Plot

Twilight is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix High School. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks. Washigton, she doesn't expert much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen, a boy unlike any she's ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn't have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty. Edward sees straight into Bella's soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into and uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires - James, Laurent and Victoria - come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?

Crew

• Title: Twilight
• Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
• Runtime: 121 min
• MPAA: PG-13
• Year: 2008
• Production Companies: Summit Entertainment
• Director: Catherine Hardwicke
• Writers: Melissa Rosenberg
• Producer: Mark Morgan, Greg Mooradian, Wyck Godfrey
• Music:Carter Burwell
• Cinematography: Elliot Davis
• Art Direction: Christopher Brown, Ian Phillips
• Costume Design: Wendy Chuck
• Editing: Nancy Richardson
• Special Effects:

Cast

• Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan)
• Catherine Grimme (Bella Swan)
• Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen)
• Billy Burke (Charlie Swan)
• Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen)
• Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale)
• Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale)
• Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen)
• Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen)
• Cam Gigandet (James)
• Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)
• Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley)
• Michael Welch (Mike Newton)
• Christian Serratos (Angela Weber)
• Gil Birmingham (Billy Black)
• Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen)
• Edi Gathegi (Laurent)
• Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria)
• Sarah Clarke (Renee Dwyer)
• Ned Bellamy (Waylon Forge)
• Gregory Tyree Boyce (Tyler Crowley)
• Justin Chon (Eric Yorkie)
• Matt Bushell (Phil Dwyer)
• Jose Zuniga (Mr. Molina)
• Solomon Trimble (Sam Uley)
• Krys Ivory (Embry Call)
• Ayanna Berkshire (Cora)

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Trivia

• Stephenie Meyer had her own personal cast before all the roles were officially casted. They including Emily Browning as Bella Swan, Henry Cavill as Edward Cullen, Charlie Hunnam as Carlisle Cullen, Mary-Louise Parker as Esme Cullen, Rachael Leigh Cook as Alice Cullen, Trent Ford as Jasper Hale, Tom Welling as Emmett Cullen and Olivia Wilde as Rosalie Hale.
• Eric in the movie is a combination of the characters Eric Yorkie and Ben Cheney from the book.
• Stephenie Meyer The author of the original books can be seen next to a laptop ordering a vegetarian sandwich in the diner at the beginning of the scene where Charlie asks Bella if she likes the boys in town.
• In the hospital scene, when Bella and her mother are talking about the accident, the TV in the background can be seen playing the previous scene.
• Even though there is a song by Radiohead in the movie, it never made it to the official soundtrack album.
• Cam Gigandet was originally cast as Emmett Cullen, but asked director Catherine Hardwicke if he could play the role of James instead. She agreed.
• The beer that Charlie drinks in the movie is "Rainier Beer", a brewing company originally based out of Seattle, Washington.
• Robert Pattinson actually plays the piano in the scene where Edward is playing "Bella's Lullaby".
• The song playing on the background when Bella comes to "have dinner" at the Cullen's is the aria "Libiamo" from La Traviata. "Libiamo" literally means "Let's Drink", which is exactly what the Cullens do when they "have dinner".
• When Bella and Edward are lying in the meadow, the sun coming through the trees makes a heart between them.
• Edward's car is a Volvo C30.
• When Carlisle bit Edward, he whispered something into his ear. The first time it was "I'm sorry" then "My son". On about the fifth take he said, "You're sexy".
• In the scene where Bella goes to the Cullens house for the first time, when Nikki Reed's character had to break the bowl, she actually cut her hands. This is why she is wearing gloves for the scene in the film.
• Peter Facinelli was the second choice to play Carlisle Cullen. When he found out that he lost out on the final round of auditions, he wrote a note to Catherine Hardwicke, saying, "I hope to work with you sometime." At the last minute before shooting, the original actor withdrew due to shooting conflicts. Hardwicke then offered the role to Facinelli, who immediately took up. He had to dye his hair blond before starting work.