Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 02/22/08 Home Video 07/01/08 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language Running Time 1 hour 30 minutes Genre Suspense, Action Director Pete Travis Writer Barry Levy Cast Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, Forest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana, Edgar Ramirez, Eduarodo Noriega, Shelby Fenner Studio Sony Studios |
VANTAGE POINT (2008)
Synopsis
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.
.-- ©Sony Studios
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.
.-- ©Sony Studios
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