Room (2015 film)

Room
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLenny Abrahamson
Screenplay byEmma Donoghue
Based onRoom
by Emma Donoghue
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDanny Cohen
Edited byNathan Nugent
Music byStephen Rennicks
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04) (Telluride)
  • October 16, 2015 (2015-10-16) (United States)
  • October 23, 2015 (2015-10-23) (Canada)
  • January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
Running time
118 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Canada
  • Ireland[2]
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million[4]
Box office$36.3 million[5]

Room is a 2015 internationally co-produced survival psychological drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her 2010 novel. It stars Brie Larson as a young woman who has been held captive for seven years and whose five-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) was born in captivity. Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. The film also stars Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and William H. Macy.

The film was a co-production of Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and was shot in Toronto, with the eponymous set built at Pinewood Toronto Studios. The crew designed each part of the set of the room to be removable to provide access for the crew. Larson researched trauma and nutrition for her part.

Room premiered at the 42nd Telluride Film Festival on September 4, 2015, and later screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award. The film was theatrically released in Canada on October 23, 2015, by Elevation Pictures and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on January 15, 2016, by StudioCanal. It began a limited theatrical run in the United States on October 16, 2015, and the wide release on January 22, 2016, by A24. The film received positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised the performances of Larson and Tremblay and the storytelling, and grossed $36.3 million on a $13 million budget.

A recipient of several awards and nominations, Room received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (for Abrahamson), with Larson winning Best Actress. Larson's performance also earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.

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  3. ^ "Room BFI website". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "With indie films such as 'Brooklyn' and 'Room', the creativity often begins with the financing". Los Angeles Times. December 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  5. ^ "Room (2016)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.