Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Main cast
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Nikki Reed, Cam Gigandet
Synopsis
TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human.
Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn't have fangs, and he doesn't drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?
ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the current #1 New York Times Bestselling series (30 weeks and counting) with over 5.5 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fanbase that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 100 fan sites devoted to Twilight, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor's Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon's Best Book of the Decade So Far, Teen People's Hot List Pick, The American Library Association's Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults and Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers and has been translated into 20 languages. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
TWILIGHT FACTS
¨ TWILIGHT has quickly become a huge international phenomenon, developing a strong core base of dedicated fans, especially women, who are drawn to the story of a Romeo & Juliet- style romance between mortal (Bella) and vampire (Edward), who must survive as a pair only if Bella can be protected from vicious vampires (led by James) out for her life.
¨ TWILIGHT is the one of the most searched movies on the internet according to IMDB Pro’s movie meter – Number #5 in the month of August.
¨ During the month of April, the film’s 18 listed cast members made up most of the top 30 searched stars on the web.
¨ Ever since they began covering TWILIGHT, ComingSoon.net boasted a 25% increase in web traffic!
¨ There was so much response to the TWILIGHT casting photos when they were initially posted, MTV.com’s server crashed. The response was very similar to in numbers to the likes of Harry Potter and Spiderman franchises.
¨ Since its initial week of release on MySpace’s Trailerpark, the first TWILIGHT teaser trailer has reached nearly three million views, comparable to Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
¨ EntertainmentTonight.com posted the second teaser trailer online and received more views than any of their breaking news stories.
¨ Since the debut of TWILIGHT’s second teaser trailer in mid-July, it has been streamed 1.6 million times. Yahoo! expressed that this it was is one of the top 5 most popular trailers outside of any “summer movie.”
¨ The Entertainment Weekly TWILIGHT Saga cover was the best selling cover of the year for them.
¨ Based on the book TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer -- the first in series of four.
¨ The series has sold over 5.5 million books in the US.
¨ The series is a #1 New York Times Best Seller
¨ BREAKING DAWN, the fourth book in the series and released on August 2, sold 1.3 million books in the first 24 hours.
¨ Selected as the New York Times Editor’s Choice.
¨ On USA Today’s Best Seller list
¨ #1 on Publisher’s Weekly Best Sellers Children’s Fiction.
¨ Amazon.com - “Best of the Decade…. So Far” Teens List.
¨ Teen People “Hot List” pick.
¨ Nominated ALA (American Library Association) Best Books for Young Adults.
¨ Translated into 20 languages and published in 34 countries.
¨ Recognition of the book has generated over 350 online sites all over the world, including twilightlexicon.com & twilightmoms.com.
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