Template:Infobox FilmTwilight is the movie adaptation of the novel Twilight, the first book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Starring Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, it was released November 21, 2008 in North America and December 11, 2008 in Australia. It was released on DVD March 21, 2009.
Short Summary
When seventeen year-old Bella Swan leaves sunny Phoenix, Arizona and moves to the rainy town of Forks, she discovers her life will never be the same again, when she meets Edward Cullen, a boy hiding a dark secret. He's a Vampire with an urge for human flesh. However he does not wish to be a killer and now must turn to Bella, in the meantime controling his urge for her blood and protecting her from three hungry Vampires, who would make Bella their next meal.
Detailed Plot Summary
Isabella Swan lives in phoenix Arizona with her mother Renee and stepfather Phil who is a baseball player.phil gets transferred to play baseball in florida and they decide to live there but bella decides to live with her father charlie who is the chief of police in forks washington.Bella moves to forks and she is greeted by charlie's friend Billy and billys son and bella's childhood friend Jacob Black.Charlie Purcheses a truck from billy as a homecoming gift to bella.bella goes to high school and is befriended by many students including Mike,Eric,Jessica,Tyler and Angela.at the cafetaria bella learns about the strange cullen family.five teenage adult foster kids adopted by a young doctor who is also 20 years old and is married to His beutiful wife esme.bella sits with edward cullen in biology but he moves away from her completly disgusted.bella tries to comfort edward but he is absent almost for a week.when he arrives he seems friendly and kind towards her.much to bella's surprise edward's black eyes are turned golden brown.at the parking lot tyler's van goes out of control and is about to crush bella.edward who is far away from bella in the same parking lot moves quickly and stops the van with his hand.Bella tries to get him tell her how he did it but he doesnt tell her and warns her against befriending him and also tells her he might be a bad guy.Bella and her friends go to the La push beach and jacob and 2 of his native americain friends arrive.one of them tells bella that the cullens dont come to the La Push.bella tricks jacob into telling her why his friends insulted the cullens and why the cullens have a bad name in la push.jacob tells his great grandfather Eprahaim Black met the cullens and they signed a peace trady with him for staying away from la push.witch means the trady will be brocken and everything will turn violent if the cullens keep foot in La Push.Bella tries to find edward's dark secret and she goes to port angels for shopping with her friends Jessica and angela to buy dresses for there high school prom.bella goes to a bookstore and is caught by a gang of thugs who try to rape her.but edward arrives and saves her and he tells her that he could read Minds(what others are thinking)but he is unable to read bella's mind.on there way home they witness edward's dad carlissle is in the police station for an emergancy and all the lights of the vehicles are flashing.Edward and Bella find out charlie's friend Waylon forge is killed in his boat by an Animal..this is the second murder witch is commited in Forks.Bella uses her book witch she bought from a shop and finds a website about a book.the website is about vampires and a vampire matches edward.upon realizing his secret bella dreams about edward killing and drinking her blood.bella tells him she knows who he is and he tells her he and his family are different from other vampires.they dont want to hurt humans so they hunt only animals for there thirst and call themselves vegetarien vampires.Soon Edward and Bella Fell in Love and he introduces her to his vampire family Carlissle,Esme,Alice,Rosalie,Emmett and Jasper.Soon the pair realize there love for eachother is so strong and he hopes to never lose control when he is with her.The cullens decide to play baseball and invite bella.Meanwhile James,Laurent and victoria 3 rogue vampires who hunt humans and there responsible for the killings in forks arrive.suddenly a wind blows causing james to love bella's scent and tries to kill her.the cullens risk there lives to save her and carlissle tells james,laurent and victoria to leave.james who wants to kill bella plots a plan to get rid of the cullens and eat her.the cullens know about it and split up edward and bella to save her life.edward,emmett and rosalie find out james has already known the truth and he escaped.esme and rosalie leave to protect charlie and edward,emmett and carissle go to phoenix where bella is hiding in a hotel with Alice and Jasper.but james calls and lies to bella that he has renee and will kill her if bella doesnt come to a ballet studio.alice who can see the futue gets to know something terrible will happen in a dark ballet studio.when jasper and alice are out of the room bella takes a takes a taxi and goes to the studio to save renee.but she realizes james tricked her and renee is safe.james attacks bella causing her to hit her head on the wall and get a glass get stabbed through her leg.james injures her further by breaking her leg and biting her wrist.edward arrives and fights james.during the fight he edward bites james neck and spits his skin out.carissle arrives with alice,emmett and jasper and rip james apart killing him.bella is taken to the hospital and recovers with her mother renee by her side.In the end Edward and Bella attend there high school prom and she asks him to turn her into a vampire but he kisses her instead.The Film ends with james lover victoria secretly watching the pair dancing and swears revenge..
History
Twilight was originally optioned by Paramount Pictures' MTV Films. According to Catherine Hardwicke, a script was produced even before the novel was published. It bore little resemblence to the actual novel or the final movie; for example Bella was a track star, and the FBI was chasing the vampires on jet skis.[1]When that option lapsed in summer 2007, the novel was optioned by Summit Entertainment. Catherine Hardwicke was brought in to direct the film. After reading the original script, she went and read the novel. She decided that the script needed to be rewritten from scratch.[1]Melissa Rosenberg was hired for the new version. On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment, along with Stephenie Meyer, announced that Kristen Stewart had been cast in the role of Isabella Swan. A month later, on December 11, 2007 it was announced that Robert Pattinson (who portrayed Cedric Diggory in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) had been cast as Edward Cullen.[2] Summit Entertainment had an open casting call for the role of Jacob Black on January 19, 2008, and Taylor Lautner was cast.[3]
Cast
Alice, Emmett, Bella, Edward, Rosalie, Jasper
The official cast stands as follows:[4]
Production
Filming in Oregon began in March 2008 and lasted for 44 days, ending on May 2, 2008.[5] Additional footage and some reshoots were made in late August, including the scene where Edward plays piano, the scene where Edward and Bella kiss in the bedroom, and the meadow scene.[6] Hardwicke confessed that she finished working on the film October 31st, 2008.[1]Director Catherine Hardwicke claims that finding the perfect meadow for the emotional climax scene was very difficult. Although the scene was set to be filmed near the end of the schedule, the original site they chose was still covered in snow and inaccessible. They then found a forest with boulders and old growth trees, and with time running out, chose to film some of the scene there. However, the director said that after they wrapped the movie, she told them, "I've got to shoot a meadow. Something that looks like a meadow. Or people are going to stone me in the streets." So they shot part of the scene in the middle of the Griffith Park golf course.[7]In order to make Edward sparkle in the sunlight, they worked with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), George Lucas' special effects company.[7]
DVD & Blu-Ray
The release date for the Twilight DVD and Blu-Ray DVD was March 21, 2009.[8]
DVD Special Features
- Audio commentary by Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson
- Muse music video: "Super Massive Black Hole"
- Paramore music video: "Decode"
- Linkin Park music video: "Leave Out All the Rest"
- Five extended scenes with director introductions
- Five deleted scenes with director introductions
- Seven-part documentary: "The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen"
- Comic-Con "fandom" piece
- Comic-Con NY sizzle reel
- Three trailers
- Penelope trailer[9]
Blu-Ray Special Features
- Audio commentary by Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson
- Muse music video: "Supermassive Black Hole"
- Paramore music video: "Decode"
- Linkin Park music video: "Leave Out All the Rest"
- Five extended scenes with director introductions
- Five deleted scenes with director introductions
- Seven-part documentary: "The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen"
- Comic-Con "fandom" piece
- Comic-Con NY sizzle reel
- Three trailers
- Penelope trailer
- Breaking Dawn Live with New Moon teaser
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Twilight' Countdown: Catherine Hardwicke says original script was more like 'Charlie's Angels' Denise Martin, latimesblogs, November 6, 2008
- ↑ summit entertainment
- ↑ Twilight Movie at stepheniemeyer.com
- ↑ Twilight. Twilight Official Website. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
- ↑ Greetings from Twilight
- ↑ 'Twilight' reshoots: Why is Catherine Hardwicke filming again? Nicole Sperling, The Hollywood Insider, Aug 29, 2008
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 'Twilight' Countdown: Catherine Hardwicke talks about the meadow and making Robert Pattinson 'dazzle' Denise Martin, latimesblogs, November 4, 2008
- ↑ Twilight on Blu-Ray
- ↑ Twilight DVD details
See Also
Template:Twilight Saga
External Links
- Official Twilight film website
- Official trailer
- Stephenie Meyer's official website
- Twilight at the Internet Movie Database
- Twilight on Flixster
- The Twilight Series' official website
- The Twilight Lexicon
- The Twilight Movie MySpace Film
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