The Giver ( film ) - wikipedia The Giver ( film ) The Giver Theatrical release poster Directed by Phillip Noyce Produced by Neil Koenigsberg Nikki Silver Screenplay by Michael Mitnick Robert B. Weide Based on The Giver by Lois Lowry Starring Jeff Bridges Meryl Streep Brenton Thwaites Alexander Skarsgård Katie Holmes Taylor Swift Cameron Monaghan Odeya Rush Emma Tremblay Music by Marco Beltrami Cinematography Ross Emery Edited by Barry Alexander Brown Production company Walden Media Distributed by The Weinstein Company Release date August 11, 2014 ( 2014 - 08 - 11 ) ( Ziegfeld Theatre ) August 15, 2014 ( 2014 - 08 - 15 ) ( United States ) Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $25 million Box office $67 million The Giver is a 2014 US social science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes and Cameron Monaghan. The film is based on the 1993 novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver premiered on August 11, 2014 and was released theatrically in the United States on August 15, 2014 and grossed $67 million on a $25 million budget. It received a People 's Choice Award nomination for Favorite Dramatic Movie. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Release 6 Reception 6.1 Box office 6.2 Critical response 7 Accolades 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Plot Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society is reorganized into a series of communities, and all memories of the past are held by one person, the Receiver of Memory. Since the Receiver of Memory is the only individual in the community who has the memories from before, he must advise the Chief Elder, and the other Elders, on the decisions for the community. As a curious detail, the Receiver of Memory, and his assistant, are also the only ones endowed with color - vision. Jonas ( Brenton Thwaites ) is a 16 - year - old boy who is anxious about the career he will be assigned ( along with everyone else ). His two best friends are Asher ( Cameron Monaghan ) and Fiona ( Odeya Rush ). On the day of graduation, everyone is assigned a career. Jonas is briefly skipped, as he has not been assigned a career. Instead, Jonas is to become the next Receiver of Memory, and progressively receive memories from the past receiver, The Giver ( Jeff Bridges ). Upon assuming his role as The Receiver, Jonas learns of the Giver 's past and of his child, Rosemary ( Taylor Swift ), who preceded Jonas as Receiver of Memory. She was so distraught from the memories that she committed suicide, by what the Community calls `` release ''. They regard its nature as mysterious ; the audience learns that it is death by lethal injection. Jonas begins to teach his findings to his friend Fiona, with whom he decides to share the idea of emotions. Fiona, who is unable to fully comprehend the idea of emotion, is unsure how she feels. Jonas then kisses Fiona, an action which is antiquated and unknown to the community, which Jonas gained through memory. Jonas also shares his memories with the baby his father brought home to their house, Gabriel, and develops a close relationship with him after discovering he shares the same mark on his wrist Jonas does, the mark of a potential Receiver of Memory. Jonas decides that everyone should have the memories of the past and eventually, The Giver and Jonas decide that the only way they can help the community is to go past the border of what they call Elsewhere, beyond the community, therefore releasing the memories back into the community. Jonas sneaks out at curfew, and decides to get Gabe at the Nurturing Center, who is to be released due to his general weakness. Asher, his other longtime friend beside Fiona, tries to stop him before he leaves the neighborhood, but Jonas quickly punches him. Asher lies on the ground, stunned, and Jonas rides his bike to the Nurturing Center. He tells Fiona his plan and wants to take her with him, but she refuses and instead helps him retrieve Gabe. Before he leaves, she kisses him and helps him escape. Meanwhile, Jonas ' mother ( Katie Holmes ) and Asher go to the Chief Elder ( Meryl Streep ) to tell them Jonas is missing. Guards are sent to contain Jonas, who they say has become `` dangerous '', but Jonas gets one of their motorcycles and drives off the cliff near The Giver 's dwelling into `` Elsewhere ''. Asher is assigned, by the Chief Elder, to use a drone to find Jonas and `` lose '' ( kill ) him, but when Asher finds Jonas stumbling through the desert, he instead captures him with the drone. After Jonas implores Asher to think that, if he ever cared for Jonas, he would let him go, Asher drops him into a river, setting him free. Jonas stumbles through the land of Elsewhere, while Fiona has been condemned to be `` released '' for helping him. Just as she is about to be `` released '' by Jonas ' father ( Alexander Skarsgård ), The Giver steps in and stalls the Chief Elder with memories of his daughter, Rosemary, trying to call out the Chief Elder, but is unsuccessful. Eventually, Jonas finds a sled like one he rode in a memory from The Giver and makes his way beyond the border of Elsewhere, releasing memories and color - vision back into the community and saving Fiona because Jonas ' father realizes what he was really doing. As this happens Jonas ' mother sheds a single tear finally understanding the feeling of love. Jonas and Gabe return to the house of his memories, where people are singing Christmas carols, and his voiceover says that, back in the community, he swears he hears music, too, or possibly just an echo. Cast Jeff Bridges as the Giver Brenton Thwaites as Jonas Odeya Rush as Fiona Katie Holmes as Jonas ' mother Meryl Streep as The Chief Elder Alexander Skarsgård as Jonas ' father Cameron Monaghan as Asher Taylor Swift as Rosemary Emma Tremblay as Lily Thabo Rametsi as Robbie Production Jeff Bridges and author Lois Lowry at an event for the film in 2014 Jeff Bridges initially wanted to film the movie in the mid-1990s, and a script was written by 1998. Various barriers marred the production of the film, including when Warner Bros. bought the rights in 2007. The rights then ended up at The Weinstein Company and Walden Media. Bridges originally intended that his own father, Lloyd Bridges, would play the title character, The Giver, but Lloyd Bridges died in 1998. Filming began on October 7, 2013 in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Meryl Streep had some of her scenes shot in England, where she also filmed Rob Marshall 's Into the Woods, before doing additional filming two months later in Paarl, a town near Cape Town. The filming was completed on February 13, 2014 in Utah. Music The score for The Giver was composed by Marco Beltrami. The song `` Ordinary Human '' by OneRepublic was featured in the movie. The film also features Tori Kelly 's `` Silent ''. The soundtrack was released on August 5, 2014 by Interscope Records. Release The first official trailer for the film was released on March 19, 2014. On April 11, 2014, more footage from the film was revealed. A second trailer was released on June 4. On July 11, 2014, it was announced that The Weinstein Company and Walden Media would be teaming up with Fathom Events to stream the red carpet premiere to more than 250 theaters in the US on August 11, four days before its official release. Ziegfeld Theatre hosted the film 's premiere in New York City. Reception Box Office Brenton Thwaites and Odeya Rush were praised by critics for their performances. The Giver grossed $45.1 million in North America and $21.9 million overseas for a worldwide total of $67 million, against a production budget of $25 million. The film earned $4.7 million on its opening day. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $12.3 million, finishing in 5th place at the box office. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 35 % based on 148 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Phillip Noyce directs The Giver with visual grace, but the movie does n't dig deep enough into the classic source material 's thought - provoking ideas. '' On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 47 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Richard Roeper gave the film a `` C, '' stating that `` the magic ( of the novel ) gets lost in translation, '' but that the film had its heart in the right place. Accolades Award Nominee Result Denver Film Critics Society 2014 Best Original Song `` Ordinary Human '' Nominated Heartland Film 2014 Truly Moving Picture Award Won Hollywood Music In Media Awards ( HMMA ) 2014 Soundtrack Album Nominated 41st People 's Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic Movie Nominated Joey Awards 2014 Young Actress Age 9 or Younger in a Feature Film Leading Role Emma Tremblay Nominated See also List of films featuring drones Logan 's Run ( film ) Aeon Flux ( film ) Eugenics References Jump up ^ `` THE GIVER ( 12A ) ''. British Board of Film Classification. September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` The Giver ( 2014 ) - Box Office Mojo ''. August 15, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014. Jump up ^ Busis, Hillary ( September 27, 2013 ). `` Taylor Swift will co-star in long - awaited adaptation of ' The Giver ' ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Jump up ^ Graser, Marc ( June 27, 2011 ). `` Bridges giving ' Giver ' another shot ''. Variety. Retrieved July 1, 2014. Jump up ^ Finn, Natalie ( September 30, 2013 ). `` Katie Holmes : `` Excited '' to Shoot The Giver With Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift and More ``. E ! Online. Retrieved October 1, 2013. Principal photography on the film is scheduled to begin Oct. 7 in Cape Town with an eye on an Aug. 15, 2014, theatrical release. Jump up ^ Venable, Nick ( September 26, 2013 ). `` Katie Holmes Joins Meryl Streep And Jeff Bridges In The Giver ''. Cinema Blend. Retrieved October 18, 2013. The Giver, which also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan and Emma Tremblay, is looking to go into production soon in South Africa, but because Streep will be shooting Rob Marshall 's Into the Woods in England, she will likely have her scenes filmed there as well. Jump up ^ Cerasaro, Pat ( December 9, 2013 ). `` Silver Fox ! Meryl Streep Arrives In Costume On Set Of THE GIVER ''. Broadway World. Retrieved December 10, 2013. Jump up ^ Dumas, Daisy ( February 15, 2014 ). `` Chilling end to filming of Noyce 's blockbuster ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved April 7, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Marco Beltrami to Score Phillip Noyce 's ' The Giver ' ''. filmmusicreporter.com. June 19, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014. Jump up ^ Lee, Ashley ( July 10, 2014 ). `` ' The Giver ' : New Footage Premieres OneRepublic Song ' Ordinary Human ' ( Video ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 18, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ' The Giver ' Soundtrack Details ''. filmmusicreporter.com. July 21, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014. Jump up ^ Busis, Hillary ( March 19, 2014 ). `` ' The Giver ' trailer : Meryl Streep ! Jeff Bridges ! Color ? ! VIDEO ''. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 20, 2014. Jump up ^ Doty, Meriah ( April 11, 2014 ). `` Fans, Are You Happy ? ' The Giver ' Goes Black and White, Officially ''. Yahoo. Retrieved April 13, 2014. Jump up ^ Stedman, Alex ( June 4, 2014 ). `` Watch : Rebellion Begins in ' The Giver ' New Trailer ''. Variety. Retrieved June 9, 2014. Jump up ^ Ford, Rebecca ( July 11, 2014 ). `` ' The Giver ' to Screen in 250 Theaters Across the U.S. During Premiere ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 12, 2014. Jump up ^ McClintock, Pamela ( August 15, 2014 ). `` Box Office : ' Expendables 3 ' Earns Dismal $5.9 M Friday for Franchise - Worst Debut ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 17, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Weekend Report : ' Turtles, ' ' Guardians ' Crush Weak ' Expendables ' ''. Box Office Mojo. August 17, 2014. 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Question: when did the movie the giver come out
Answer: August 15, 2014