The Woman in the Window | 30 facts about the Netflix thriller

“The Woman in the Window” is a highly anticipated due to the fact that the Oscar nominated actress, Amy Addams, starred in the movie.

Let’s find out more about the movie!

1. The Woman in the Window is a 2021 American psychological thriller film.
2. It was directed by Joe Wright.
3. The screenplay was written by Tracy Letts.
4. The screenplat was based on the 2018 novel of the same name.
5. The writer of the novel signed it with the pseudonym A. J. Finn.
6. An adaptation of A.J. Finn’s best-selling novel, which has sold more than 1 million copies in the United States, the novel has additionally topped the best-seller charts in multiple countries and is currently published in 38 languages.
7. The film follows an agoraphobic woman (Amy Adams) who begins to spy on her new neighbors (Gary Oldman, Fred Hechinger, and Julianne Moore) and is witness to a crime in their apartment.
8. Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, and Jennifer Jason Leigh also star.
9. The film was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures.
10. It was originally scheduled to be theatrically released by 20th Century Studios in October 2019.
11. Ultimately, it was delayed to May 2020, due to re-editing after poor test screenings.
12. The theatrical release was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
13. Its rights were sold to Netflix, which released the film on May 14, 2021.
14. Upon release, the film received “scathing” reviews from critics.
15. Most criticism aimed at Wright’s direction and the screenplay, but praise for the cast.
16. Principal photography began on August 6, 2018, in New York City.
17. Filming wrapped on October 30, 2018.
18. Producer Scott Rudin later hired Tony Gilroy to perform rewrites for reshoots, following the film’s initial delay from the October 4, 2019 release date
19. The score was originally set to be composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, but the pair dropped out to work on Soul.
20. Danny Elfman was hired to replace them.
21. It was reported in July 2019 by The Hollywood Reporter that the film left test audiences confused. So now the film’s debut has been pushed from 2019 to 2020 as the studio works on reshoots.
22. This marks the first instance of screenwriter Tracy Letts writing a film adaptation not based on his own works.
23. Despite the similar plot, this is not a remake of the Rear Window (1954).
24. The classic movie clips shown in this film are from Laura (1944), Spellbound (1954), and Dark Passage (1947).
25. The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Gary Oldman and Julianne Moore; and two Oscar nominees: Amy Adams and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
26. Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman reunited after Hannibal.
27. Director Joe Wright tips his hat to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo when his downward-facing camera descends through the core of a spiral staircase.
28. Benjamin Lee wrote on Guardian that Adams “gives a flat performance as an agoraphobe unravelling a dull mystery” in Wright’s “cursed mis-step” of a movie.
29. As Anna runs up the stairs to escape the knife-wielding Ethan, through a window one sees the trees blowing in the wind, but no rain. Seconds later through the sunlight, it is then raining, as it is when they both reach the roof.
30. Dr. Anna Fox’s therapist would not have volunteered to Detective Little so many details about what she’s been through, her family accident, the daily calls with her family, etc. That violates Doctor-Patient Privilege.