Vantage Point
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- Released
- 21/07/2008
- Film and TV Genre
- General, Thriller
- Video Format
- PAL
- DVD Region
- 2 (will only play on Region 2 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis' directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain, to announce plans for a major global summit on terrorism. But as he stands behind the podium in front of an adoring crowd (with protesters blocked off from the stage), he is shot twice, followed shortly by a small explosion and then a massive blast. Secret Service Agents Barnes (Dennis Quaid), Taylor (Matthew Fox), and Holden (Richard T. Jones) immediately jump into action, trying to find the terrorists responsible amid all the chaos. The thriller first shows the events through the eyes of television news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), and then the film rewinds, replaying the action from a different point of view. Each perspective reveals a few more clues, then rewinds again, taking the audience through the assassination attempt and its aftermath again. VANTAGE POINT has the feel of the 1950 Akira Kurosawa classic RASHOMON, told with the speed of the television show 24. The all-star cast also includes Forest Whitaker (THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND), who gives another fine performance, playing an American tourist recording everything on his video camera. The rewind device--reminiscent of the Bill Murray comedy GROUNDHOG DAY--could have been gimmicky, but instead Travis and first-time screenwriter Barry L. Levy make it work, as more details are revealed with each flashback, leading to a pulse-pounding chase and surprising finale.
Plot Synopsis
An attempt on the life of the U.S. president reveals a much larger conspiracy in this thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, and Forest Whitaker. VANTAGE POINT takes the point of view of five witnesses and shows them all to reveal the truth about what happened.
Product Details
- Actors
- Director
- Pete Travis
- Year of release
- 2008
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- 2.40 Anamorphic Wide Screen
- 2.40:1
- Audio Format
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Czech English Hungarian
- Polish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded
- Czech Dolby Digital 5.1
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Hungarian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- An Inside Perspective featurette
- Deleted Scene
- Director Commentary
- Plotting An Assasination featurette
- Anamorphic
- Subtitle Language
- Bulgarian,
- Croatian,
- Czech,
- Danish,
- Dutch,
- English,
- Finnish,
- Hindi,
- Hungarian,
- Norwegian,
- Polish,
- Romanian,
- Serbian,
- Slovak,
- Slovene,
- Swedish,
- English for the Hearing Impaired
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Film Rating (Australia)
- M
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Film Rating (UK)
- 12
- Run Time (minutes)
- 86
- Tags
- Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- English
- Cast & Crew
- Amir Mokri (Director of Photography)
- Neal H. Moritz (Producer)
- Barry L. Levy (Screenwriter)
- Neal H Moritz (Producer)
Additional Information
- Contains moderate violence and one use of strong language
