Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) on Netflix
PG-1320142h 1mActionAdventureComedy
Peter Quill steals a mysterious Orb on Morag, then escapes Ronan the Accuser's henchmen. On Xandar, Gamora tries to take it, and a bounty sends Rocket and Groot after Quill.
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- IMDb8.0/101,384,858 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes91%
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Plot summary
After his mother dies in 1988, Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by a spaceship. Twenty-six years later he takes a mysterious Orb from the abandoned planet Morag and flees Korath and his men in the Milano. His mentor Yondu tells him to hand the Orb over, but Quill intends to sell it himself. Ronan the Accuser wants the Orb as well, to trade to Thanos for the destruction of Xandar, and Gamora volunteers to go after it. On Xandar a broker refuses to deal with the Orb, Gamora attacks Quill to seize it, and the bounty hunters Rocket and Groot also move to capture him. Nova Corps officers arrest the four and send them to the Kyln, where the inmate Drax the Destroyer nurses a vendetta against Gamora over Ronan's killing of his wife and daughter.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
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- Chris Pratt initially turned down the role of Peter Quill, having given up on action leads after humbling auditions for Star Trek and Avatar. Casting director Sarah Finn suggested him to James Gunn, who dismissed the idea, but a meeting convinced Gunn he was perfect.
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 became the first soundtrack album consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the Billboard 200, and its cassette release was Disney Music Group's first cassette since 2003.
- Amanda Seyfried was offered the part of Gamora but declined because of the excessive make-up hours and her doubts about the film's commercial viability; Lupita Nyong'o also auditioned for the role.
- Nicole Perlman's original screenplay had Thanos as the film's main villain, but Joss Whedon asked James Gunn to demote him, and Gunn agreed, reducing Thanos's role in the plot.
- The Sakaaran aliens who serve as Ronan's mercenaries replaced the Badoon from the comics, because the Badoon film rights belonged to 20th Century Fox.
- Guardians of the Galaxy opened in 4,080 U.S. theaters, the widest August release ever, breaking the five-year-old record held by G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its 4,007 theaters.
- Michael Rooker coined the word "grooting", which describes a person dancing in the manner of Groot, and the term entered the social media lexicon.
- Chris Pratt lost 60 lb in six months before filming, undergoing a strict diet and training regimen for the part of Peter Quill.
