Where to watch Midnight in Paris (2011)
Midnight in Paris is available to stream in AU on Lionsgate+.
While visiting Paris with his fiancée’s family, a nostalgic screenwriter dreams of abandoning his present life for the city’s artistic past. Each night at midnight, he mysteriously travels to 1920s Paris, where encounters with celebrated artists challenge his romantic view of another era.
Cast: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Tom Hiddleston, Mimi Kennedy, Alison Pill
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Trivia & production notes
- Woody Allen wrote the screenplay by starting with the title 'Midnight in Paris' and building the plot around it, rather than the other way around.
- The film's 1920s Paris sequences draw inspiration from Ernest Hemingway's memoir A Moveable Feast, and Allen incorporated the phrase from the book's title twice in the script with a physical copy appearing in one scene.
- Allen originally conceived Gil as an East Coast intellectual but rewrote him as a Californian after deciding Owen Wilson wasn't convincing in an Eastern persona, making the character richer in the process.
- Principal photography took place in Paris starting in July 2010, marking the first Woody Allen film shot entirely on location there, though he had partially filmed two earlier movies in the city.
- To achieve a warm, flattering atmosphere, cinematographer Darius Khondji and Allen used primarily warm colors, filmed in flatter lighting conditions, and employed limited camera movements to keep the cinematography unobtrusive.
- Midnight in Paris was the first Woody Allen film to use digital intermediate color correction instead of traditional photochemical color timing, with Allen treating it as a test for future projects.
- Allen prioritized the romantic and realistic elements of the story over the fantasy aspects, focusing on how the time-travel elements contributed to the lead character's relationship rather than the fantastical premise itself.
- The film opens with a 3.5-minute montage of Paris landmarks shown as postcards, a stylistic choice that critic Kenneth Turan noted lingers longer than necessary to simply establish the location.
- Midnight in Paris became the highest-grossing Woody Allen film ever with $151 million worldwide, surpassing his previous North American record holder Hannah and Her Sisters on a $17 million budget.
- The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on May 11 as the opening selection and was released nationwide in France the same day, following the country's traditional Wednesday cinema changeover.
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