Where to watch Tenet (2020)
Tenet is available to stream in US on DirecTV On Demand. It can also be rented or bought from Amazon and AppleTV.
An elite operative is drawn into a covert international mission involving a mysterious word and a threat to humanity’s survival. As the investigation unfolds, he navigates espionage, shifting timelines, and events that challenge ordinary ideas about cause and effect.
Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, Martin Donovan, Fiona Dourif, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Himesh Patel, Clémence Poésy, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Trivia & production notes
- Christopher Nolan developed the concept for Tenet over two decades before beginning the screenplay in 2014.
- The film's title is a palindrome and references the Sator Square, a historic word puzzle.
- While writing Tenet, Nolan deliberately avoided watching spy films to prevent influence, instead drawing on his memories and his impression of how Sergio Leone made Once Upon a Time in the West.
- Physicist Kip Thorne provided early analysis on time and quantum physics concepts for Tenet, though Nolan emphasized the film makes no claims to scientific accuracy.
- John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elizabeth Debicki were each required to read the screenplay only while locked in a room.
- Nolan cast John David Washington after seeing his performance in BlacKkKlansman.
- Elizabeth Debicki's role as Kat was originally conceived as an older woman until the filmmakers saw her in Widows and reconsidered the character.
- Kenneth Branagh rescheduled production on Death on the Nile to take a role in Tenet and claimed to have studied the Tenet manuscript more than any other script in his career.
- Rather than use miniatures and visual effects for the plane crash sequence, Nolan purchased an actual Boeing 747 after determining it was more cost-effective.
- Filming took place across seven countries over 96 days, with the production constructing and shipping over thirty prefabricated buildings to an abandoned town at Eagle Mountain for the climactic sequences.
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