Adapting the runaway international bestseller by Stieg Larsson, director David Fincher’s THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (2011) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2011 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to the official rationale, “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO invites audiences into a cold, forbidding world of family secrets and implores them to help solve the mystery. Director David Fincher brings Stieg Larsson’s novel to dazzling, dark and disturbing life that pulses with cinematic pleasure. From the astounding opening credits until the harrowing journey ends, Fincher leads a stellar cast including Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer and Rooney Mara, who carves the name ‘Lisbeth Salander’ atop the list of 2011’s most transcendent performances.”
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