The Hunger Games

Name: The Hunger Games
Director: Gary Ross
Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 2012-03-12
Rating: 7.224

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Film20122h 22mReleased

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Director: Gary Ross
Language: English
Released: 2012-03-12
Runtime: 2h 22m

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In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

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Jennifer LawrenceKatniss Everdeen
Josh HutchersonPeeta Mellark
Liam HemsworthGale Hawthorne
Woody HarrelsonHaymitch Abernathy
Elizabeth BanksEffie Trinket
Lenny KravitzCinna
Stanley TucciCaesar Flickerman
Donald SutherlandPresident Coriolanus Snow
Wes BentleySeneca Crane
Toby JonesClaudius Templesmith

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