Lion(Movie, 2016)

Name: Lion
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016
Duration: T01:58:00
Rating: 4.1

PG-13

| 1h 58min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 4.1/5 (with 3,003 votes)

Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The film stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman, as well as Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find them. It was a joint production betw... ()

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"Lion" is currently available on 3 providers. Lion can be streamed free of charge on Netflix (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) and Lion can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

Offers for United States of America (USA)

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Netflix

Available languages: English (Audio Description), English (Original), Spanish
Available subtitles: English, Spanish
Duration: 1h 59min
Genres: Tearjerkers / Movies Based on Real Life / Movies Based on Books / Dramas
Keywords: Inspiring / Emotional
Available to download

RentTemporary access to individual content

Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 58min

Apple / iTunes Store

Duration: 1h 59min

Google Play Movies

Pantaflix

BuyPermanent access to individual content

Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 58min

Apple / iTunes Store

Duration: 1h 59min

Google Play Movies

YouTube Premium

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IMDb Freedive

Also available at Amazon.com on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Lion

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Direction AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Production Design AACTA Award for Best Sound nominated for: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Film nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Cinematography nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Direction nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Editing nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Production Design nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Sound

About Lion

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

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Trailer for Lion + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Lion Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:21)

Lion Official Trailer (Trailer) | Lion Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Dev Patel Movie (Trailer) | LION Q&A with Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel at AFI FEST 2016 (Featurette) | A roaring success: Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel introduce Lion at the London film festival (Featurette) | Lion - Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Official websites:

lionmovie.com

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Production countries: Australia, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Kolkata, Melbourne, Hobart, Khandwa

Plays in: Khandwa, Kolkata, Hobart, Melbourne, India

Based on: "A Long Way Home" (find it on Amazon)

Main subject: Saroo Brierley (Person)

Made by: The Weinstein Company, Screen Australia, Aquarius Films, See-Saw Films, Sunstar Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Bengali (BN), English (EN), Hindi (HI)

Translated into 37 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Malay (MS), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/25/2016 (World premiere: 11/24/2016)

Appearing Characters: Saroo Brierley, Guddu Khan, Kamla Munshi, Shekila Khan, Sue Brierley, John Brierley, Mantosh Brierley, Lucy

Dedicated to: Guddu Khan

Cast: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Priyanka Bose, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Deepti Naval, Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Benjamin Rigby, Sunny Pawar, Menik Gooneratne, Riddhi Sen, Kaushik Sen, Rita Boy, Keshav Jadhav, Khushi Solanki, Todd Sampson, Daniela Farinacci, Pallavi Sharda, Sachin Joab, Arka Das, Emilie Cocquerel

Director: Garth Davis

Producer: Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder

Screenwriter: Luke Davies

Director of Photography: Greig Fraser

Composer: Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka, Sia

Performer: Sia

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A Long Way Home"

"Lion: Uma Jornada para Casa"

"Lion – Der lange Weg nach Hause"

"סארו : הדרך הביתה"

"LION ライオン 25年目のただいま"

"LION/ライオン〜25年目のただいま〜"

Keywords: adoption, tasmania, australia, based on true story, based on novel or book, street child, india, long lost relative, missing child, biography

Budget: 12,000,000 USD

Revenue: 140,312,928 USD (= 1,169%)

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Lion(Movie, 2016)

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