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“Vantage Point” (2008) overview

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"Vantage Point" is a political thriller about assassination attempt of the president of the United States.

When a double of president of the United States is shot moments after stepping to the podium, chaos ensues. Terrorists attack the podium and the actual location of the President - who had earlier been moved to a safe location after his aides learn of a definite threat against the summit...

“Vantage Point” is the story of eight people with eight different points of view each trying to piece together the truth. These eight people include Thomas Barnes (played by Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (played by Matthew Fox), Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (played by William Hurt) at an anti-terrorism summit in Salamanca, Spain.

Barnes must uncover the truth while facing his memories of a previous assassination attempt as well as betrayal from within the security detail.

Also involved are TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the world, and Howard Lewis (played by Forest Whitaker), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his family back home.

As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle fall into place.

Taglines: 8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth. If you think you've seen it all... Look again. Can you solve the puzzle?

Director: Pete Travis. Writer (WGA): Barry Levy (written by). Producers: Tania Landau, Ricardo Del Río

Genre: drama / thriller

MPAA rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language

Other certifications: Malaysia: U; Norway: 15; Canada: 14A (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario), 13+ (Quebec); South Korea: 15; Hong Kong: IIA, Australia: M, Finland: K-13

Runtime: 90 min. Country: USA. Language: English. Color: Color. Aspect ratio: 2.35:1. Sound mix: Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS

Cast

William Hurt as President Ashton

Sigourney Weaver as Rex Brooks

Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes

Saïd Taghmaoui as Suarez

Matthew Fox as Kent Taylor

Forest Whitaker as Howard Lewis

Bruce McGill as Phil McCullough

Edgar Ramirez as Javier

Ayelet Zurer as Veronica

Zoë Saldaña as Angie Jones

James LeGros as Ted Heinkin

Eduardo Noriega as Enrique

Richard T. Jones as Holden

Holt McCallany as Ron Matthews

Leonardo Nam as Kevin Cross

Premieres

USA - February 20, 2008 (New York premiere); February 22, 2008

Philippines - February 20, 2008

Qatar - February 21, 2008

Hong Kong - February 21, 2008

Russia - February 21, 2008

Austria - February 22, 2008

Canada - February 22, 2008

Mexico - February 22, 2008

South Korea - February 22, 2008

Japan - February 27, 2008 (Tokyo premiere); March 1, 2008

Taiwan - February 27, 2008

Argentina - February 28, 2008

Germany - February 28, 2008

Switzerland - February 28, 2008 (German speaking region); March 19, 2008 (French speaking region); March 21, 2008 (Italian speaking region)

Denmark - February 29, 2008

Italy - February 29, 2008

Spain - February 29, 2008

Sweden - February 29, 2008

India - March 2, 2008

Norway - March 7, 2008

UK - March 7, 2008

Indonesia - March 12, 2008

Slovakia - March 13, 2008

Australia - March 13, 2008

Croatia - March 13, 2008

New Zealand - March 13, 2008

Brazil - March 14, 2008

Finland - March 14, 2008

France - March 19, 2008

Chile - March 20, 2008

Portugal - March 20, 2008

Singapore - March 20, 2008

Bulgaria - March 21, 2008

Iceland - March 21, 2008

Egypt - March 26, 2008

Bahrain - March 26, 2008

Jordan - March 26, 2008

Oman - March 26, 2008

Belgium - March 26, 2008

United Arab Emirates - March 27, 2008

Slovenia - March 27, 2008

Israel - March 27, 2008

Greece - March 27, 2008

Kuwait - March 27, 2008

Lebanon - March 27, 2008

Nigeria - March 27, 2008

Lithuania - March 28, 2008

Romania - March 28, 2008

Peru - April 3, 2008

Thailand - April 3, 2008

Estonia - April 4, 2008

Latvia - April 4, 2008

Poland - April 4, 2008

Ecuador - April 4, 2008

Kenya - April 4, 2008

South Africa - April 4, 2008

Czech Republic - April 10, 2008

Hungary - April 10, 2008

Netherlands - April 10, 2008

Turkey - April 11, 2008

Colombia - April 18, 2008

Uruguay - April 18, 2008

Bolivia - April 24, 2008

Ukraine - April 24, 2008

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Companies

Production

Original Film >>>>

Relativity Media >>>>

Distribution

Columbia Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)

Sony Pictures Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)

Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Netherlands, Singapore) (theatrical)

Buena Vista Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)

Special effects

Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other

Casting Valdés - extras casting

Flying Pictures - aerial filming services provided by

Gearbox Sound and Vision - additional ProTools systems supplied by

KanZaman Services - production services (Spain)

Packair Airfreight - international logistics

Soundelux London - sound post-production

Varèse Sarabande - soundtrack

Filming locations

Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain

 

 

 

 

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