Nightcrawler - Featurette

Jake Gyllenhaal discusses the great lengths he went through to prepare for his role in the film 'Nightcrawler'. In the movie, Gyllenhaal portrays an insomniac new reporter, who creeps around recording crimes and the aftermaths thereof, selling the footage to local news networks for a living. The actor discusses how different the character was from anything he had ever done before, as well as revealing how he spent two months losing weight and staying up at night and sleeping during the day. In this featurette, actress Rene Russo and 'Four Lions' star Riz Ahmed discuss how much they admire Gyllenhaal for, not just his performance, but the lengths he went through to achieve said performance.

Screenwriter Dan Gilroy ('Real Steal', 'The Bourne Legacy') makes his directorial debut with 'Nightcrawler'. Principle photography began for the film on 6th October 2013, after the production received 2.3 million USD from the California Film Tax Credit program. The movie premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5th September 2014. The film distribution was handled by Open Road Films, with the movie opening in cinemas over the course of October and November 2014, receiving massive critical acclaim.