The Hunger Games (2012)

Synopsis

Synopsis: The nation of Panem, formed in a post-apocalyptic North America, consists of a wealthy Capitol and 12 poorer surrounding districts. As punishment for an earlier rebellion by the districts towards the Capitol, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected in an annual lottery known as the Reaping. The couples that are chosen must participate in The Hunger Games, an event run and controlled by the Capitol in an arena and must fight to the death. Only one ‘tribute’ may survive.

Katniss Everdeen [(link=nm2225369]) is a 16 year old girl from District 12, the coal-mining region of District 12 (also the poorest district of Panem). This year is the 74th annual Hunger Games and during the Reaping, Katniss’ younger sister, Primrose (Willow Shields) is chosen to become a tribute. Refusing to let her sister be taken and knowing she’d never survive, Katniss volunteers herself instead therefore becoming District 12′s female tribute. The male tribute chosen is a baker’s son named Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) who is later seen giving bread to Katniss to prevent her family from starving. We learn through that Katniss is planning on making a new life for herself and her family ‘outside the fence’ with her friend, Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth). She tells him that she never wants children as she’s afraid they would end up in the games.

Katniss and Peeta are taken from their district by the gaudily dressed Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and are now travelling to the Capitol. During their journey, the couple are fed rich food and treats but are disgusted by how much luxury is given to a simple train whilst they had to starve at home. On the train, they meet their ‘mentor’ and former winner of the Hunger Games, Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson). Having won his game by pure luck, he’s turned into a pessimistic drunk. He begins flattering Peeta whilst gradually winding Katniss up thus sensing what both of them are like in terms of personality. He warns them to watch the way the other tributes act and train, especially the ‘Careers’ who have been trained from birth to take part in the Games. When they arrive in a gleaming city by the Rockies, the train is greeted by a cheering crowd. Peeta is shown waving out the window to the resident whilst Katniss refuses to show herself. Haymitch warns her that she needs people to like her in order to get ‘sponsors’ or she may lose and die. They’re taken to the penthouse apartment to stay whilst they train.

Katniss meets their stylist, Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) who tells her that as tributes, they need to make an impression on the audience so they’re remembered. Katniss likes Cinna as he is more realistic and down-to-earth than most Capitol residents. Cinna promises to come up with a great costume for the Gala Entry Parade. Each pair of tributes wears a costume reflecting their district’s trade. Katniss and Peeta wear black costumes with artificial fire to symbolise the coal-mining district they reside from. As Cinna said, they make an impression on the audience.

The tributes under-go basic weaponry and combat training including the use of knives, swords and bows. Another tribute named Cato (Alexander Ludwig) is hot-headed, imposing and clearly a threat. Peeta is shown to be bullied by the other older tributes so Katniss suggests he shows his strength by throwing a large weight across the room. Peeta takes her advice, launching the weight across the room and gains a small amount of respect from the other tributes. Later, each tribute must show off to the game makers especially Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley). Katniss is up and decides to show off her shooting skills she’s learnt back at home. Unfortunately, she misses badly with her first shot therefore losing what little attention she had from the game makers. Despite her next shot being perfect, she doesn’t regain the attention. Angered and disgusted by the game makers’ attitude towards the tributes, Katniss fires an arrow straight through an apple in a roasted pig’s mouth, just inside the makers’ room. Katniss sarcastically thanks them for their consideration and leaves. President Snow (Donald Sutherland) warns Crane to keep control of the tributes after hearing of this rebellious incident.

The scores from the training sessions are rated from 0-12 and are shown on TV. Many of the tributes are shown with scores of 9 and 10, including Careers Cato and Clove (Isabelle Fuhrman). Peeta is shown to have an 8 out of 12 and Katniss scores an 11 out of 12, the highest and most impressive of all the tributes.

On the extravagant Hunger Games TV chat show, each tribute is introduced individually and interviewed by flamboyant host, Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci). Katniss manages to scrape by with being a bit of a martyr and a ‘sweet young girl’ whereas Peeta eats the audience up, getting them to laugh. It is then that he announces his crush on Katniss, something which angers her intensely. Backstage, Katniss pins Peeta to the wall, believing his revelation to be a way of gaining sponsors or to make her feel guilty for taking the food from him that was shown in her flashback. Haymitch starts to focus his attention on Katniss as he believes she could win the Games on skills alone and not personality. He warns her to avoid the bloodbath at the beginning and search for water and high ground therefore leaving behind the bow and arrow that she knows she’s good with. Katniss says goodbye to Cinna who tells her if he was allowed to bet, he would bet on her winning. The tributes are all injected with a tracking device in their arms as they travel on a helicopter to the arena. The tributes are lifted into a meadow surrounding the cornucopia of weapons and backpacks. As the horn sounds, the tributes rush for the weapons, brutally beating and killing each other. Katniss grabs a pack and barely escapes Clove, who embeds a spear in her backpack.

Katniss escapes and inside her backpack, she finds a rope, an empty canteen and a coat. She takes Haymitch’s advice and finds water in a nearby stream. She ties herself high up in a tree for the night and attempts to get some sleep. Loud bangs indicate the deaths of tributes and we learn that half of them were killed in the first 8 hours of the Games. While exploring the next day, Katniss gets too close to the outer regions of the arena. The game controllers decide to start a forest fire to lure Katniss further in to the arena. She barely manages to escape but does receives a nasty burn on her thigh, causing her to limp. She is then spotted by Cato and 4 other tributes, including Clove and Glimmer (Leven Rambin) who’ve made their own Career team. We learn that ‘Careers’ are tributes who illegally train to become volunteers for the Hunger Games. Districts 1, 2 and 4 always have them. The group chase Katniss who escapes by climbing up a tree. Cato tries to chase her up the tree but is unsuccessful. This is when we find out Peeta has formed an alliance with the Career team, seemingly betraying Katniss. He suggests the group wait Katniss out as she has to come down eventually for food and water. The group settle for the night underneath the tree whilst Katniss once again ties herself to the tree. She’s woken up later in the night by a parachute sent by Haymitch containing much needed medicine for Katniss’ wounded leg. She applies it and her burn appears to clear up as if nothing had happened. Her attention is then caught by a Rue (
Going back to find Rue, Katniss uses the bird call system but gets no response. A scared voice screams through the forest, calling for Katniss to help her. Rue is trapped underneath a net. Katniss manages to set her free. Just as they begin to escape, they’re attacked by a male tribute – Marvel ([link=nm4425051″>Amandla Stenberg) from District 1 – who throws a spear. Katniss retaliates by shooting an arrow and hitting him in the chest, killing him. Thinking they’ve escaped Katniss realises that the spear thrown hit Rue in the chest. Distraught, Katniss tries to calm Rue down and sings a lullaby to send her to sleep peacefully. She gathers flowers from the forest and makes Rue a part of the earth before she’s taken back to her district.

Back in District 11 (Rue’s home), her father (George McPherson) is shown distraught and angered by his daughter’s death and begins a riot against the Hunger Games. His district follows his rebellious rampage, destroying the stage showing the Games. As Katniss makes her peace gesture to the camera, the Peace Keepers of District 11 arrive and proceed to shoot Rue’s father dead.

President Snow is enraged at the rebellion in District 11 and wants to change the Game’s rules and circumstances in order to kill Katniss. Haymitch pleads with Seneca to keep her alive, using the ploy of teen romance as a reason to save her. Using the speaker to the arena, Seneca announces that the rules of the Games have changed; there can be two winners of the Games as long as they belong to the same district.

Katniss sets out in search of Peeta, overhearing the remaining Careers saying they left him for dead by the river. She finds a trail of blood and follows the drops, fearing for Peeta’s death. She arrives at the river, finding Peeta badly wounded but camouflaged by the rocks. Katniss helps him to a cave where neither will be found. She tries to treat Peeta’s wound but realises he has blood poisoning, something that could only be cured with a special medicine. There would be no way Haymitch could send any as it would be way too expensive at this point. As if by magic, an announcement is made over the arena stating that there will be a feast at the cornucopia but instead of food, there will be something each tribute desperately needs. Peeta begs Katniss not to leave him and risk her life to save him but to instead stay with him in the cave. Katniss reluctantly agrees although the two share a brief kiss, a way to gain more audience sponsors. This also hits a nerve with Gale back home who is clearly sporting a crush on Katniss himself. Katniss waits until Peeta has fallen asleep before heading out to retrieve the medicine from the cornucopia. When she gets there, the female tribute Foxface from District 5 has sprinted out and grabbed her supplies; surprising the remaining tributes with her speed. Katniss decides to use the same strategy and sprints out to grab the medicine but is thrown off guard by a knife launched by Clove, Cato’s district partner. The two wrestle and fight before Clove gets the upperhand, holding a knife to Katniss’ throat. She teases her with bloodlust and about her teaming up with Rue, ‘the little monster from District 11′. Just as Clove is about to slit Katniss’ throat, she is lifted by Thresh (Dayo Okeniyi) and thrown against the cornucopia wall. He tells Katniss that she gets this one chance to escape as she helped Rue but after that, everything is fair game. He proceeds to smash Clove to death against the cornucopia wall.

Katniss returns to the cave with the medicine which also doubles as a great wound healer. In a more genuine romantic moment, the two cover their wounds with the cream and fall asleep in each others arms. The next day, the pair split up to find food; Peeta to search for berries and Katniss to hunt. During her hunt, Katniss hears the cannon – the signal for a tribute death. Panicking, Katniss rushes back to the site they split up at. Peeta is stood there, bewildered and holding a handful of berries. Katniss sees the corpse of Foxface, also holding the berries. Katniss, in a mix of anger and relief, slaps Peeta and tells him that the berries are Nightlock and are extremely poisonous. The pair wonder if Cato will fall for the same trap as Foxface did. They begin hiking through the woods but notice the sun is going down at mid-day. Panicked, the couple freeze at the sounds of the night; ready to attack. In the distance, they hear Thresh cry out followed by the cannon, signalling his death. They stop for a second before a giant mutated dog leaps out at them, vicious and the size of a polar bear only with much more speed and agility. Katniss and Peeta sprint through the forest whilst being chased by two more of the mutated dogs. They are chased to the cornucopia where Peeta helps Katniss on top of it, barely making it up himself. They sit back in relief thinking the dogs will kill Cato and they will be crowned the victors.

Cato, however, is also on top of the cornucopia and attacks Katniss, attempting to throw her to the dogs. The three attack and fight each other, trying to stay alive. Cato holds Katniss by the throat on the edge of the structure before Peeta manages to fight him off her. Cato gets the upper hand and gets Peeta in a choke hold to either break his neck, as seen before or throw him straight to the mutant dogs. Katniss has an arrow pointed at him, nervous as whether to shoot or not. Cato, dripping blood from bad wounds, laughs sadistically telling her that he knows what the Games are about now. That they’re all weapons; weapons to make death as painful and unneccesary as possible. He is still choking Peeta, who appears to be trying to tell Katniss something. Cato continues talking, telling her that if she shoots him then her ‘lover boy’ will go down with him. Katniss gets Peeta’s message and shoots Cato in the hand which makes him release Peeta in pain. Peeta then pushes him off the edge to be mauled by the dogs. Katniss and Peeta watch for a few moments as Cato is savagely torn apart by the mutants. Katniss puts him out of his misery by shooting him. The dogs disperse and the cannon goes off one last time. Realising they’ve won the Hunger Games, Peeta and Katniss embrace and wait for a helicopter to come and take the home however nothing comes.

An announcement tells them that the former rules of two victors being allowed has been revoked. It has been reverted back to only one, meaning one would have to kill the other as before. Katniss is seen thinking about shooting Peeta but decides against it. Peeta begs her to kill him as he wants to die for her. Katniss holds out the nightlock berries and pours some into Peeta’s hand too; telling him the Capitol would rather they had two victors than none at all. As they prepare for suicide, the speaker pleads them to stop and they were both the winners.

Back at the Capitol, Haymitch tells them how foolish they are to have shown up the Capitol like that and tells them to play up the lovesick couple at their final interview. They oblige but Haymitch also tells them it will never be enough.

We see Seneca Crane being led into a finely polished room. The door is locked behind him. A goblet is on a pedestal in front of him, containing nightlock. Although we do not see it, we are led to believe that he sacrifices himself.

Peeta and Katniss travel back to District 12 by train. Although they are met with a hero’s welcome, Haymitch warns Katniss that she is now a political enemy after such a public defiance against society’s leaders. They are greeted by a crowd of cheering residents including Primrose, Katniss’ mother and Gale. Peeta realises that Katniss may have been playing up the star-crossed lovers theme for the audience. He takes her hand and holds it up in the air.

President Snow watches the District 12 welcome from the Capitol. Walking away, he wonders what to do about the two victors and the feeling of rebellion they may have created.

FullCast & Crew

Produced By:

• Diana Alvarez known as co-producer
• Robin Bissell known as executive producer
• Suzanne Collins known as executive producer
• Chantal Feghali known as co-executive producer
• Nina Jacobson known as producer
• Jon Kilik known as producer
• Louis Phillips known as co-producer
• Aldric La'auli Porter known as co-producer
• Louise Rosner known as executive producer
• Bryan Unkeless known as co-producer

FullCast & Crew:

• Stanley Tucci known as Caesar Flickerman
• Wes Bentley known as Seneca Crane
• Jennifer Lawrence known as Katniss Everdeen
• Willow Shields known as Primrose Everdeen
• Liam Hemsworth known as Gale Hawthorne
• Elizabeth Banks known as Effie Trinket
• Sandra Ellis Lafferty known as Hob Vendor (as Sandra Lafferty)
• Paula Malcomson known as Katniss' Mother
• Rhoda Griffis known as Registration Woman
• Sandino Moya known as Propaganda Film Tribute (as Sandino Moya-Smith)
• Josh Hutcherson known as Peeta Mellark
• Raiko Bowman known as Peeta's Mother
• Dwayne Boyd known as Peacekeeper #1
• Anthony Reynolds known as Peacekeeper #2
• Judd Lormand known as Peacekeeper #3
• Woody Harrelson known as Haymitch Abernathy
• Toby Jones known as Claudius Templesmith
• Kimiko Gelman known as Venia
• Nelson Ascencio known as Flavius
• Brooke Bundy known as Octavia
• Lenny Kravitz known as Cinna
• Amandla Stenberg known as Rue
• Dayo Okeniyi known as Thresh
• Leven Rambin known as Glimmer
• Jack Quaid known as Marvel
• Latarsha Rose known as Portia
• Donald Sutherland known as President Snow
• Alexander Ludwig known as Cato
• Isabelle Fuhrman known as Clove
• Ian Nelson known as Tribute Boy District 3
• Kalia Prescott known as Tribute Girl District 3
• Ethan Jamieson known as Tribute Boy District 4
• Jacqueline Emerson known as Foxface
• Mackenzie Lintz known as Tribute Girl District 8
• Annie Thurman known as Tribute Girl District 9
• Dakota Hood known as Tribute Girl District 10
• Amber Chaney known as Avox Girl
• Karan Kendrick known as Atala
• Shane Biseell known as Birthday Boy
• Katie Kneeland known as Hovercraft Tech (as Kate Kneeland)
• Steve Coulter known as Game Center Tech #1
• Sharon Morris known as Game Center Tech #2
• Tim Taylor known as Game Center Tech #3
• John Ross known as Game Center Tech
• Phillip Troy Linger known as Katniss' Father (as Troy Linger)
• Mo Aboul-Zelof known as Peacekeeper
• Konstantine Kurelias known as Peacekeeper
• Tara Macken known as Tribute Girl District 4
• Jeremy Marinas known as Tribut Boy District 10
• Chris Mark known as Tribute Boy District 5
• Ashton Moio known as District 6 Tribute
• Sam Tan known as Tribute Boy District 8
• Imanol Yepez-Frias known as Tribute Boy District 9
• Christopher Cozort known as Capitol Citizen / Hob Vendor (uncredited)
• Eric Hennig known as Game Tech (uncredited)
• George McPherson known as District 11 Farmer (uncredited)
• Alexa Poletti known as Capitol Citizen (uncredited)
• Trey Taylor known as Peacekeeper (uncredited)

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Supporting Department

• Diana Acrey known as hair stylist
• Nicole Alkire known as hair stylist
• Elena Arroy known as makeup artist
• Stephanie Barnes known as makeup artist
• Anita Brabec known as makeup artist
• Anthony Brooks known as makeup artist
• Shutchai Tym Buacharern known as makeup artist
• Susan Buffington known as hair stylist
• Kelly Caldwell known as hair stylist
• Martha Callender known as makeup artist
• Barbara Cantu known as hair stylist
• Clare M. Corsick known as key hair stylist
• Peter De Oliveria known as makeup artist
• Suzanne Diaz known as makeup artist
• Gunn Espegard known as makeup artist
• Kris Evans known as background makeup supervisor
• Linda D. Flowers known as hair department head
• Linda D. Flowers known as hair designer
• Joyce Gilliard known as hair stylist
• Glenn Hetrick known as special makeup effects artist
• Lindsay Irish-Desarno known as makeup artist
• Veronica Lorenz known as makeup artist
• Chris Lyons known as special effects teeth
• Joe Matke known as personal hair stylist to Wes Bentley
• Patricia McAlhany Glasser known as hair stylist
• Jennifer McCollom known as makeup artist
• Cheri Minns known as makeup artist
• Bryan David Moss known as additional hair stylist
• Ve Neill known as makeup department head
• Ve Neill known as makeup designer
• Douglas Noe known as makeup artist: additional photography
• Cherry Petenbrink known as hair stylist
• Taylor Petenbrink known as hair stylist
• Rick Pour known as makeup artist
• Lufeng Qu known as makeup artist
• Lisa Rocco known as makeup artist
• Tricia Sawyer known as makeup artist
• Nikoletta Skarlatos known as key makeup artist
• Randa Squillacote known as hair stylist
• Yvette Stone known as additional hairstylist
• Katrina Suhre known as additional hair stylist
• Vasilios Tanis known as makeup artist
• Chris Varosky known as makeup artist
• Jason Willis known as makeup artist
• Beka Wilson known as hair stylist
• Steve Winsett known as special makeup effects artist
• Jose Zamora known as hair stylist
• Conor McCullagh known as special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Art Department:

• Christian Alzmann known as concept designer
• Brian Baker known as set designer
• Pedro Barquin known as greens on set foreman
• Laurent Ben-Mimoun known as production illustrator
• Michael C. Biddle known as digital set designer
• Jack Brunacini Jr. known as carpenter
• Jack Brunacini Jr. known as propmaker
• Kenneth Bryant known as set dresser
• Cat Cacciatore known as property assistant
• Anthony Cam known as set dresser
• Monica Castro known as assistant property master
• Jason T. Clark known as researcher: second unit
• Matt Codd known as concept artist
• Richard M. Cole known as general foreman
• Monica D'Onofrio known as property assistant
• Jeffrey DeBell known as greens coordinator
• Crystal Dellinger known as propmaker
• D. Tobias Denney known as assistant property master: second unit
• Kate Emery known as art department production assistant
• Tim Flattery known as concept designer
• Trish Gallaher Glenn known as property master
• William F. Gambill known as stand-by painter
• Sara Gardner-Gail known as buyer
• Jeremy Andy Gibbs known as propmaker
• Paul W. Gorfine known as scenic foreman
• Michael E. Hall known as carpenter
• Melissa Harrison known as property coordinator
• Frank J. Hart known as location foreman
• Lillian Heyward known as scenic artist
• Cindy Ichikawa known as art department coordinator
• Ryan Jacoby known as plaster foreman
• Tommy John known as painter gangboss
• Scott Johnson known as on set dresser
• Matthew C. Kime known as art department
• Steven Ladish known as set dresser
• Todd B. Lawson known as gang boss
• George Lee known as set designer
• Stephanie Macomber Kern known as stand-by painter
• Alex McCarroll known as set designer
• Ron Mendell known as prop illustrator
• Randall Milazzo known as propmaker
• Lindsey Moran known as assistant art director
• Jonathan S. Morgan known as plasterer
• Thomas A. Morris Jr. known as construction coordinator
• Lenual Mukai known as carpenter
• Todd Bryan Noonan known as welding gangboss
• Gregg Perez known as set dresser
• Edward J. Protiva known as set dresser
• Cara Rhodes known as propmaker
• Ricky Riggs known as charge scenic
• David Saltzman known as assistant property master
• Trey Shaffer known as graphic designer
• Gloria Shih known as concept illustrator
• Rae Signer known as scenic artist
• Bennet Silver known as set dresser
• Ben T. Sineath Jr. known as carpenter
• Brett C. Smith known as leadman
• Reid Southen known as concept artist
• Jackson Sze known as concept illustrator
• Samuel J. Tell known as set dresser
• Vincent Thomas known as art director: vfx
• Vincent Thomas known as concept artist
• Vincent Thomas known as look development artist
• Dana White known as set dresser
• Jack White known as food stylist
• Kara Williamson known as propmaker
• James C. Wirth known as plasterer
• Randal Woodward known as scenic gangboss
• Nicole Zaks known as set decoration buyer
• Jordan Foster known as set dresser (uncredited)

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Company

Production Companies:

• Color Force
• Larger Than Life Productions
• Lionsgate
• Ludas Productions

Other Companies:

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  camera equipment provided by
• Cablecam International  aerial camera system
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• Jungle Exotics Inc.  animals provided by
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and makeup trailer
• Movie Movers  trucks
• North Carolina Film Office  thanks
• PJF Productions  titles by
• Pierce Law Group  additional legal services
• Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd.  post-production accountants
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Todd-AO Studios  post-production sound services
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Universal Republic Records  score album
• Universal Republic Records  soundtrack

Distributors:

• Belga Films (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Forum Films (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Distribution (2012) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Lark Films Distribution (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2012) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2012) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Pris Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)
• Volga (2012) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (theatrical)
• Volga Film Ukraine (2012) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Gulf Film (2012) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• Diamond Films (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Paris Filmes (2012) (Brazil) (all media)
• Forum Film Bulgaria (2012) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Cine Colombia (2012) (Colombia) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2012) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Videocine S.A. de C.V. (2012) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Forum Film Poland (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Tiglon Film (2012) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Kadokawa Pictures (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Lotte Entertainment (2012) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• ABC Family (2014) (USA) (TV)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2012) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2012) (Belgium) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Eagle Films (2013) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
• Emperor Motion Pictures (2012) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Lark Films Distribution (2012) (Hong Kong) (all media) (as UA Films)
• Noori Pictures (2011) (South Korea) (all media)
• Sun Distribution (2012) (Non-USA) (all media) (Latin America)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (India) (all media)

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Other Stuff

Special Effects:

• Digiscope
• Halon Entertainment (previsualization)
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
• Legacy Effects (creature design)
• Pixomondo (visual effects)
• Rhythm and Hues (visual effects)
• Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)
• Third Floor, The
• Vispop
• Whiskytree

Visual Effects by:

• Hannah Acock known as talent manager: Pixomondo
• Suzaine Aguirre known as digital imaging specialist
• Shish Aikat known as education manager: Rhythm & Hues
• Erik Akutagawa known as digital image resources supervisor
• Alexandre Alin known as tracking artist: Hybride
• Stuart Allan known as post-viz artist
• Melissa Almeida known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Xuzhen An known as roto artist/compositor: Pixomondo
• Jaroslaw Ancuta known as paint & roto artist: Pixomondo
• Ivaylo Andonov known as compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Alana Aranki known as lead compositor
• Eric Armstrong known as animator: Pixomondo
• Oliver Arnold known as environment supervisor
• Oliver Arnold known as division vfx producer: Pixomondo
• Jason Arrieta known as digital compositor: Spy Post
• Nicole Ashford known as matchmove artist
• Marc Aubry known as animator: Hybride
• Patrice Avery known as previs producer: HALON
• Wenting Bai known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Heath Baker known as compositor/paint & roto lead: Rising Sun Pictures
• Louise Baker known as postvis supervisor: Proof, Inc.
• Sam Baker known as animator: Rising Sun Pictures
• Shamus Baker known as lead environment modeler: Rising Sun Pictures
• Shamus Baker known as texture artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Jesse Balodis known as lead texture artist
• Anthony Barcelo known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Thomas Barnack known as animator: Pixomondo
• Jacquie Barnbrook known as visual effects producer
• Pharoah Barrett known as 3D artist: Digiscope
• Patrice-Alain Barrette known as compositor: Hybride
• Michel Barrière known as compositing supervisor: Hybride
• Tyler Bartley known as digital matte painter
• Paul Beaudry known as compositor: Hybride
• Olivier Beaulieu known as lead compositor: Hybride
• Michel Bergeron known as compositor: Hybride
• Louise Bertrand known as bidding producer: Hybride
• Pierrot Berube known as production assistant: Hybride
• Pierre Blain known as compositor: Hybride
• Colin Blake known as digital acquisitions
• Raphaele Blanchard known as tracking artist: Hybride
• Jason Bohbot known as technical support: Hybride
• Sebastian Bommersheim known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Austin Bonang known as techvis artist: The Third Floor
• Anto Bond known as creature modeler
• Cédric Bonnaffoux known as technical support: Hybride
• Rachel Borkow known as previsualization production coordinator: The Third Floor
• Maryse Bouchard known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Christian Boudman known as compositing supervisor: Clearcut FX
• Tim Bowman known as digital compositor
• Colin Brady known as animation director: Pixomondo
• David M. Breaux Jr. known as animator: Pixomondo
• Thomas Bremer known as animator: Pixomondo
• Caroline Brien known as compositor: Hybride
• Stéphan Brisson known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Simon Britnell known as division asset lead: Pixomondo
• Shawn Broes known as vfx editor: Pixomondo
• Freddy Burgos known as animator: Pixomondo
• Caroline Bélisle known as administration: Hybride
• Miguel Diaz Cachero known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Ben Campanaro known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Tom Capizzi known as digital effects artist
• Regina Carney known as visual effects coordinator
• Owen Carroll known as roto/paint artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Irfan Celik known as lighting td: Pixomondo
• Julien Chabot known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Sibi Chakaravarthi known as texture painter
• François Chancrin known as lead animator: Hybride
• Philip Chaoui known as cg generalist: Pixomondo
• Tun-En Chen known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Cheng Cheng known as roto artist: Pixomondo
• Vanessa Cheung known as digital matte painter
• Wally Chin known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Jeremy Chinn known as modeler: Rhythm and Hues
• Hyemee Choi known as senior lighting artist
• Marvin Chua known as render i/o coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
• Genevieve Claire known as production coordinator: Pixomondo
• Emma Clifton known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Alex Coble known as roto/paint artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Charles Collyer known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Shaun Comly known as senior look development technical director
• Matt Conway known as concept artist
• John Cornejo known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Mélanie Cotton known as technical support: Hybride
• Craig Crawford known as compositor: Clearcut FX
• Joseph Creswell known as lighting & lookdev technical director
• Joanie Croteau known as visual effects coordinator: Hybride
• Robert Cvengros known as tracker/matchmover
• Steve Cypreos known as modeller
• Christophe Damiano known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Gilbert Dawson-Kesson known as facility runner: Pixomondo
• Lisa Deaner known as visual effects artist
• Ante Dekovic known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Krystal Delany known as visual effects production assistant: Rising Sun Pictures
• Thierry Delattre known as visual effects supervisor: Hybride
• Luc Desmarais known as technical support: Hybride
• Iacopo Di Luigi known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Ben Dickson known as 2d technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
• John Dietz known as visual effects supervisor: VisPop
• Kenny DiGiordano known as previz artist
• Direct Dimensions known as 3D scanning
• Matthew G. Donnan known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Ian Doss known as on-set surveyor
• Sheena Duggal known as visual effects supervisor
• Lafleche Dumais known as computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
• Mathieu Dupuis known as compositor: Hybride
• Abdullah Ecirli known as digital compositor
• Curtis Edwards known as CG supervisor
• Stephen Edwards known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Dwayne Lance Elahie known as lead rigging: Hybride
• Theresa Ellis known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Jared Embley known as crowd td
• Shawn Ewashko known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Maeve Eydmann known as matchmove td: Pixomondo
• Dean Faulder known as modeler: Pixomondo
• Jean-Pierre Flayeux known as compositing supervisor: Hybride
• Fortunato Frattasio known as visual effects artist: Digiscope
• Michael Frattasio known as paint & roto artist: Digiscope
• Jammie Friday known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Florian Friedmann known as animation technical director: Pixomondo
• Garrett Fry known as digital matte painter
• Feng Gao known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Dawn Gates known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo (as Dawn Wells)
• Yanick Gaudreau known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Mikael Genachte-Lebail known as digital matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
• Bill Georgiou known as compositor
• Gildas Gerdes known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Sabrina Gerhardt known as division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
• Stephan Gervais known as technical support: Hybride
• Roger Gibbon known as matte painting artist: Pixomondo
• Ankit Gokani known as visual effects coordinator
• Ketki Gokhale known as rigger: Pixomondo
• Harrison Goldstein known as digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues
• John Goodman known as animator
• Jimmy Gordon known as technical animation supervisor
• Jon Gourley known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Andrew Graham known as visual effects
• Joshua Graham known as matchmove artist: Pixomondo
• Monty Granito known as character animator: Proof Inc
• Victor Grant known as effects supervisor
• Olivier Gravel known as production assistant: Hybride
• Steve Graves known as lighting artist: Pixomondo
• Sarah Grieshammer known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Ryan Grobins known as lead lighting technical director
• Sarah Brooke Grossmann known as compositing supervisor: Pixomondo (as Sarah Grossmann)
• Veronique Guay known as compositor: Hybride
• Divya Gupta known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Myléne Guérin known as visual effects coordinator: Hybride
• Jennifer Hachigian known as pipeline: Pixomondo
• Thierry Hamel known as matchmove td: Pixomondo
• Eric Hance known as cg supervisor: Pixomondo
• Leah Hardstark known as lead data wrangler
• Omar Hashmy known as visual effects production assistant
• Patrick Haskew known as techvis artist: The Third Floor
• Nicholas Heigel known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Edward Helmers known as senior technical director: lighting
• Yasemin Hepguler known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Simon Herden known as roto and paint artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Isaac Hingley known as animator: Pixomondo
• Amy Hollywood Wixson known as senior visual effects producer
• Nadine Homier known as compositor: Hybride
• Paul Hopkins known as matchmove/layout
• Angie Howard known as visual effects production manager
• Anna Ivanova known as senior texture artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Florian Jackl known as system administrator: Pixomondo
• Sébastien Jacob known as compositor: Hybride
• Gemma James known as visual effects production manager: Rising Sun Pictures
• Andrea Jamiel known as render wrangler: Pixomondo
• Whan Je known as i/o coordinator: Pixomondo
• Daniel Jeannette known as visual effects animation consultant
• Henry Jefferson known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Hongyan Ji known as roto artist/compositor: Pixomondo
• Chao Jiang known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Matthew Frederick Johnson known as production support
• Will Johnson known as digital compositor
• Dennis Jones known as visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Michael Karp known as tracking supervisor
• Joseph Kasparian known as lead textures & lighting
• Dan Katcher known as modeler: Pixomondo
• Salauddin Kazi known as crowd technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
• John Kearns known as digital restoration
• Mark Kennedy known as animator: Rising Sun Pictures
• Annabelle Kent known as digital compositor
• Anne Kim known as compositor: Hybride
• James Kinnings known as animator: Rhythm & Hues
• Kevin Kipper known as lighting artist: Pixomondo
• Katharina Koepke known as vfx producer: Pixomondo
• Allie Koppel known as previsualization accountant: The Third Floor
• Sebastian Kral known as it administrator: Pixomondo
• Lon Krung known as modeler: Pixomondo
• Craig Kuehne known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Gl Kumar known as texture painter lead
• Thilo Kuther known as executive producer: Pixomondo
• Anouk L'Heureux known as visual effects coordinator: Hybride
• Alain Lacroix known as lead layout artist: Hybride
• Sean Lahiff known as visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Mathieu Lalonde known as modeler: Hybride
• David Lamps known as animation layout: Rhythm and Hues Studios
• Vassilios Lanaris known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Donna Lanasa known as lighting technical director
• Thomas Lautenbach known as division vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Mathieu Leclaire known as technical director: Hybride
• Daniel Leduc known as visual effects producer: Hybride
• Francois Leduc known as lead compositor: Hybride
• Adrian Lee known as fx td: Pixomondo
• Richard S. Lee known as matte painting artist: Pixomondo
• Winston Lee known as digital compositor
• Samuel Lepage-Bedard known as production assistant: Hybride
• Chun Ho Ray Leung known as modeller
• Danny Levesque known as lead effects animator: Hybride
• Votch Levi known as cg supervisor: Whiskytree
• Eric Levin-Hatz known as visual effects coordinator: Pixomondo
• Justin Lewers known as modeler: Pixomondo
• Qian Li known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Wenkang Li known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Randy Little known as compositor: Ludus Production
• Liwen Liu known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Jesse Looney known as coordinator: Pixomondo
• Martine Losier known as visual effects coordinator: Hybride
• Timmy Lundin known as fx technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
• Mabel known as modeller: Rhythm and Hues
• Ben Mackey known as systems administrator: Pixomondo
• Jason Madigan known as composite supervisor
• Jocelyn Maher known as lead compositor: Hybride
• Stephane Mailet known as tracking artist: Hybride
• Tytus Majerski known as digital compositor
• Les Major known as animator: Pixomondo
• Christoph Malessa known as division visual effects producer: Pixomondo
• Adica Manis known as producer: Pixomondo
• Evans Mark known as visual effects artist
• Natanya Marks known as previsualization production manager: The Third Floor
• Richard Martin known as compositing supervisor: Hybride
• Sven Martin known as division vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Lorenzo Mastrobuono known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Dale Matasovsky known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Björn Mayer known as vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Heather McAuliff known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Ben McEwan known as roto/paint artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Campbell McGrouther known as lead lighter: Rising Sun Pictures
• David McKay known as tracking artist: Hybride
• Steve McLafferty known as matchmove artist: Pixomondo
• Alex Meddick known as visual effects editor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Frederic Medioni known as lead tracking: Hybride
• Todd Mesher known as digital effects supervisor: Digiscope
• Francois Metivier known as compositor: Hybride
• Daniel Midgley known as animation coordinator: Pixomondo
• Natalie Millar known as visual effects coordinator: Rising Sun Pictures
• Lori C. Miller known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Belly Mingmuong known as production assistant: Hybride
• Harriet Minter known as hr advisor: Pixomondo
• Jeanette Monero known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Michel Murdock known as visual effects financial controller: Hybride
• Guy A. Mussori known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Ben Myers known as digital compositor
• Benjamin Myers known as compositor: Hybride
• Giang T. Nguyen known as 3d intern: Pixomondo
• Merysa Nicholas known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Catalin Niculescu known as lead rigger
• Nicolas-Alexandre Noel known as computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
• Gary Nolin known as visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
• Sam Norman known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Mark Norrie known as senior lighting technical director: Rising Sun Pictures
• Onesimus Nuernberger known as matte painter: Rhythm & Hues
• Amy Nugent known as render wrangler: Rising Sun Pictures
• Philip Nussbaumer known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Sean O'Connor known as compositor: Hybride
• Silam Oezkaya known as global talent manager: Pixomondo
• Viktorija Ogureckaja known as line producer: Pixomondo
• Premamurti Paetsch known as lead effects td: Rising Sun Pictures
• Olivier Painchaud known as technical support: Hybride
• Andrew Palmer known as matchmover
• John F.K. Parenteau known as vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Emanuele Paris known as fx td: Pixomondo
• Hyejin Park known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Ben Paschke known as creature supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Betsy Paterson known as visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
• Steve Pelchat known as layout artist: Hybride
• Emmanuel Pelletier known as compositor: Hybride
• Patrick Piche known as lead technical director: Hybride
• Johannes Pink known as pipeline td: Pixomondo
• Armando Plata known as associate producer: Pixomondo
• Jason Pomerantz known as production supervisor (IMAX Version)
• Brett Purmal known as senior animator
• Ingo Putze known as art director: Pixomondo
• Jason Quintana known as crowd supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
• Ilaria Ragusa known as surfacing artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Kim Rampaul known as coordinator: Pixomondo
• Lance Ranzer known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Pierre Raymond known as visual effects executive producer: Hybride
• Clint G. Reagan known as pre-visualization director
• Florent Revel known as matchmover
• Sébastien Rioux known as compositor: Hybride
• David Roberge known as modeler: Hybride
• Ben Roberts known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Ben Roberts known as sequence lead: Rising Sun Pictures
• James William Roberts known as lighting technical director
• Duncan Rochfort known as vfx editor: Pixomondo
• Bill Rodgers known as animator: Pixomondo
• Karl Rogovin known as dynamics effects animator: Hammerhead
• Sean Rourke known as visual effects editor: Digiscope
• Anthony Ruey known as vfx coordinator: Pixomondo
• Alessandro Sabbioni known as lighting td: Pixomondo
• Marc Sadeghi known as visual effects executive producer: Rising Sun Pictures
• Imran Sajid known as lighting td: Pixomondo
• Nathan Santell known as previsualization head of production: The Third Floor
• Katy Savoie known as compositor: Hybride
• John Schratz known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Crystle Schrecengost known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Elaina Scott known as animator: Pixomondo
• Joseph Shahood known as visual effects coordinator: Digiscope
• Matthew Shaw known as digital compositor
• Kieran Shepherd known as rotoscope artist: Rising Sun Pictures
• Mark Shimer known as lighting artist: Pixomondo
• Jason Shulman known as animator: Pixomondo
• Lars Simkins known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Jonathan Sims known as visual effects artist
• Jeff W. Smith known as matchmove supervisor: Pixomondo
• Kurt Smith known as 3d generalist: Pixomondo
• Tefft Smith known as pre-visualization artist
• Kurt E. Soderling known as visual effects aerials
• Na Song known as modeler: Rising Sun
• Nathan Srigley known as effects animator: Hybride
• Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers known as compositor: Hybride
• Christopher Stack known as i/o coordinator: Pixomondo
• Gareth Stevenson known as matchmove td: Pixomondo
• John Stewart known as compositing supervisor
• Mark Story known as visual effects coordinator
• Mary Stuart-Welch known as visual effects producer: Digiscope
• Yinai Sun known as vfx coordinator: Pixomondo
• Josef Sy known as animator: Hybride
• Sylvie Talbot known as communications: Hybride
• Guo-Feng Tang known as division vfx producer: Pixomondo
• Wilson Tang known as digital restoration
• Jalal Tchelebi known as technical director: Hybride
• Ari Teger known as previs artist
• Nicholas Theisen known as digital imaging specialist
• Philippe Theroux known as visual effects supervisor: Hybride
• Gaetan Thiffault known as effects animator: Hybride
• Vincent Thomas known as senior digital matte artist
• Richard Thwaites known as visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
• Kim Tobin known as compositor (as Kim Worrall)
• Anne Tremblay known as communications: Hybride
• Marco Tremblay known as lead modeler: Hybride
• Véronique Tremblay known as compositor: Hybride
• Matthew Twyford known as division vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Ron Underdahl known as data wrangler
• Michael S. Underwood known as lighting artist: Pixomondo
• Mauricio Valderrama known as compositor
• Raphael Valle known as compositor: Hybride
• John Van Der Zalm known as creature technical director: RSP
• Beck Veitch known as digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Randy Vellacott known as compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
• Valérie Villeneuve known as textures & lighting: Hybride
• Marion Voignier known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Cristina Vozian known as roto artist: Pixomondo
• James Wakefield known as system administrator: Pixomondo
• Dan Walker known as pipeline td: Pixomondo
• Xiaowei Wang known as division lead compositor: Pixomondo
• Yanlin Wang known as roto artist/compositor: Pixomondo
• Kaifeng Wei known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Henry Weickert known as pipeline: Pixomondo
• Conal Wenn known as layout artist: Hybride
• Bob Wiatr known as visual effects artist
• Eric Withee known as visual effects coordinator
• Gordon T. Wittmann known as visual effects producer: Spy
• Patrick Wolf known as pipeline: Pixomondo
• Tzuen Wu known as render management: Pixomondo
• Tolga Yalkir known as it administrator: Pixomondo
• Dongyue Yang known as roto artist: Pixomondo
• Mingzhe Yang known as i/o coordinator: Pixomondo
• Zhao Yang known as roto/paint artist: Pixomondo
• Kenny Yong known as matchmove artist
• Greg Young known as look development technical director: Pixomondo
• Yangyang Yu known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Deborah Zadzora known as administration: Hybride
• Fabio Zangla known as head of lighting: Pixomondo
• Jennie Zeiher known as bidding producer: Rising Sun Pictures
• Le Zhang known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Zhixin Zhang known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Jia Zhao known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Bin Zheng known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Huajing Zhou known as paint artist: Pixomondo
• Jerry Zigounakis known as lead previs artist
• Jason Michael Zimmerman known as vfx supervisor: Pixomondo
• Christoph Zollinger known as division vfx producer: Pixomondo
• Jiarun Zou known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Xinguo Zou known as compositor: Pixomondo
• Kevin Cahill known as visual effects artist (uncredited)
• Justin Tatsuo Chan known as visual effects production support (uncredited)
• Philip Duncan known as technical animator: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
• Levon Hudson known as render wrangler/render support (uncredited)
• Kevin Jackson known as animator (uncredited)
• Edward M. Ruiz II known as CG artist: Pixomondo (uncredited)
• Susumu Yukuhiro known as digital matte artist (uncredited)

Release Date:

• USA 12 March 2012 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
• Argentina 21 March 2012 (Buenos Aires) (premiere)
• Belgium 21 March 2012
• France 21 March 2012
• Netherlands 21 March 2012
• Australia 22 March 2012
• Bahrain 22 March 2012
• Chile 22 March 2012
• Croatia 22 March 2012
• Czech Republic 22 March 2012
• Denmark 22 March 2012
• Germany 22 March 2012
• Greece 22 March 2012
• Hong Kong 22 March 2012
• Hungary 22 March 2012
• Indonesia 22 March 2012
• Israel 22 March 2012
• Kuwait 22 March 2012
• Lebanon 22 March 2012
• Malaysia 22 March 2012
• New Zealand 22 March 2012
• Peru 22 March 2012
• Philippines 22 March 2012
• Portugal 22 March 2012
• Russia 22 March 2012
• Singapore 22 March 2012
• Slovakia 22 March 2012
• Slovenia 22 March 2012
• Ukraine 22 March 2012
• United Arab Emirates 22 March 2012
• Uruguay 22 March 2012
• Argentina 23 March 2012
• Austria 23 March 2012
• Brazil 23 March 2012
• Bulgaria 23 March 2012
• Canada 23 March 2012
• Colombia 23 March 2012
• Ecuador 23 March 2012
• Estonia 23 March 2012
• Finland 23 March 2012
• India 23 March 2012
• Ireland 23 March 2012
• Mexico 23 March 2012
• Norway 23 March 2012
• Pakistan 23 March 2012
• Panama 23 March 2012
• Poland 23 March 2012
• Romania 23 March 2012
• Sweden 23 March 2012
• Turkey 23 March 2012
• UK 23 March 2012
• USA 23 March 2012
• Egypt 28 March 2012
• Serbia 28 March 2012
• Vietnam 30 March 2012
• Armenia 5 April 2012
• Cambodia 5 April 2012
• Georgia 5 April 2012
• South Korea 5 April 2012
• Lithuania 6 April 2012
• Latvia 13 April 2012
• South Africa 13 April 2012
• Spain 20 April 2012
• Italy 1 May 2012

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images – all involving teens

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