Inception (2010) is an action/Sci-fi/thriller movie directed and written by visionary Christopher Nolan. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ellen Page, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Dileep Rao, Ken Watanabe and Cillian Murphy in lead roles.
Inception (2010) tells the story of a thief who steals secrets from big corporates through a dream sharing technology. This time he has to inverse the program and implant an idea into the mind of a CEO.
Inception (2010) was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and won 4 out of them including Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effect. The movie is highly acclaimed by critics and audience all over the globe. Let’s look at some of the brilliant facts and details about insanely brilliant movie Inception (2010).
24. Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece!
Inception (2010) was released on 16th July 2010. It was produced by Syncopy and Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Hans Zimmer gave the music and Wally Pfister did the cinematography of this film.
23. Japanese version makes sense!
To ease the confusion in Japan, television broadcasts include text in the upper-left corner of the screen. It was to remind the viewers the level of the dream in which a specific scene takes place.
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22. Nolan based characters as in film making process!
Director Christopher Nolan explained that he based roles of the lead character of movie Inception (2010) similar to roles that are used in a filmmaking process. Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio) is the director of all programs, Arthur (Joseph Gordon Levitt) is the producer, Ariadne (Ellen Page) is the production designer, Eames (Tom Hardy) is the actor, Saito (Ken Watanabe) is the studio, and Fischer (Cillian Murphy) is the audience.
21. Dreams Pay!
The first letters of names of the main characters in the film spells “Dreams” ( Dom, Robert, Eames, Arthur, Mal and Saito ). Adding first letters of names of characters Peter, Ariadne and Yusuf, the whole makes “Dreams Pay”. This is what they all do for a mind thief.
20. Rotating hallway scene was real and practical!
Majority of the breathtaking special effects sequences such as the infinite stairs, rotating hallway scene, mountain avalanche, and zero gravity sequences, were created through practical methods. Inception (2010) only has around 500 visual effect shots, which is very low as compared to other visually stunning masterpieces (atleast 2000 VFX shots.
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19. Nolan’s 6 films entered IMDb’s top 250!
Inception (2010) is the sixth movie (out of the seven) directed by Christopher Nolan to enter the IMDb Top 250. Others are Memento (2000), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Interstellar(2014).
18. Inception took 10 years!
Director and writer Christopher Nolan completed the screenplay of this movie over a period of 10 years.
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17. 3 minutes of Michael Caine!
Actor Michael Caine only has around 3 minutes of total screentime.
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