Beautiful Creatures

In Gatlin, South Carolina, Ethan Wate meets the girl from his dreams: Lena Duchannes, niece of the reclusive Macon Ravenwood. Lena is a Caster, and at 16 she will be claimed by the Light or the Dark. A Civil War curse pulls the family's women to the Dark, where her cousin Ridley and her mother, Sarafine, want Lena. Breaking the curse requires the death of someone Lena loves, so she wipes their love from Ethan's memory. On her birthday, Ethan seems to die, but the one who dies is Macon, disguised as him. Lena hides the moon and seals away Sarafine's spirit. Six months later, Ethan reaches the town line and remembers her.

1. Behind the scenesJane Campion's daughter

   Alice Englert, who plays Lena, is the daughter of New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion, director of The Piano.

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2. Behind the scenesDouble Emma Thompson

   Emma Thompson plays two roles: churchgoing Mrs. Lincoln, Link's mother, and Sarafine, Lena's mother, who ends up using her body.

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3. Behind the scenesThe first Ethan

   Jack O'Connell was cast as Ethan first and dropped out over a scheduling conflict. Alden Ehrenreich got the part.

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4. ReferenceEthan's bookshelf

   Ethan, who dreams of leaving Gatlin, keeps name-dropping writers like Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs and Henry Miller.

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5. Behind the scenesGeorge Harrison's guitars

   The score is by thenewno2, Dhani Harrison's band, recorded at Abbey Road. Dhani played some guitars that belonged to his father, George Harrison.

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