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12 Years a Slave is a 2013 historical drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for twelve years before his release. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate.Other characters in the film were also real people, including Edwin and Mary Epps, and Patsey.This is the third feature film directed by Steve McQueen. The screenplay was written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Solomon Northup. Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard are all featured in supporting roles. Principal photography took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, from June 27 to August 13, 2012. The locations used were four historic antebellum plantations: Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.
Movie Details ;
Directed by: Steve McQueen
Produced by :Brad Pitt,Dede Gardner,Jeremy Kleiner,Bill Pohlad,Steve McQueen,Arnon Milchan,Anthony Katagas,
Screenplay by :John Ridley,
Based on: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Starring :Chiwetel Ejiofor,Michael Fassbender,Benedict Cumberbatch,
Paul Dano,Paul Giamatti,Lupita Nyong'o,Sarah Paulson,Brad Pitt,Alfre Woodard,
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt
Edited by: Joe Walker
Production companies :Regency Enterprises,River Road Entertainment,Plan B,Film4,
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates :August 30, 2013 (Telluride Film Festival),November 8, 2013 (United States),January 10, 2014 (United Kingdom),
Running time: 134 minutes
Country :United States,United Kingdom,
Language :English
Story About :
12 Years a Slave : In 1841, Solomon Northup is a free African-American man working as a violinist, who lives with his wife, Anne Hampton, and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York. Two men, Brown and Hamilton, offer him a two-week job as a musician if he will travel to Washington, D.C., with them. Once there, they drug Northup and deliver him to a slave pen owned by James Burch.Northup is shipped to New Orleans along with others who have been captured. A slave trader named Freeman gives Northup the identity of "Platt", a runaway slave from Georgia and sells him to plantation owner William Ford. Northup impresses Ford when he engineers a waterway for transporting logs swiftly and cost-effectively across a swamp, and Ford presents him with a violin in gratitude into which he carves the names of his wife and children.Ford's carpenter John Tibeats resents Northup and the tensions between them escalate. Tibeats attacks Northup, who defends himself. In retaliation, Tibeats and his friends attempt to lynch Northup, but they are prevented by Ford's overseer, Chapin, though Northup is left in the noose standing on tiptoe for many hours. Ford finally cuts Northup down, but chooses to sell him to planter Edwin Epps to protect him from Tibeats. Northup attempts to explain that he is actually a free man, but Ford states that he "cannot hear this" and responds "he has a debt to pay" on Northup's purchase price.