Prisoners (2013)

Prisoners (2013)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
==Plot Synopsis==
When Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman)'s daughter and her friend (Erin Gerasimovich and Kyla-Drew Simmons) go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.
==Male Deaths==
*David Dastmalchian [Bob Taylor]
*Hugh Jackman [Keller Dover] (possibly)
==Female Deaths==
*Melissa Leo [Holly Jones]
== Trivia ==
# According to Screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski, the original cut of the film was three hours.
# Jake Gyllenhaal and Denis Villeneuve had such a great time doing Enemy (2013) that Villeneuve cast him for this movie without any audition.
# Paul Dano admits to being attracted to roles of this nature (learning difficulties, screaming, nonsensical ranting) and says he draws on his own personal and private experiences to perfect these recurring roles.
# The moment where Holly asks Keller to drink a little more was improvised by Melissa Leo, who thought Hugh Jackman wasn't drinking enough to make the situation believable.
# The first time it was submitted to the MPAA, it received an NC-17 rating, due to its tone and subject matter. The film's torture scenes were later cut by a couple of frames, along with scenes suggesting pedophilia, and it then received the R-rating.
#Detective Loki's tattoos, Freemason ring, and facial tics were all Jake Gyllenhaal's ideas.
#Ryan Gosling auditioned for the role of Detective Loki which later went to Jake Gyllenhaal, a frequent collaborator of director Denis Villeneuve (and a friendly professional rival of Gosling's, being that they often audition for the same roles). Villeneuve and Gosling would finally get their chance to work together in Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
#To play Holly Jones, Melissa Leo wore a grey wig and a foam rubber posterior prepared by costume designer Renée April in order to "ground" her character. Leo also requested the props assistants to avoid cleaning her glasses after each day's shooting.
#The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2009 Blacklist, a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
#After filming had been completed, the costume and prop departments donated all of the clothing and props to Fodac Thrift Store in Tucker, Georgia.
#Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale were set to star, with Bryan Singer directing, but the two actors opted to make The Fighter (2010) instead.
#Leonardo DiCaprio was attached to the project for a long time, but he dropped out.
#Hugh Jackman portrays a father whose daughter is kidnapped and missing in this film. He was originally attached to play a similar role in The Lovely Bones (2009), but dropped out. That role was filled by Mark Wahlberg, who at one point was attached to play the lead role in this film.
#Detective Loki's cards reveal his full name to be David Wayne Loki.
#When detective Loki is looking through the notebook he finds at Bob Taylor's, the last page you see has a character drawn on it that looks a lot like the rabbit from Jake Gyllenhaal's movie Donnie Darko (2001).
#Hugh Jackman was attached to the project with Antoine Fuqua directing. Both dropped out. After several years in development, Jackman returned in the lead role.
==Gallery==
Daviddastmalchian-prisoners.jpg|David Dastmalchian
Holly Jones' death.png|Melissa Leo (right)
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