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Vantage Point is a 2008 American thriller, crime, and action film directed by Pete Travis. The movie stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, and William Hurt. It was produced by Neal H. Moritz through Original Film and Relativity Media. The film was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format.
The narrative takes place in Spain, while filming occurred in Mexico. The story centers on terrorism and the United States Secret Service. Amir Mokri served as director of photography, Stuart Baird as film editor, and Atli Örvarsson as composer. The film has a runtime of 90 minutes.
Critical reception varied, with review scores including 4.9/10, 34%, and 40/100. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 6.6 based on 158,061 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 6.41 from 2,170 votes. The film was released on February 1, 2008, according to TMDb, with other publication dates listed as February 13, 2008, and February 28, 2008.
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6.4During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes
- Matthew Fox as Kent Taylor
- Forest Whitaker as Howard Lewis
- Sigourney Weaver as Rex Brooks
- William Hurt as President Ashton
- Ayelet Zurer as Veronica
Themes
- sniper
- spain
- usa president
- bomb
- media
- chaos
- kidnapping
- terrorism
- body double
- secret service
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Pete Travis
- Written by
- Barry L. Levy
- Produced by
- Neal H. Moritz
- Starring
- Dennis Quaid Matthew Fox Forest Whitaker Sigourney Weaver William Hurt Édgar Ramírez Ayelet Zurer
- Cinematography
- Amir Mokri
- Edited by
- Stuart Baird
- Music by
- Atli Örvarsson
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Original Film
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- February 13, 2008 ( 2008-02-13 ) ( Salamanca ) February 22, 2008 ( 2008-02-22 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $152 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- United States Secret Service
- Director
- Pete Travis
- Cast member
- Édgar Ramírez
- Composer
- Atli Örvarsson
- Producer
- Neal H. Moritz
- Production company
- Relativity Media
- Cinematographer
- Amir Mokri
- Narrative location
- Spain
- Filming location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 114860
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/vantagepoint
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- title
- Vantage Point
- film editor
- Stuart Baird
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 40/100
- publication date
- 2008-02-28
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Encyclopedic overview
Vantage Point is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis and written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States in Salamanca, Spain, as seen from the various vantage points of different characters. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver.
The film is often compared unfavorably to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, which also employed storytelling through multiple perspectives. Rashomon used the multiple perspectives to question the possibility of truth, in a process called the Rashomon effect; in contrast, Vantage Point recounts a series of events which are re-enacted from several different perspectives and viewpoints to reveal a truthful account of what happened. Vantage Point also explores kidnapping, assassination and terrorism.
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