The Hunger Games: Mockingjay %E2%80%93 Part 1

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Partis a 2014 American dystopian science fiction war film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two films based on Suzanne Collins novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, and the third installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. Principal photography for both parts of the film began on September 23, 2013, in Atlanta, before moving to Paris for two weeks of filming and officially concluding on June 20, 2014, in Berlin. The story continues to follow Katniss Everdeen having twice survived the Hunger Games, Katniss finds herself in District 13. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the Capitol and fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. It is the sequel to The Hunger Games Catching Fire and was followed by the concluding entry, The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2.

After being rescued from the destroyed arena in the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, along with fellow tributes Beetee and Finnick Odair, are taken to District 13, an independent district isolated from Panem that has been spearheading the rebellion. There she is reunited with her mother and sister Prim. While recuperating, she is introduced to President Alma Coin, the rebel leader, and is told that her actions in the arena sparked riots and strikes against the Capitol. Coin asks her to become the Mockingjaythe symbol of the rebellionas part of their hearts and minds strategy. Katniss flatly declines, angrily reminding her that they left Peeta Mellark, her portrayed lover and fellow Districttribute, behind in the arena. Plutarch Heavensbee, the former Gamemaker, suggests she tour the ruins of District 12, which was completely leveled by a Capitol bombing campaign with the exception of the houses in the Victors Village. After seeing how Peeta is being manipulated by Capitol state television to quell the rebellion, Katniss reluctantly agrees to become Coins Mockingjay on condition that Peeta and the other captured victors will be rescued and pardoned at the earliest opportunity.After Haymitch notes that Katniss thrives on spontaneity, she meets her film team led by Capitol escapee Cressida, is dressed up in a speciallydesigned outfit, and is given Effie Trinket as a stylist and close friend Gale as a bodyguard. They go out to Districtto visit a hospital, but as the visit concludes, a Capitol bombing squadron arrives and bombs the hospital, killing everyone inside. In her rage, Katniss gives a rousing speech to the camera, which is broadcast when Beetee hijacks the Capitols news feed. After it is broadcast, strikers in Districtkill an entire team of Peacekeepers with hidden land mines. ........

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