The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) on Netflix
PG-1320142h 3mActionAdventureSci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen reaches District 13, the underground base of the rebellion. President Alma Coin wants her as the Mockingjay, the face of the revolt. Peeta Mellark is a prisoner in the Capitol.
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Plot summary
Rescued from the destroyed arena of the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is taken to District 13, an underground district cut off from the rest of Panem and home to the growing rebellion. Its leader, President Alma Coin, tells her that her arrow shattering the arena forcefield set off riots in more than half the districts, and that President Snow answered by bombing District 12. Coin wants Katniss to serve as the Mockingjay, the symbol of the revolt, a role Katniss rejects. Taken to the ruins of District 12, she finds her old house untouched and white roses from Snow inside. When Peeta Mellark appears on state television urging the districts to surrender, she agrees to become the Mockingjay, on condition that Peeta and the other captured victors are rescued and pardoned.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jennifer Lawrence performed the film's version of "The Hanging Tree", a song originally featured in the novel, but she was not thrilled about having to sing and cried the day of the performance.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman died on February 2, 2014, after completing filming on most of his scenes, and a dedication to him appears ahead of the film's closing credits.
- Wyatt Russell was offered a role in both parts of Mockingjay, but his father Kurt confirmed in September 2013 that he turned the offer down to star in 22 Jump Street.
- Some showings of the film were reportedly canceled in Thailand on November 20, 2014, because protesters were using the three-finger salute at demonstrations against the country's military government.
- Robert Knepper was cast as Antonius, a character who does not appear in the books and was added for the adaptation; he said that during his audition he knew the lines he received were not what he would end up doing, because Lionsgate were so secretive.
- The film was the first to cross the $300 million mark in North America without 3D or IMAX since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008.
- Scenes re-creating Panem were shot in Noisy le Grand, Paris, where Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin were spotted; it is the same location where Brazil was filmed in 1984.
