Twilight- Film

Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Sage film series. This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan (a teenage girl) and Edward Cullen (a vampire), and the subsequent efforts of Cullen and his family to keep Swan safe from a coven of evil vampires.

The project was in development for approximately three years at Paramount Pictures, during which time a screen adaptation that differed significantly from the novel was written. Summit Entertainment acquired the rights to the novel after three years of the project's stagnant development. Melissa Rosenberg wrote a new adaptation of the novel shortly before the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike and sought to be faithful to the novel's storyline. Principal photography took 44 days, and completed on May 2, 2008, the film was primarily shot in Oregon.

Twilight was theatrically released on November 21, 2008, grossing over US $392 million worldwide. It was released on DVD March 21, 2009, and became the most purchased DVD of the year. The soundtrack was released on November 4, 2008. Following the film's success, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.

Plot
Isabella "Bella" Swan lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her mother Renee and step-father Phil, who is a minor-league baseball player. Phil gets transferred to play baseball in Florida and they decide to live there but Bella decides to live with her father, Charlie, who is the chief of police in Forks, Washington. Bella moves to Forks and is greeted by Charlie's friend, Billy Black, and Billy's son, Bella's childhood friend, Jacob Black. Charlie purchases a truck from Billy as a homecoming gift for Bella.

Bella meets people at Forks High School on her first day, students including Mike Newton, Eric Yorkie, Jessica Stanley, Tyler Crowley and Angela Weber. At the cafeteria, Bella learns about the strange Cullen Family, five teenage adult foster kids adopted by Carlisle, a young doctor in the community, who is 23 years old and married to Esme.

In Biology, Edward, one of the Cullen "kids", seems completely disgusted with Bella and he goes away one second before the bell rings. She yearns to confront Edward but he is absent for almost a week. When he arrives, he seems friendly and kids towards her, explaining that he was gone for "personal reasons". Much to Bella's surprise, Edward's black eyes have turned golden brown.

At the parking lot, Tyler's van goes out of control and is about to crush Bella. Edward, who is sitting by his car, across the lot, far away from Bella, moves quickly and stops the van with his hand, leaving a huge dent in the van's door.

Bella tries to get Edward to tell her how he stopped the van, but he warns her against befriending him, and that he might be a bad guy. Bella and her friends go to the La Push beach and Jacob arrives with two of his friends, Embry Call and Sam Uley. She persuades him to tell her a tribal story involving the Cullens.

As Bella goes with Angela and Jessica to Port Angeles for dress shopping, Bella goes off by herself to find a book on Quileute Legends. Soon after that, she runs into a dangerous gang about to make their move on her before Edward unexpectedly appears to stop them. Edward and Bella later have a deep conversation regarding his ability to hear people's thought and his inability to read Bella's mind, confessing it as "very frustrating". In the meantime, a close friend of Charlie's is found dead in his boat.

Bella uses her book and finds a website about vampires when searching "The Cold One" on Google. The website shows details about vampires and the descriptions she read match Edward's characteristics. Upon realising what he is, she confronts him the next day in a clearing in the woods nearby. Instead of being scared of the truth, she just bravely accepts him for what he is, a vampire.

Edward and Bella fall in love and openly show their relationship. Eventually, he introduces her to his vampire family: Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie. Soon, the pair realise their love for each other is so strong and he hopes to never lose control when he is around her. Later on, Bella is offered a chance a human rarely or never gets: to assist a baseball game between vampires. The game goes apparently well, until Alice sees a vision of three nomadic vampires that have been involves in the killings in Forks lately approaching. Edward and Bella prepare to leave, but it's too late. James, a tracker vampire, is intrigued by Edward's protectiveness over a human and wants to hunt Bella for sport. Carlisle tells James, Laurent and Victoria to leave after James' outburst. However, he wants to kill Bella, and plots a plan to get rid of the Cullens and eat her. Knowing about the plan, the Cullens split up Edward and Bella to save her life. Edward, Emmett and Rosalie find out James has figured out the truth and has escaped. Esme and Rosalie stay behind to protect Charlie while Edward, Emmett, and Carlisle go to Phoenix where Bella is hiding in a hotel with Alice and Jasper.

James calls and lies to Bella that he has caught her mother and will kill her if Bella doesn't come to a ballet studio alone. Alice, who can see the future, gets to know something terrible will happen in a dark ballet studio. When Jasper and Alice are in the hotel lobby, Bella ditches them and takes a taxi and goes to the studio, where she gets bitten by James o the wrist while he is fighting Edward.

James is burned by Emmett, Jasper and Alice, and Edward sucks the venom out of Bella's system, which severed her pain even more. She awakes in the hospital and recovers with her mother by her side. In the end, Edward and Bella attend their high school prom and she asks him to turn her into a vampire to be with him forever, but he kisses her instead. The film ends with James's lover, Victoria, secretly watching the pair dancing and swears revenge.

Cast
List of Twilight Cast Members

Main Cast

 * Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a seventeen year old girl who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington from Phoenix, Arizona and falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. Her life is put in danger after a sadistic vampire, James, decides to hunt her.
 * Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, a 108 year old vampire who was changed in 1918 and still appears to be seventeen. He is Bella's love interest and eventually falls in love with her. He has the ability to read minds, with the exception of Bella's, along with superhuman speed and strength.

Secondary Cast

 * Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, a compassionate 300 plus year old vampire who looks to be in his early 30s. He serves as the town's physician and is the father figure of the Cullen family.
 * Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's vampire wife and a mother figure to the Cullen family.
 * Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, a vampire who can see the future based on decisions that people make.
 * Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, physically the strongest vampire of the family.
 * Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, a Cullen family member described as the most beautiful person in the world. She is incredibly hostile toward Bella throughout the entire film.
 * Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a member of the Cullen family who can manipulate emotions. He is the newest member of the Cullen family, and thus has the most difficulty maintaining their lifestyle of feeding only on animals instead of humans.
 * Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.
 * Cam Gigandet as James, the leader of a group of nomadic vampires that intends to kill Bella. He is Victoria's mate and a gifted tracker, due to his unparalleled senses.
 * Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria, James' mate who assists him in finding Bella.
 * Edi Gathegi as Laurent, the most civilized member of James' coven.
 * Sarah Clarke as Renee Dwyer, Bella's mother who lives in Arizona with her new husband, Phil.
 * Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, an old childhood friend of Bella and a member of the Quileute tribe
 * Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, one of Bella's new friends in Forks.
 * Michael Welch as Mike Newton, one of Bella's new friends who vies for her attention.
 * Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's first friend in Forks.
 * Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley, another one of Bella's classmates, also vying for Bella's attention. He nearly hits Bella with his van.
 * Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, another one of Bella's classmates who vies for her attention.

DVD and Blu-Ray
The release date for the Twilight DVD and Blu-Ray DVD was March 21, 2009.

DVD Special Features

 * Audio commentary by Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
 * Muse music video "Super Massive Black Hole"
 * Paramore music video "Decode"
 * Linkin Park music video "Leave Out All the Rest"
 * Five extended scenes with director introductions.
 * Five deleted scenes with director introductions.
 * Seven-part documentary "The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen"
 * Comic-Con "Fandom" piece.
 * Comic-Con NY sizzle reel.
 * Three trailers.
 * Penelope trailer.

Blu-Ray Special Features

 * Audio commentary by Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
 * Muse music video "Super Massive Black Hole"
 * Paramore music video "Decode"
 * Linkin Park music video "Leave Out All the Rest"
 * Five extended scenes with director introductions.
 * Five deleted scenes with director introductions.
 * Seven-part documentary "The Adventure Begins: The Journey from Page to Screen"
 * Comic-Con "Fandom" piece.
 * Comic-Con NY sizzle reel.
 * Three trailers.
 * Penelope trailer.
 * Breaking Dawn Live with New Moon teaser.