Oscar nominated Director, Christopher Nolan, began creating the world of Inception almost a decade ago. After becoming fascinated with the subject of dreams, Nolan proceeded to apply this fascination to a grand scale action film. Academy Award nominated Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Dom Cobb, a skilled thief who is the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious. With his rare ability costing him everything he has ever loved, Cobb is offered a chance at redemption, one last job that could give him back his life. Can the impossible be accomplished, not to steal an ideal but to plant one? No amount of planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your mind is the scene on the crime.
Release / Airing: 16/07/2010
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The production of Inception circled the globe, with filming taking place in six countries on four continents including Morocco, Canada, Tokyo, Paris, Los Angeles and the UK. For the third time, Nolan returned to Cardington Airship Hangars in Bedfordshire, where he had previously filmed sequences for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It was the sheer scale offered by Cardington that allowed Nolan to accommodate the intricate sets that would test everyone’s perception of up, down and sideways. One of the most complicated sets was a long hotel corridor that was able to rotate a full 360 degrees to create the effect of zero gravity. There was also a revolving hotel bedroom set and a set for the hotel’s elevator shaft which, using Cardington’s existing infrastructure, the crew were able to construct the elevator chute horizontally along one uninterrupted wall of the hangar.
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