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Based On Novel Or Book | New Love
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Best Original Song | 2015
Best FantasyAdventure TV Spot | 2015
Favorite Dramatic Movie | 2015
Young Actress Age or Younger in a Feature Film Leading Role | 2014 | Emma
Budget 25,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 66,980,456 USD
Jeff Bridges had been trying to have the film made for nearly 20 years and even filmed a version of it with his family. Speaking on the Nerdist Podcast he said: "I originally wanted to direct my father in it. As a matter of fact, somewhere in some garage, there is a version of this movie with my father (Lloyd Bridges) playing The Giver, Bud Cort narrates the whole thing, Beau's kids, one is shooting it, one is playing Jonas. We did the whole book, so that's around somewhere."
In the original novel, Jonas and his friends are 12 years old; however, for the film they were aged up by six years.
Nelson Mandela died while the film was being shot in South Africa, and his image is used in the film as a "memory."
Jeff Bridges learned that his friend and fellow actor Robin Williams died by suicide on the same night that the film premiered. It is apparent that Bridges was trying his hardest to hide his pain and prevent himself from crying during interviews on the red carpet. Both men had co-starred in The Fisher King (1991).
Katie Holmes, who plays Brenton Thwaites's mother, is only 10 years his senior. This is entirely appropriate to the story, as families, in this future, are assembled by the state rather than biologically connected.
"Chief Elder: When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong--every single time."
"The Giver: Her name was Rosemary. She was my daughter. I loved her. Chief Elder: Precision of language. The Giver: [chuckles] I could not be more precise."
