The Revenant - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of The Revenant or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Revenant

[nina]

Alejandro G. Iñárritu had stated that he originally wanted to shoot the film chronologically, a process that would have added $7 million to the film's production budget. Iñarritu later confirmed that the film was shot in-sequence, despite Tom Hardy's statement that the film could not be shot chronologically, due to weather conditions.

[ray]

Despite wearing heavy layers of clothing and fur most of the time, Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) also spent a one-third of the film either shirtless or nude.

[jessica]

The bear mauling scene was filmed with Leonardo DiCaprio being tugged side to side with cables.

[norma]

Body Count: 138

[bernard]

The very hectic shooting schedule forced Tom Hardy to leave Suicide Squad (2016). Hardy revealed to Collider that the film "...has turned into a much bigger beast than we thought, but that also looks exceptional." He ended up playing the titular character in the comic book movie, Venom (2018).

[brent]

Leonardo DiCaprio was originally approached to star in Steve Jobs (2015) but dropped out to do this film instead.

[liam]

Although the film has Andrew Henry being killed by Fitzgerald, the real life Henry retired from the fur trading business in 1824 and lived until 1832.

[sophie]

Around the time of the film's initial theatrical release in December 2015, word had spread that Leonardo DiCaprio's character gets raped in the bear attack scene. This turned out to be a total misconception due to some people mistaking some of the bear's movements as sexually aggressive and forceful. This misconception was so prevalent that the parent's guide website, Kids-In-Mind.com, had to put a disclaimer notice on top of the content page for this film in stating that the scene doesn't involve rape in any manner. Incidentally, this rumor was one of the factors that brought more publicity and public curiosity for the film.

[bessie]

Jack Fisk had previously worked on The Thin Red Line (1998) and The New World (2005), which were directed by Terrence Malick. The two films were some of the heavy inspirations for this film. Fisk also worked with this film's cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki, on the latter film.

[stephanie]

The film is one of the highest grossing R rated films of all time with over $530 million worldwide.

[victoria]

The origin of the title is rooted in the French verb "revenir," which means "to return." Revenant in French also means (reverting to) "spirit" or "ghost."

[caroline]

Emmanuel Lubezki and Jack Fisk had previously collaborated on The New World (2005), The Tree of Life (2011), To the Wonder (2012), and Knight of Cups (2015). They would go on to collaborate on Song to Song (2017). The four former films and the latter film are all directed by Terrence Malick. This film is the only film that Lubezki and Fisk had worked on together that wasn't directed by Malick.

[marc]

The plot is inspired by true events, but often barely follows them. Hugh Glass was attacked by a grizzly in August 1823 in an area now in north-northeast South Dakota, near the present town of Shadehill. There's even a Hugh Glass Recreation Area there. The area is slightly hilly, Great Plains prairie. That region is 2000-2500 feet above sea level, and the average temperatures in August vary from 55-90 degrees. The closest place with anything resembling a mountain is an overland direct-line trek of 130-150 miles, in the Black Hills. August temperatures there range from 55-85 degrees, and at 7000-8000 feet the Black Hills are nothing like the mountains in the movie. The nearest mountains remotely like the movie's are the Bighorns in Wyoming, which are almost 300 miles away and still have August temperatures in the 55- to 85-degree range. At the time Glass was attacked there wasn't any snow, no one was close to freezing and no one was anywhere near terrain like that shown in the film.

[ivan]

Leonardo DiCaprio has won nearly every award he has been nominated for through his role in this film, including Best Actor at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild.

[jesus]

This film was initially released on Christmas Day 2015 in limited theaters. The film's predecessor, Man in the Wilderness (1971), was released a few weeks after its theatrical release on Christmas Day 1971 at the historic Princess Theatre (named Klondike Theatre at the time).

[jeffrey]

Days after its home video release, the film became one of the top selling DVD and Blu-ray releases as well as one of the top digital streaming films.

[kim]

One of the film's main themes is rebirth. Glass is seen throughout the film symbolically be reborn as a "new person". For example: Fitzgerald callously buried Glass in a somewhat shallow grave. While buried throughout the night and on the cusp of death due to his severe injuries from the bear attack, he has a soothing dream about his wife. This gives him encouragement to live. A while afterward, Glass gathered all of his strength and willpower to crawl out of the grave.After Glass became seriously ill, Hikuc treated his wounds with his medicinal methods and placed him in a hut to help him heal and to protect him from the snowstorm. During this sequence, the voice of a Pawnee woman, which is believed to be Glass' wife, was reciting a poem about life and how one has to keep breathing. While asleep in the hut, he dreams about seeing and hugging his son while in the dilapidated church. This serves as a little bit of closure for Glass. The next morning, Glass emerges from the hut feeling physically better and rejuvenated.In order to protect himself from the storm and potentially threatening individuals and wild animals, Glass cuts open Hikuc's deceased horse, removes the organs, removes his own clothing, and sleeps inside. The next morning, he cracks open the carcass and gets out. Him being nude, sleeping inside the horse's body, and getting out of it is akin to a baby being born. After he gets out of the horse's body, he appears as if he's looking and observing the environment for the first time in his life.

[ken]

In the movie Hugh Glass is portrayed as being hostile to the French fur traders. However, in the novel, Glass is in fact assisted by the French in his travels to Fort Kiowa, although the majority of them were later slaughtered by the Arikara.

[duane]

Though Leonardo DiCaprio's first Oscar win for this film was very much celebrated, many felt that Tom Hardy should've won as well or instead. It was even argued that Hardy's performance was more compelling than DiCaprio's performance.