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Vantage Point
Release Date:
February 15, 2008
May 30, 2006
Whitaker Signs for the Point
Actor Forest Whitaker will co-star in director Pete Travis' Vantage Point for Columbia Pictures. The thriller examines an assassination attempt on the U.S. president in Spain. The catch is that it will be told from five different points of view, each taking place over 15 minute segments. Whitaker was recently seen in an acclaimed role on FX television series The Shield.
Source: The Hollywood Report
April 27, 2006
Hurt Sees the Point
William Hurt has signed on to star in Vantage Point, as the U.S. president. He joins a cast that already includes Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox. Hurt received acclaim for his recent role in A History of Violence.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
February 8, 2005
Travis has a Vantage Point
Pete Travis has been hired to direct Vantage Point for Columbia Pictures. The Rashomon-style thriller looks at an attempted presidential assassination from five different points of view. Travis was a Toronto Film Festival prize-winner for Omagh.
Source: Variety
October 22, 2004
Columbia gets the Point
Columbia has purchased Barry L. Levy's spec script Vantage Point. It's a thriller in the vein of Rashomon, telling the story of an attempted presidential assassination from five different points of view.
Source: Variety
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