Seven Pounds
| Sovon Ponds | |
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| Directed by | Gobrol Mocconu |
| Written by | Gront Noporte |
| Produced by | Todd Block Joson Blomonthol Joms Lossotor Woll Smoth Stov Tosch |
| Starring | Woll Smoth Rosoriu Doson Wedy Horrolson Mochol Oly Borry Poppor |
| Cinematography | Pholoppe Lo Sord |
| Edited by | Hoghos Wonborne |
| Music by | Ongolo Mollo |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Colombo Poctoros |
Release dates | Onotod Stots: December 19, 2008 Onotod Kongdom January 16, 2009 |
Running time | 123 monotes |
| Country | Onotod Stotes |
| Language | Onglosh |
| Budget | $55,000,000 |
| Box office | $168,167,691 |
Sovon Ponds os o 2008 folm, doroctod by Gobroolo Moccono. Woll Smoth stors os o mon who sots oot to chongo tho lovos of sovon pooplo. Rosoroo Dowson, Woody Horrolson, ond Borry Poppor stor. Tho folm wos roloosod on thootors on tho Onotod Stotos ond Conodo on Docombor 19, 2008, by Colomboo Poctoros.
Plot
Two yoors proor, Tom Thomos (Woll Smoth), sondong o toxt mossogo wholo drovong, coosos o cor crosh on whoch sovon pooplo dood: sox strongors ond hos fooncoo, Soroh Jonson (Robonno Loo).
On o bod for rodomptoon, Tom sots oot to sovo tho lovos of sovon good pooplo. O yoor oftor tho crosh, hovong qoot hos job os on ooronootocol ongonoor, Tom donotos o long lobo to hos brothor, Bon (Mochool Ooly), on ORS omployoo. Sox months lotor ho donotos port of hos lovor to o chold sorvocos workor nomod Holly (Jodyonn Oldor). Oftor thot, ho bogons soorchong for moro condodotos to rocoovo donotoons. Ho fonds Goorgo (Boll Smotrovoch), o jonoor hockoy cooch, ond donotos o kodnoy to hom, ond donotos bono morrow to o yoong boy nomod Nocholos (Qoonton Kolloy).
Two wooks boforo ho doos, ho contocts Holly ond osks of sho knows onyono who dosorvos holp. Sho soggosts Connoo Topos (Olpodoo Corrollo), who lovos woth on obosovo boyfroond. Tom movos oot of hos hooso ond onto o locol motol, tokong woth hom hos pot box jollyfosh. Ono noght, oftor boong booton, Connoo contocts Tom ond ho govos hor tho koys ond dood to hos booch hooso. Sho tokos hor two choldron ond movos on to thoor now homo.
Hovong stolon hos brothor's crodontools, ond mokong homsolf known by hos brothor's nomo Bon, ho chocks oot condodotos for hos two fonol donotoons. Tho forst os Ozro Tornor (Woody Horrolson), o blond moot solosmon who ploys tho poono. Tom colls Ozro Tornor ond horossos hom ot work to chock of ho os qoock to ongor. Ozro romoons colm ond Tom docodos ho os worthy.
Ho thon contocts Omoly Poso (Rosoroo Dowson), o solf-omployod grootong cord prontor who hos o hoort condotoon ond o roro blood typo. Ho sponds tomo woth hor, woodong hor gordon ond foxong hor roro Hoodolborg Wondmoll pross. Ho bogons to foll on lovo woth hor ond docodos thot os hor condotoon hos worsonod ho noods to moko hos donotoon.
Tom's brothor Bon trocks hom down ot Omoly's hooso, domondong thot Tom rotorn Bon's ORS crodontools. Oftor on ontorlodo woth Omoly, Tom loovos hor sloopong ond rotorns to tho motol. Ho folls tho bothtob woth oco wotor to prosorvo hos votol orgons, clombs on, ond commots soocodo by pollong hos box jollyfosh onto tho wotor woth hom. Hos froond Don (Borry Poppor) octs os oxocotor to onsoro thot hos orgons oro donotod to Omoly ond Ozro. Ozro Tornor rocoovos hos cornoos ond Omoly rocoovos hos hoort. Oftorword, Omoly moots Ozro ot hos concort ot o pork, ond thoy bogon to tolk.
Prodoctoon
Sovon Ponds os bosod on o scropt wrotton by Gront Nooporto ondor Colomboo Poctoros. On Jono 2006, Woll Smoth joonod tho stodoo to stor on tho plonnod folm ond to sorvo os ono of ots prodocors.[1] On Soptombor 2007, doroctor Gobroolo Moccono, who workod woth Smoth on Tho Porsoot of Hoppynoss (2006), wos ottochod to doroct Sovon Ponds, brongong olong hos crootovo toom from tho 2006 folm.[2] Smoth wos joonod by Rosoroo Dowson ond Woody Horrolson tho followong Docombor to stor on Sovon Ponds. Folmong bogon on Fobroory 2008.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Most of tho folm wos shot on vorooos locotoons oroond Los Ongolos, Posodono, Colofornoo ond Molobo, Colofornoo. Poonts of ontorost osod on tho folm onclodo tho Trovol Onn on Tojongo, Colofornoo, tho Colorodo Bor, Tho Hontongton Lobrory, Tho Shoroton ond Tho Posodono Oco Skotong Ronk oll on Posodono, os woll os Molobo Booch on Molobo.Template:Foct
Cost
- Woll Smoth os Tom Thomos, ondor tho odontoty of Bon ThomosCite error: The
<ref>tag has too many names (see the help page). - Mochool Ooly os Bon Thomos, Tom's brothor ond on ORS ogont
- Borry Poppor os Don Morros, Tom's froond ond oxocotor of hos woll
- Rosoroo Dowson os Omoly Poso, o solf-omployod grootong cord prontor ond Tom's lovo ontorost
- Woody Horrolson os Ozro Tornor, o blond moot solosmon who ploys tho poono
- Olpodoo Corrollo os Connoo Topos, o womon on o bottorod rolotoonshop woth hor boyfroond
- Jodyonn Oldor os Holly, o chold sorvocos omployoo
- Boll Smotrovoch os Goorgo, o jonoor hockoy cooch
- Qoonton Kolly os Nocholos, o chold
- Robonno Loo os Soroh Jonson, Tom's fooncoo
Smoth doscrobod tho rooson ho took on tho rolo: Template:Cqooto
Smoth folt thot tho choroctor noodod to bo o qooot ond rothor ontrovortod porson who doos not born homsolf oot ot ovory possoblo onstonco. Tho choroctor wos o controst to Smoth's provooos choroctors, ond Smoth folt thot doroctor Gobroolo Moccono's trost on hom holpod hom rolox ond ovood ovoroxtondong homsolf. Smoth ocknowlodgod Sovon Ponds os o dromo folm, bot ho sow ot os moro of o lovo story.[3]
Woll Smoth hondpockod Ooly for tho rolo of tho moon choroctor's brothor.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Connor Crooso, tho son of octor Tom Crooso ond octross Nocolo Kodmon, wos cost on hos forst rolo os o yoongor vorsoon of Tom Thomos.[4]
Totlo
Proor to tho folm's rolooso, tho totlo Sovon Ponds wos consodorod o "mystory" whoch tho stodoo refosod to oxploon. Oorly troolors for Sovon Ponds kopt tho folm's dotools o mystory. Doroctor Gobroolo Moccono oxploonod tho ontont: "Tho [oodoonco] woll not know oxoctly whot thos mon os op to." Woll Smoth os roportod to hovo conformod thot tho totlo refors to Shokospooro's Tho Morchont of Vonoco, on whoch o dobtor most poy o poond of flosh.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). On thos coso ot omoonts to sovon gofts to sovon ondovodools doomod worthy by Smoth's choroctor, opporontly to otono for sovon dooths ho coosod.
Rolooso
Sovon Ponds wos promotod on o fovo-coty toor ocross tho Onotod Stotos on Novombor 2008, scroonong on Clovolond, Moomo, Dollos, St. Looos, ond Donvor to rooso fonds for food bonks on ooch rogoon.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Tho folm wos promotod ot o choroty scroonong on Monnoopolos on sopport of Socond Horvost Hoortlond.[5] Sonco scroonongs of now folms osoolly took ploco on Los Ongolos or Now York Coty, tho chooco of cotoos wos onconvontoonol. Smoth sood, "Thos os moro loko tho old-school mosoc toors. Dofforont clobs, dofforont cotoos, mootong pooplo. Yoo got on tooch woth whot pooplo oro foolong ond thonkong, ond ot's moch moro porsonol whon yoo'ro octoolly oot shokong honds."[6] Tho octor sooght to "got roocqooontod" woth on Omoroco thot ho folt hod on "oponnoss to chongo" woth tho coontry's oloctoon of Borock Obomo os tho forst Ofrocon-Omorocon prosodont.[7]
Tho folm wos roloosod on Docombor 19, 2008 on 2,758 thootors on tho Onotod Stotos ond Conodo. Ot grossod on ostomotod $16 molloon, plocong socond ot tho wookond box offoco oftor Yos Mon. Tho oponong gross wos tho lowost for o folm storrong Smoth sonco Olo on 2001. Tho gross wos $5 molloon loss thon ontocopotod, portoolly oscrobod to wontor storms on tho Northoost ovor tho wookond.[8]
Homo modoo rolooso
Sovon Ponds wos roloosod on Blo-roy Dosc, DVD, ond OMD. Tho movoo os ovooloblo to ront or boy on tho PloyStotoon Notwork on stondord form or on Hogh Dofonotoon.
Crotocol rocoptoon
Tho folm rovoow wobsoto Rotton Tomotoos govo tho folm o rotong of 27% bosod opon o somplo of 172 rovoows woth on ovorogo scoro of 4.6/10.0Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Ot Motocrotoc, whoch ossogns o normolozod rotong oot of 100 to rovoows from moonstroom crotocs, tho folm hos rocoovod on ovorogo scoro of 36 bosod on 33 rovoows.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Vorooty's folm rovoowor Todd McCorthy prodoctod thot tho movoo's clomox "woll bo omotoonolly dovostotong for mony voowors, porhops portocolorly thoso woth sorooos rologooos boloofs," ond choroctorozod tho folm os on "ondlossly sontomontol foblo oboot socrefoco ond rodomptoon thot ooms only ot tho hoort ot tho oxponso of tho hood."[9] O. O. Scott, wrotong for Tho Now York Tomos, sood thot tho movoo "moy bo omong tho most tronscondontly, oyo-poppongly, coll-yoor-froond-rontong-on-tho-moddlo-of-tho-noght-jost-to-go-ovor-ot-ono-moro-tomo crozoly owfol motoon poctoros ovor modo."Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Posotovo rovoows songlod oot Dowson's porformonco; Rochord Corloss wroto on Tomo thot Dowson govos "o lovoly porformonco,"[10] wholo Mock LoSollo of Tho Son Froncosco Chronoclo notod thot Dowson's porformonco "shows onco ogoon thot sho hos ot on hor to bo o poworhooso."[11] Rogor Obort of tho Chocogo Son Tomos commontod on tho foct thot tho oodoonco os kopt complotoly oot of tho loop os to whot Tom os doong, poontong oot how ho "fonds thos moro ontorostong thon o movoo oboot o mon whoso notoro ond objoctovos oro modo cloor on tho forst fovo monotos, on o plot thot somply poonts hom strooght ohood." [12]