.
Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs sang a cover of the song "She", which was used in the film's teaser trailer.[14][15]

 

Gone Girl opened the 52nd New York Film Festival, receiving high profile press coverage and early positive reviews.


ComingSoon.net predicted an opening weekend box office take of $30–35 million, possibly higher, and that the film would be a $100 million hit.[16] Fandango reported that Gone Girl accounted for 66% of its advanced sales and outpaced the sales for Annabelle (18%), and could land at number one at the box office during its opening weekend.[17]
North America
The film was released on October 3, 2014 in North America in 3,014 theaters and earned $13,179,535 on its opening day[18][19] (including the $1.3 million it earned from Thursday late-night showings).[20][21] In its opening weekend, the film earned $37,513,109 ($12,446 per theater) from 3,014 theaters and debuted at number one at the North American box office after a neck-and-neck competition with the Warner Bros./New Line Cinema horror film Annabelle ($37,134,255). Commenting about the heat of the competition between Gone Girl and Annabelle, Phil Contrino, Vice President and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com said, "we were due for some breakout performances,” and added, "The market has the ability to expand if there are two quality films in it, even if both are R-rated thrillers.”[22][23][24] The film is the biggest debut of Fincher’s, surpassing Panic Room's gross ($30 million). It is also the third biggest opening weekend for Affleck, behind Pearl Harbor ($59.1 million) and Daredevil ($40.3 million) and Rosamund Pike’s second biggest opening behind Die Another Day ($47 million). The film is the tenth biggest October debut overall. The film played 60% female and 75% over-25 years old.[25]
In its second weekend, the film earned $26.8 million, remaining in first place ahead of Dracula Untold ($23.5 million) and bringing its two week total to $78.3 million.[26][27][28] In its third weekend the film earned $17.8 million and was pushed back to number two at the box office after staying at number one for two consecutive weeks behind newly released Fury ($23.5 million).[29][30][31][32] In its fourth weekend, the film earned $11.1 million (-38%) for a four week domestic total of $124.09 million.[33][34][35][36]
Other territories
Gone Girl earned $24.6 million from 5,270 screens in 39 international markets on its opening weekend, higher than expected.[37] The highest debut came from the UK ($6.9 million from 950 screens), Australia ($4.6 million from 350 screens), Russia ($2.95 million from 1,049 screens), and Germany ($2.85 million from 511 screens).[38] In its second weekend, the film was released in 14 additional markets and earned $26.8 million from 6,391 screens in 52 markets for a two weekend international total gross of $63.16 million. The highest debut from the newly released market came from France ($3.65 million from 463 screens) and Spain ($1.65 million from 517 screens). Gone Girl opened in Spain at number two behind Sony’s local film Torrente 5.[39][40] In its third weekend, Gone Girl earned $20.23 million from 5,040 screens in 57 markets for a three week total of $97.4 million.[41] The film showed a decrease in its fourth weekend earning $18.4 million.[42] The film went number one in South Korea ($3.8 million) and Thailand ($414,000 from 170 screens) respectively.[43]

 

Gone Girl received generally positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 88%, based on 245 reviews, with a rating average of 8 out of 10.

The site's consensus states, "Dark, intelligent, and stylish to a fault, Gone Girl plays to director David Fincher's strengths while bringing the best out of stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike."[44]

Metacritic gave the film a score of 79 out of 100, based on 49 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[45] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a B grade.[46][47]
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Superbly cast from the two at the top to the smallest speaking parts, impeccably directed by Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within an inch of its life, Gone Girl shows the remarkable things that can happen when filmmaker and material are this well matched."[48]

The Economist called the film a "brilliantly glacial adaptation... This may not be the perfect film—but it is a perfect adaptation."[4] Anthony Lane of The New Yorker wrote: "At first blush, Gone Girl is natural Fincherland... so why doesn't the movie claw us as The Social Network did? Who could have predicted that a film about murder, betrayal, and deception would be less exciting than a film about a website?"[5]

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