The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games(2012)

8.2/10
5 votes
122 minAugust 18, 2012

Overview

A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.

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Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins

Self - Author

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

Self - Katniss Everdeen

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson

Self - Peeta Mellark

Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth

Self - Gale Hawthorne

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Self - President Coriolanus Snow

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

Self - Effie Trinket

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

Self - Cinna

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Self - Haymitch Abernathy

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

Self - Caesar Flickerman

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley

Self - Seneca Crane

Willow Shields

Willow Shields

Self - Primrose Everdeen

Paula Malcomson

Paula Malcomson

Self - Katniss' Mother

Amandla Stenberg

Amandla Stenberg

Self - Rue

Alexander Ludwig

Alexander Ludwig

Self - Cato

Dayo Okeniyi

Dayo Okeniyi

Self - Thresh

Leven Rambin

Leven Rambin

Self - Glimmer

Jack Quaid

Jack Quaid

Self - Marvel

Isabelle Fuhrman

Isabelle Fuhrman

Self - Clove

Jacqueline Emerson

Jacqueline Emerson

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Sandino Moya-Smith

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Renae Moneymaker

Renae Moneymaker

Self - Stunt Double

Gary Ross

Gary Ross

Self - Screenwriter

Billy Ray

Billy Ray

Self - Screenwriter

Chad Stahelski

Chad Stahelski

Self - Second Unit Director

Allison Shearmur

Allison Shearmur

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Robin Bissell

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Nina Jacobson

Nina Jacobson

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Jon Kilik

Jon Kilik

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Diana Alvarez

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Bryan Unkeless

Bryan Unkeless

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Debra Zane

Debra Zane

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Philip Messina

Philip Messina

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Larry Dias

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Judianna Makovsky

Judianna Makovsky

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Ve Neill

Ve Neill

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Linda Flowers

Linda Flowers

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Sheena Duggal

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Scott Farrar

Scott Farrar

Self - Visual Effects

James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard

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Lon Bender

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Stephen Mirrione

Stephen Mirrione

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David Levithan

David Levithan

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Drew McWeeny

Drew McWeeny

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