The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, commonly referred to as Breaking Dawn: Part 1, is a 2011 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon, based on the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. Constituting the first of a two-part adaptation of the novel, the film is the fourth and penultimate installment in The Twilight Saga film series, and was followed by Breaking Dawn: Part 2 in 2012. All three main cast members, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprised their roles.
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| Based on | Breaking Dawn
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| Production company | Temple Hill Entertainment Sunswept Entertainment |
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| Running time | 117 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English, Portuguese
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| Budget | $110 million
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| Box office | $712.2 million
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![Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart - Mozimania Magazine Cover [Hungary] (November 2011)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/j/i/jicv5bygvn5ubvcu.jpg?skj2io4l)
![The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 : Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart - Cineplex Magazine Pictorial [Canada] (November 2011)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/d/p/dp3320ata0vba03d.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Edward Cullen is watching The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) in the cinema during the flashback. Bill Condon previously directed Gods and Monsters (1998), in which the main character was James Whale, the director of Bride of Frankenstein.
- Stephenie Meyer: She can be seen as one of the wedding guests as Bella walks down the aisle. Producers Wyck Godfrey and Bill Bannerman and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg are also featured alongside Meyer as wedding guests.
- Carter Burwell, composer for Twilight (2008), returned to the franchise to score this movie and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) as Burwell had worked with director Bill Condon before.
- Carter Burwell, composer for Twilight, returned to the franchise to score this movie and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as Burwell had worked with director Bill Condon before.
- Sofia Coppola was very interested in directing this project, but she was only willing to direct one part of 'Breaking Dawn', which Summit wanted to split in two parts.
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