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Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction, drama, and romance film directed by Cameron Crowe. The screenplay was written by Alejandro Amenábar, Cameron Crowe, and Mateo Gil, while Tom Cruise, Cameron Crowe, and Paula Wagner served as producers. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Kurt Russell. Based on the work Open Your Eyes, the film is set in New York City during the 22nd century. It was produced by Cruise/Wagner Productions and Paramount Pictures, with filming taking place in Long Beach and New York City.
The film has a runtime of 136 minutes and was released on December 14, 2001. It received a budget of 68,000,000 and generated 203,388,341 in revenue. Audience ratings include a 6.9 score on IMDb and a 6.82 average on TMDb. The film was nominated for several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. It received the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Saturn Award for Best Actor.
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6.8David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as David Aames
- Penélope Cruz as Sofia Serrano
- Cameron Diaz as Julie Gianni
- Kurt Russell as Curtis McCabe
- Jason Lee as Brian Shelby
- Noah Taylor as Edmund Ventura
Themes
- regret
- jealousy
- amnesia
- dreams
- love of one's life
- nightmare
- love triangle
- virtual reality
- ex-girlfriend
- surreal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- The Seine in Argenteuil
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Open Your Eyes
- Main subject
- beauty
- Director
- Cameron Crowe
- Screenwriter
- Mateo Gil
- Composer
- Nancy Wilson
- Producer
- Paula Wagner
- Cinematographer
- Q585668
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 136
- FilmAffinity ID
- 774600
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-01-24
- film editor
- Mark Livolsi
- title
- Vanilla Sky
- executive producer
- Bill Block
- nominated for
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- set in period
- 22nd century
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Catherine Hardwicke
- box office
- 203400000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Vanilla Sky
- review score
- 45/100
- capital cost
- 68000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Tom Cruise as a magazine publisher who begins to question reality after being disfigured in a car crash. Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, who also produced with Cruise and Paula Wagner, it is an English-language remake of 1997 Spanish film Open Your Eyes, which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The supporting cast includes Penélope Cruz (who reprises her role from the original), Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, and Cameron Diaz.
Released by Paramount Pictures on December 14, 2001, Vanilla Sky grossed $203.3 million worldwide against a production budget of $68 million, but initially received mixed reviews, with the most common criticism going towards the film's tonal inconsistencies. Cruise's performance was also critiqued as lacking depth and his character was described by reviewers as narcissistic. Diaz earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and Paul McCartney's song "Vanilla Sky" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film later developed a cult following.
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