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Vantage Point is a 2008 thriller film. It is directed by Pete Travis and stars Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. The release date is set at February 15, 2008. In Columbia Pictures' Vantage Point, Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Salamanca, Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist videotaping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home. Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver), an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It's only as we follow each person's perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed. ...

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In Columbia Pictures’ action-packed thriller Vantage Point, eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Mathew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe, is American TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver). As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place – and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface.

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Initial release date:

Feb 13, 2008

Directed by:

Pete Travis

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

1 h 30 min

Produced by:

Neal H. Moritz

Screenplay by:

Barry Levy

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Vantage Point

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Directed by

Pete Travis

Pete Travis is an English television and film director. His work includes Cold Feet (1999), The Jury (2002) and Omagh (2004) for television, and Vantage Point (2008) and Endgame (2009) for cinema. In November 2010, Travis began filming Dredd, a new film adaptation of the Judge Dredd comics...

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8 Strangers. 8 Points of View. 1 Truth.

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Cinematography:

Amir Mokri

Edited by:

Stuart Baird

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Film release region	Release Date	Film release distribution medium
	2008
	2007
United States of America	Feb 22, 2008
	Jul 1, 2008	DVD

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Production design by:

Brigitte Broch

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Set Decoration by:

Denise Camargo

Costume design by:

Luca Mosca

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Crewmember	Film crew role
Spiro Razatos	Stunt Coordinator
Arturo Del Rio	Unit production manager
Maury Carvajal	Script supervisor
Marylin Fitoussi	Assistant Costume Designer
German Iucciolino	Key Costumer
Eduardo Gómez Aguilera	Department Head Makeup Artist
Gerardo Perez Arreola	Key Hair Stylist
Fernando Moreno	Gaffer
Antonio Sanchez	Best Boy Electric
Jesus Rodriguez Barajas	Key grip

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Music by:

Atli Örvarsson

Runtime:

1 h 30 min

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Country of origin:

United States of America

Estimated budget:

Currency	Amount
US$	40,000,000

Soundtrack:

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Production companies:

Relativity Media

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