Thursday, 28 February 2013

Bafta Research - Seven Psychopaths Case Study

Plot
The comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter ('Colin Farrell' ) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu.

Box office Success 
The budget for this movie was an estimated  $15,000,000 and it made $4,174,915 in the first weekend alone. 

The Appeal to the Audience 
The audience of this film may be familiar to the director, Martin Mcdonagh, as many of him films he writes himself and they all have similarities, including a certain type of humor  The film also comes across quite mysterious based apon advertisement and trailers, so some may go veiw it to understand the movie. 
Awards and Nominations 
Bafta 
  • Outstanding British Film
Independent Spirit Awards  
  • Best Screenplay - Martin McDonagh 
  • Best Supporting Male - Sam Rockwell 
In total, the film has won 3 awards and has had 9 nominations 

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