The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Run Time
90 min
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Rating Details
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Language
English, Spanish
Keyword
President, Secret Service, Agent, Secret Service Agent, Salamanca Spain
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Colour
Color
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Political Thriller
Themes
Assassination Plots, Heads of State, Members of the Press, Terrorism
Tones
Visceral, Slick, Frantic, Paranoid, Tense
Keyword
Secret Service, Time, Salamanca Spain, Camera
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Wikipedia Text
Vantage Point is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis. It was adapted from a screenplay written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States as seen from a different set of vantage points through the eyes of eight strangers. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt, and Sigourney Weaver star in principal roles. The film is cited for its use of the Rashomon Effect; a reference to a type of filmmaking used in the 1950 film Rashomon directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film recounts a series of events which are re-enacted from several different perspectives and viewpoints. Vantage Point explores kidnapping, assassination and terrorism.
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