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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesThe longer TV cut
The three Swedish films were recut into the Millennium miniseries, aired on SVT1 in 2010: six parts of about 90 minutes, with roughly 110 extra minutes. In the US it came out as the Extended Edition.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA BAFTA for Sweden
The film won the BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language, and Noomi Rapace got a Best Actress nomination.
source ↗ - SetupFire in her memories
Flashes of a girl, a man and a burning car surface bit by bit. The film shows only pieces; the full story comes back later.
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- CameoPaolo Roberto as himself
Lisbeth's boxing coach is former boxer Paolo Roberto, a real person who's in the book too. In the film he plays himself.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA new director
Daniel Alfredson took over from Niels Arden Oplev and went on to direct the third film as well.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSeven months apart
The first film opened in Sweden in February 2009; this one followed that September.
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- Behind the scenesPer Oscarsson's last role
Holger Palmgren, Lisbeth's former guardian, was Per Oscarsson's final film role. The actor died in a house fire at the end of 2010.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA smaller budget
The third film cost about $5.3 million, less than half the first film's $13 million.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe castle in the air
The Swedish title, Luftslottet som sprängdes, means roughly "the castle in the air that was blown up." The English title swapped it for a hornets' nest.
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- Behind the scenesImmigrant Song with Karen O
The opening uses a cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross with Karen O on vocals. The band licensed it only for the trailer and the title sequence.
source ↗ - ReferenceFlowers in the titles
Tim Miller's title sequence riffs on moments from the book and includes flowers, a nod to the pressed flowers Henrik gets every year.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn Oscar for editing
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter won the Oscar for Best Film Editing, and Rooney Mara was nominated for Best Actress.
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- Behind the scenesNew cast, same line
The film works as a follow-up to the 2011 movie but recasts everyone: Claire Foy as Lisbeth and Sverrir Gudnason as Mikael. Fincher stayed on only as executive producer.
source ↗ - ReferenceSkipping two books
Instead of adapting the second and third books, as Fincher had planned, the studio jumped to the fourth, the first one written by David Lagercrantz.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBox office below budget
On a $43 million budget, the film made about $35 million worldwide and was labeled a flop. Critics still praised Claire Foy.
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