Margot Robbie
Tonya Harding
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Jan 19, 2018 · I, Tonya: Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson. Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
- Craig Gillespie
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In 1974 Portland, Oregon, a four-year-old Tonya Harding is forced to ice-skate by her physically abusive mother, LaVona Golden. As Tonya grows up, her parents take her out of school to focus on her skating career as she trains under coach Diane Rawlinson. Tonya's father cannot handle his wife’s abuse and leaves her and Tonya. Tonya rapidly becomes ...
Development
Screenwriter Steven Rogers was inspired to write I, Tonya after watching a documentary on figure skating which mentioned Tonya Harding. Rogers arranged separate interviews with Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly; each remembered the events of the 1994 scandal very differently. Rogers decided, "Well, that's my way in - to put everyone's point of view out there, and then let the audience decide."He later said that the film was really about "things we tell ourselves in order to…live with o...
Filming
Principal photography began in late January 2017 in Macon, Georgia, where Macon Coliseum was used as a set. Throughout the shoot, Robbie suffered from a herniated disc in her neck and had routine MRIs to ensure it was safe for her to continue filming skating scenes. Filming wrapped in late February of that year, with pickups in Atlanta on May 16. In an interview, Margot Robbie highlighted that she and Tom Ackerley had to postpone their honeymoon for the production of I, Tonya.
Music
Some of the songs featured in I, Tonya had been used in Harding's real-life routines, such as ZZ Top's "Sleeping Bag". Others were selected by music supervisor Susan Jacobs: tracks from 1970s such as Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" or Supertramp's "Goodbye Stranger" came from an era when music was "powerful and full" and "warm." Jacobs felt the "classic rock songs filled the picture without getting in the way of the story." Critic Emily Manning found that others, such as En Vogue's "Free Your Min...
Shortly before production on the film began, Miramax acquired domestic distribution rights to I, Tonya for $6 million and helped complete the film. However, prior to the film's premiere, its distribution rights Miramax once held were back on sale, with the company apparently still attached with the film. I, Tonya premiered at the 2017 Toronto Inter...
Box office
I, Tonyahas grossed $30 million in the United States and Canada, and $23.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $53.9 million. After making $11.6 million over a month in limited release, the film made $2.9 million from 799 theaters in its wide weekend.After the film earned its three Oscar nominations, it was added to 161 theaters the following week and made $3 million.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, I, Tonya holds an approval rating of 90% based on 385 reviews, with an average rating of 7.80/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Led by strong work from Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, I, Tonya finds the humor in its real-life story without losing sight of its more tragic – and emotionally resonant – elements." On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicat...
Accolades
I, Tonya earned various awards and nominations following its release. At the 7th AACTA International Awards, Robbie won Best Actress, while Janney won Best Supporting Actress. I, Tonya received five nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards, including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Robbie, Best Original Screenplay for Rogers and winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Janney. The film also garnered five Critics' Choice Movie Awards, with Robbie winning Best Actress in a Co...
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- $11 million
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires ...
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- Craig Gillespie
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- Margot Robbie
Nov 1, 2017 · Starring MARGOT ROBBIE, SEBASTIAN STAN, ALLISON JANNEYDirected by CRAIG GILLESPIEWritten by STEVEN ROGERSBased on the unbelievable but true events, I, TONYA ...
From her troubled home to the infamous incident, a tongue-in-cheek look at the forces behind the turbulent career of figure skater Tonya Harding. Watch trailers & learn more.
- 2017
In 1970s Portland, Oregon, four-year-old Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) is forced to ice skate by her abusive mother, LaVona Golden (Allison Janney). Tonya is LaVona's 5th child from her 4th husband. Tonya has a natural gift for ice skating and within 6 months she won her first competition.
Dec 7, 2017 · Fact: LaVona Golden had a pet bird. Allison Janney plays Harding’s mother, LaVona Golden, in I, Tonya, and appears throughout the film with a parakeet perched on her shoulder, making for some of ...
