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Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Søren Stærmose
Ole Søndberg
Scott Rudin
Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Based on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by
Stieg Larsson
Starring Daniel Craig
Rooney Mara
Music by Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Cinematography Jeff Cronenweth
Editing by Kirk Baxter
Angus Wall
Studio Columbia Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Scott Rudin Productions
Yellow Bird Films
Film i Väst
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date(s)
December 21, 2011
Running time 158 minutes[1]
Country United States
Sweden
United Kingdom
Germany
Language English
Budget $90 million[2]
Box office $232,617,430[2]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 American thriller film. Based on the Swedish novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson, the film adaptation was directed by David Fincher and written by Steven Zaillian. Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor provided the soundtrack. The film stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara and tells the story of journalist Mikael Blomqvist's (Craig) mission to find out what happened to a woman who had disappeared over forty years before. He works with the help of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Mara).
A concerted effort by Sony Pictures Entertainment associates Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal to create the film started in 2009. It took the company a few months to obtain rights to the novel, during which they recruited Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was exhaustive and intense; Craig initially faced scheduling conflicts, while a plethora of actresses sought the role of Lisbeth Salander. The film's script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel. With a production budget of $90 million, filming took place in Sweden, Switzerland and Norway over seven months.
Pre-release screenings occurred in London, New York City, and Stockholm. Critics positively reviewed the film, applauding its dark, grim tone. Mara and Craig's performances also received kudos from commentators. The film grossed $232.6 million over its theatrical run. In addition to being included in the best-of lists in several publications, the film was a candidate for numerous awards, ultimately winning seven accolades including an Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
Contents [hide]
1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Conception and writing
3.2 Filming
3.2.1 Title sequence
3.3 Soundtrack
4 Release
4.1 Pre-release
4.2 Box office
4.3 Home media
5 Reception
5.1 Critical response
5.2 Accolades
6 Sequels
7 See also
8 Footnotes
9 External links
[edit]Synopsis

Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), co-owner of Millennium magazine, has just lost a libel case brought against him by crooked businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström (Ulf Friberg). Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), a damaged but brilliant researcher and computer hacker, compiled an extensive background check on Blomkvist for Swedish magnate Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), who has a special task for him. In exchange for the promise of damning information about Wennerström, Blomkvist agrees to move into a cabin at the Vanger estate to investigate the disappearance and assumed murder of Henrik's grandniece, Harriet, 40 years before. Blomkvist uncovers a notebook containing a list of names and numbers that no one has been able to decipher.
Salander, who is under state legal guardianship due to mental incompetency, is appointed a new guardian, lawyer Nils Bjurman (Yorick van Wageningen). He abuses his authority to extort sexual favors from Salander and then forcibly rapes her, not realizing she has a hidden video camera in her bag. She regains control of her life by blackmailing Bjurman, after stunning him with a Taser, raping him with a dildo, and marking him as a rapist with a tattoo on his chest and stomach.
Blomkvist's daughter visits him and notes that the numbers from the notebook are Bible references. Blomkvist tells Vanger's lieutenant that he needs help with his research, and he recommends Salander based on the work she did researching Blomkvist himself. Blomkvist hires Salander to further investigate the notebook's content. She uncovers a connection to a series of murders of young Jewish women that occurred from 1947 through 1967, causing Blomkvist to mention that the Vangers are known antisemites. During the investigation, Salander and Blomkvist become lovers. Henrik's brother Harald (Per Myrberg) identifies Martin (Stellan Skarsgård), Harriet's brother and operational head of the Vanger empire, as a possible suspect. Salander's research uncovers evidence that Gottfried Vanger, Harriet and Martin's deceased father, had committed the first few murders, and had "initiated" Martin into serial murder.
Blomkvist breaks into Martin's house to look for more clues, but Martin catches him and prepares to kill him. Martin brags about his crimes, but denies killing Harriet. Salander arrives, subdues Martin and saves Blomkvist. While Salander tends to Blomkvist, Martin flees. Salander, on her motorcycle, pursues Martin in his SUV. He loses control of his vehicle on an icy road and dies when it catches fire. After recovering, Blomkvist deduces that Harriet is still alive. He confronts Harriet (Joely Richardson), who explains that her father and brother had sexually abused her for years, and that Martin saw her kill their father in self-defense. She goes on to explain that she was able to escape from Martin with the help of her second cousin Anita, who smuggled Harriet out of the island. Finally free of her brother, she returns to Sweden and tearfully reunites with Henrik.
As promised, Henrik gives Blomkvist the information on Wennerström, but it is not helpful. Salander hacks into Wennerström's computer and presents Blomkvist with damning evidence of Wennerström's crimes, which vindicates Millennium and destroys Wennerström, who is eventually found murdered. Salander hacks into Wennerström's bank accounts and transfers two billion euros to her own secret accounts. Salander reveals to her friend, and former guardian, that she is in love with Blomkvist. On her way to give Blomkvist a specially chosen Christmas present, Salander sees him and his longtime lover and business partner Erika Berger (Robin Wright) walking together happily. Heartbroken, she discards the gift and rides away.
[edit]Cast



Fincher admired Craig's ability to adapt into the role of Mikael Blomkvist.[3]
Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist
A co-owner for Swedish lifestyle magazine Millennium, Blomkvist is devoted to exposing the corruptions and malfeasances of government, attracting infamy for his tendency to "go too far".[3] Craig competed with Brad Pitt and George Clooney as candidates for the role.[4][5] Initial concerns over schedule conflicts with the production of Cowboys & Aliens (2011) and Skyfall (2012) prompted Craig to postpone the casting process.[5][6] Given the uncertainty surrounding Skyfall following Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's bankruptcy, Sony Pictures Entertainment and DreamWorks worked out a schedule and Craig agreed to take the part.[6] The British actor was required to gain weight and adopted a neutral accent to befit Stockholm's cosmopolitan lifestyle. "I went for something very plain," he explained. "David and I talked about it and we both didn't want an accent to get in the way of the character. Really, many Swedes speak incredibly good English, both with and without accents. I just felt that was the way to go. Blomkvist is well traveled, he's been all over the world, he's been listening to the BBC since he was six and I think this is the person he is." Craig spoke about the film's source material amid the "initial craze"; "It's one of those books you just don't put down. There's just this immediate feeling that bad things are going to happen and I think that's part of why they've been so readable for people."[3]
Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander
What endeared me to her [Mara] during the audition process was exactly what I wanted from Lisbeth: she doesn't quit. I wanted that person who was indomitable. By the end of our casting process, I knew this was someone worth falling on the grenade for.
—David Fincher[3]
The Audrey Hepburn-esque heroine, as described by The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani, Salander is a computer hacker who has survived severe emotional and sexual abuse. The character was a "vulnerable victim turned vigilante" who possessed the "take-no-prisoners" attitude of Lara Croft and the "cool, unsentimental intellect" of Spock, according to Kakutani. Fincher felt that Salander's eccentric persona was enthralling. "There's a kind of wish fulfillment to her in the way that she takes care of things, the way she will only put up with so much, but there are other sides to her as well," he professed.[3] Casting was complicated by the raft of prominent candidates such as Natalie Portman, Ellen Page, Kristen Stewart, Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Olivia Thirlby, Scarlett Johansson, and Emma Watson.[7][8] Despite the hype, some eventually withdrew from consideration due to the time commitment and low pay.[9] Mara had worked with Fincher in his 2010 film The Social Network.[5][3] Fincher found it difficult at first to mold the actress to match Salanders' antisocial demeanor, which was a vast contrast from her earlier role as the submissive Erica.[5] Mara went through multiple changes in her appearance to become Salander: her hair, for instance, was dyed black and cut into various jagged points, giving the illusion that she cut it herself.[10] In addition to her transgressive appearance—one that was described as a "mash-up of brazen Seventies punk and spooky Eighties goth with a dash of S&M temptress" by Lynn Hirschberg of W[10]—the actress participated in a formal screening and was filmed by Fincher on a subway in Los Angeles, California in an effort to persuade the executives of Sony Pictures that she was a credible choice.[5]
Yorick van Wageningen as Nils Bjurman
Salander's new legal guardian, Bjurman uses his position of authority to sexually abuse and eventually rape her. Salander soon turns the tables on him, however, torturing him and branding him as a rapist. Fincher wanted the character to be worse than a typical antagonist, although he didn't want to emulate the stereotypical "mustache-twirling pervert". The director considered van Wageningen to be the embodiment of a versatile actor—one that was a "full-fledged human being", a "brilliant" actor. "He was able to bring his performance from a logical place in Bjurman's mind and find the seething morass of darkness inside," Fincher stated. Bjurman's multi-faceted psyche was the main reason van Wageningen wanted to play the role. The Dutch actor said, "This character goes through a lot and I wasn't quite sure I wanted to go through all that. I started out half way between the elation of getting to work with David Fincher and the dread of this character, but I was able to use both of those things. We both thought the most interesting route would be for Bjurman to seem half affable. The challenge was not in finding the freak violence in the guy but finding the humanity of him."[3]
Christopher Plummer as Henrik Vanger
Henrik is an established businessman who launches an extensive investigation into his family's affairs. Despite calling the Vanger family "dysfunctional", Plummer said of the character: "I love the character of the old man, and I sympathize with him. He's really the nicest old guy in the whole book. Everybody is a bit suspect, and still are at the end. Old Vanger has a nice straight line, and he gets his wish."[11] Plummer wanted to imbue the character with irony, an element he found to be absent from the novel's Henrik.[12] "I think that the old man would have it," he opined, "because he's a very sophisticated old guy [...] used to a great deal of power. So in dealing with people, he would be very good [...] he would be quite jokey, and know how to seduce them."[12]
Stellan Skarsgård as Martin Vanger
Martin is the current CEO of the Vanger Corporation. Skarsgård was allured by the character's dual nature, and was fascinated that he got to portray him in "two totally different ways".[13] In regards to Martin's "very complex" and "complicated" personality, the Swedish actor said, "He can be extremely charming but he also can seem to be a completely different person at different points in the film."[3] While consulting with Fincher, the director wanted Skarsgård to play Martin without reference to the book.[13]
Joely Richardson as Anita Vanger / Harriet Vanger
In performing her "tricky" character, Richardson recalled that Fincher wanted her to embrace a "darker, edgier" persona, without sugarcoating, and not "resolved or healed". "Even if you were starting to move towards the direction of resolved or healed, he still wanted it edgy and dark. There are no straightforward emotions in the world of this film."[3]
Robin Wright as Erika Berger
Steven Berkoff as Dirch Frode
Geraldine James as Cecilia Vanger
Ulf Friberg as Wennerström
Goran Višnjić as Dragan Armansky
Donald Sumpter as Detective Morell
Embeth Davidtz as Annika Giannini
Joel Kinnaman as Christer Malm
Elodie Yung as Miriam Wu
Tony Way as Plague
Alan Dale as Detective Isaksson
Julian Sands as Young Henrik Vanger
David Dencik as Young Morell
Fredrik Dolk as Wennerström's Lawyer
Per Myrberg as Harald Vanger
Gustaf Hammarsten as Young Harald
Leo Bill as Trinity
Josefin Asplund as Pernilla Blomkvist
Matthew Wolf as Technical Clerk
[edit]Production

[edit]Conception and writing
The success of Stieg Larsson's novel created Hollywood interest in adapting the book, as became apparent in 2009, when Lynton and Pascal pursued the idea of developing an "American" version unrelated to the film adaptation released that year. By December, two major developments occurred for the project: Steven Zaillian, who had recently completed the script for Moneyball (2011), became the screenwriter, while producer Scott Rudin finalized a partnership allocating full copyrights to Sony.[5] Zaillian, who was unfamiliar with the novel, got a copy from Rudin. The screenwriter recalled, "They sent it to me and said, 'We want to do this. We will think of it as one thing for now. It's possible that it can be two and three, but let's concentrate on this one.'"[14] After reading the book, the screenwriter did no research on the subject.[15] Fincher, who was requested with partner Cean Chaffin by Sony executives to read the novel,[5][16] was astounded by the series' size and success. As they began to read, the duo noticed that it had a tendency to take "readers on a lot of side trips"—"from detailed explanations of surveillance techniques to angry attacks on corrupt Swedish industrialists," professed The Hollywood Reporter's Gregg Kilday. Fincher recalled of the encounter: "The ballistic, ripping-yarn thriller aspect of it is kind of a red herring in a weird way. It is the thing that throws Salander and Blomkvist together, but it is their relationship you keep coming back to. I was just wondering what 350 pages Zaillian would get rid of." Because Zaillian was already cultivating the screenplay, the director avoided interfering. After a conversation, Fincher was comfortable "they were headed in the same direction".[5]
I imagined someone who could move through the streets of Stockholm almost invisibly even though she looks the way she looks … it's almost like a forcefield
—Steven Zaillian[17]
The writing process consumed approximately six months, including three months creating notes and analyzing the novel.[14] Zaillian noted that as time progressed, the writing accelerated. "As soon as you start making decisions," he explained, "you start cutting off all of the other possibilities of things that could happen. So with every decision that you make you are removing a whole bunch of other possibilities of where that story can go or what that character can do."[14] Given the book's sizable length, Zaillian deleted elements to match Fincher's desired running time.[14] Even so, Zaillan took significant departures from the book.[17] To Zaillian, there was always a "low-grade" anxiety, "but I was never doing anything specifically to please or displease," he continued. "I was