Maps to the Stars
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Maps to the Stars is a 2014 internationally co-produced satirical drama film directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon, and Evan Bird.[9][10][11] The screenplay was written by Bruce Wagner, who had written a novel entitled Dead Stars based on the Maps to the Stars script, after initial plans for making the film with Cronenberg fell through.[12][13][14][15]
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Directed by | David Cronenberg |
Written by | Bruce Wagner |
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Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky[1] |
Edited by | Ronald Sanders[1] |
Music by | Howard Shore[1] |
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Running time | 112 minutes[4][5] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $13 million[6] |
Box office | $4.5 million[7][8] |
This is the second consecutive collaboration between Cronenberg and Pattinson (after Cosmopolis) and marks the third collaboration between Cronenberg and Prospero Pictures, who previously collaborated on A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis.[16] This is also the third Cronenberg film made with Canadian actress Sarah Gadon. It is the first Cronenberg film shot partially in the United States, although most of it was shot, like his other films, in his native city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[17]
The film concerns the plight of a child star and a washed up actress while commenting on the entertainment industry's relationship with Western civilization as a whole.[18] The film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2014.[19][20][21] Moore won the festival's Best Actress Award.[22][23][24] Following its premiere at Cannes, the film had a theatrical release in France on May 21, 2014.[25]