Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
Directed by	Theodore Melfi
Produced by	Donna Gigliotti; Peter Chernin; Jenno Topping; Pharrell Williams; Theodore Melfi;
Screenplay by	Allison Schroeder; Theodore Melfi;
Based on	Hidden Figures; by Margot Lee Shetterly
Starring	Taraji P. Henson; Octavia Spencer; Janelle Monáe; Kevin Costner; Kirsten Dunst; Jim Parsons;
Music by	Hans Zimmer; Pharrell Williams; Benjamin Wallfisch;
Cinematography	Mandy Walker
Edited by	Peter Teschner
Production; company	Fox 2000 Pictures; Chernin Entertainment; Levantine Films;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 10, 2016 (SVA Theatre); December 25, 2016 (United States);
Running time	127 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$236 million

Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama movie directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder. It is loosely based on the 2016 non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Plot

It is about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.

Cast

The movie stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson. The movie also stars Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor and mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as NASA engineer Mary Jackson.

Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge and Glen Powell also star in supporting roles.

Release

Hidden Figures had a limited release on December 25, 2016, by 20th Century Fox, before going wide in the United States on January 6, 2017. It had strong positive reviews and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten movies of 2016.^[4]

Hidden Figures Media

Screen shot from a US Government (NASA) video clip about Project Mercury. The console is part of an IBM 7090 installation at the
IBM 7094 operator's console shown in the movie, with additional index register displays in a distinctive extra box on top. Note "Multiple Tag Mode" light in the top center.
US President Barack Obama greeting Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, and Taraji P. Henson on December 15, 2016
Octavia Spencer's performance as Dorothy Vaughan garnered critical acclaim, prompting her second Academy Award & Golden Globe nomination and her third SAG nomination.