50 Fun Facts About Get Out

Who wrote and directed Get Out?

It was his directorial debut after years in sketch comedy.

Who plays Chris Washington?

He earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for the role.

Who plays Rose Armitage?

Peele cast her partly to play against the trust audiences brought from her earlier roles.

In what year was Get Out released?

It opened in North America on February 24 of that year.

What is Chris's profession?

A blind art dealer at the party covets his eyesight for exactly that reason.

What is Rose's father Dean's profession?

His wife Missy is the psychiatrist of the family.

Who plays Dean Armitage?

Whitford is best known as Josh Lyman on The West Wing.

Who plays Missy Armitage?

She plays a psychiatrist who uses hypnosis.

What everyday sound does Missy use as a hypnotic trigger?

Chris later blocks the trigger by stuffing his ears with cotton from an armchair.

What does Missy dub the dark void Chris's consciousness falls into?

Peele drew the idea from the sensation of falling as you drift off to sleep.

What habit is Missy's hypnosis ostensibly meant to cure?

The next morning Chris no longer has any desire to do it.

How old was Chris when his mother died in a hit-and-run?

Under hypnosis he admits he guiltily delayed calling for help.

What is the name of Rose's brother?

He is played by Caleb Landry Jones.

What are the names of the Armitage family's two Black staff members?

Both behave eerily, and Chris later learns why.

What is the job of Chris's best friend Rod?

Lil Rel Howery plays him, and he arrives at the end in his TSA vehicle.

What triggers Logan King's hysterical outburst at the party?

Chris later uses his phone's flash to briefly free Walter the same way.

Rod recognises Logan King as which missing man from Brooklyn?

The film opens with that man's abduction on a suburban street six months earlier.

Who plays the missing Brooklyn man living as Logan King?

He had recently appeared in Atlanta and Straight Outta Compton.

What is the name of the Armitages' secret society?

Roman Armitage founded it.

What does the blind art dealer Jim Hudson want from Chris?

Peele noted the literally colourblind Hudson still "plays a part in the system of racism".

Who plays the blind art dealer Jim Hudson?

Root is a veteran character actor known for Office Space and NewsRadio.

Whose brain is revealed to be inside the housekeeper Georgina?

Walter, meanwhile, is host to Rose's grandfather Roman.

Who plays Georgina?

Her tearful "no, no, no" scene became one of the film's most quoted moments.

How do the party guests decide who gets Chris?

The bidding takes place while Chris and Rose stroll the grounds.

Rose is seen drinking what while browsing potential victims online?

The detail was added shortly before shooting to heighten her detachment.

What does Chris use to block Missy's hypnotic trigger in the basement?

He had been strapped to the chair to watch Roman Armitage's introductory video.

Whose car does Chris take when trying to flee the estate?

The escape ends with a crash on the driveway.

In the original ending, what happened to Chris?

Peele changed it after test screenings, opting for a more hopeful resolution.

Which 1975 film did Peele cite as an influence on the satirical premise?

Both films hide a sinister conspiracy beneath suburban politeness.

Who introduced Peele to producer Sean McKittrick in 2013?

Peele pitched the story in New Orleans and wrote the first draft in about two months.

Which Black Mirror episode got the lead actor cast as Chris?

Kaluuya liked that Chris was written as an everyman.

Which comedian was asked to audition for Get Out but declined?

She later starred in Peele's TBS series The Last O.G.

In which US state was Get Out filmed?

Shooting took place in Fairhope and Mobile, though the story is set in upstate New York.

How many days did principal photography last?

It began on February 16, 2016.

Where is the story set, according to contemporary reports?

Peele deliberately avoided a Southern setting so the racism sat in a "liberal" milieu.

Who composed the film's score?

He would go on to score Us and Nope for Peele too.

What does the Swahili refrain "Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga" mean?

Peele said it functions as a warning directed at Chris.

Which Childish Gambino song plays at the start of the film?

"Run, Rabbit, Run" and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" also feature.

What was Get Out's production budget?

It grossed roughly $255 million worldwide on that outlay.

How much did Get Out earn in its North American opening weekend?

Georgia was its most profitable market that weekend.

Which film knocked Get Out to second place in its second weekend?

Get Out dropped only 15.4%, far better than the 60% typical for horror.

Whose debut-film record did Get Out beat as highest-grossing original-screenplay debut?

The Blair Witch Project had held the record for two decades with $140.5 million.

Which Oscar did Get Out win at the 90th Academy Awards?

Peele was the first African-American winner in that category.

How many Academy Award nominations did Get Out receive?

Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay.

In which Golden Globe category was Get Out controversially entered?

Peele joked on Twitter that the film was "a documentary".

Get Out was which horror film to earn a Best Picture nomination?

It followed The Exorcist, Jaws, The Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense and Black Swan.

In 2021, which body named Get Out's screenplay the greatest of the 21st century?

IndieWire had ranked it third best American screenplay of the century in 2018.

What approval rating does Get Out hold on Rotten Tomatoes?

It was the site's highest-rated wide release of 2017.

What is the name of the director's production company?

He founded it in 2012, five years before Get Out.

Which 1968 horror film was among the director's screened inspirations for the movie?

His 2017 BAM series "The Art of the Social Thriller" also included Rear Window and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.