Eclipse (film)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | |
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Eclipse promotional poster | |
Directed by | David Slade |
Produced by | Wyck Godfrey Karen Rosenfelt |
Written by | Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) Stephenie Meyer (novel) |
Starring | Kristen Stewart Robert Pattinson Taylor Lautner |
Music by | Howard Shore |
Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe |
Editing by | Nancy Richardson Art Jones |
Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
Release date(s) | June 30, 2010 (US) July 9, 2010 (UK) July 1,2010 (AUS) |
Running time | 124 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $68,000,000 |
Gross revenue | $690,131,507 |
Preceded by | New Moon |
Followed by | Breaking Dawn Part I |
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Principal photography started on August 17, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada[3] and ended on October 29, 2009. The movie was rated PG-13 in the US and 12A in the UK. The film will be followed by Breaking Dawn: Part 1 on November 18, 2011.
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PlotEdit
The movie begins with a college student named Riley Biers walking out of a bar late at night in the pouring rain. As he enters an alleyway, he is knocked down several times by a dark figure and takes off running in a desperate attempt to elude his attacker. Riley reaches a pier, where he hesitates to jump in. Then during the short hesitation, Victoria bites his right palm (leaving a crescent-moon-shaped bite mark on it), beginning his excruciating transformation into a vampire. It is later explained that Victoria chose Riley because he lived in Forks, making his knowledge of the area important to guide the newborn army. Victoria is determined on destroying Bella, in order to take revenge on Edward for killing her mate, James, in Twilight. She plans to create an army of newborn vampires under the forceful and unruly control of Riley, while keeping herself hidden so Alice can't see her and she also seduces Riley to win his loyalty and dedication.Edward and Bella are seen laying in their meadow, where Bella is reading aloud the poem Fire and Ice (included in the novel), and negotiating with Edward, asking him to change her into a vampire, while Edward asks her to marry him first. She endlessly turns him down, because of her issue with teen marriages (Bella said her parents married right after high school, and ended up divorced).
As the newborn army continues to grow, they are extremely careless in their feeding, much to the growing dismay of the people of Seattle, the Forks police (including Bella's father, Charlie), and the Cullen family. News headlines and columns about the murders and disappearances blanket the newspapers. Back in Forks, Edward and Bella discuss some of the complications of becoming an immortal vampire. Also, Bella makes the effort to keep in touch with Jacob Black, her best friend, but he refuses to return her calls. Charlie decides to un-ground Bella (she had been grounded for leaving Forks for three days to secretly save Edward from committing a suicide by revealing his identity as a vampire in New Moon) on the condition that she spends more time with Jacob and her other human friends.
Charlie is investigating the disappearance of Riley , who was reported missing over a year ago. In the meantime, Edward suspects his disappearance to be associated with newborn vampires in Seattle. Further proving his suspicions is the intrusion of Riley in Bella's room, in which he steals a red blouse with Bella's scent on it, in order for the newborns to recognize her scent. On one occasion, Alice has a vision of Victoria's return and Edward takes Bella to Jacksonville to visit her mother and to assure her safety, while the Cullens and the wolves chase her. The last chase ends with Emmett almost crossing into Quileute territory in order to catch Victoria. Paul stopped Emmett from crossing the boundary line, which resulted in a confrontation between the wolves and the Cullens, one that Jasper stops using his abilities to calm everyone down. Bella finds out about this during Edward and Jacob's argument, also discovering that Victoria is back, and follows Jacob down to La Push for a visit and to learn more about the incident. Although Edward fears for her safety, Bella convinces him that Jacob and the werewolves would not harm her. When Edward catches Riley's scent, he suspects that someone is making a plan and agrees to team up with the La Push werewolves to protect Bella and Charlie. From then on, Bella begins to spend more time in La Push. During one of these trips, Jacob suddenly confesses his love for her and forcibly kisses her. Bella, both shocked and outraged, angrily punches him in the face and breaks her hand by mistake (though Jacob feels no pain at all). After driving Bella home Edward threatens to break Jacob's jaw if he ever dares to kiss Bella again without her permission, while Charlie comes out to stop the tension (obviously not knowing what happened), Jacob awkwardly explains that he kissed Bella without her permission and that she broke her hand while punching his face.
A few days later, Bella, Jasper, Edward, and Alice graduate from Forks High School and Alice invites the seniors to a party at their house. Jacob and his friends, Embry and Quil crash the party, and Jacob gives Bella a handmade carved-wolf bracelet as a graduation present moments before Alice catches a vision of the newborn army coming to kill them. The Cullens have a short discussion, and Jacob and Sam agree to join forces with the Cullens to fight off the threat. Eventually, Bella realizes that the newborn army has been under the secret control of Victoria. The Volturi have also been aware of this, but they decide to give the army a change to destroy the Cullens.
Bella tries to get Edward to make love to her before turning her into an immortal. Edward initially refuses, explaining that it is too dangerous, although he tells her that he wants to, but just not now. Eventually, upon realizing how much it means to Bella, he says that he is willing to try in the future as long as they are married first. Despite an aversion to marriage, Bella realizes that spending an eternity with Edward is more important to her than anything else and accepts his sweet, romantic proposal, in which he presents her with a beautiful engagement ring that belonged to his biological mother. Edward is overwhelmed with happiness and embraces her.As everyone else prepares for battle, Edward and Bella camp up in the mountains, where they are later joined by Jacob and Seth , to wait out the fight. Bella, being human, starts to freeze in the frigid mountain. Jacob warms up Bella, much to Edward's chagrin. During the night, Bella overhears a conversation between Edward and Jacob, in which they temporarily forget their mutual hatred.
In the morning, Edward plans for Jacob to overhear him and Bella discussing their engagement, and becomes distraught. He threatens to join the fight and get himself killed because he feels that Bella doesn't love him, and that him being dead would be easier for her. When Bella begs him not to, Jacob demands a proper reason not to. In a desperate attempt to prevent his death, she asks him to kiss her and while doing so, she realizes that she loves him as well. However, she also realizes that her feelings for Jacob are not to be compared with her love for Edward. Edward finds out about the kiss by reading Jacob's mind, but isn't angry with Bella. Jacob still goes and joins the fight, promising that he'll be back, but eventually gets injured while trying to protect Leah.
The Cullens and the wolves fight the newborn army and manage to kill almost every last one with their own numbers intact. Victoria and Riley manage to find their hiding spot and a fight to the death ensues. Seth bites off Riley's hand, but is swatted away by Riley. Victoria's survival instincts start to make her leave, but Edward gets her to stay by taunting her about James. Riley and Victoria gain the upper hand and are about to kill Edward, when Bella distracts them by cutting her arm with a rock, using her blood to catch their attention. Edward uses the distraction to break free and Seth sneaks behind a hill, drags Riley away and kills him. Victoria ignores Riley's desperate cry for help, only to die at the hands of Edward. Four members of the Volturi arrive to destroy what is left of Victoria's army, only to kill the one newborn who surrendered: Bree Tanner (though her name isn't mentioned). The Cullens ask for mercy for Bree, but that doesn't stop Jane from ordering Felix to kill her. They also discover that while Bella hasn't become a vampire yet, the date for her transformation has been set.
When Bella goes to visit an injured Jacob, she is welcomed by loud screams coming from the house, as Billy and the rest of the wolf pack (other than Sam, who is inside with Carlisle and Jacob) waiting patiently, though looking worried outside. Carlisle comes out of the house and says that Jacob will make a good recovery. Billy and Carlisle then shakes hands, showing that they can now start to trust one another. After the treatment, Bella walks in to tell an agonized Jacob that although she does love him, she has chosen Edward over him. Heartbroken by her choice, Jacob reluctantly agrees to stop trying to come between them.
Bella and Edward meet in the meadow, where she tells him the wedding has been handed to the care of Alice. Then Edward asks why she is trying to make everyone else happy by having a wedding. Bella answers that she has always felt like she belonged in Edward's vampire world, by realizing that being in Edward's vampire world has made her strong, and realizing who she really is. Bella also decided to do things responsibly, by tying herself to him in every human way possible before becoming a vampire. They decide to inform Charlie about their engagement, which Bella declares as highly dangerous, and jokes that it's a good thing he is bulletproof. Edward responds to this with a smile, and gives her his mother's ring. The movie ends with Bella and Edward embracing each other lovingly in their meadow.
CastEdit
The Cullens and the SwansEdit
The Quileute TribeEdit
The Newborn ArmyEdit
Actor | Role |
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Bryce Dallas Howard | Victoria Sutherland |
Xavier Samuel | Riley Biers |
Jodelle Ferland | Bree Tanner |
Matt Deane | Newborn soldier |
The VolturiEdit
Actor | Role |
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Dakota Fanning | Jane |
Cameron Bright | Alec |
Daniel Cudmore | Felix |
Charlie Bewley | Demetri |
Other VampiresEdit
Actor | Role |
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Kirsten Prout | Lucy |
Catalina Sandino Moreno | Maria |
Leah Gibson | Nettie |
Peter Murphy | Cold Man |
Monqiue Ganderton | Cold Woman |
Cainan Wiebe | Maria's Newborn Soldier |
Other HumansEdit
Actor | Role |
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Christian Serratos | Angela Weber |
Anna Kendrick | Jessica Stanley |
Michael Welch | Mike Newton |
Justin Chon | Eric Yorkie |
Jack Huston | Royce King II |
Paul Jarrett | Mr. Biers |
Iris Quinn | Mrs. Biers |
Dawn Chubai | Herself |
Ben Geldreich | John |
Tinsel Korey | Emily Young |
AwardsEdit
Year | Award | Category | Result |
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2010 | National Movie Awards | Most Anticipated Movie Of The Summer | Won |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Summer: Movie | Won | |
Choice Summer Movie Star - Female: Kristen Stewart | Won | ||
Choice Summer Movie Star - Male: Robert Pattinson | Won | ||
Choice Summer Movie Star - Male: Taylor Lautner | Nominated | ||
Choice Love Song: Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) | Nominated | ||
Scream Awards | The Ultimate Scream | Nominated | |
Best Fantasy Movie | Won | ||
Best Fantasy Actress: Kristen Stewart | Won | ||
Best Fantasy Actor: Robert Pattinson | Won | ||
Best Fantasy Actor: Taylor Lautner | Nominated | ||
Best Breakthrough Performance - Male: Xavier Samuel | Nominated | ||
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Won | |
Favorite Movie Star: Kristen Stewart | Nominated | ||
Favorite Movie Star: Robert Pattinson | Nominated | ||
Favorite Movie Star: Xavier Samuel | Nominated | ||
Hottest Hottie: Taylor Lautner | Nominated | ||
Favorite Kiss: Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson | Nominated | ||
Favorite Kiss: Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner | Nominated | ||
Brazilian Kids' Choice Awards | Couple of the Year: Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson | Won | |
2011 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Movie | Won |
Favorite Drama Movie | Won | ||
Favorite Movie Actress: Kristen Stewart | Won | ||
Favorite Movie Actor: Robert Pattinson | Nominated | ||
Favorite Movie Actor: Taylor Lautner | Nominated | ||
Favorite On-Screen Team: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, & Taylor Lautner | Won |
Behind the scenesEdit
During training for the fight scene, Kellan Lutz accidentally punched Jackson Rathbone in the face.Jackson had to learn how to ride a horse to depict Jasper's past in the Confederate Army.
MarketingEdit
On March 10, 2010, Summit Entertainment released a 10-second teaser trailer and announced that the full trailer would be released the following day. The trailer also premiered before Robert Pattinson's other movie, Remember Me, on March 12, 2010.Both the teaser and full trailer can be viewed here. The song playing in the background of the first trailer is "Calamity" by Two Steps From Hell. On April 23, 2010, Summit released one final trailer of Eclipse. In the second trailer, the song "Underworld" by Two Steps From Hell is used as well.
Home media releasesEdit
- Main article: Home media releases
MusicEdit
SoundtrackEdit
- Main article: Eclipse soundtrack
ScoreEdit
- Main article: Eclipse score
See alsoEdit
- Screenshots
- Set pictures
- Eclipse videos
- Eclipse book to movie differences
- Movie quotes
- The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joshua Rich (2009-02-20). 'Twilight': Third film in series, 'Eclipse,' set for June 2010. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-02-20.
- ↑ David Slade to Direct Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Summit Entertainment (2009-04-22). Retrieved on 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Twilight Movie-Within-Movie Christ Tilly, IGN UK, 1 July 2009