JUNO

Juno is a 2007 comedy drama directed by Jason Reitman and starring Ellen Paige. The film had a low budget of only 6.5million dollars, which would not pay the salary of the star alone in a major blockbuster film. Although this film is independent it earned back its budget within 20days of release and went on to earn a total of 231million dollars. Juno was filmed in and around Vancouver and British Columbia, a normal house and high school were used in the film. Juno was filmed over a 30day period from February to March 2007, Juno was filmed out of sequence except for the last scene which was filmed on the last day.Juno was first screened at the Telluride Film Festival on the first of september 2007, Juno was officially premiered on september 8th at the Toronto Film Festival and received an exceptionally long standing ovation. The film then went on to feature at the London, Rome, Rotterdam, Palm Springs Gijon, ST.Louis and Stockholm international film festivals, Juno was nominated and won awards at most of the festivals it premiered at, taking several awards for best picture and best actress, as well as this Juno has been critically acclaimed, winning an oscar and a bafta for best original screen play, and was nominated at the oscars for best actress, best director and best picture. Juno was supposed to open in cinemas on December 15, 2007, it was moved forward to take advantage of the positive reviews and buzz preceding its release, and opened in seven cinemas in L.A and New York on 5th December. It opened in thirteen more cities and 25 more cinemas on December 14, and then was released worldwide on Christmas Day 2007.