Is Prisoners movie based on a true story?

Production. Aaron Guzikowski wrote the script based on a short story he wrote, involving “a father whose kid was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then puts this guy in a well in his backyard”. That short story was partially inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”.

Who took the kids in Prisoners?

Prisoners(2013) Holly Jones (Melissa Leo) kidnapped the two little girls. LONG VERSION: Holly and her husband were religious zealots until their young son died of cancer. Then, they became serial child murderers intent to “wage a war with God” by turning the parents of their victims into grief-stricken demons.

Does Keller get found in Prisoners?

There was an original ending where Loki moves the car and finds Keller but the filmmakers changed it on purpose and the studio ultimately left it as is. The ending does show that Loki hears the whistle, but we don’t see him actually find Keller.

Why did Alex not talk in Prisoners?

Short answer: the trauma. We didn’t see much of Anna and Joy after being taken. There was just a short scene as Joy remembers it, and their mouth were duct-taped (“It put tape on our mouths”). In the hospital, we learn that Joy was drugged and thus almost completely unable to speak.

Does Jake Gyllenhaal tics?

“The tics and those physical manifestations, that happened in my mind as I was reading it. Just before I made this movie, I was on stage in New York City playing a character who talked a lot, and had a lot of sort of nervous energy,” Jake recently shared to The Wrap about his hit film Prisoners.

What happened at the end of the movie Prisoners?

After its multiple plot twists, Prisoners’ original ending concludes the story with Dover confronting Alex’s “mother,” Holly, who, in turn, shoots him in the leg and forces him into the pit. The movie’s final scene depicts Loki standing about as workers wrap up excavation work on Jones’ property.

What does the ending of Prisoners mean?

At the end, Alex is reunited with his family after 26 years, and Kellar is left calling for help, blowing the missing whistle that Anna and Joy went off to find in the first place. That whistle set in motion the plot of “Prisoners,” so it’s fitting that it brings the movie to a close.