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Vantage Point

Year:

2008

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Pete Travis

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-02-22

Filming Locations: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Earnings

Budget: $40,000,000

Opening Weekend: $22,874,936 (USA) (24 February 2008)

Gross: $72,266,306 (USA) (20 April 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Shelby Fenner

Vantage Point

Dennis Quaid

Thomas Barnes

Matthew Fox

Kent Taylor

Forest Whitaker

Howard Lewis

Bruce McGill

Phil McCullough

Édgar Ramírez

Javier

Saïd Taghmaoui

Suarez

Ayelet Zurer

Veronica

Zoe Saldana

Angie Jones

Sigourney Weaver

Rex Brooks

William Hurt

President Ashton

James Le Gros

Ted Heinkin

Eduardo Noriega

Enrique

Richard T. Jones

Holden

Holt McCallany

Ron Matthews

Leonardo Nam

Kevin Cross

Dolores Heredia

Marie

Alicia Zapien

Anna

Justin Sundquist

Parsons

Sean O'Bryan

Cavic

José Carlos Rodríguez

Mayor De Soto

Rodrigo Cachero

Luis

Guillermo Iván

Felipe (as Guillermo Ivan)

Xavier Massimi

Miguel

Ari Brickman

Secret Service Agent

Brian McGovern

Mark Reinhart

Lisa Owen

American Woman

Rocío Verdejo

Paulina (as Rocio Verdejo)

Marisa Rubio

Police Woman

Chris Durand

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

César Ámigo Aguilar

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Matthew Fox, Eduardo Noriega, Forest Whitaker and director Pete Travis attended the premiere, held in Salamanca, Spain, on February 12, 2008. City Hall declared them "Distinguished Guests."

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French visa # 118779.

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In order to keep the dozens of video monitors in the TV control booth synchronized properly, the screens were actually greenscreen panels that were replaced in post-production.

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Goofs

Ted Heinkin inaccurately places the city of Beirut in Darfur when informing President Ashton of the leader of the group suspected of threatening the President. Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon, and Darfur is a region in Sudan.

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Towards the end of the movie, a stop sign says "ALTO". Stop signs in Spain say "STOP".

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After Javier dies, the camera zooms out on his body lying on the floor. If you look closely, you can see the upper part of his mouth twitch. Muscles can twitch for hours after death.

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Quotes

Rex Brooks: [after she realizes Angie is going off topic about the protestors in Spain] What is she doing? Kevin, shut her down.

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Rex Brooks: [from control room] Alright, Angie, after this I need a 50-second fill about the conference.

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Enrique: [Talking about the bomb] We have to go!

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Faq

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Was the satellite in the trailer a shot from Resident Evil: Extinction?

Yes, the satellite was footage from Resident Evil: Extinction (2007). Both Vantage Point and Resident Evil: Extinction are films owned by Sony.

Is "Vantage Point" based on a book?

No. Vantage Point is based on a screenplay by American screenwriter Barry Levy.

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