COLLATERAL - Tom Cruise

This is looking great.

Cruise on the awards trail can only be good for the viewing public - and, boy, does this look like a treat /versus/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

You can go here and here for more info, because the site is pretty bare so far. It's up to the fans to scrounge together info from the net.

All in all, this surprisingly low budget (60 mil for a Tom Cruise movie is pretty damn low) movie is shaping up very nicely indeed, and reviews of early drafts of the script seem to be getting the ol' thumbs up.

I'll keep you posted.

 

I saw the trailer on the theater but to be honest I didn't like it that much (^_^). I might change my mind though when I see it. Tom Cruise looks to be the bad guy this time, doesn't he? /versus/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

Well, it is only a teaser - it's just the bare minimum of footage, and it sets up more of an atmosphere (a damn cool one too!) than a real story.

The story itself is about a cab driver called - yeah - Max (Foxx) who picks up our not-so-friendly neighbour Vincent (Cruise) who turns out to be a hitman. Pretty soon, Max is forced into driving Vincent round to five different hits, during which time, he's trying to figure out a way to stop him.

Sounds like a very concentrated thriller à la Phone Booth (which I thought was great), and, yes, with Cruise as the bad guy, I think we should be in for a more than intreresting ride. /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

I Saw the trailer too and it was cool. I would see this when it comes out. As for the phonebooth, thats a wicked movie.

 

Hey there Silver - where abouts in London do you live, if you don't mind me asking?

 

liquid_MAX i was about to ask you the same question /versus/images/graemlins/smile.gif

raging silver comes from norbury area, i live in croydon.. but there are little pockets of VFers dotted all around london /versus/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

Wahey! That's fantastic! I'm actually right on the outskirts of Essex, where Essex and outer London meet - Ilford. London Borough of Redbridge. It's on the far East of the central line.

This is really great stuff - it would be fantastic if we could organise a friendly get-together for some VF-style button-bashing!

Just out of curiosity, how did you two get into VF - have you been into Sega products for quite a while?

Good stuff, guys! Hope to chat soon /versus/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

Hey another VF head to batter up! lol j/k mate. I'm from the Tooting Area actually but still quite close to Norbury. I wouldn't mind a lil get together, I could do with some human practise now anyways.

We could always meet sometime next week if u want, just not wednesday cos I'm visiting someone. We can meet at thr torcadero sometime at night or whenever ur up for it. I'm sure ppl will come along too.

Also if u have Mirc, feel free to join us. Efnet London server in the #vf-uk room. Seeya in there...btw I ain't in there much tho I am on IRC quite a bit.

 

Unfortunately, I have exms until June 30th!

Any time after that should be open for discussion, so I look forward to future meetings!

I must say, though - I'm really quite out of practice, so I'll need at least a few days after my exams if only to brush up /versus/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

LA Film Festival's Collateral Preview

"On Friday, June 18, director Michael Mann and Tom Cruise made an appearance at Hollywood's Pacific Theatre as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival to talk about their upcoming movie, Collateral. The evening was called "Michael Mann's Los Angeles: Realizing Collateral". One of our readers, 'Kevin Copelan', attended the show and filled us in on what we missed (Minor Spoilers Ahead):

I attended this special evening at the Pacific Theater in Hollywood. Tom Cruise, Michael Mann, and actor Barry Shabaka Henley were there, and Kenneth Turan of the L.A. Times was the moderator. Jamie Foxx was a no show because his grandmother was ill. It was a full house with not one seat open in the whole theatre, and they started by showing clips from old films that depict Los Angeles. The first clip shown was Kiss Me Deadly (1955) chosen by the moderator, followed by Touch of Evil (1958) picked by Mann. Cruise picked a clip from Sunset Boulevard of a body in a pool, and Beverly Hills Cop was picked by Barry Shabaka Henley.

They showed a lot of extended clips from Collateral--the look of film is amazing! Michael Mann told Turan that 85% of the film was done with a digital camera so that they could manipulate certain scenes for the film. The Korean disco scene two-thirds through the film is a real keeper. Jada Pinkett Smith plays a taxicab passenger that Max, Jamie Foxx's character, is making a play for. That scene probably occurs before Max picks up Vincent, the killer played by Tom Cruise.

The evening finished with a Q and A session and an extended trailer, which I believe has not been shown before then. In closing, there is no way this film can get a PG-13 rating, since it's too violent."

--Thanks to Travis Bickle for bringing this to my attention.