5 Facts about Denis Villeneuve's 2015 film Sicario starring Emily Blunt
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SICARIO (2015)
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5. In Brazil the film was sold as ‘Sicario: No Man’s Land’. Greece featured the subtitle ‘The Executor’, Hungary subtitled it ‘The Assassin’, Malaysia ‘The Mexican Hitman’ while Portugal felt the need to add the word ‘Infiltrate’ to the title. Russians forewent the original title altogether and called the film ‘Mercenaries’ while in Vietnam it was known as ‘Boundary’.
4. There is a theme of wolves running through the relationship between Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro’s characters. Interestingly, they both starred in 2010’s The Wolfman.
3. The average takings of almost $67,000 per theatre from its slowly limited release made it the highest of 2015 up to that point, earning Sicario the green light for a sequel almost immediately. Within a month of release it had already won back its estimated $30 million budget.
2. Upon its release the Mayor of Ciudad Juarez called for a boycott of the film as it portrayed the town in a bad light. He claims the 8-a-day cartel-related deaths had not been the case since 2010, and many protestors went to the border holding up placards which declared they were ‘not hitmen’.
1. Unusual for an actor, Benecio Del Toro worked with the director on cutting as many of his lines from the film as possible in order to give his character more of a brooding presence. Ultimately, he thinks they may have omitted as much as 90% from the original script.
5. In Brazil the film was sold as ‘Sicario: No Man’s Land’. Greece featured the subtitle ‘The Executor’, Hungary subtitled it ‘The Assassin’, Malaysia ‘The Mexican Hitman’ while Portugal felt the need to add the word ‘Infiltrate’ to the title. Russians forewent the original title altogether and called the film ‘Mercenaries’ while in Vietnam it was known as ‘Boundary’.
4. There is a theme of wolves running through the relationship between Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro’s characters. Interestingly, they both starred in 2010’s The Wolfman.
3. The average takings of almost $67,000 per theatre from its slowly limited release made it the highest of 2015 up to that point, earning Sicario the green light for a sequel almost immediately. Within a month of release it had already won back its estimated $30 million budget.
2. Upon its release the Mayor of Ciudad Juarez called for a boycott of the film as it portrayed the town in a bad light. He claims the 8-a-day cartel-related deaths had not been the case since 2010, and many protestors went to the border holding up placards which declared they were ‘not hitmen’.
1. Unusual for an actor, Benecio Del Toro worked with the director on cutting as many of his lines from the film as possible in order to give his character more of a brooding presence. Ultimately, he thinks they may have omitted as much as 90% from the original script.
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Before You Go...
If you appreciated the realism of Sicario then you might enjoy dipping your toe into Neorealism film, covered in our next article:
An Introduction To Neorealism Cinema
Also Worth Checking Out
If you appreciated the realism of Sicario then you might enjoy dipping your toe into Neorealism film, covered in our next article:
An Introduction To Neorealism Cinema
Also Worth Checking Out
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