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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Drew Goddard (written by)
Release Date:
18 January 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Some Thing Has Found Us
Plot:
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(485 articles)
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Tremendous thrills!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lizzy Caplan | ... | Marlena | |
| Jessica Lucas | ... | Lily | |
| T.J. Miller | ... | Hud | |
| Michael Stahl-David | ... | Rob Hawkins | |
| Mike Vogel | ... | Jason Hawkins | |
| Odette Yustman | ... | Beth McIntyre | |
| Anjul Nigam | ... | Bodega Cashier | |
| Margot Farley | ... | Jenn | |
| Theo Rossi | ... | Antonio | |
| Brian Klugman | ... | Charlie | |
| Kelvin Yu | ... | Clark | |
| Liza Lapira | ... | Heather | |
| Lili Mirojnick | ... | Lei | |
| Ben Feldman | ... | Travis | |
| Elena Caruso | ... | Party Goer |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
1-18-08 (USA) (promotional title)
Cheese (USA) (fake working title)
Clover (USA) (fake working title)
Monstrous (USA) (promotional title)
Slusho (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA) (working title)
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Cheese (USA) (fake working title)
Clover (USA) (fake working title)
Monstrous (USA) (promotional title)
Slusho (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.
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Runtime:
85 min
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Colour:
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:15 |
Argentina:16 |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Ireland:15A |
Malaysia:U |
Finland:K-13 |
Australia:M |
Czech Republic:15 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44015) |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Germany:12 |
Brazil:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:13+ (Québec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) |
Denmark:15 |
New Zealand:M |
Japan:PG-12 |
France:U (with warning) |
South Africa:13V (13LV) |
Iceland:14 |
Peru:14 |
Austria:14
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Many scenes were shot with the Panasonic HVX200 "prosumer" digital video camera. Visual effects plates were shot primarily with the Thomson Grass Valley Viper Filmstream digital video camera; the effects camera in NYC was the Sony F23 digital video camera.
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Goofs:
Plot holes: It would be impossible for any consumer camcorder to survive a 300 foot drop from the monster's mouth.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Rob Hawkins: It's 6:42 AM. Beth's dad's place. He's out of town. And it's already a good day.
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Rob Hawkins: It's 6:42 AM. Beth's dad's place. He's out of town. And it's already a good day.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Especially the Animal Keith Crofford (#4.19)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Grown So Ugly
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FAQ
Are there two giant monsters?What happens to Lily?
Did the news really cover a guy who set homeless people on fire?
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Some people have derisively compared this film to The Blair Witch Project because it was all told from the point of view of someone's shaking camera. Unless you have motion sickness, I don't think that's a bad thing. What matters is who's in front of the camera. While The Blair Witch Project featured annoying people screaming at each other, this movie actually made me care about the characters. In fact if it had continued with the romantic drama tone established during the first half hour, I STILL think it would have been worth watching and that's the biggest compliment I can give it.
Of course people will be watching this movie for the visceral pleasure and Colverfield delivers. Many thrilling visual and sound effects wowed me (there were a few times I yelled out in shock at a sudden scare). Any horror film will also benefit from a sense of entrapment and this movie pulls off the seemingly impossible feat of making New York City seem claustrophobic because there was seemingly nowhere to hide from the monster.
What is the monster? Whatever it is clearly is meant to be an allegory for the carnage 9/11 inflicted on New York, much the same way Godzilla was meant to be an allegory for the damage inflicted on Japan by the atom bomb. There are moments seemingly recreating the documentary footage from 9/11, and they give the film verisimilitude. Touching upon real life horror, plus creating characters that we can relate to and care about, and assaulting our senses with incredible sights and sounds leads to entertainment worth watching many times over. Perhaps the 80 minute run time will bother some people, but on the other hand I think that's better than a film wearing out its welcome. Great job J.J. Abrams and company!