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Vantage Point (2008) -- With a Rashomon narrative style, the attempted assassination of the president is told from several different perspectives.
Vantage Point (2008) -- With a Rashomon narrative style, the attempted assassination of the president is told from several different perspectives.

Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Pete Travis
Writer (WGA):
Barry Levy (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 February 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth. more
Plot:
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dennis Quaid ... Thomas Barnes

Matthew Fox ... Kent Taylor
Forest Whitaker ... Howard Lewis

Bruce McGill ... Phil McCullough
Édgar Ramírez ... Javier (as Edgar Ramirez)
Saïd Taghmaoui ... Suarez

Ayelet Zurer ... Veronica

Zoe Saldana ... Angie Jones (as Zoë Saldana)

Sigourney Weaver ... Rex Brooks

William Hurt ... President Ashton

James LeGros ... Ted Heinkin (as James Le Gros)

Eduardo Noriega ... Enrique

Richard T. Jones ... Holden

Holt McCallany ... Ron Matthews
Leonardo Nam ... Kevin Cross
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Norway:15 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42768) | Ireland:12A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | UK:12A | Malta:12 | Greece:K-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:M
Filming Locations:
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico more
Company:
Columbia Pictures more

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Trivia:
The release date was originally planned to be in October 2007 but was delayed till February 2008 for unknown reasons. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Agent Barnes shot many more bullets than the capacity of the gun he was using during the long chase scene towards the end. 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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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-02-23)" (2008) more

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117 out of 214 people found the following comment useful.
Pulse pounding actioner, 22 February 2008
9/10
Author: the_Poppuns

It didn't really look that way from the previews (looked more like a whodunit) but it is. It's like SPEED or THE FUGITIVE in that way and like RUN LOLA RUN in it's structure. So if you like those films I'd say it's a safe bet for you. It also has a really great car chase scene and this is coming from someone who usually doesn't "get" those. During that whole sequence all I could think was 'how did they choreograph that?' because it had to be really precise. I mean the cars were almost dancing.

You have a stellar ensemble cast here. Forest Whitaker plays a witness to the events who gets caught up in the whirlwind. I don't think I've even seen him run before so this was a little different for him. Matthew Fox and Dennis Quaid play secret service men. I was surprised how little screen time Fox had and if there is a star it's Dennis. I don't think it appeared that way in the trailer either. But mainly the whole thing was split up between all these different characters and their vantage points on this assassination attempt on the US president in Spain. William Hurt plays the president and I'm thinking I'm going to write him in in November. He just looks the part. Sigourney Weaver plays a TV producer who is a witness as she's producing the live coverage and for a minute I thought we didn't see her vantage point but her's was the first one we watched. We were watching along with her and I didn't realize we were already doing the multiple point of views thing. They all culminate at about the same point and once we've seen all of them the action continues from there into a perfect ending.

This film really gets going right away and there is no time for a potty break. There isn't a lot of cursing, just a couple words here or there, and not too scary violence so people who watch "LOST" and "24" level action should be able to handle it. This is the sort of movie you used to only get in the summer.

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