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Inception is a 2010 science fiction action heist film
written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The
film features an ensemble cast starring Leonardo DiCaprio,
Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen
Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger,
and Michael Caine. DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a specialized
corporate spy and thief. His work consists of secretly
extracting valuable commercial information from the
unconscious minds of his targets while they are asleep and
dreaming. Wanted for murder and unable to visit his
children, Cobb is offered a chance to regain his old life as
payment for a task considered to be impossible:
"inception", the planting of an idea into a
target's subconscious.[5]
Development began roughly nine years before Inception was
released. In 2001, Nolan wrote an 80-page treatment about
dream-stealers, presenting the idea to Warner Bros. The
story was originally envisioned as a horror film inspired by
concepts of lucid dreaming and dream incubation.[6] Feeling
he needed to have more experience with large-scale films,[7]
Nolan opted to work on Batman Begins, The Prestige, and The
Dark Knight. He spent six months polishing up the script for
Inception before Warner Bros. purchased it in February
2009.[8] Filming spanned six countries and four continents,
beginning in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, and finishing in Canada
in late November of the same year.
Inception was officially budgeted at $160 million, a cost
that was split between Warner Bros. and Legendary
Pictures.[3] Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark
Knight helped secure the film's $100 million in advertising
expenditure,[3] with most of the publicity involving viral
marketing. Inception premiered in London on July 8, 2010,
and was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on
July 16, 2010.[9][10] A box office success, Inception has
grossed over $800 million worldwide and is currently one of
the highest-grossing films of all time.[4] The home video
market also had strong results, with $68 million in DVD
sales.
Inception received wide critical acclaim, with numerous
critics praising it for its originality, cast, score, and
visual effects.[11] The film received eight Academy Award
nominations including Best Picture, Best Original
Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Art Direction and
won the awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing,
Best Sound Mixing and Best Cinematography.