A 2010 American science fiction thriller about a corporate-espionage team that infiltrates dreams to plant ideas in a target's subconscious.
Production
Christopher Nolan wrote and directed for Warner Bros. on a $160 million budget. The film was shot across six countries with extensive practical effects, including a rotating set used for the famous hotel-hallway fight sequence. Hans Zimmer composed a score whose downward-shifted Edith Piaf cue became part of the trailer vernacular.
Reception
The film opened in July 2010 and earned around $836 million worldwide, well above expectations for an original adult-targeted thriller. It received eight Academy Award nominations and won four.
Legacy
Inception is a touchstone in discussions about Hollywood’s appetite for original-IP, mid-budget adult tentpole films. Its layered-dream structure has been parodied and referenced across game and television design ever since.
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