"Black Orchid" is a film created incollaboration of German, French and American filmmakers. A costly artistic full-length project debuted at the box office in August 2006. Film from the director Brian De Palma only the United States saw 3.4 million viewers. Actors of the "Black Orchid" - Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirchner, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, etc. The music for the film was created by composer Mark Aisham.
The picture, which was filmed onseveral continents, refers to the films of the category of age restriction viewing 16 +. In 2007, the "Black Orchid" was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Cinematography". In 2006 she participated in the competition program of the Venice Film Festival. The real name of this movie is "Black Dahlia", but the Russian distributor of "Central Partnership" chose to call it "Black Orchid".
The film by Brian De Palma, based onreal events, refer to the cinematographic genres of thriller, crime, detective, drama. The plot of the picture originates in the second half of the 1940s. The main characters are two police officers who are looking for Elizabeth Short, who was involved in the murder of a young man. In the process of investigation, one of them finds evidence of the involvement of a friend of the murdered to her death.
Black Georgina was named in the media by the girl ElizabethShort, found dead in one of the districts of the city of Los Angeles in early 1947. The body of Elizabeth discovered was a body cut in half, with no internal organs. The girl's face was monstrously disfigured, someone cut her mouth from ear to ear. The police detained more than two dozen suspects, but they could not solve this crime. The history of this murder became the basis for the novel by American writer James Elroy, who works in the genre of detective. His work from the series "Los Angeles Quartet" has already been screened several times.
In "Black Orchid" the priestess of love Keik Lake,who was friends with one of the detectives, is performed by actress Scarlett Johansson. Initially, the role of the character was to be performed by the singer Gwen Stefani, but for some reason this did not happen. The girl, who was killed, was offered to portray actress Maggie Gyllenhaal on the screen, but she refused. If this film was filmed by David Fincher, who was offered to become his director, then this cinematic project would be a black and white movie with a 180-minute time-keeping.
Filming took place in Bulgaria and the United States. "Black Orchid" was musically designed by Mark Aish, taking this work from the composer James Horner. It was planned that the heroine Madeline will perform Eva Green.
The actress in one of her interviews spoke abouthis work on this film. Scarlett Johansson complains that she had to work intensively for several months, and even when she was ill with the flu, she had to appear on the set of this cinematic project, because, she said, "time in the cinema is money." The actress refers the film "Black Orchid" to the genre noir in 2006, in which "lies and truth are woven tightly". Talking about the director of this picture Brian De Palme, the actress focuses on his fantastic ability to create projects "with blood, violence and sex."
Scarlett Johansson was born on November 221984 in the city of Manhattan (USA). Today she is not only an actress, but also a director, she is also engaged in writing scripts and producing activities. In the actress's list of 166 cinematographic works, including roles in the films "The Avengers", "The Horse Charmer", "We bought the zoo", "Another of the Boleyn family." Climbing the Hollywood Olympus began in 1994, playing in the movie "North." In 2017, took part in the creation of motion pictures "Ghost in the Shell", "Very Bad Girls". Now she is busy in the projects "Dog Island", "Avengers 4", "Beautiful, but doomed", etc. Actress, whose height is 160 cm, according to the zodiac sign Scorpio. Was married to Ryan Reynolds and Romain Doriac. Mother of one child. At the time of writing, the actress is 33 years old.
In the movie "Black Orchid" actor Josh Hartnettplayed the main character - a police officer Dujat Blikert. When the filming of this cinematic project took place, the media periodically received information about the romantic relationships that had developed at that time between Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
Josh Hartnett was born on July 21, 1978in the city of St. Paul (USA). In his track record of 86 cinematographic works. He was famous for his roles in the films Lucky Number Slevin, Obsession, Pearl Harbor, Faculty. At the dawn of his acting career he played in the series "Cracker" and in the feature film "Halloween: 20 Years Later" in 1998. In 2017, he appeared in the projects "At a depth of 6 feet", "Oh, Lucy," "Mountains and Stones." Now he is shooting in the films "Long House", "Highway for players", "Memorable Moment", etc. The growth of the actor is 191 cm. Actor Josh Hartnett is fond of reading works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, he prefers blues and jazz in music.
