At Christian's Seattle headquarters she stumbles her way through the meeting. When her roommate, Kate Kavanagh, becomes ill and is unable to interview Christian Grey, a 27-year-old billionaire entrepreneur, for the college newspaper, Ana agrees to take her place. The film was the most awarded at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning five of six nominations, including Worst Picture (tied with Fantastic Four) and both leading roles.įirty Shades of Grey was succeeded by two sequels: Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed, released in 20, respectively, both of which received similar reception and commercial success.Ģ1-year-old Anastasia 'Ana' Steele is an English literature major at Washington State University's satellite campus near Vancouver, Washington. The soundtrack album was also successful ' Love Me Like You Do', by English singer Ellie Goulding, was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, while ' Earned It', by Canadian singer the Weeknd, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards. Despite receiving generally negative reviews, it was an immediate box office success, breaking numerous box office records and earning over US$570 million worldwide. Reshoots involving scenes between Dornan and Johnson took place in Vancouver during the week of October 2014.įifty Shades of Grey premiered at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 2015, and was released on February 13, 2015, in IMAX formats by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. Principal photography commenced in December 2013 and concluded on February 2014. The main cast joined the project between October and December 2013. She cited 9½ Weeks, Last Tango in Paris, and Blue Is the Warmest Colour as her inspirations for the film. Taylor-Johnson was confirmed as the director in June 2013. The story follows Anastasia Steele (Johnson), a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey (Dornan).ĭevelopment of the film commenced in March 2012, where Universal Pictures secured the rights to the trilogy following a bidding war.

It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades film series.

James' 2011 novel of the same name and stars Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle and Marcia Gay Harden. Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson with screenplay by Kelly Marcel.

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