The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Directed by Gary Ross
Produced by Jon Kilik, Nina Jacobson, Suzanne Collins
Music by James Newton Howard, T-Bone Burnett
Writers: Gary Ross (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (screenplay),
Release date(s) March 23, 2012

The Hunger Games is a film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, and Woody Harrelson.

At an unidentified future date, the nation of Panem has risen out of the ruins of what was once known as North America, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games.

Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

CAST:
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen,
Willow Shields as Primrose "Prim" Everdeen,
Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen,
Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne,
Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket,
Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark,
Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy,
Lenny Kravitz as Cinna,
Amandla Stenberg as Rue,
Alexander Ludwig as Cato,
Dayo Okeniyi as Thresh,
Isabelle Fuhrman as Clove,
Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane,
Latarsha Rose as Portia,
Jacqueline Emerson as Foxface,
Leven Rambin as Glimmer,
Jack Quaid as Marvel,
Donald Sutherland as President Snow,
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman

Filming Locations: Asheville, North Carolina, USA