The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. Starring Daniel Craig as journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander , it tells the story of Blomkvist's investigation to find out what happened to a girl from a wealthy family who disappeared 40 years ago.
He recruits the help of Salander, a computer hacker. Sony Pictures began development on the film in It took the company a few months to obtain the film adaptation rights to the novel, while also recruiting Zaillian and Fincher. The casting process for the lead roles was intense; Craig faced scheduling conflicts, and a number of actresses were sought for the role of Lisbeth Salander.
The script took over six months to write, which included three months of analyzing the novel. The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of and was a candidate for numerous awards, winning, among others, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing , [ 4 ] while Mara's performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 84th Academy Awards. Every year, Vanger receives a framed pressed flower, the type Harriet always gave him on his birthday.
He believes her killer is taunting him. Blomkvist moves into a cottage on the Vanger family estate on Hedestad Island and starts his investigation. Lisbeth Salander is an asocial investigator and hacker who is antagonized by her state-appointed guardian, Nils Bjurman.
Bjurman controls Salander's finances and extorts sexual favors by threatening to have her institutionalized. In one meeting, Bjurman chains Salander to his bed and brutally anally rapes her, unaware his action is recorded. At their next meeting, Salander tasers Bjurman, binds him, rapes him with a steel dildo , and tattoos "I'm a rapist pig" across his chest. Using the recording she made, she blackmails him into giving her financial independence and ceasing contact with her.
