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Oldboy is a 2013 American mystery, crime, and drama film directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich. Produced by Roy Lee and 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, the movie stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, and Samuel L. Jackson. It serves as a remake of the film Old Boy and the manga Oldboy, focusing on themes of incest and solitude. The narrative is set in New Orleans, where filming also took place.
The English-language production has a runtime of 104 minutes and a budget of 30,000,000. It was distributed by FilmDistrict and Netflix via video on demand. The film received review scores of 39%, 5.1/10, and 49/100, with an IMDb rating of 5.8. It generated 5,200,000 in revenue. The tagline reads, "Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free."
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5.9A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
Cast
- Josh Brolin as Joe Doucett
- Elizabeth Olsen as Marie Sebastian
- Sharlto Copley as Adrian Pryce
- Samuel L. Jackson as Chaney
- Michael Imperioli as Chucky
- Pom Klementieff as Haeng-Bok
Themes
- martial arts
- imprisonment
- remake
- revenge
- based on manga
- incest
- psychotic
- 9/11
- disgusted
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Oldboy
- Main subject
- solitude
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Screenwriter
- Mark Protosevich
- Composer
- Michael Nyman
- Producer
- Roy Lee
- Cinematographer
- Sean Bobbitt
- Narrative location
- New Orleans
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 930503
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2013-12-05
- title
- Oldboy
- film editor
- Barry Alexander Brown
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 49/100
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