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Twilight (2008 film)

Twilight (2008 film)
Theatrical release poster
A pale young man fills the top left of the poster, standing over a brown-haired young woman on the right, with the word "twilight" on the lower right.
Film information
NameTwilight
Directed byCatherine Hardwicke
Produced byMark Morgan
Greg Mooradian
Wyck Godfrey
StarringKristen Stewart
Robert Pattinson
Billy Burke
Peter Facinelli
Music byCarter Burwell
CinematographyElliot Davis
Editing byNancy Richardson
Distributed bySummit Entertainment
Release date 
Running time121 minutes
Country 
LanguageEnglish
Budget$37 million
Gross revenue$392,563,465
Followed byThe Twilight Saga: New Moon

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'Twilight' (stylized as 'twilight') is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Cullen and his family to keep Swan safe from a coven of evil vampires.

The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the project's stagnant development. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007 � 2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline. Principal photography took 44 days, and completed on May 2, 2008; the film was primarily shot in Oregon.

Twilight was theatrically released on November 21, 2008, grossing over US$392 million worldwide. It was released on DVD March 21, 2009, and became the most purchased DVD of the year. The soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008. Following the film's success, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.


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