A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 13 wins & 15 nominations total
- Bank Customer
- (as Elgin Marlowe)
- Bank Cop
- (as Manny Suarez)
- Chino
- (as Luis Guzman)
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- TriviaListed as one of George Clooney's favorite films on his resumé. He said, "It was the first time where I had a say, and it was the first good screenplay I'd read where I just went 'That's it.' Even though it didn't do very well box-office wise, we sort of tanked again, it was a really good film."
- GoofsThe supposedly uncut diamonds sparkle and look like already-cut diamonds.
- Quotes
Jack Foley: It's like seeing someone for the first time, like you can be passing on the street, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of a recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. And you always remember it because it was there, and you let it go, and you think to yourself, 'What if I had stopped? What if I had said something?' What if, what if... it may only happen a few times in your life.
Karen Sisco: Or once.
Jack Foley: [softly] Or once.
- Alternate versionsThe laserdisk/DVD versions contain the following deleted scenes.
- The original trunk scene, much much longer with extra dialog, different lighting and more wriggling.
- Moselle is teaching Snoopy's dog "Tuffy" to do tricks with a Frisbee while Snoopy is watching boxing on TV. Glenn calls to tell Snoopy about the Ripley job and then steals a car from a gas station.
- In a bizarre scene in the Adams Hotel room, Buddy and Jack talk about the feeling you get when you take a bath.
- Karen gets a lecture from her dad about relationships while he fishes ocean debris out of his jetty.
- Extended scene of Karen questioning Adele.
- In the yard at Lompoc, Ripley talks to Foley about fish.
- Glenn, Snoopy, Kenneth and White Boy Bob talk in the car after the transsexual murder.
- We see the rather gruesome transsexual murder scene. Ray Cruz talks to Karen who spots Glenn's broken glasses on the floor.
- Ripley is released from Lompoc and we see him packing stuff from his cell and saying goodbye to Foley.
- After the job "interview" at Ripley's office building, Foley smashes a large fish tank with a paperweight shortly before being thrown out by two security guards.
- Foley and Buddy talk in the hotel after Foley has returned from his "socializing" with Karen
- Putting ski masks on in the van before the Ripley job. White Boy Bob tells a story about leaving his wallet behind at a break in.
- SoundtracksFlosso Bosso
Written and Performed by Harry Garfield
Similar to the Soderburgh-helmed "Ocean's Eleven", "Out of Sight" blends the standard apples and oranges of genres into a delicious smoothie. This is a drama, minus the driving intensity, light-hearted enough to pass as a comedy. It's a comedy, but not of the HAHA sort. The humor lies in things like Clooney's glances, JLo's relationship dilemmas, the paradox of Ving Rhames' self-righteous thief, and the sheer absurdity of Don Cheadle's gangsta. It's also a romance and a cop-and-robber story, but neither love nor crime is the whole point. All of these pieces unite to form a fantastic puzzle of a picture.
The tasty complexity is further deepened by the non-linear storytelling technique. Flashing backward here and there throughout the film is a good choice because the viewer can only fully understand the previous events with the 20/20 vision of hindsight. Plus it eliminates what could have been a painful first half hour of exposition, instead spreading the backstory through the rest of the film.
The stylistic singular color palettes for different locations that Soderburgh later used magnificently in "Traffic" are present here as well. From bright sun-drenched Florida to the ice cold blues of Detroit, this technique serves as virtual atmosphere, allowing one to determine the geography even without the convenience of titles. In a non-linear film like this, that ease in recognizing time and place facilitates comprehension of what is happening when. Unique among Soderburgh's work (to my recollection) is the film's use of occasional freeze frames. Stopping the picture for just a second or two, Soderburgh gently identifies poignant moments, obvious or not, allowing an extra moment to deservedly linger on them.
With the high technical accomplishments, the acting almost doesn't matter, but the slightly understated method works wonders. Clooney is his usual suave self, complete with snappy dialogue and a cornucopia of confidence. In a role that "Enough" can only dream about, JLo almost looks like a real actress (joke). She is absent her too-common ditziness and easily holds her own, despite being a tad too glamorous. Rhames, Cheadle, and Albert Brooks are their usual solid selves, playing parts both similar and drastically different from their wheelhouses. Everyone seems to have perspective in their parts, not utilizing excessive gravity or levity, but rather hitting the appropriate notes as they inhabit their roles to perfection. Ultimately you believe all of these actors in their parts, even if JLo's skirts are entirely too short for a federal agent.
Like "Ocean's Eleven", "Out of Sight" is a very good film, merging quality in all aspects of film-making into a fully enjoyable two hour experience. The main themes of crime and love are basic, so the movie doesn't soar to remarkable heights. But if you're looking for a brilliantly made film that you might have missed on its theatrical run, espy Out of Sight and settle in for a quirkily involving night. If you saw it a few years back, check it out again to see Soderburgh's foundation for his own excellence.
Bottom Line: A wholly absorbing movie that serves as a film-making clinic of brilliance. 8 of 10.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Siêu Trộm Khét Tiếng
- Filming locations
- Kronk Recreation Center - 5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA(boxing training scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,562,568
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,020,435
- Jun 28, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $77,745,966
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1