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I just watched it. I know that a lot of people didn’t like this movie, but I enjoyed it. It’s based on the 1997 film Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes), also staring Penelope Cruz. I’ve read that it is a much better movie, so I’ll probably eventually check it out.
IMDB trivia:
SPOILER: According to Cameron Crowe's commentary, there are 4 different interpretations of the ending.
#1 is that tech support is telling the truth, that 150 years have passed since David Aames killed himself, and that everything after his passing out on the sidewalk was a dream.
#2 is the entire movie was a dream, as evidenced by the sticker on David's car that reads '2/30/01'.
#3 is the idea that the movie takes place with David's Coma.
#4 is Cameron Crowe's own idea, that it is the novel that Brian was working on.
#1 is that tech support is telling the truth, that 150 years have passed since David Aames killed himself, and that everything after his passing out on the sidewalk was a dream.
#2 is the entire movie was a dream, as evidenced by the sticker on David's car that reads '2/30/01'.
#3 is the idea that the movie takes place with David's Coma.
#4 is Cameron Crowe's own idea, that it is the novel that Brian was working on.
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Plot Summary
Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Tagline: What is happiness to you?
Plot Outline A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.
Plot Synopsis: David Aames takes all he has for granted; his wealth, his inherited publishing company, his good looks - his relationships. Especially his relationships. It catches up to him when a friend/sometimes sex-partner can't see their relationship the way he sees it. From that point, the movie takes a Lynchian twist that ultimately and literally pulls us into Aames' tortured psyche.
Plot Keywords: Remake | Asylum | Cryogenics | Mask | Murder | Psychologist | Psychiatrist | Suicide | Bar | Car Accident | Corporate Take Over | Disfigurement
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Product Details
Actors: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, See more
Directors: Cameron Crowe
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English, French
Region: Unknown. Read more about region encoding and how it may affect you here.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
Run Time: 136 minutes
Average Customer Review: based on 774 reviews. (Write a review.)
DVD Features:
Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by: director Cameron Crowe and composer Nancy Wilson, featuring a conversation with Tom CruiseUnknown Format
Two featurettes:
- "Prelude To A Dream" an introduction
- "Hitting It Hard" behind-the-scenes look
An interview with Paul McCartney
Music video "Afrika Shox" by Leftfield/ Afrika Bambaataa
Photo gallery with audio introduction by photographer Neal Preston
Unreleased teaser trailer
International theactrical trailer
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
ASIN: B00005JKMZ
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,353 in DVD (See Top Sellers in DVD)
For more information about "Vanilla Sky" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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Theatrical Release Information
US Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 2001
MPAA: for sexuality and strong language.
Production Company: Artisan Entertainment, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Sociedad General de Cine (SOGECINE) S.A., Summit Entertainment, Vinyl Films
USA Box Office: $101 Million
Worldwide Box Office: $201 Million
Budget Estimate: $68 Million
Filming Locations: 108th-96th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | 109th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | 1579 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA | Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | Bar Building - 44th Street between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA | Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | Columbus Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | Edison Electric Building - Main Street & Avenue 21, Los Angeles, California, USA | Los Angeles, California, USA | New York City, New York, USA | Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA | Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA | Water St, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Vanilla Sky reunites director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire) with über-playboy Tom Cruise, adds another sexy Cruz (Penélope) and Cameron Diaz for good measure, and delivers a wildly entertaining, bizarre venture into erotic science fiction. Adapted near exactly from Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 romantic thriller Open Your Eyes, the film follows David Aames (Cruise) as he falls from his graceful Manhattan perch of inordinate wealth, good looks, and newfound love with Sofia (Cruz) because of severe facial disfigurement in a car accident caused by a suicidal ex-lover (Diaz). What at first promises to be a conventional allegory of redemption via true love is turned on its head as Cruise's character, reduced to wearing a latex mask and spurned by his friends, wins back his princess only after a miracle of plastic surgery restores his former beauty. A series of plot twists follows as waking life, technological advances, and nightmares flip-flop to dizzying effect and David ultimately comes face to face with his own mortality. Despite a final conceit to some vague morality, the appeal of the film is the wonderfully callous message conveyed by the rest of it (money and physical beauty equal happiness) through an unabashed vanity perfectly embodied by Cruise and Cruz. A delicious, decadent treat. --Fionn Meade
