The Lighthouse (2019 film)

The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Eggers
Written by	Robert Eggers; Max Eggers;
Produced by	Rodrigo Teixeira; Jay Van Hoy; Robert Eggers; Lourenço Sant'Anna; Youree Henley;
Starring	Willem Dafoe; Robert Pattinson;
Cinematography	Jarin Blaschke
Edited by	Louise Ford
Music by	Mark Korven
Production; companies	A24; Regency Enterprises; RT Features;
Distributed by	A24 (United States); VVS Films (Canada);
Release dates	May 19, 2019 (Cannes); October 18, 2019 (United States);
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United States; Canada;
Language	English
Budget	$11 million
Box office	$18.3 million

The Lighthouse is a 2019 film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, from a screenplay he wrote with his brother Max Eggers. It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers in turmoil after being marooned at a remote New England outpost by a wild storm. The film has defied categorization in media, and interpretations of it range among horror film, psychological thriller, or character study, among others.

The idea for the film first emerged from Max Eggers' re-envisioning of Edgar Allan Poe's unfinished short story of the same name. Robert Eggers assisted the development when Max was unable to complete the adaptation of "The Light-House", sourcing the plot from a nineteenth-century legend of an accident at a lighthouse in Wales. The Lighthouse draws visually from photography of 1890s New England, maritime-themed French cinema from the 1930s, and symbolist art. Principal photography took place in Nova Scotia, Canada, beginning in April 2018 and lasting slightly over a month. It was shot in black-and-white, with a nearly-square 1.19:1 aspect ratio.

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States by A24 on October 18, 2019. It grossed over $18 million, against an $11 million budget, and received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for the direction, visuals, and performances of Dafoe and Pattinson. Among its numerous accolades, the film was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 92nd Academy Awards and the 73rd British Academy Film Awards.

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[1] "Quinzaine Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.

[ScreenDaily-2] Marshall, Lee (May 19, 2019). "'The Lighthouse': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

[3] "The Lighthouse. 2019. Directed by Robert Eggers". MoMA. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[4] Matheou, Demetrios (December 16, 2019). "Robert Eggers on why his actors endured 'physical misery' whilst making 'The Lighthouse'". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 17, 2021.

[NUM-5] "The Lighthouse (2019)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

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