The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013 American science fiction adventure film based on Suzanne Collins' dystopian novel, Catching Fire, the second installment in The Hunger Games trilogy. The film is the sequel to The Hunger Games, and the second installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. Francis Lawrence directed the film, with a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt. Francis Lawrence took over from Gary Ross as director. Adding to the existing cast, the supporting cast was filled out with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Lynn Cohen, Jena Malone, Amanda Plummer, Alan Ritchson, and Meta Golding. The plot of Catching Fire takes place one year after the previous installment; Katniss Everdeen has now returned home safely after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Throughout the story, Katniss senses that a rebellion, against the oppressive Capitol, is simmering through the districts. Filming began on September 10, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Hawaii. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released on November 15, 2013 in Brazil, November 20 in Finland, Sweden and Norway, November 21 in the United Kingdom, and in IMAX on November 22 in the United States. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and set records for the biggest November opening weekend and biggest three- and five-day Thanksgiving box-office totals, surpassing the first film's box office grosses. It ranks as the tenth highest grossing film at the domestic box office[5] and the highest-grossing film at the domestic box office of 2013, becoming the first 2-D film since The Dark Knight in 2008 to top the yearly box office as well as having a lead female top the box office since 1973's The Exorcist. The film has grossed over $864 million worldwide and is currently the highest-grossing entry in The Hunger Games. A sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2014 in the United States.
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Movie Details:
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Produced by: Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
Screenplay by: Simon Beaufoy, Michael deBruyn
Based on: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherlan
Music by: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Jo Willems
Edited by: Alan Edward Bell
Production company: Color Force
Distributed by: Lionsgate
Release date(s): November 11, 2013 (London premiere), November 22, 2013 (United States)
Running time: 146 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $130–140 million
Box office: $864.6 million
Source: Wikipedia n IMDB
Plot:
One year after the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12. After a hunt in the woods with her friend Gale Hawthorne, Katniss is visited at her home by President Snow. He tells her that her decisions in the arena have triggered rebellions, especially in District 8, and also warns her to use the upcoming Victory Tour to show Panem that her acts of rebellion in the arena were just to show love towards Peeta. She reluctantly accepts. During the first visit in the Victory Tour, which is held in District 11, an old man holds up the three-fingered sign that's occasionally used in District 12 to show respect and admiration for someone. Peacekeepers interpreted this as an act of rebellion, and dragged the man to the front of the stage in the square and shoot him dead with a pistol, much to the horror, shock and dismay of Katniss. Haymitch angrily tells her "you never get off this train" which means that Katniss and Peeta are mentors for the District 12 tributes and act as a 'distraction' to the districts so that the people of Panem will forget 'what the real problem is'. Katniss, Peeta, Effie and Haymitch return home and Katniss quickly goes to Gale which they both devise a plan to run away, but fail. The Capitol sends Peacekeepers to District 12 which they crack down and the new head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread, whips Gale after Gale attacked him to stop him from killing an old woman. Haymitch convinces Thread to leave Katniss, Peeta and Gale alone as they are loved ones to the country. While Katniss is watching TV with her family, she, Peeta and Haymitch learn that the previous victors from each district will be selected for the 3rd Quarter Quell. At the reaping, Effie draws Katniss and Haymitch's names, but Peeta volunteers to take his place. The victors from each district visit President Snow's palace for a royal dinner party. While having a dance, Katniss meets new head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. After the dinner party, the victors are sent to the training center and a hotel. Haymitch warns Katniss that the tributes are furious at being returned to the games and advises a reluctant Katniss to make allies. During the interviews with Caesar Flickerman, Katniss wears a wedding dress, but her stylist Cinna rigs it to transform into the representation of a mockingjay. President Snow witnesses this and sends Peacekeepers out to kill Cinna before Katniss is elevated into the arena. Katniss and Peeta make alliances with the District 4 tributes, Finnick Odair and Mags a few minutes into the games. Finnick saves Katniss by throwing a trident into a male from District 5 who tried to kill Katniss. While the group is trudging through the jungle, Peeta accidentally hits his machete against the force field, electrocuting him and stopping his heartbeat. Finnick resuscitates him. Before going to sleep, Katniss notices a poison fog coming for them at a fast pace. Mags walks into the fog, sacrificing herself. By doing so, she allows Finnick and Katniss to carry Peeta who was incapacitated by the gas. After fleeing from a group of wild and extremely ferocious mandrills, Katniss, Peeta and Finnick escape to a beach where they ally with Wiress and Beetee from District 3, and Johanna Mason from 7. Wiress is in shock from a blood storm and repeatedly says "Tick-Tock." Katniss realizes that the arena is set up like a clock, with disasters occurring every hour and lightning striking at midnight. The group is then attacked by the Career pack in which Wiress is killed in the fight but Katniss and Johanna kill two of the Careers, sending the surviving Careers back into the jungle. Beetee devises a plan to electrocute the last two Careers by combining a spool of wire and lightning, sending Katniss and Johanna to help prepare the trap. The women are ambushed by the remaining Careers; Johanna attacks them, incapacitates Katniss and slits the tracker out of her arm before disappearing. Shaken by Johanna's assault, Katniss returns to the tree and finds Beetee knocked out next to a metal tipped spear wrapped with the wire. Katniss is now suspicious of potential secret foes and attempts to kill Finnick, but he reminds her to 'remember who the real enemy is,' as Haymitch had advised her prior to the games. Seeing that the lightning is about to strike, Katniss attaches the remaining wire to an arrow and shoots it into the force field just as the lightning hits, taking down the dome's force field as well as the Capitol's surveillance. Haymitch and Plutarch Heavensbee break into the arena and rescue Katniss, Beetee and Finnick. Katniss awakens in the aircraft and finds Haymitch, Finnick and Plutarch talking. Plutarch tells Katniss that they are heading to district 13, headquarters of the new rebellion. Peeta and Johanna were taken hostage by the Capitol, causing Katniss to be sedated after attacking Haymitch. She later awakens with Gale by her side, who tells her that her family survived, but District 12 no longer exists.
