Get Out is a satirical horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele. Prior to making Get Out, Peele was best known as a comedian, and half of the sketch duo Key & Peele, beloved for entertaining and sharp satirical sketches on Comedy Central. Peele was inspired by other satirical horror films such as The Stepford Wives in writing the film, and wrote the screenplay in two months after getting the go-ahead from producer Sean McKittrick.
Filming took place in Alabama in 2016. While it was a passion project for Peele, he worried about whether it would do well with audiences—both white audiences who he feared would not take to being vilified by the story, and black audiences who would not want to watch such a charged film in a theater with white audience members. Peele also played with alternate endings to the film, one in which Chris is arrested at the end for strangling Rose, but found that with test audiences he preferred to make it a happier ending.
Despite Peele's apprehensions, his first film was a smash success. earning hundreds of millions at the box office, receiving glowing reviews from critics, and garnering four nominations for Academy Awards. Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Debuting on January 23, 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival, it went on to make over $255 million at the box office from an estimated budget of $5 million.
The film would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with being nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Daniel Kaluuya. At the Golden Globes, it received two nominations, for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy, and Best Actor—Comedy or Musical. And at the BAFTAs, Kaluuya received a nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Peele for Best Original Screenplay.
