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Hidden Figures
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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi. The cast includes Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, and Kevin Costner. The screenplay was written by Melfi, Allison Schroeder, and Margot Lee Shetterly, based on the book *Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race*. The film’s main subjects are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, with the narrative set in Virginia and Florida.
Produced by 20th Century Studios and others, the movie has a runtime of 127 minutes and was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, iTunes, and Disney+. It received a PG rating and was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film has a budget of 25,000,000 and a box office revenue of 235,956,898.
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Film · TMDB
8.0The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Cast
- Taraji P. Henson as Katherine G. Johnson
- Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan
- Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson
- Kevin Costner as Al Harrison
- Kirsten Dunst as Vivian Mitchell
- Jim Parsons as Paul Stafford
Themes
- nasa
- mathematics
- sexism
- biography
- racial segregation
- racism
- historical fiction
- scientist
- space race
- discrimination
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
285,729 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 37 wins & 94 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Theodore Melfi
- Screenplay by
- Allison Schroeder Theodore Melfi
- Based on
- Hidden Figures , by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Produced by
- Donna Gigliotti Peter Chernin Jenno Topping Pharrell Williams Theodore Melfi
- Starring
- Taraji P. Henson Octavia Spencer Janelle Monáe Kevin Costner Kirsten Dunst Jim Parsons
- Cinematography
- Mandy Walker
- Edited by
- Peter Teschner
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer Pharrell Williams Benjamin Wallfisch
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures Chernin Entertainment Levantine Films
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- December 10, 2016 ( 2016-12-10 ) ( SVA Theatre ) January 6, 2017 ( 2017-01-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $236 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Theodore Melfi
- Screenwriter
- Margot Lee Shetterly
- Composer
- Benjamin Wallfisch
- Producer
- Theodore Melfi
- Production company
- TSG Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Mandy Walker
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Duration
- 127
- FilmAffinity ID
- 947523
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- family.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/hidden-figures
- Image
- Katherine Johnson at NASA, in 1966.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- distributed by
- Disney+
- publication date
- 2017-01-26
- title
- Hidden Figures
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- capital cost
- 25000000
- box office
- 169607287
- set in period
- 1961
- Commons category
- Hidden Figures
- social media followers
- 21619
- review score
- 74/100
- characters
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Theodore Melfi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 book by Margot Lee Shetterly. It follows three female African-American mathematicians, Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked at NASA during the Space Race in the 1950s and 1960s. Other stars include Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, and Glen Powell.
Principal photography began in March 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, and wrapped up in May 2016. Other filming locations included several other locations in Georgia, including East Point, Canton, Monroe, Columbus, and Madison.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hidden Figures” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.