Inception (2010)
Inception was the link movie connecting Catch Me If You Can and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Linked through Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
Both Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy appeared in Inception.
About Inception
"Your mind is the scene of the crime."
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan
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At the 83rd Academy Awards Inception won four Oscars (Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects) and was nominated for four more (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score). In 2026 it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry.
Soundtrack
Score by Hans Zimmer
The article notes the team times their wake-up 'kick' to the French song Non, je ne regrette rien, and that the film received a nomination for Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards.
Movie trivia
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Christopher Nolan first wrote an 80-page treatment about dream stealers and initially conceived Inception as a horror before reframing it as a heist to heighten emotional stakes.
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Nolan worked on the script for nine to ten years, first pitched it to Warner Bros. in 2001, shelved it while making other films, then spent six months revising it before Warner purchased it in February 2009.
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Inception was filmed in six countries, beginning in Tokyo on June 19 and ending in Canada on November 22; its official budget was $160 million split between Warner Bros. and Legendary, and Nolan's reputation helped secure $100 million in advertising.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was the first actor cast as Dom Cobb; Brad Pitt and Will Smith were Warner's first two choices and were offered the role, with Smith turning it down because he didn't understand it.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt performed all but one of his stunt scenes, describing the preparation as a challenge necessary to make the action look real.
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The team times their music-synchronized 'kick' to the French song Non, je ne regrette rien to awaken dreamers across the film's layered dream levels.
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