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Vantage Point (2008)

12A 90 min  -  Action | Crime | Drama  -   22 February 2008 (USA)
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Ratings: 6.6/10 from 77,864 users   Metascore: 40/100 
Reviews: 403 user | 228 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com

The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Director:

Pete Travis

Writer:

Barry Levy
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid ...
Matthew Fox ...
Forest Whitaker ...
Bruce McGill ...
Édgar Ramírez ...
Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui ...
Ayelet Zurer ...
Zoe Saldana ...
Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)
Sigourney Weaver ...
William Hurt ...
James LeGros ...
Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)
Eduardo Noriega ...
Richard T. Jones ...
Holt McCallany ...
Leonardo Nam ...
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Storyline

The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

President | Explosion | Shooting | Secret Service | American  | See more »

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish (some dialogue)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Angles d'attaque See more »

Filming Locations:

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$22,874,936 (USA) (24 February 2008) (3149 Screens)

Gross:

$151,161,491 (Worldwide)
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Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

When shooting was moved to Mexico, the production design team built a replica of Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, which is slightly smaller than the original. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: Chase scenes were through a city that was obviously much larger than that of place of Salamanca's size of approximately 160,000. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Mark Reinhart: Good morning, America. It's now 12 noon in Salamanca, Spain. In a short time, world leaders from over 150 countries meet here in Plaza Mayor to sign up to President Ashton's bold new counterterrorist strategy. Since 9/11, more than 4500 people have been killed in the rising tide of global terror...
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References The Killing (1956) See more »