The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games Release Date: March 23, 2012

Katniss, a young girl, is forced into a survival contest in order to save her community in an insane world – way in the future. In the distant future, North America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss (2011 Best Actress Oscar nominee, Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Rue and Thresh are played by newcomers Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Oekniyi, respectively.The first in The Hunger Games trilogy (which Lionsgate is hoping will be at least as big as the Twilight franchise of Summit Entertainment, whom they bought in December 2011 for $450 million).

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Starring: Jennifer Lawrence,Stanley Tucci,Wes Bentley,Willow Shields,Liam Hemsworth,Elizabeth Banks,Sandra Ellis Lafferty,Paula Malcomson,Rhoda Griffis,Sandino Moya,Josh Hutcherson,Raiko Bowman,Dwayne Boyd,Anthony Reynolds,Judd Lormand,Woody Harrelson,Toby Jones,Kimiko Gelman,Nelson Ascencio,Bruce Bundy,Lenny Kravitz,Amandla Stenberg,Dayo Okeniyi,Leven Rambin,Jack Quaid,Latarsha Rose,Donald Sutherland,Alexander Ludwig,Isabelle Fuhrman,Ian Nelson
Genres: AdventureSci-FiThriller
Directed By: Gary Ross
Runtime: 142 minutes
Studio: LGF
Total Box Office: 408 MIL
MPAA Rating PG-13

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