The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Steven Zaillian (screenplay)
Stieg Larsson (novel)

Release Date:

20 December 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil shall with evil be expelled

Plot:

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.

Plot Keywords:

Journalist | Computer Hacker | Background Check | Disappearance | Research

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 29 nominations

Cast

Daniel Craig	...	Mikael Blomkvist
Rooney Mara	...	Lisbeth Salander
Christopher Plummer	...	Henrik Vanger
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Martin Vanger
Steven Berkoff	...	Dirch Frode
Robin Wright	...	Erika Berger
Yorick van Wageningen	...	Nils Bjurman
Joely Richardson	...	Anita Vanger
Geraldine James	...	Cecilia Vanger
Goran Visnjic	...	Dragan Armansky
Donald Sumpter	...	Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell
Ulf Friberg	...	Hans-Erik Wennerström
Bengt C.W. Carlsson	...	Holger Palmgren
Tony Way	...	Plague
Per Myrberg	...	Harald Vanger
Josefin Asplund	...	Pernilla Blomkvist
Eva Fritjofson	...	Anna Nygren
Moa Garpendal	...	Harriet Vanger
Maya Hansson-Bergqvist	...	Young Anna Nygren
Sarah Appelberg	...	Young Cecilia Vanger
Julian Sands	...	Young Henrik Vanger
Anna Björk	...	Young Isabella Vanger
Gustaf Hammarsten	...	Young Harald Vanger
Simon Reithner	...	Young Martin Vanger
David Dencik	...	Young Gustaf Morell
Marcus Johansson	...	Young Gunnar Nilsson
Mathilda von Essen	...	Young Anita Vanger
Mathias Palmér	...	Young Birger Vanger
Martin Jarvis	...	Birger Vanger
Inga Landgré	...	Isabella Vanger
Reza Dehban	...	Hussein
Anders Berg	...	Young Dirch Frode
Mats Andersson	...	Gunnar Nilsson
Anders Jansson	...	Doctor
Jürgen Klein	...	Gottfried
Kalle Josephson	...	Tech at MacJesus
Sandra Andreis	...	Photo Editor
Arly Jover	...	Liv
Pierre Sjö Östergren	...	Tattoo Artist
Tess Panzer	...	TV Newscaster
Alastair Duncan	...	Greger
Alan Dale	...	Detective Isaksson
Julia Rose	...	Nurse
Peter Carlberg	...	Hardware Clerk
Jan Abramson	...	Forsman
Lena Strömdahl	...	Mildred
Matthew Wolf	...	Tech Clerk
Anne-Li Norberg	...	Lindgren
Leo Bill	...	Trinity
Albrecht Marco	...	Junkie (as Marco Albrecht)
Martina Lotun	...	Reporter at Vanger
Anna Carlson	...	FSA Official
Yvonne Åstrand	...	FSA Reporter
Fredrik Dolk	...	Wennerström's Lawyer
Christian Heller	...	Banker
Werner Biermeier	...	Banker
Christine Adams	...	Barbados TV Reporter
Peter Hottinger	...	Zurich TV Reporter
Joyce Giraud	...	Spain TV Reporter
Bengt Wallgren	...	Tailor
Elodie Yung	...	Miriam Wu
Anna Charlotta Gunnarson	...	Reporter
Andreas Björklund	...	Reporter
Embeth Davidtz	...	Annika Blomkvist Giannini
Joel Kinnaman	...	Christer Malm
Karen E. Wright	...	Magda Lovison
Leah Harshaw	...	Book of Death Victim (as Leah Almada Harshaw)
George Gerdes	...	Udevalla Detective
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Hereford	...	Lars - T4 Sweden
Sahlima	...	Flight Attendant (credit only)
Annica Bejhed	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Jenifer Brougham	...	Murder Victim (uncredited)
Melissa Ciesla	...	Mari Holmberg (uncredited)
Amanda Dyar	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Laurence Fuller	...	Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Patrick Holland	...	CNN Newscaster (uncredited)
Darri Ingolfsson	...	Karlstad Police Officer (uncredited)
Ian Kitzmiller	...	Swedish Police (uncredited)
Christopher Maleki	...	Hanzel (uncredited)
Cate Montgomery	...	Liv 'Eva' Gustavsson, Murder Victim (uncredited)
Alessandro Piersimoni	...	Annika's Husband (uncredited)
Yasmine Vine	...	Assyrian Immigrant (uncredited)
Mike Zehr	...	The Locksmith (uncredited)

Directed by
David Fincher

Writing credits
Steven Zaillian		(screenplay)
Stieg Larsson		(novel "Män som hatar kvinnor")

Produced by
Eli Bush	....	co-producer
Ceán Chaffin	....	producer
Jim Davidson	....	associate producer
Anni Faurbye Fernandez	....	executive producer
Malte Forssell	....	line producer: Sweden
Ryan Kavanaugh	....	executive producer
Berna Levin	....	co-producer
Scott Rudin	....	producer
Søren Stærmose	....	producer
Ole Søndberg	....	producer
Mikael Wallen	....	executive producer
Steven Zaillian	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross

Cinematography by
Jeff Cronenweth

Film Editing by
Kirk Baxter
Angus Wall

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Donald Graham Burt

Art Direction by
Frida Arvidsson
Adam Davis
Linda Janson
Pernilla Olsson
Tom Reta
Patrick Rolfe
Kajsa Severin
Mikael Varhelyi		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
K.C. Fox

Costume Design by
Trish Summerville

Makeup Department
Mattias Berg	....	prosthetic sculptor: Sweden
Sharisse Fine	....	key hair stylist
Jenny Fred	....	makeup and hair artist: Sweden
Love Larson	....	special effects makeup and hair artist: Sweden
Donald Mowat	....	makeup artist: Daniel Craig
Angel Radefeld	....	assistant department head makeup: Los Angeles
Zoe Tahir	....	hairstylist: Daniel Craig
Eva Von Bahr	....	makeup and hair department head: Sweden
Torsten Witte	....	makeup & hair department head

Production Management
Lara Baldwin	....	production manager: UK
Meret Burger	....	production manager: Switzerland
Christos Dervenis	....	unit production manager: Switzerland
Allen Kupetsky	....	production manager: second unit
Eirik Ohna	....	production manager: Norway
Daniel M. Stillman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Florian Engelhardt	....	third assistant director: Switzerland
Pontus Klänge	....	second assistant director: Sweden
Allen Kupetsky	....	key second assistant director
Hanna Nilsson	....	additional second assistant director: Sweden
Niklas Siöström	....	second second assistant director: Sweden
Rhys Summerhayes	....	second second assistant director: London
Bob Wagner	....	first assistant director
Pete Waterman	....	second second assistant director
Maileen Williams	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Patrik Alexandersson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Kristoffer Anderson	....	property production assistant/runner: Sweden
Fredrik Andersson	....	props runner
Suzanne Austin	....	stand-by art director
Mikael Back	....	carpenter: Sweden
Alex Baily	....	art department assistant: UK
Adam L. Barker	....	plasterer supervisor
Magnus Berglind	....	carpenter: Sweden
Martin Bergquist	....	storyboard artist
Claudia Bonfe	....	set decorating buyer
Johan Broomé	....	props
Franck 'Frenchy' Brousse	....	set dresser
Richard K. Buoen	....	illustrator
Eva Båge	....	art department coordinator, budget & clearance: Sweden
Andrew Campbell	....	graphic designer
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Susannah Carradine	....	set decoration coordinator
Craig Cheeseman	....	property master
Ruaridh Crighton	....	photos
Ruaridh Crighton	....	props
Tim Croshaw	....	set designer
Max Daly	....	art department researcher
Lotta Dinass	....	measuring and location info: US
Hasse Ekbladh	....	carpenter: Sweden
Jossa Elmqvist	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Su Erdt	....	assistant set decorator: Switzerland
Emil Eriksson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Johanna Ernst	....	set dresser
Mariano Fernandez	....	propmaker
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer: property
Justin Freibrun	....	set dresser
Erick Garibay	....	on-set props: re-shoot
Jonatan Gedda	....	assistant to propmaster: Sweden
Hank Giardina	....	paint foreman
Simone Grau	....	set dresser
Peter N. Griffith	....	assistant property master: reshoots
Karin Gry	....	stand-by props
Rickard Grönvall	....	master painter: Sweden
Paul Gustavsson	....	property master
Tommy Gutman	....	assistant property master: Los Angeles
Stefan Halsing	....	carpenter: Sweden
Ola Handberg	....	props
Stuart Headley-Read	....	dressing propman: UK shoot (as Stuart Read)
Dorte Herning	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Robin Hildingsson	....	carpenter: Sweden
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor
Ola Holstad	....	carpenter: Sweden
Andreas Hourdakis	....	carpenter: Sweden
Trey Howard	....	assistant property master: Los Angeles
Bart C. Hubenthal	....	on-set dresser
Lars Hult	....	carpenter: Sweden
Niklas Hultman	....	prop buyer: Sweden
Niklas Hultman	....	props
Ulrika Huss	....	key greensman
Ulrika Huss	....	greens person: Sweden
Janne Hverven	....	carpenter: Sweden
Jesper Höglund	....	stand-by props
Clara Isaksson	....	assistant property master: Sweden
Ulf Jakobsson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Klas Jansson	....	foreperson: Sweden
Sebastian Jansson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Lasse Johansson	....	construction coordinator: Sweden
Per Johansson	....	master painter: Sweden
Patrik Johäll	....	graphic artist
Tex Kadonaga	....	set designer
Mats Karlsson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Sara Karlsson	....	assistant property master: Kilafors
Ola Keijer	....	measuring and location info: US
Clark Kelly	....	sculptor
Gabriella Kervefors	....	props runner
Sophie Kinngard	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Lizzy Jane Klein	....	art department researcher
Jenny Klingwall	....	painter
Jyl Kobernick	....	assistant property master: Los Angeles
Ruben Lahn	....	labor foreman
Richard Lambert	....	leadman
Holiday Landa	....	property coordinator
Al Lewis	....	set dresser
Brahma Lilja	....	carpenter: Sweden
Martin Liljegren	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Sean Lira	....	set dresser
Scott Lodwig	....	labor foreman
Hilda Lorentzon	....	props runner
Scott Maginnis	....	property master: Los Angeles
Shea Marcus	....	set decoration assistant
Steffen Martinsson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Dana McCall	....	props
Campbell Mitchell	....	standby props: London
John Moore	....	propmaker foreman
Christopher L. Morente	....	on set greensman: Los Angeles
Fredrik Myrtell	....	art department coordinator: Sweden
Mattias Müller	....	carpenter: Sweden
Jeff Norman	....	carpenter: Sweden
Josef Norén	....	graphic designer: Sweden
Sven R. Ohlson	....	graphic designer: Sweden
Åsa Olin	....	construction administrator: Sweden
Kathy Orlando	....	set decorating buyer
Cesar Orozco	....	propmaker
Alexander Panov	....	paint decorator gang boss
Nina Parkerborn	....	set dresser
Kristian Parten	....	carpenter: Sweden
Mats Persson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Mikael Persson	....	carpenter: Sweden
Anshuman Prasad	....	set designer
Edward J. Protiva	....	gang boss
Jamie Rama	....	illustrator
Martin Reintz	....	graphic artist
Bob Renna	....	drapery foreman
Todd Rex	....	set sculptor
Dennis Richardson	....	mill foreman
Martin Ring	....	graphic design intern: Sweden
Tom Roberts	....	standby prop: London
Bert Rodriguez	....	propmaker
Rodney Rosene	....	set dresser
Monica Rottmeyer	....	set decorator: Switzerland
Chris Samp	....	set painter
Håkan Sanchis	....	carpenter: Sweden
Cecilia Schönning	....	art department production assistant: Sweden
Love Sellberg	....	carpenter: Sweden
Theodore Sharps	....	set designer
Steve Sickle	....	greens foreman: Los Angeles
Andrew M. Siegel	....	property master: reshoots
Matilda Sjöberg	....	set dresser
Calle Sjölin	....	standby props: Sweden
Johan Sjölin	....	construction coordinator
Maria Skeppström	....	set dresser
Chris Snyder	....	construction coordinator
Marie Strandberg	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Anna Stålberg	....	scenic painter/plasterer: Sweden
Carl Axel Sunden	....	carpenter: Sweden
Olle Söderlund	....	prop buyer: Sweden
Henrik Tamm	....	illustrator: Sweden
Mans Tham	....	measuring and location info: US
Momo Tham	....	art department production assistant: Sweden
Sally Thornton	....	set designer
Kevin Tomasiello	....	labor gangboss
Kimmo von Knorring	....	carpenter: Sweden
Matti Rintala von Knorring	....	carpenter: Sweden
Anna Wedin	....	measuring and location info: US
Nina Wennström	....	painter
Tomas Westerlund	....	carpenter
Tomas Westerlund	....	foreperson: Sweden
Arne Westh	....	foreperson: Sweden
Stina Westh	....	carpenter: Sweden
Jack White	....	food stylist
Tove Wikander	....	set dresser
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Kat Wilson	....	art department coordinator
Jane Wuu	....	set designer
Fante Zamora	....	set dresser
Frank Zandhoff	....	carpenter: Sweden
Kai Blomberg	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Emily Nietzel	....	construction production assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Thom Brennan	....	foley editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr recordist: UK
P.J. Corvus	....	audio technical support
Mattias Eklund	....	voice-over recordist
Coya Elliott	....	assistant sound effects editor
Malcolm Fife	....	dialogue supervisor
Mark C. Grech	....	second boom
Daniel A. Greenwald	....	additional utility sound
Scott Guitteau	....	sound effects editor
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Noah Katz	....	digital audio engineer
Ren Klyce	....	re-recording mixer
Ren Klyce	....	sound designer
Ren Klyce	....	supervising sound editor
Oleg Kulchytskyy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stefan Ljungberg	....	boom operator: Sweden
Kyrsten Mate	....	sound effects editor (as Kyrsten Mate Comoglio)
Jeremy Molod	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Chris Munro	....	sound mixer: UK
Nathan Nance	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Al Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Larry Oatfield	....	sound effects editor
Rune Palving	....	sound recordist: Sweden
David Parker	....	re-recording mixer
Bo Persson	....	sound mixer: Sweden
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator
Richard Quinn	....	adr supervisor
David Raymond	....	sound utility
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Ronald G. Roumas	....	recordist
Michael Semanick	....	re-recording mixer
James Spencer	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Mark Weingarten	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Gusten Blick	....	special effects technician
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects coordinator
Luis Bramsen	....	special effects technician
Steve Cremin	....	special effects coordinator
Allan Elsass	....	special effects technician
Christian Eubank	....	special effects technician
Jocke Fors	....	special effects foreman
Johan Harnesk	....	special effects coordinator
Mattias Jönsson	....	special effects technician
Mats Sampop Karlsson	....	special effects technician
Christian Kitter	....	special effects floor supervisor
Joe Love	....	special effects technician
Göran Lundström	....	special effects designer
Björn Magnusson	....	special effects technician
Brandon K. McLaughlin	....	special effects foreman
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	snow effects consultant
Victor Nilsson	....	special effects technician
Victor Rajala	....	special effects technician
Mats Sonnesjö	....	special effects technician
M. Wan Sputnick	....	special effects controller
Emil Warren	....	special effects technician
Anders Nilsson Ylitalo	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Tim Alexander	....	digital effects artist
Carlos A. Alfaro Jr.	....	lead rotoscope artist: DDMG
Omaikel Alfaro	....	rotoscope artist: DDMG
Christopher S. Allen	....	digital painter
Elizabeth Asai	....	bidding producer
Viviane Assaad	....	rotoscoper: DDMG
Eric Barba	....	visual effects supervisor
Lluis Barcelo	....	visual effects artist
Eric M. Beaver	....	lead compositor
Aaron Beebe	....	production coordinator: DDMG
Joel Behrens	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Gustavo Bellon	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Mattias Bergbom	....	visual effects consultant
Lisa Beroud	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Vincent Blin	....	Flame artist
Charlie Bolwell	....	visual effects coordinator
Christopher Boylan Jr.	....	character rigger: Blur Studio
William Bronner	....	production coordinator
Daniel Buck	....	digital artist
Lersak Bunupuradah	....	model/texture artist: Method Studios
Howard Cabalfin	....	senior roto/paint artist: Digital Domain
Christine Carnegie	....	rotoscoping artist: DDMG
Enrique Sandoval Castro	....	digital compositor: Ollin VFX Studio
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Ian Clemmer	....	fluid fx artist
Oscar Collazos	....	rotoscoper: DDMG
Alexander Costa	....	digital paint: DDMG
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: Eden FX
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer: Ollin Studio
Natalia de la Garza	....	compositing supervisor: Ollin Studio
Michael DeBeer	....	integration artist: Digital Domain
Karl Denham	....	digital artist
Tim Donlevy	....	matchmove artist
Daniel Dupre	....	digital painter
Edgar Díaz	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Eric Ebling	....	visual effects artist
Brett Ellis	....	technical director: digital domain
Thomas Esmeralda	....	senior matte painter: Digital Domain
Jack Evans	....	hair/fur artist
Sean Andrew Faden	....	visual effects supervisor: Method
Steven Fagerquist	....	digital compositor
Victor Manuel Fernandez	....	digital paint: DDMG
Aaron Franks	....	rotoscope artist: DDMG
Thomas H. Frederick	....	3D integration camera assistant: Digital Domain
Mathias Frodin	....	special photographic effects
Antonio Gallardo	....	visual effects editor
Erik Gamache	....	animator
Danny Garcia	....	integration artist
Omar García	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Assunta Garruto	....	rotoscope artist: DDMG
Rizza Go	....	digital production manager: Digital Domain
Juan S. Gomez	....	lighting / technical director
Claudio Gonzalez	....	digital painter: DDMG
Carlos Guillén	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Holly Gunn	....	lead rotoscope artist: DDMG
Jeremy Hampton	....	effects lead artist: Digital Domain
Alex Hatfield	....	technical artist
Jason Hearne	....	visual effects artist
Jennifer Hendrich	....	rigger
Richard Hirst	....	flame artist: A52
David Hochstadter	....	digital compositor: a52
Konstantin Hristozov	....	compositing technical director: Digital Domain
Chris Ingersoll	....	digital compositor
Charlie Iturriaga	....	visual effects supervisor: Ollin Studio
Ebrahim Jahromi	....	character technical director: Digital Domain
Patrick Jarvis	....	digital paint and rotoscope supervisor: DDMG
Mark Justison	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Domain
Jeffrey I. Kaplan	....	compositor: Eden FX
Thomas Kernan	....	modeler: Digital Domain
George Krauter	....	digital artist
Paul Lambert	....	compositing supervisor
Alvado Landaberde	....	compositor
Jeremy Landman	....	art director: A52
Kevin LaNeave	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Les Lanphere	....	digital painter: DDMG
Brent Le Blanc	....	rotoscoper: DDMG
Alexander Lee	....	visual effects artist
Juan Carlos Lepe	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Dave Levine	....	flame artist: Lola VFX
Linghao Li	....	technical director: Digital Domain
Brice Liesveld	....	visual effects producer
Victor Lizarraga	....	cg supervisor: Ollin VFX
Tarin Lucas	....	rotoscoper: DDMG
Kenneth Lui	....	digital effects artist
Jake Maymudes	....	digital compositor
Chris McLeod	....	visual effects coordinator
Luis Jorge Medina	....	rotoscoping artist
Alejandro Miranda Palombo	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Jim Moorhead	....	digital artist
Yabin Morales	....	lead compositor
Tim Nassauer	....	lead lighter: Digital Domain
Daniel Naulin	....	visual effects artist
Vinh Nguyen	....	compositor
Christopher Nichols	....	lighting supervisor: Digital Domain
Ian Northrop	....	vfx compositor
Michael Hugh O'Donnell	....	assistant visual effects editor
Damian O'Farrill	....	visual effects coordinator: Ollin VFX
Ruslan Ogorodnik	....	visual effects on set supervisor
Ruslan Ogorodnik	....	visual effects supervisor on location
Stephen J. Parker	....	technical director
Clark Parkhurst	....	flame artist
Ian Parra	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studios
James Pastorius	....	visual effects supervisor: Savage Visual Effects
Edgar Patron	....	digital compositor
Carlos Pedroza	....	previs artist: digital domain
Patrick Perez	....	animation lead
Dawrath Phoue	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Domain
Fred Pienkos	....	compositing supervisor: Eden FX
Fred Pienkos	....	visual effects supervisor: Eden FX
Daniel Pomares González	....	digital compositor
Raul Prado	....	digital compositor
Steve Preeg	....	digital fx supervisor
Alex Martin Proebius	....	visual effects supervisor: Proebius
Francis Puthanangadi	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Kim Quiroz	....	digital production assistant
Nick Reid	....	digital paint: DDMG
Victor Rodriguez	....	visual effects artist
Alex Roman	....	visual effects supervisor: The Third & The Seventh
Olivier Sarda	....	senior compositor
Elizabeth Schafer	....	digital production manager
John Christopher Scott	....	production coordinator: DDMG
Ryan Seaward	....	rotoscope artist: DDMG
Rene Segura	....	lead integration artist: Digital Domain
Jason Selfe	....	senior compositor: Digital Domain
Rasha Shalaby	....	matte painter
Hameed Shaukat	....	visual effects producer: a52
Philip Sisk	....	compositor
Philip Sisk	....	digital compositor
Maciek Sokalski	....	digital compositor
Andrew Stillinger	....	digital paint: DDMG
Carrie Stula	....	vfx assistant editor: Eden FX
Hirofumi Takeda	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Brian L. Tan	....	visual effects camera assistant
Greg Teegarden	....	cg supervisor: Digital Domain
Daniel Thron	....	texture artist
Gabriel Lozano Tijerina	....	digital compositor
Alexis Torres	....	associate vfx producer
Emerito Trevino	....	lighting artist: Digital Domain
John Vanderbeck	....	technical artist
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects
Anastasia Watson	....	rotoscoper: DDMG
Joe Wein	....	additional visual effects
Cliff Welsh	....	flame compositor
Kelly Wescott	....	rotoscope artist: DDMG
Andrew Wood	....	visual effects
Anthony Zalinka	....	effects artist: Digital Domain
Estívaliz Zaragoza	....	digital production assistant
Wei Zheng	....	visual effects art director
Holli Alvarado	....	flame artist (uncredited)
Ian Holland	....	flame artist: Method Studios (uncredited)
Chelsea Kammeyer	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Desiree Lunsford	....	modeler: Blur Studios (uncredited)
Todd Napier	....	rotoscope supervisor: DDMG (uncredited)
Eddie Offermann	....	software developer (uncredited)
Eddie Offermann	....	visual effects color (uncredited)
Dan Platt	....	modeler (uncredited)
Mark Prusten	....	lead sequence fluid effects technical director (uncredited)
Carey Len Smith	....	elements producer (uncredited)
Carlos Zappen	....	rotoscoper: DDMG (uncredited)

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt double: Stellan Skarsgård
Jeff Chumas	....	utility stunts
Ben Cooke	....	stunt coordinator
Jacob Dewitt	....	head stunt rigger
Jacob Dewitt	....	stunts
Per Dunder	....	stunt player
Lars Hjelm	....	stunt team
Liina Jaska	....	stunt assistant
Sid Karne	....	stunts
Jürgen Klein	....	stunt player
Malosi Leonard	....	stunt double: Yorick Van Wageningen (re-shoots)
Albrecht Marco	....	stunt player
Alice Naigeon	....	stunt double: Rooney Mara
Pernilla Ribeiro Novais	....	stunt team
Björn Persson	....	stunt double: Stellan Skarsgård
Kimmo Rajala	....	stunt double
Kimmo Rajala	....	stunts coordinator: Sweden
Victor Rajala	....	stunt team
Scotty Richards	....	stunt safety coordinator (as Scott Richards)
Myke Schwartz	....	stunt driver
Matti Tepsa	....	motorcycle stunts
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt driver
Thom Williams	....	stunt double: Yorick van Wageningen

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Amgwerd	....	lighting technician
Richard Berby	....	electrician: Norway
Aimar Bergan	....	rigging electrician: Sweden
Baldur Bragason	....	unit photographer: Sweden and Switzerland
Michael Brennan	....	dolly grip
Fredrik Bäckar	....	additional cinematographer
Patricia Castellanos	....	stills coordinator & prop photography
John T. Connor	....	assistant camera: U.S.
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip: Los Angeles (as Michael Coo)
David Cross	....	best boy electric: Sweden
Jonathan Cushing	....	lighting technician
John Davies	....	rigging electrician
Jerry C. Deats	....	key grip: additional photography
Peter Degerfeldt	....	aerial director of photography
Peter Demmer	....	electrician: Switzerland
Mark Dempsey	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Don Domino	....	rigging grip
Anders Eide	....	grip: Norway
Tom Embree	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Chatrine Eriksson	....	rigging electrician: Sweden
Chad Eshbaugh	....	technocrane operator
Wick Finch	....	gaffer: UK
Jens Bo Fraek	....	rigging best boy: Sweden
Christopher Glasgow	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Ben Goode	....	rigging set grip: Sweden
Patrik Granroth	....	stills assistant: Sweden
Khan Griffith	....	rigging electrician
Craig Grossmueller	....	b camera first assistant: reshoots
Finnur Thor Gudjonsson	....	electrician: Sweden
Timo Haapasaari	....	electrician: Sweden
Toni Haaranen	....	electrician
Marcus Hagwall	....	video assistant
Emil Hall	....	pre-rig key grip: Sweden
Marcus Hansson	....	electrician: Sweden
Pier Hausemer	....	focus puller: a camera
Nate Heartt	....	red camera technician
Darren Holland	....	key grip
Oscar Holm	....	rigging electric assistant: Sweden
Fredrik Johansson	....	grip: Sweden
Dan Jones	....	electrician
Giles Keyte	....	still photographer: UK
Wayne King	....	electrician: UK
Peter Kjellberg	....	electrician: Sweden
Frida Klarker	....	stills assistant: Sweden
Jody Knight	....	b camera grip: UK
Craig Kohtala	....	grip
Hanna Kriisa	....	second assistant camera
Jani Lehtinen	....	rigging gaffer: Sweden
Anders Linden	....	prop photographer: Sweden
John R. Manocchia	....	chief rigging technician
Joe Maples	....	first assistant camera: a camera
Burch Marcel	....	lighting technician
Jacob Marlow	....	rigging gaffer: Sweden
Patrick Meller	....	clapper/loader
Ronald A. Miller	....	best boy rigging grip
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Juha Niska	....	electrician
Per Olsson	....	electrician: Sweden
Michael Orr	....	grip
Michael Orr	....	rigging grip
Chris Pavlu	....	rigging electrician
Karri Pöykiö	....	rigging best boy: Sweden
Benoit Richard	....	additional lighting console programmer
Clive Richards	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Brian Rosso	....	dolly grip
Sean Ruggeri	....	red camera technician
Paul Santoni	....	first assistant camera: b camera
Martin Schaer	....	camera operator
Andrew Shields	....	video playback operator: UK unit
Ævar Páll Sigurðson	....	electrician: Sweden
Liam Sinnott	....	key second assistant camera: USA
Harold Skinner	....	gaffer
Harold Skinner	....	gaffer: Sweden
Mats Svanborg	....	sparks assistant technician: Sweden
Hans Petter Sydsæter	....	best boy electrician: Norway
Carl Tersmeden	....	dolly grip: Sweden
Joshua D. Thatcher	....	lighting console programmer
Wayne Tidwell	....	video operator
Michael T. Travers	....	best boy grip
Fredrik Virgin	....	sparks assistant technician: Sweden
Nils Wallin	....	gaffer: Sweden
Jason Wayne Ellis	....	grip
Knut Westad	....	grip: Norway
Tony Willard	....	grip
David Worley	....	"a" camera operator
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip
Will Arnot	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Patrick Perez	....	animation lead

Casting Department
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting
Corinna Glaus	....	casting: Switzerland
Maddy Hinton	....	casting associate: UK
Jeanette Klintberg	....	casting: Sweden
Martin Lima de Faria	....	additional extras casting: Uppsala
Patty Majorczak-Connolly	....	adr voice casting
Sabyn Mayfield	....	casting associate
Frida Mårtensson	....	casting assistant
Sasha Robertson	....	casting: UK
Mark Sussman	....	adr voice casting
Jola Wieczorek	....	casting assistant: Zurich

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cristina Araujo	....	key costumer
Erika Blomberg	....	ager/dyer
Caroline Bonaldi	....	costumer: Sweden
Åsa Boström	....	wardrobe supervisor
Christian Cordella	....	costume illustrator
Russell Dauterman	....	costume illustrator
Lori DeLapp	....	costume supervisor
Lisa A. Doyle	....	set costumer
Linn Eklund	....	set costumer: Sweden
Jennie Ekström	....	costume production assistant: Sweden
Mimmi Gedda	....	set costumer: Sweden
Sahar Halabi	....	costumer
Daniel Hernandez	....	costumer
Annie Hill	....	costumer
Francine Lecoultre	....	costume textile artist
Marina Marit	....	set costumer
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor
Aimee McCue	....	costumer
Natalie Mei Lau	....	costume assistant
Systa Mogensen	....	assistant costume designer
Systa Mogensen	....	key costumer
Asia Muka	....	costumer
Lotta Norrthon	....	tailor: Sweden
Anna Palmgren	....	costumer
Stephanie Portnoy Porter	....	costumer
Grace Pyke	....	costumer
Emmy Rengfors	....	costume production assistant: Sweden
Kiersten Ronning	....	costumer
Lotta Rudman	....	ager/dyer
Helena Sjölin	....	costumer: Sweden
Jaclyn Tamizato	....	costume coordinator: London
Bengt Wallgren	....	tailor: Sweden
Sandra Woltersdorf	....	key set costumer: Sweden

Editorial Department
Matthew Blackshear	....	digital intermediate assist
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate manager
Michael Cioni	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Monique Eissing	....	digital intermediate finishing artist
Katie Fellion	....	digital intermediate producer
Desirae Ferrer	....	post-production assistant
Carsten Kurpanek	....	assistant editor
Kevin London	....	digital intermediate engineer
Tyler Nelson	....	assistant editor
Alex Olivares	....	assistant editor
Craig Thomas Quinlan	....	post-production engineer
Paul Sage	....	digital intermediate assistant
Ian Vertovec	....	digital intermediate colorist
Nathan Adams	....	technical support (uncredited)
Paul E. Alderman	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)
Hilda Rasula	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Marie Ebbing	....	music editor
David Gleeson	....	music editor
Paul Luther Jackson	....	music consultant
Jonathon Stevens	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Michael Antunez	....	transportation captain
Filip Aston	....	driver: Sweden
Malin Bergdahl	....	driver: Sweden
Magnus Berggren	....	driver: Sweden
Anahi Borde	....	transportation captain: Sweden
Jim DePue	....	transportation captain: additional photography
Dan Hagman	....	truck driver: grip
Sophie Hedberg	....	transportation coordinator: Sweden
Joakim Hesselgren	....	driver: Sweden
Tobias Hjertton	....	driver: Sweden
Patrik Ivarsson	....	picture car driver: Sweden
Tobias Johansson	....	boat driver: Sweden
Pontus Klereborn	....	picture car coordinator: Sweden
Rachel La Chenardiere	....	transportation production assistant
Rainer Laasko	....	driver: Sweden
Kristian Magaliff	....	driver: Sweden
George R. Matejka	....	driver
Marieanne Miller	....	driver: cast
Antonio Molina	....	transportation
Roger Nisson	....	driver: Sweden
Matafao Lee Paisa	....	driver: additional photography
Daniel Petterson	....	driver: Sweden
Bill M. Puluti	....	transportation coordinator: additional photography
Pontus Reutersward	....	driver: Sweden
Ilja Rosics	....	truck driver: grip
Maki Stjepic	....	driver: Sweden
Carl-Axel Stromberg	....	driver: Sweden
Viktor Sundbaum	....	driver: Sweden
Boris Vergara	....	driver: Sweden
Erik Videgard	....	driver: Sweden
Erik von Essen	....	driver: Sweden
Lars Wendin	....	truck driver: grip
Dwight Wood	....	driver
Kenny Youngblood	....	driver

Other crew
Daniel Agren	....	boat crew: Sweden
Crystal Aguilar	....	stand-in: salander
Kimberly Aguirre	....	payroll accountant
Marie-Louise Albinsson	....	craft service assistant: Sweden
John Allardice	....	pre-visualization designer
Kirsten Anderson	....	location accountant
Jan Andreen	....	production assistant: Sweden
Stina Annehed	....	stand-in: Salander: Sweden
Filip Aston	....	production assistant
Garrett Basch	....	production executive
Daniel Beals	....	set production assistant
Torgny Beiron	....	boat crew: Sweden
Joshua Benedetti	....	location assistant: uk
Malin Bergdahl	....	craft service
Tobbe Bergelv	....	surface diver/rescuer: Sweden
Ludwig Bile	....	set production assistant
Maria Billberg	....	location manager
Ulf Bjorlin	....	adr loop artist
Anika Brandl	....	assistant location manager: Uppsala
Bettina Browne	....	cat trainer
Tomas Brundin	....	boat crew: Sweden
Arnold Bucher	....	location manager: Switzerland
Arnold Bucher	....	location scout: Switzerland
Steven Cardwell	....	executive assistant to Mr. Rudin
Henning Cronheim	....	set assistant
Nicklas Dackhammar	....	boat crew: Sweden
Diana Dill	....	script supervisor: UK
Timothy Donovan	....	stand-in: Steven Berkoff, Los Angeles
Adam Dornbusch	....	additional production assistant
Charlotte Draper	....	base camp runner: UK
Douglas Dresser	....	location scout: Los Angeles
Nicklas Durling	....	safety coordinator: Sweden
Caroline Eriksson	....	production assistant
Martinus Eriksson	....	site manager: Halsingland
Veronika Eriksson	....	production coordinator
Niclaz Erlingmark	....	assistant location manager: Uppsala
Theresa Falck	....	production assistant
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Desirae Ferrer	....	production assistant
Jocke Fors	....	marine coordinator: Sweden
Tuva Fors	....	production assistant: Sweden
Julia Forsell	....	craft service
Serge Garcia	....	set production assistant: Sweden
Alex Gavigan	....	set production assistant: London
Luc Gavigan	....	set production assistant: London
Graham Geraghty	....	additional set production assistant: re-shoots
Jeremy Gilbreath	....	set production assistant
John David Gunkle	....	unit manager: locations
Martin Gustafson	....	production assistant: Sweden
Dan Hagman	....	production assistant
Astrid Hammarsten	....	intern: Sweden
Fredrik Hasselblad	....	lifeguard: Sweden
James Henderson	....	stand-in: Daniel Craig: Los Angeles
Stefan Henriksson	....	production assistant
Stefan Henriksson	....	production assistant: Sweden
Viktor Hermansen	....	set production assistant: Sweden
Lucy Herrera	....	first assistant accountant
Immie Hessling	....	dialect coach: Sweden
Rachel Hyde	....	location assistant: uk
Martin Häggström	....	boat crew: Sweden
Elinor Isenberg	....	production assistant
Pia Janols	....	production accountant
Martin Jenefeldt	....	assistant location manager: Uppsala
Marisol Jiménez	....	construction accountant
Caroline Johansson	....	script supervisor: Sweden
Mattias Jonsson	....	marine coordinator: Sweden
Waléra Kanischtscheff	....	voice actor: tech clerk German
Waléra Kanischtscheff	....	voice actor: tech clerk german
Justin Kell	....	motorcycle builder
Peter Kimay	....	location manager
Peter Kimay	....	location manager: Sweden
Jonas Kjellqvist	....	boat crew: Sweden
Jason Klinger	....	production assistant: reshoots
Meti Kusari	....	craft service
Jacob Kuylenstierna	....	production assistant: Sweden
Cameron Lawther	....	set production assistant: London
Suzanne Lehfeldt	....	assistant production coordinator
Gareth Lewis	....	production assistant
Gareth Lewis	....	production assistant: UK
Gareth Lewis	....	set production assistant: London
Jenni Lewis	....	location scout
Anders Lexne	....	armourer: Sweden
Thomas Lothström	....	production assistant: Sweden
Josefin Lundgren	....	production assistant
Larry Madrid	....	cat trainer
Jonas Magnusson	....	production assistant: Sweden
Kristoffer Malmsten	....	location coordinator: Sweden
Nick Marshall	....	assistant location manager: uk
Kyle McGatlin	....	production coordinator
Andrea McKee	....	assistant: Mr. Fincher
Tim Miller	....	title designer
Tim Miller	....	title sequence: creative director
Zoe Morgan Chiswick	....	set production assistant: London
Mats Möller	....	assistant location manager: Uppsala
Fredrik Nielsen	....	assistant location manager: Vanger
Hannes Nilsson	....	boat crew: Sweden
Sarah Nilsson	....	set production assistant: Stockholm
Darren O'Connell	....	set production assistant: London
Darren O'Connell	....	set production assistant: UK
Daniel Odelstad	....	craft service
Jeff Overfield	....	set production assistant
Ian Pearce	....	traffic management
Kalle Persson	....	marine coordinator
Kalle Persson	....	marine coordinator: Sweden
Åsa Persson	....	additional location assistant: Stockholm
John Logan Pierson	....	assistant to Scott Rudin
Max Pirkis	....	set production assistant: London
Catherine Pittman	....	cat trainer
Trudy Ramirez	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Tobias Reiner	....	location manager: Sweden
Jonathan Ridings	....	set production assistant: Sweden
Christian Rudheim	....	on-set location manager: Stockholm
Ola Rutz	....	location manager: Halsingland
Ola Rutz	....	set manager
Jonas Rydergren	....	location manager: Sweden
Susanna Sarne	....	production assistant: Sweden
Johan Sjölin	....	construction manager: Sweden
Toby Spanton	....	set production assistant: London
Karl Steudel	....	stand-in: Stellan Skarsgård
Alycia Sundqvist	....	boat crew: Sweden
Marek Szpojankowski	....	chef: Sweden
Candice Taylor	....	assistant: Ms. Chaffin
Stratton Ingram Taylor	....	production assistant
Claudio Tepper	....	medic
Natalie Tortora	....	craft service assistant: Sweden
Helen Turner	....	production coordinator: UK
Mia Uddgren	....	supervising location manager: Sweden
Bamse Ulfung	....	set manager
Bamse Ulfung	....	set manager: Sweden
Stephanie von Arnold	....	production assistant: Sweden
Liv von Oelreich	....	ADR loop artist
Liv von Oelreich	....	adr loop artist
Rasmus Wassberg	....	production assistant: Sweden
Michael Wirtberg	....	set production assistant
Benoit Doidic	....	training manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) (presents)
• Scott Rudin Productions (as Scott Rudin)
• Yellow Bird Films (as Yellow Bird Millennium US Rights AB)
• Film Rites
• Ground Control

Distributors

• Acme Film (2012) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (through Sony Pictures Releasing)
• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing Canada (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (through)
• Tiglon (2012) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (France) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Digital Domain (visual effects and animation)
• Eden FX
• Method Studios
• Panorama film & teatereffekter
• Savage Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Blur Studio  main title sequence created by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Compuhire  computer playback (UK)
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Ground Control  line production, Norway
• Kameraudlejningen  camera equipment provided by
• LightIRON Digital  digital intermediate
• Los Angeles Rag House  grip and lighting equipment
• Madison Gate Records  soundtrack
• Maryloys Catering  catering: Sweden
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  funding
• Mute Records  soundtrack
• Null  soundtrack
• Parthenon Films  production liaison
• Reel Security  production security
• Scarlet Letters  end titles

Also Known As:

"Verblendung" - Germany (imdb display title)
"La chica del dragón tatuado" - Argentina (imdb display title), Chile (imdb display title), Mexico (imdb display title), Peru (imdb display title)
"La Chica del Dragón Tatuado" - Colombia (imdb display title), South America (Spanish title) (imdb display title)
"Το Κορίτσι με το Τατουάζ" - Greece
"Девушка с татуировкой дракона" - Russia
"Мъжете, които мразеха жените" - Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) (imdb display title)
"A tetovált lány" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Dekle z zmajskim tatujem" - Slovenia (imdb display title)
"Devojka sa tetovazom zmaja" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Dziewczyna z tatuazem" - Poland (imdb display title)
"Ejderha Dövmeli Kiz" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Mænd der hader kvinder" - Denmark (literal title)
"Mergina su drakono tatuiruote" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Millénium: Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes" - France (imdb display title)
"Millennium - Os Homens que Não Amavam as Mulheres" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Millennium - Uomini che odiano le donne" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Millennium 1 - Os Homens Que Odeiam as Mulheres" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Millennium: Els homes que no estimaven les dones" - Spain (Catalan title) (alternative title)
"Millennium: Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres" - Spain (imdb display title)
"Muskarci koji mrze zene" - Croatia (imdb display title)
"Muskarci koji mrze zene" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Muzi, kterí nenávidí zeny" - Czech Republic (imdb display title)
"Na'ara im ka'akua drakon" - Israel (Hebrew title) (imdb display title)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"To koritsi me to tatouage" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language

Runtime:

158 min

Country:

USA | Sweden | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #46597) | UK:18 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA15+ | Singapore:R21 | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:16 | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:18 | France:-12 | Philippines:R-18 | India:(Banned) | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R15+ (edited version) | Japan:R18+ (original rating) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Bern)

Filming Locations:

Flughafen Zürich Kloten, Kloten, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

When Lisbeth first visits Plague, Plague is wearing a black shirt with a white logo on it; the logo represents the band Nine Inch Nails. Trent Reznor is the founder of Nine Inch Nails and wrote the score for this film with Atticus Ross as well as the score for director David Fincher previous film The Social Network (2010), for which Reznor and Ross won "Best Original Score" at the 2011 Academy Awards.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The story takes place in about 2005-06. Mikael and Lisbeth are using Macbook Pros with older versions of OS X, which correspond with the time. However, the Macbook Pros with black separated keys were not introduced until 2008.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell:What kind is it?
Henrik Vanger:I don't know. White?
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell:And the frame?
Henrik Vanger:Dark.
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell:Postmark?
Henrik Vanger:Same as last time.
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell:And no note.
Henrik Vanger:No.
Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell:I'm so sorry, Henrik.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Maltin on Movies: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (#1.13)" (2010)

Soundtrack:

O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

My Review For "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"

I was really looking forward to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ever since I learned that David Fincher had been attached to it. Now normally I'd be angry at the fact of a foreign film being remade, having seen and loved the Swedish version of the film, but I made an exception with this one because of the cast and crew for this film. Fincher, who directed films such as Fight Club, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and most recently The Social Network (my favorite film of 2010 and what I thought should have won over The King's Speech), has a fantastic eye for filmmaking and has always impressed me with his movies, save for Se7en which I wasn't as huge a fan of as everyone else was and even on that film I enjoyed a good bit. You throw in the writer of Schindler's List and Gangs Of New York, add actors like Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer and so many others, a score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (who also scored The Social Network), and base it off the best selling book by Stieg Larsson (that's right, this isn't a remake but rather a re-adaptation), it all equals out to, in my opinion, the best film of the year by far.

Now the first thing I want to say about this movie is Rooney Mara's performance. She knocks it out of the park portraying Lisbeth Salander. She captured the mystery, the strangeness, the darkness, the out-of-the- norm personality that this character had. She was absolutely fantastic and I'm gonna be shocked as hell if she does not get an Oscar nomination. And she really makes you feel for her in the darker parts of this movie, which we'll get to in a moment. And all the other performances are great as well. Daniel Craig is great as usual and there is great chemistry between him and Mara. Christopher Plummer, as little as he's in the movie, does a great job as well, in fact all the actors do. This is a really well acted movie.

Another thing that a lot of people have been talking about with this film, as it was with the book and the Swedish film, was the moments where sexual violence appears on screen. And while there are some really uncomfortable moments in the film, that's the reason why these scenes succeed. They shock you and make you want to look away. And that's good, especially when the themes of this movie as well as the source material were about this sort of thing, and the movie conveys it perfectly. And while these scenes do linger in your mind, they never distract you from the basis of this movie, which leads into my next praise for the film.

The story is really engaging. Even though I had seen the Swedish movie and knew how the story as a whole was going to play out, I was able to be really engaged in the movie and not focus on other things. It really sucks you in, and Steve Zaillian, the writer of this movie, structures the film in a way that is both similar and different to the Swedish version, therefore doing what I hoped this film would do, which was taking something that I already knew about and had watched before and made it to where it was still interesting and there were changes made to where I didn't know how it was going to turn out. And that's great.

And everything technical about this movie succeeds. The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is fantastic and really sucks you into the tone of the picture. Jeff Cronenweth, who worked with Fincher on both Fight Club and The Social Network, delivers fantastic cinematography. The editing, the direction, the shots, everything about this movie succeeds, making it a near perfect film.

Now one small complaint I have about this film stems a little bit from me viewing the Swedish version, in which they reveal a little more about who Lisbeth is and one of the things she did in her past that made it so troubled. And they didn't use that here which kind of threw me off a little. However, the more I think about it, the less it becomes a concern because 1.) You can't compare the two films and 2.) there are bits and pieces shown in the films climax that shows that Lisbeth deep down does have a soul. So the movie manages to overcome that obstacle, and overall, I have nothing to say bad about it.

Overall, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a masterful film, it's one that you should definitely check out and I'll definitely be checking it out sometime soon. It's directed, written, and acted well, and succeeds in all that it sets out to do. You feel the emotion and darkness of the film, Rooney Mara blew me away with her performance (and that body, damn), and overall it lived up to my expectations. So out of ten, I got to be honest, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a 10. Go see this movie NOW.