Vantage Point
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Vantage
Point is a 2008 thriller film. It is directed by Pete Travis and stars
Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, William Hurt and Sigourney
Weaver. The release date is set at February 15, 2008. In Columbia
Pictures' Vantage Point, Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor
(Matthew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect
President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war
on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in
Salamanca, Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the
crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist
videotaping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home.
Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver), an American TV news producer who
is reporting on the conference. It's only as we follow each person's
perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the
shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is
revealed. ...
From the Official Web SIte/Marketing Materials:
In Columbia Pictures’ action-packed thriller Vantage Point, eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Mathew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe, is American TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver). As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place – and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface.
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In Columbia Pictures’ action-packed thriller Vantage Point, eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States. Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Mathew Fox) are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe, is American TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver). As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place – and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface.
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