The Lighthouse
There is enchantment in the light.
Country
Production
Budget
$11 000 000
Box office
$18 161 384
Director
Actors
Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle, Shaun Clarke, Pierre Richard, Preston Hudson, Jeff Cruts, Sully Seagull
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Jay Van Hoy, Robert Eggers, Youree Henley, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lourenço Sant'Anna, Arnon Milchan, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Michael Schaefer, Caito Ortiz
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Craig Lathrop, Maxime-Olivier Bouchard, Gabriel Monette
Audition
Editing
Louise Ford, Georgina Neville
Whole Team (234)
Whole Team (234)
Short description
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene where the eyes of the Defoe character illuminate Pattinson's face was inspired by the 1904 painting "Hypnose" by German artist Karl Alexander Schneider.
- Due to the humidity, the filming equipment frequently malfunctioned. Robert Pattinson had to go into the sea 25 times because the lens kept fogging up.
- In the original script, Thomas Wake had a glass eye, a prosthetic leg, and was missing three fingers. However, this was eventually changed because Eggers felt that audiences might mistakenly interpret Wake as a pirate.
- Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe took dance lessons while preparing for their roles.
- Due to the humidity in the filming location, the filming equipment frequently malfunctioned. Robert Pattinson had to enter the sea 25 times because the lens constantly fogged up.
- Robert Pattinson's accent is based on a farming dialect from the state of Maine, while Willem Dafoe uses the slang of Atlantic fishermen and sailors from that era.
- For the role, Willem Dafoe learned to knit.
- For filming, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe grew beards. Pattinson only slightly tinted his, as it was lighter than needed.
- The lighthouse and surrounding buildings were built specifically for the film near a historic lighthouse at Cape Forchu in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. After filming, the sets were dismantled.
- In the original screenplay, Thomas Wake was supposed to have a glass eye, a prosthetic leg, and be missing three fingers. However, this was ultimately changed because Eggers believed audiences might mistakenly interpret Wake as a pirate.
- The scene in which Willem Dafoe yells at Robert Pattinson over a lobster was filmed in one take. According to Robert Eggers, Willem Dafoe did not blink for over two minutes during the shoot.
- For the filming of the movie, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe grew beards. Pattinson only dyed his slightly, as it was lighter than required.
- The script did not describe what the characters Wake and Winslow saw in the lighthouse spotlight. When Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson played these scenes, they didn't know either. The script only explained what their characters were feeling.
- Due to the humidity, the filming equipment frequently malfunctioned. Robert Pattinson had to enter the sea 25 times because the lens kept fogging up.
- No seagulls were harmed during filming. In one scene, bird dummies made of rubber were used.
- Robert Pattinson's accent is based on a Maine farming dialect, while Willem Dafoe uses the jargon of Atlantic fishermen and sailors of that era.
- The plot is based on a real tragedy that occurred in 1801, when two lighthouse keepers (both named Thomas) were stranded on an island during a storm. It is said that after the death of one of them, the second went mad.
- Willem Dafoe learned how to knit for the role.
- The scene in which the eyes of Dafoe's character illuminate Pattinson's face was inspired by the 1904 painting "Hypnose" by German artist Karl Alexander Schneider.
- The scene where Willem Dafoe curses Robert Pattinson over a lobster was filmed in one take. According to Robert Eggers, Willem Dafoe didn't blink for more than two minutes during the shoot.
- The script did not describe what Wake and Winslow's characters saw in the lighthouse beam. When Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson played these scenes, they didn't know either. The script only explained what their characters were feeling.
- The plot is based on an 1801 incident when two lighthouse keepers (both named Thomas) were stranded on an island during a storm. It is said that after one of them died, the other went insane.
- Filming lasted 35 days in April-May 2018 in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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