Minority Report (film)
Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is loosely based on the 1956 short story \”The Minority Report\” by Philip K. Dick. The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres. It was one of the best-reviewed films of 2002 and was nominated for several awards.
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Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the 1956 short story \”The Minority Report\” by Philip K. Dick. The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres, as well as a traditional chase film. The main protagonist is accused of a crime he has not committed and becomes a fugitive. It 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. It earned over USD 358 million worldwide against an overall budget of USD 142 million. Over four million DVDs were sold in its first few months of home release. In April 2054, Washington, DC’s prototype PreCrime police department stops murderers before they act, reducing the murder rate to zero percent. Murders are predicted using specialized mutated humans, called ‘precogs’, who ‘previsualize’ crimes by receiving visions of the future. Would-be murderers are imprisoned in a benevolent virtual reality. The federal government is on the verge of adopting the controversial program nationwide. The 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 cast includes Tom 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 Anderon’s superior Lamar Burgess. The movie 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. It is set primarily in Washington, D. C., and Northern Virginia in the year 2054. The PreCrime department apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by psychics called ‘precog’ The Precogs operate as a group mind, as the PreCrime system is kept a secret as it would damage the system’s credibility. In the film, the Precogs generate a new prediction, stating a man he does not know named Leo Crow in 36 hours. When Crow arrives in a hotel room as the 36-hour time nears, the precog prepares to kill him, accusing him of being a serial killer. Crow begs the precog to pull the trigger and pulls the trigger, however, having been hired to be killed in exchange for his family’s financial well-being.
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