A wealthy womanizer (Tom Cruise) has trouble distinguishing dreams from reality after a car accident leaves... (Learn more)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz (View All)
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Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz
A remake of the Spanish film Open Your Eyes (1997), this thriller from director Cameron Crowe bears one of several discarded titles for his previous, Oscar-winning film Almost Famous (2000). Tom Cruise stars as David Ames, a womanizing playboy who finds romantic redemption when he falls in love with his best friend's girlfriend Sofia (Penelope Cruz, reprising her role from the original film). Before that relationship can begin, however, David is coaxed into a car driven by an ex-lover, Julie (Cameron Diaz), who turns out to be suicidal. Driving her car off a bridge, Julie kills herself and horribly disfigures David. Reconstructive surgery and the loving support of Sofia seem to reverse David's luck, but eerie incidents are soon making him question the reality of his existence and his control over his life, even while he is suspected of complicity in Julie's death. Vanilla Sky (2001) bears the expected Crowe trademark of an obsession with recent pop culture and particularly rock music, a more important element of the remake than the original film. That project's writer/director, Alejandro Amenabar, crafted his own supernatural hit the same year with The Others (2001), starring Nicole Kidman, the soon-to-be-ex-wife of Cruise. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/14/01
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
134 mins. (V)
Locations
- New York City, NY
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$100,614,858
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 2001 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2001 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Song award at the 2001 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
