Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Taika Waititi, based on Christine Leunens's 2008 book Caging Skies. Roman Griffin Davis portrays the title character, Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, a Hitler Youth member who finds out his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. He must then question his beliefs, while dealing with the intervention of his imaginary friend, a fanciful version of Adolf Hitler (Waititi) with a comedic stand on the politics of the war. The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, and Sam Rockwell.
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| Screenplay by | Taika Waititi
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| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures
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| Running time | 108 minutes
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $14 million
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| Box office | $90.3 million
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- When the Gestapo arrive to search Jojo's house, they ask him if he knows where his mother is, drawing attention to her recent absence. Shortly after, we find out she's been hanged for being part of La Résistance.
- Gestapo agent Deertz says JoJo may have heard that Hitler only has one ball. This is a reference to the period British comedy propaganda song "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball," which was very popular among Allied troops.
- Hitler calls Elsa a "female Jewish Jesse Owens." Owens was a black athlete who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin in an especially embarrassing slap in the face to Hitler's assertions of Aryan supremacy, causing him to leave the medal ceremony.
- In the scene with the Gestapo doing a walk through in Jojo's house, the 6'7" Stephen Merchant stood on a box to make himself even taller than the 5'8" Sam Rockwell in a close up of just the two of them. It was for comic effect and to show his character's intimidating nature.
- Even though the spoken dialogue is all in English, all written or printed text in the movie is in German.
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