Minority Report - Single Disc Edition

Starring: Max von Sydow, Tom Cruise Director: Steven Spielberg Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 13th October, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Minority Report is a 2002 film by Steven Spielberg starring Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Samantha Morton & Colin Farrell. It is loosely based on the Philip K Dick short story of the same name. Minority Report is one of several movies based on stories by Dick. The film renders a much more detailed view of a near-term future world than that present in the original short story, with depictions of a number of technologies related to the movies themes. The film also omits certain story details. While the films roots make it a science fiction film, it mixes in elements of a number of different genres, particularly film noir, mystery & action / adventure. Minority Report is set in Washington, DC during the year 2054. Thanks to three precogs & technology built around their ability to see murders before they happen, the city has gone six years without a murder. Posters Of Minority Report

Full of morally flawed characters, & shot in grainy desaturated colours, Steven Spielbergs Minority Report is futuristic film noir with a far-fetched B-movie plot thats so feverishly presented the audience never gets a chance to ponder its many improbabilities. Based on a short story by Philip K Dick, the film is set in the Orwellian near-future of 2054, where a trio of genetically modified pre-cogs warn of murders before they happen. In an SF twist on the classic Hitchcockian wrong-man scenario, Detective John Anderton is the zealous precrime cop who is himself revealed as a future killer. Plot twists & red herrings drive the action forward, & complications abound, not least Andertons crippling emotional state, his drug habit, his avuncular-yet-sinister boss & the ambitious FBI agent Witwer snapping at his heels.

Though the film toys with the notion of free will in a deterministic universe, this is not so much a movie of grand ideas as forward-looking ones. Its depiction of a near-future filled with personalised advertising & intrusive security devices that relentlessly violate the right of anonymity is disturbingly believable. Ultimately, though, its a chase movie & the innovative set-piece sequences reveal Spielbergs flair for staging action. As with A.I. before it, theres a nagging feeling that the all-too-neat resolution is a Spielbergian touch too far: the movie could satisfactorily have ended several minutes earlier. Although this is superior SF from one of Hollywoods greatest craftsmen, it would have been more in the spirit of Philip K Dick to leave a few tantalisingly untidy plot threads dangling.

Carl Adolf von Sydow was born on April 10, 1929 to a middle class family in Lund, southern Sweden. His father, Carl Wilhelm, was a professor of comparative folklore at the nearby University of Lund ; his mother, Maria, was a school teacher. He had at least one brother, who died during the filming of von Sydows most controversial film The Exorcist. Little material is available on his childhood, except that he seems to have been a shy, quiet child. He attended the Cathedral School of Lund, but despite being taught English from the age of nine, von Sydow initially professed little interest in working outside Sweden. In their late teens, von Sydow & some friends founded an amateur theatre company & this is where he started his acting career. He completed National Service before going on to study at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm where he trained between 1948 & 1951 with the likes of Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook & Ingrid Thulin. During his time at Dramaten, he made his screen debut in Alf Sjoberg s films Only a Mother & Lady Julie, a Swedish classic after August Strindberg. Posters Of Minority Report

Editors Choice: Sleepless, Minority Report, Out Of The Ashes, Pelle The Conqueror, Samson And Delilah, Dreamscape, Flash Gordon, Passion Of Anna, View DVDology

Tom Cruise is an American film actor & producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was in 1983 s Risky Business. // Cruises parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States & Canada, including Ottawa, Louisville, Kentucky, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Ridge High School & Wayne, New Jersey. Before going into acting, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary & aspired to become a Catholic priest. He received Academy Award nominations for Born on the Fourth of July & Jerry Maguire, both as Best Actor ; & for Magnolia, as Best Supporting Actor. In 1996, he became the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in domestic release. Impossible & Jerry Maguire. Impossible & its sequels, Vanilla Sky & The Last Samurai. The company also co-produced The Others. In 1990, 1991 & 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Posters Of Tom Cruise

Editors Choice: The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky, Jerry Maguire, Minority Report, Collateral, Eyes Wide Shut, The Bone Collector, A Few Good Men, View DVDology

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is a Jewish American film director whose films range from science fiction to historical drama to horror. He is noted for the patriotism of his work and, in recent years, for his willingness to tackle controversial issues. One consistent theme in his work is the abuse of others, whether it is a father abusing his children or a government agency abusing an entire class of people. Spielberg is arguably the most financially successful motion picture director of all time. He has helmed an astounding number of feature films that have become enormous box-office hits & this has given him enormous influence in Hollywood. As of 2004, he has been listed in Premiere & other magazines as the most powerful & influential figure in the motion picture industry. He is seen as a figure who has the influence, financial resources & acceptance of Hollywood studio authorities to make any movie he wants to make, be it a mainstream action-adventure movie or a three-hour-long black & white drama about a controversial historical subject. Posters Of Minority Report

Editors Choice: Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Jurassic Park 2, Schindlers List, The Lost World, Jurassic Park, View DVDology

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