Its seven wins makes it the most Oscar-awarded film of the 2010s decade, and is second only to Cabaret (1972) in receiving the most Academy Awards in the ceremony despite not winning Best Picture.
The film received 10 nominations at the 86th Academy Awards, the most nominations of 2014's ceremony tied with American Hustle. It went on to earn the most awards at the ceremony, winning seven including Best Director for Cuarón, Best Cinematography for Lubezki, Best Original Score for Price, and Best Visual Effects.
With a total box office revenue of around $723 million, “Gravity” earned critical acclaim, securing seven Oscars, including a Best Actress nomination. According to Parade, Bullock received a salary of $20 million for her role alongside George Clooney, with a production budget of approximately $100 million.
"Gravity" won for special effects over another space film, "Star Trek Into Darkness," in large part due to its detailed digital recreations of real spacecraft, including the shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station.
Dr. Ryan Stone ends up alone in space after her companion, Lieutenant Matt Kowalski, sacrifices himself to save her. Stone manages to make it back to Earth by using the Soyuz escape vessel and landing in a body of water, grateful to be alive.
Oscars 2014 Winners (Complete List) -- GRAVITY Wins Big
Was George Clooney Real in Gravity?
In Gravity (2013) at one point of the movie, you can see, reflected in the visor of george Clooney, an additional astronaut that is not in the film. That astronaut is a "fake" cameraman. This is because the director Alfonso Cuarón wanted to simulate that the filming had really taken place in space.
There was a scuba diver on set at all times to make sure the actress wouldn't drown. The light box or Soyuz capsule were where most of Gravity were shot. However, both were relatively safe.
Rating. Since 1968, most Best Picture winners have been rated R under the Motion Picture Association's rating system. Oliver! is the only G-rated film and Midnight Cowboy is the only X-rated film (what is categorized as an NC-17 film today), so far, to win Best Picture; they won in back-to-back years, 1968 and 1969.
The film became the eighth highest-grossing film of the year with a worldwide gross of over $723 million, against a production budget of around $100 million.
"It is a piece of fiction." Therefore, some elements of the film such as the Shuttle missions and Tiangong station were merely artistic liberties. Garret Reisman, a former NASA Astronaut, noted that, "The pace and story was definitely engaging and I think it was the best use of the 3D IMAX medium to date.
Gravity (2013): $20 million (P.S. It has been reported that George was not only paid $20 million for his acting work in this film, but he was also able to negotiate receiving a portion of the movie's profits as part of his contract.
Who has the most Oscar wins ever? It may come as a surprise, but the person with the most Oscar awards ever is not a movie star — it's Walt Disney. He received 26 Oscars, of which 22 were competitive awards and four were honorary awards.
Similarly, the zero gravity scenes in Alfonso Cuarón's 2013 film Gravity were filmed in conditions similar to how astronauts train underwater. The actors were connected to a 12-wire suspension system and pulled along according to the scene [9]. This method has benefits similar to that of the vomit comet.
Visually, Gravity is unlike what we have seen on a cinema screen before and arguably it has one of the best uses of 3D in a movie. The setting is spectacular and the premise is inventive.
He drifts away with hardly enough oxygen for a few more minutes. He accepts his fate and lets go, so that Sandra's character, Dr. Ryan Stone, can survive. In all likelihood, he went on to lose consciousness without oxygen, and slowly succumbed to carbon dioxide poisoning in his sleep.
Took four and a half years to make. New technology had to be invented in order to make the film work. Filming was so complicated that the director, Alfonso Cuarón claims that he will never make another space movie again. Warner Bros.
R-rated movies to win 'Best Picture' at the Oscars: Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
But the best picture prize continues to elude the streamer as “Maestro” lost out to this year's awards powerhouse, “Oppenheimer.” Nor has Netflix won in the lead actor or actress categories, coming up empty this year after four noms (Cooper and Carey Mulligan for “Maestro”; Colman Domingo for “Rustin”; and Annette ...
'Gravity' is generally considered to be quite accurate from a scientific standpoint, with some minor exceptions. One of the most notable inaccuracies is the depiction of how quickly and easily Dr. Stone is able to remove her spacesuit.
The final moments of Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity are hard to forget: Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone stands alone on the seashore after crash-landing and swimming to safety. It's an image that helped Cuarón earn a 2014 Academy Award for Best Director, with Gravity raking in a total of seven Oscars.
