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Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan (Dir)
Release Date:   16 Jul 2010
Premiere Information:   Los Angeles and New York openings: 16 Jul 2010
Production Date:   began 13 Jul 2009
Duration (in mins):   147-149
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Cast:   Leonardo DiCaprio (Cobb)  
    Kenneth Watanabe (Saito)  
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Arthur)  
    Marion Cotillard (Mal)  
    Ellen Page (Ariadne)  
    Tom Hardy (Eames)  
    Cillian Murphy (Robert Fischer, Jr.)  
    Tom Berenger (Browning)  
    Michael Caine (Miles)  
    Pete Postlethwaite (Maurice Fischer)  
    Lukas Haas (Nash)  

Summary:  

Production Company: Legendary Pictures  
  Syncopy  
Production Text: A Film by Christopher Nolan
Distribution Company: Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director: Christopher Nolan (Dir)
Producer: Emma Thomas (Prod)
  Christopher Nolan (Prod)
Writer: Christopher Nolan (Wrt)
Photography: Wally Pfister (Dir of photog)
Art Direction: Guy Henrix Dyas (Prod des)
Film Editor: Lee Smith (Film ed)
Music: Hans Zimmer (Mus)
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Country: Great Britain and United States
Language: English

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Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 21/1/2011 dd/mm/yyyy PA1715030
Legendary Pictures 21/1/2011 dd/mm/yyyy PA1715030

Physical Properties: Sd: Dolby Digital; dts; SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound in selected theatres
  col: Technicolor

 
Genre: Science fiction
Sub-Genre: Suspense

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Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Hollywood Reporter   6 Jul 2010   pp. 8, 10.
Los Angeles Times   16 Jul 2010   p. 1.
New York Times   16 Jul 2010   p. 1.
Variety   12 Jul 2010   p. 19, 24.

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