The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games

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A feature length, eight part documentary that covers everything from pre-production to adapting the source novel to casting to shooting to post and marketing. This is an amazing in-depth piece and it's notable how many women were involved in this production, from several Lionsgate executives to novelist Suzanne Collins herself. Jennifer Lawrence talks about her "hypocrisy" in not wanting to do a big budget blockbuster after having devoted herself to indies (despite X-Men, which she seems to discount somewhat). There's also a nice sequence on the strength and weight training the actors went through and the stunts that are so notable in the film, as well as having to dance around the violence implicit in the story due to the planned PG-13 rating the filmmakers were aiming for.

Cast

S Suzanne CollinsSelf - Author J Jennifer LawrenceSelf - Katniss Everdeen J Josh HutchersonSelf - Peeta Mellark L Liam HemsworthSelf - Gale Hawthorne D Donald SutherlandSelf - President Coriolanus Snow E Elizabeth BanksSelf - Effie Trinket L Lenny KravitzSelf - Cinna W Woody HarrelsonSelf - Haymitch Abernathy S Stanley TucciSelf - Caesar Flickerman W Wes BentleySelf - Seneca Crane W Willow ShieldsSelf - Primrose Everdeen P Paula MalcomsonSelf - Katniss' Mother

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A Amandla StenbergSelf - Rue A Alexander LudwigSelf - Cato D Dayo OkeniyiSelf - Thresh L Leven RambinSelf - Glimmer J Jack QuaidSelf - Marvel I Isabelle FuhrmanSelf - Clove J Jacqueline EmersonSelf - Fox Face S Sandino Moya-SmithSelf - Propaganda Film Tribute R Renae MoneymakerSelf - Stunt Double G Gary RossSelf - Screenwriter B Billy RaySelf - Screenwriter C Chad StahelskiSelf - Second Unit Director A Allison ShearmurSelf - Executive Producer R Robin BissellSelf - Executive Producer N Nina JacobsonSelf - Producer J Jon KilikSelf - Producer D Diana AlvarezSelf - Co-Producer B Bryan UnkelessSelf - Co-Producer D Debra ZaneSelf - Casting Director P Philip MessinaSelf - Production Designer L Larry DiasSelf - Set Decorator J Judianna MakovskySelf - Costume Designer V Ve NeillSelf - Makeup Department Head L Linda FlowersSelf - Hair Department Head S Sheena DuggalSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor S Scott FarrarSelf - Visual Effects J James Newton HowardSelf - Original Music Composer (archive footage) L Lon BenderSelf - Sound Designer S Stephen MirrioneSelf - Editor D David LevithanSelf - Author, Nick & Noah's Infinite Playlist D Drew McWeenySelf - Film Critic