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June 19, 2002 (Ziegfeld Theatre)
June 21, 2002 (United States)
Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise, and loosely based on the 1956 short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. The picture is set primarily in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where PreCrime, a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by psychics called "precogs". The cast includes Cruise as Chief of PreCrime John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton as the senior precog Agatha, and Max von Sydow as Anderton's superior Lamar Burgess.
The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres, as well as a traditional chase film, as the main protagonist is accused of a crime he has not committed and becomes a fugitive. Spielberg has characterized the story as "fifty percent character and fifty percent very complicated storytelling with layers and layers of murder mystery and plot". The film's central theme is the question of free will versus determinism. It examines whether free will can exist if the future is set and known in advance. Other themes include the role of preventive government in protecting its citizenry, the role of media in a future state where technological advancements make its presence nearly boundless, the potential legality of an infallible prosecutor, and Spielberg's repeated theme of broken families.
The film was first optioned in 1992, as a sequel to another Dick adaptation, Total Recall, and started its development in 1997, after a script by Jon Cohen reached Spielberg and Cruise. Production suffered many delays due to Cruise's Mission: Impossible 2 and Spielberg's A.I. running over schedule, eventually starting in March 2001. During pre-production, Spielberg consulted numerous scientists in an attempt to present a more plausible future world than that seen in other science fiction films, and some of the technology designs in the film have proven prescient.
Minority Report was one of the best-reviewed films of 2002 and was nominated for several awards. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing, and eleven Saturn Award nominations, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Saturn Award for Best Music, winning Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction, Best Writing, and Best Supporting Actress. The film earned over $358 million worldwide against an overall budget of $142 million (including advertising). Over four million DVDs were sold in its first few months of home release.
Storyline[]
In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad "Precrime". They use three gifted humans (called "Pre-Cogs") with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn't even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery's core by finding out the 'minority report' which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that "might" tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.
Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Creaks Strain FS015103 (Only the 1st half of the 2nd strain is heard.)
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01
- SKYWALKER, COMPUTER - GLITCHING (debut)
- SKYWALKER, COMPUTER - KEYBOARD TYPING, OFFICE
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH
- SKYWALKER, HISS - HARPOON LAUNCHER, WEAPON
- SKYWALKER, INVENTOR - FLIK'S INVENTION; RUN; STOP
- SKYWALKER, JET - ARTOO'S ROCKET THRUSTERS
- SKYWALKER, METAL - DOOR OPENING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - HAND GRIPPING HANDRAIL OR BAR
- SKYWALKER, METAL - METAL CLANG OR HIT
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT LOUD GROAN (debut)
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER PUNCHING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - ROBOT PROBE'S EYE SENSOR
- Sound Ideas, BUS, MCI 102 - EXT: AIR HORN, DOUBLE BLAST
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM (same variant from A.I., heard once briefly / in reverse for the car in escape from the factory)
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 08
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