Minority Report
Directed by	Steven Spielberg
Produced by	Jan de Bont Bonnie Curtis Gerald R. Molen Walter F. Parkes
Written by	Screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick
Starring	Tom Cruise Max von Sydow Colin Farrell Samantha Morton Neal McDonough
Music by	John Williams Paul Haslinger (Songs)
Cinematography	Janusz Kaminski
Editing by	Michael Kahn
Distributed by	Worldwide Theatrical and Non-USA DVD/Video 20th Century Fox USA DVD/Video DreamWorks SKG
Release date(s)	June 21, 2002
Running time	145 min
Country	United States
Language	English, Swedish
Budget	$102,000,000 (est.)
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Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick 1956 short story "The Minority Report". It is set in the year 1895, when criminals are interviewed based on foreknowledge. The film stars Tom Cruise as John Anderton, a Pre-crime officer, who heads the Pre-crime police force. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (508x755, 52 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cameraman and film director. ... Bonnie Curtis is a film producer, whose credits include Saving Private Ryan, A.I., Minority Report, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg. ... Gerald R. Molen (b. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Scott Frank (born 1960) is an American screenwriter. ... Dr. Jon Cohen is a doctor and politician in New York. ... Minority Report can refer to: Minority Report, a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report, a movie very loosely adapted from the initial storyline of Dicks short story Minority Report, a video game based on the movie Minority Report, an unrelated science fiction short story by... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...  , (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy-Award nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. ... Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T.. // Farrell was born prematurely. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Neal McDonough (born February 13, 1966) is an American actor. ... For other persons named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation). ... Paul Haslinger (born 1962) is an Austrian-born composer and musician currently based in Los Angeles, California. ... Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (born June 27, 1959) is an Oscar winning cinematographer and film director who has photographed all of Steven Spielbergs movies since 1993s Schindlers List. ... Michael Kahn (born in New York, December 8, 1935) is a widely recognized film editor, whether from his work on Hogans Heroes or feature films directed by Steven Spielberg, having won the Academy Award for Film Editing in 1998 (Saving Private Ryan), 1993 (Schindlers List) and 1981 (Raiders... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... The DreamWorks Boy on the Moon Logo DreamWorks SKG (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, music, and television programming. ... is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Steven Spielberg (born December 18, 1946)[1] is an American film director and producer. ... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American writer, mostly known for his works of science fiction. ... Minority Report can refer to: Minority Report, a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report, a movie very loosely adapted from the initial storyline of Dicks short story Minority Report, a video game based on the movie Minority Report, an unrelated science fiction short story by... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...

The film cost over $100 million, though it made more than three times that in worldwide box office, and sold at least four million DVDs in its first few months of release.^[1][2] Minority Report was one of the best reviewed films of 2002,^[3] and was nominated for and won several awards.^[4] These included four Saturn Awards, including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Direction. Minority Report also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing. The film has a distinctive look, featuring desaturated colors which make it almost resemble a black-and-white film, yet the blacks and shadows have a high contrast, resembling film noir. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. ... The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Science Fiction Film: See also Science fiction film Categories: | ... The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Direction: ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ...

Production

The original story by Philip K. Dick was previously adapted as a potential sequel to Total Recall by writers Ronald Shusett and Gary Goldman (later joined by Robert Goethals).^[5] The setting was changed to Mars with the pre-cogs being people mutated by the Martian atmosphere, as established in the first film. The main character was also changed to Douglas Quaid, the man played by Arnold Schwarzenegger.^[5] The project eventually dissolved but the writers, who still owned the rights to the original story, rewrote the script, removing the elements from Total Recall. This script was eventually discarded when writer Jon Cohen was hired in 1997 to start the project over from the beginning.^[5] For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Total recall (disambiguation). ... Gary Goldman is an American screenwriter. ... Adjectives: Martian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 0. ... For other uses, see Atmosphere (disambiguation). ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation IPA: ) (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Spielberg, Cruise, and Samantha Morton on the set of Minority Report.

In 1998, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise joined Minority Report and announced its production, in a joint venture of 20th Century Fox, Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG, Cruise's Cruise/Wagner Productions and Jan de Bont's production company, Blue Tulip.^[6] Production for Minority Report was delayed for several years. It was originally planned to begin filming after Cruise's Mission: Impossible II was finished,^[6] but the film ran over schedule, which also allowed screenwriter Scott Frank to rework Cohen's script.^[7] Then, after the death of Spielberg's friend Stanley Kubrick, Spielberg finished Kubrick's project A.I., postponing Minority Report,^[8] that later started its shooting on March 22, 2001.^[9] When Spielberg originally signed on to direct, he planned to have an entirely different supporting cast. He originally offered the role of Witwer to Matt Damon, Iris Hineman to Jerry Robinson, Burgess to Ian McKellen and Agatha to Cate Blanchett and Jenna Elfman.^[9] However owing to the delays, all the roles other than Cruise had to be recast. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... The DreamWorks Boy on the Moon Logo DreamWorks SKG (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, music, and television programming. ... Cruise/Wagner Productions is a American independent film production company. ... Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cameraman and film director. ... Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is the 2000 John Woo-directed sequel to Brian De Palmas 1996 Mission: Impossible motion picture, based on the TV series of the same name. ... Scott Frank (born 1960) is an American screenwriter. ... Artificial Intelligence: A.I. is a science fiction film co-produced, written, and directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 2001. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Matthew Paige Matt Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. ... Detective Comics #38 (May 1940), the first appearance of Robin. ... Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is an English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. ... Catherine Élise Blanchett (born May 14, 1969), better known as Cate Blanchett, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. ... Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American television and film actress. ...

In 1999, Spielberg invited fifteen experts convened by Global Business Network and its chairman, Peter Schwartz (and the demographer and journalist Joel Garreau),^[10] to a hotel in Santa Monica, California to brainstorm and flesh out details of a possible "future reality" for the year 2054. The experts included Stewart Brand, Peter Calthorpe, Douglas Coupland, Neil Gershenfeld, biomedical researcher Shaun Jones, Jaron Lanier, and former MIT architecture dean William J. Mitchell.^[11] While the discussions did not change key elements needed for the film's action sequences, they were influential in introducing some of the more utopian aspects of the film, though John Underkoffler, the science and technology advisor for the film, described the film as "much grayer and more ambiguous" than what we envisioned in 1999.^[12] Joel Garreau (born 1948) is a journalist and author. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Look up brainstorming in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2054 (MMLIV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stewart Brand speaking September 5, 2004 Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938 in Rockford, Illinois) is an author, editor, and creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly. ... Peter Calthorpe has been named one of twenty five innovators on the cutting edge by Newsweek magazine for his work redefining the models of urban and suburban growth in America. ... Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a major Canadian fiction writer as well as a playwright and visual artist. ... Neil Gershenfeld is a professor at MIT and the head of MITs Center for Bits and Atoms, a sister lab spun out of the popular MIT Media Lab. ... Jaron Lanier Jaron Lanier (born 1960) is a virtual reality developer. ... “MIT” redirects here. ... This article is about the year. ...

Plot

The film is set in Washington, D.C. in 2054, where murderers are apprehended based on foreknowledge. This is provided by three psychics termed "pre-cogs", nicknamed Agatha (Morton), Dashiell, and Arthur. The group making use of the pre-cogs is the Department of Pre-Crime, a high-tech policing division who arrest criminals predicted by the pre-cogs. Thanks to it, the city has gone six years without a single murder. At the start of the film, Pre-crime chief John Anderton (Cruise) is in the midst of apprehending a suspect, aided by his team. It is revealed that the pre-cogs only relate the time/date of the murder, the murderer's name, and the victim's name. All other facts, chiefly the location, can only be ascertained by clues given by the various images relayed around the time of murder. Images transfer from the pre-cogs' minds to a computer display, where Anderton manipulates the images in a manner similar to virtual reality to better determine how the murders might happen. Anderton is watched by Danny Witwer (Farrell), an observer from the Department of Justice sent to evaluate the system because the country is about to vote on whether to expand the Pre-Crime program nationally. For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... 2054 (MMLIV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Precognition (from the Latin præ-, “prior to,” + cognitio, “a getting to know”) denotes a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person is able to perceive information about places or events before they happen through paranormal means. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), mainly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... This article is about the simulation technology. ... The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. “Justice Department” redirects here. ...

Danny Witwer (Colin Farrell) looks down on the pre-cogs in their holding tank.

Later Anderton goes to his apartment, where he watches home movies of his deceased six-year old son and his ex-wife. The next morning, Witwer is given a tour of the pre-cogs' chamber. The pre-cogs float in a translucent substance, which helps enhance the images they produce. Anderton stays behind and Agatha suddenly emerges from the pool and grabs him. She draws his attention to the ceiling, which also displays images in a pre-cog's mind, now a woman named Ann Lively being murdered. Intrigued by a murder which he's never seen, Anderton decides to investigate. He learns that the other pre-cogs' images of the murder are on record, but Agatha's recorded images are missing. Anderton tells this to Burgess (Von Sydow), his boss and the director of Pre-crime, who appears unconcerned. Image File history File links MinorityReport(film)_precogs. ... Image File history File links MinorityReport(film)_precogs. ... Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T.. // Farrell was born prematurely. ...

The next day, Anderton finds a new case unfolding: a murder is to take place in 36 hours. This is unusual: because the pre-cogs are public knowledge, few plan to murder someone in any given time; most crimes are acts of passion, decided upon the spot. The victim is a man named Leo Crowe. The murderer is revealed to be Anderton himself. Believing that he is being set up since he doesn't even know the victim, Anderton takes it on the lam. He manages to escape Witwer and his own team in a car factory, and seeks refuge in the country home of Iris Hineman, one of the pioneers of Pre-crime. She reveals that the three pre-cogs were actually the children of people who experimented with a new drug that did serious damage to their bodies, and that the pre-cogs do not always agree in their opinions about the future. On occasion, those convicted of a pre-crime may have an alternative future other than the one where the murder is committed, and, when this happens, the dissenting opinion is left out. Anderton's only hope at proving his innocence is acquiring the hidden "minority report", which Hineman explains is contained in Agatha, the most gifted pre-cog. On the lam or on the run refers to the state of being wanted by an authority and traveling to avoid capture. ...

Traveling undetected is difficult, since everyone is subjected to constant public retinal scans. Anderton visits a shady doctor (Peter Stormare) to receive an eye transplant. While recovering - during which he must keep bandages over his eyes or go blind -, he dreams of his son, abducted from a swimming pool. He awakens to discover that the pre-crime team is investigating the building with "spyders", robotic eye scanners. He tries to hide in a bathtub full of ice water to mask his body heat, but is scanned. The surgery proves successful, however, and he is not identified. Later, he manages to reach the Pre-crime offices. He takes Agatha out of the nutrient water disrupting the pre-cog hive mind that makes Pre-crime work and escapes again. Anderton finds a hacker friend who accesses Agatha's vision of the murder, which appears identical to the one he saw earlier. An anguished Anderton begins to wonder if a minority report even exists for his future crime. Agatha then begins showing the Ann Lively murder again, prompting Anderton to realize that she wants him to see who killed Lively, but they are forced to flee as the Pre-crime team enters the building. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Iris recognition. ...   (born August 27, 1953) is a Swedish-American film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director and playwright. ... A hive mind (sometimes spelled hivemind) is a form of collective consciousness strongly exhibiting traits of conformity and groupthink. ... This article is about computer hacking. ...

Anderton (Tom Cruise) submitting to the "spyders" retinal scan.

Inexorably, Anderton ends up in Leo Crowe’s empty apartment. Searching the room, he finds a pile of photos of children, including his son. Anderton suddenly realizes that there is no minority report for himself, and that Leo Crow is responsible for kidnapping his son. Anderton had pre-planned this murder, a long standing wish to kill the previously anonymous person who took his son. Crowe then enters and Anderton viciously attacks him, eliciting a confession. Agatha tries to convince Anderton that he does not have to kill Crowe, that his future isn't set because he actually knows what it could be, unlike everyone else caught by the Pre-crime system. As he is about to shoot Crowe, Anderton reconsiders and reads him his Miranda rights. Crowe then says that if Anderton doesn’t kill him, Crowe’s family will get nothing: the entire murder was a set-up. Crowe refuses to tell Anderton who set him up, grabs Anderton’s gun to point it at his chest and manages a suicide by cop by worrying Anderton's hand. Anderton and Agatha leave. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... The Miranda warning is given by police officers of the United States to suspects they have arrested and intend to question. ... Suicide-by-cop is a suicide method in which someone deliberately acts in a threatening way towards a law enforcement officer, with the main goal of provoking a lethal response (e. ...

The Pre-crime unit arrives and investigates the scene. Witwer sees the photos and raises questions as to what sort of child killer would leave so much evidence lying around. Witwer then discusses his doubts with Burgess and shows him the Ann Lively pre-vision, but two different ones; one from recorded images at Pre-crime, and the other from Agatha, downloaded by Anderton's hacker friend. The images have slight differences, which Witwer infers that represent two different murders; the first was the one Pre-crime witnessed and someone else, who had set up the first suspect, would then, right after the first suspect was apprehended, kill Lively. Witwer intuits that only someone high up would even have access to the pre-cog's pre-visions. Burgess interrupts his analysis by shooting him; since Agatha is with Anderton, Pre-crime is not able to prevent the murder.

Anderton hides in his ex-wife Lara’s house; there he realizes he was set up because of his discovery of the Ann Lively murder. Lively is revealed to be Agatha's mother, and was killed because she wanted to re-unite with Agatha and thus ruin Pre-crime. The police arrive and arrest Anderton. Later, Burgess accidentally reveals to Lara that he killed Lively. Lara then releases Anderton from prison, and as Burgess is giving a speech, Anderton confronts him by showing the audience Agatha's pre-vision of Burgess killing Ann Lively. Burgess takes a gun and starts after Anderton; the pre-cogs are back online, they predict the murder and the Pre-crime team race away to apprehend him. Anderton shows Burgess that he's at a dead end. If he doesn't shoot him, Pre-crime would end due to incorrectly predicting a murder; if he does shoot him, he would be arrested, but it would prove that the system works. Anderton then explains the fatal flaw of the system: if someone knows their own future, he or she can choose to change it. Burgess commits suicide.

In the final sequence, Anderton explains in voiceover that the pre-crime experiment was shut down. All the criminals imprisoned by the program were unconditionally pardoned, although some were kept under surveillance by police for years afterward. The pre-cogs were taken to an undisclosed location where they could live out their lives in seclusion and peace, no longer tormented by their talents. Anderton reconciles with Lara, who is now pregnant. VoiceOver is a feature built into Apple Computers Mac OS X v10. ...

Cast and characters

• Tom Cruise as Chief John Anderton, the middle-aged divorced head of the Pre-Crime Department in Washington D.C. affected emotionally by the disappearance of his son.
• Max von Sydow as Director Lamar Burgess, an elderly official in the Washington D.C. crime department and Anderton's superior.
• Colin Farrell as Danny Witwer, a cocky Department of Justice agent sent to observe and evaluate the Pre-Crime process.
• Steve Harris as Jad, who oversees the pre-cogs and helps Anderton interpret their visions.
• Neal McDonough as Fletcher, a Pre-crime officer who works alongside Anderton.
• Samantha Morton as Agatha, the lead pre-cog with the most powerful psychic abilities of the three.
• Lois Smith as Dr. Iris Hineman, one of the pioneers of the pre-crime program, currently retired.
• Kathryn Morris as Lara, Anderton's ex-wife and the mother of his missing son.
• Tim Blake Nelson as Gideon, the sentry at the Department of Containment, which contains all of the would-be killers tagged by Pre-Crime. Gideon presents the images of the Ann Lively murder to Anderton.
• Peter Stormare as Dr. Solomon Eddie, the eye surgeon who transplants Anderton's eyes so as to avoid being detected by the retina scanners.

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Themes

"Like Odin, Anderton must give up his eyes to find wisdom".^[13] This mythic narrative of the getting of wisdom through sacrifice is central to the film. For other meanings of Odin,Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ... Marcus Aurelius and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes: contemporary bas-relief, Capitoline Museum, Rome For other uses, see Sacrifice (disambiguation). ...

A principal theme of Minority Report is the classical philosophical question of free will vs. determinism.^[14][15] One of the main questions the film raises is whether the future is set or whether free will can alter the future of our lives.^[16] As critic C.A. Wolski commented, "At the outset, Minority Report... promises to mine some deep subject matter, to wit do we possess free will or are we predestined to our fate?"^[14] However, there is also the added question of whether the pre-cogs visions are correct.^[16] As James Berardinelli commented in his review of the film "is the Precogs' vision accurate, or has it in some way been tampered with? Perhaps Anderton isn't actually going to kill, but has been set up by a clever and knowledgeable criminal who wants him out of the way."^[16] The pre-cog Agatha also states that since Anderton knows his future, he can change it. However, the film also indicates that Anderton's knowledge of the future may actually be the factor that causes Leo Crow's death. Berardinelli describes this as the main paradox regarding free will vs. determinism in the film: "Here's the biggest one of all: Is it possible that the act of accusing someone of a murder could begin a chain of events that leads to the slaying. In Anderson's situation, he runs because he is accused. The only reason he ends up in circumstances where he might be forced to kill is because he is a hunted man. Take away the accusation, and there would be no question of him committing a criminal act. The prediction drives the act - a self-fulfilling prophecy. You can see the vicious circle, and it's delicious (if a little maddening) to ponder."^[16] Most critics gave this element of the film positive reviews,^[17] with many ranking it as the main strength of the film.^[15][16][18] Other reviewers however, felt that Spielberg did not adequately deal with the issues that he raised.^[14][19] Free-Will is a Japanese independent record label founded in 1986. ... Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and behavior, decision and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. ... James Berardinelli (born September 1967, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an online film critic. ...

Style

Minority Report's unique visual style: It was overlit, and the negatives were bleach-bypassed in post-production to desaturate the colors in the film.

Minority Report is a futuristic film which portrays both elements of a dystopian and utopian future. The film renders a much more detailed view of a near-term future world than that present in the original short story, with depictions of a number of technologies related to the film's themes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A scene from the film 1984 which shows the bleach bypass effect. ... A dystopia (or alternatively cacotopia) is a fictional society, usually portrayed as existing in a future time, when the conditions of life are extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, or terror. ... See Utopia (disambiguation) for other meanings of this word Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to a hypothetical perfect society. ...

From a stylistic standpoint, Minority Report resembles A.I., its immediate Spielberg-directed predecessor.^[20] The picture was deliberately overlit, and the negative was bleach-bypassed during post-production.^[21] This gave the film a distinctive look, with colors severely desaturated, almost to the point where the film looked like a black-and-white film, yet the blacks and shadows have a high contrast, looking almost like a film noir picture.^[21] Elvis Mitchell, formerly of the The New York Times, commented that, "[t]he picture looks as if it were shot on chrome, caught on the fleeing bumper of a late 70's car."^[22] This distinctive look is the first major stylistic shift in science fiction films since Blade Runner and the "used future" look of Alien, and has subsequently influenced cinematography and production design in the same way that those earlier pictures influenced the look of the science fiction films of the 1980s and 1990s. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. is a science fiction film co-produced, written, and directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 2001. ... A scene from the film 1984 which shows the bleach bypass effect. ... Elvis Mitchell is a former film critic for the newspaper The New York Times. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... This article is about the 1982 film. ... This article is about the first film in a series. ...

Music

Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (commonly known as the Unfinished Symphony) features prominently in the film. The score itself was composed and conducted by John Williams and orchestrated by John Neufeld, with vocals by Deborah Dietrich. The soundtrack takes much inspiration from Bernard Hermann's work.^[23] Schubert redirects here. ... Franz Schuberts Symphony No. ... For other persons named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation). ... Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911–December 24, 1975) was a composer, best known for his film scores, particularly for Alfred Hitchcock-directed films. ...

Storyline differences

Further information: Differences from Minority Report short story and film

Minority Report had many adaptations in its film transition, such as the addition of Lamar Burgess and changing of the setting from New York City to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia. To fit its portrayer and the action scenes, John Anderton was turned from old, balding, and out-of-shape to an athletic officer in his 40s.^[20] The pre-cogs were turned from the retarded and deformed to descendants of drug addicts. Anderton's future murder and reasons of the conspiracy were changed from a general who wants to discredit Pre-Crime in order to get more military financing back, to a man who murdered a pre-cog's mother in order to get Pre-Crime going, and subsequent murders and plot because of this. Other aspects were updated to include current technology. For instance in the story, Anderton uses a punch card machine to interpret the pre-cogs visions; in the movie, he uses a virtual reality interface.^[24] Minority Report can refer to: Minority Report, a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick Minority Report, a movie very loosely adapted from the initial storyline of Dicks short story Minority Report, a video game based on the movie Minority Report, an unrelated science fiction short story by... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates , Government Country State County United... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills (milestones) during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. ... Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ...

Reception

The film received highly positive reviews, being considered "an intelligent and visually imaginative film that ranks among Spielberg's best"^[25] and gathering high scores in review tallying websites: 91% on Rotten Tomatoes^[26] and 80 out of a possible 100 in Metacritic.^[27] Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and listed it as the best film of 2002. In his review he described it as "...a triumph--a film that works on our minds and our emotions."^[18] Some criticisms were also raised—Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine felt that "the script raises moral questions it doesn't probe"^[19] and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times considered the plot "too intricate and difficult to follow."^[28] The film debuted at first place in the U.S. box office, with $35.677 million^[29] and collected $132 million in the United States and $226.3 million overseas.^[1] It was also successful in the home video market, selling at least four million copies in its first few months of release on DVD.^[2] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... Peter Travers is the film critic for Rolling Stone magazine. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Kenneth Turan is an American film critic, currently writing for the Los Angeles Times. ... This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ...

The film earned nominations for many awards, including Best Sound Editing in the Academy Awards and Best Visual Effects in the BAFTAs. Among the awards won were four Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay and Supporting Actress for Samantha Morton), the BMI Film Music Award, the Online Film Critics Society for Supporting Actress and the Empire Awards for Actor, Director and British Actress.^[4] The Academy Award of Merit for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video. ... The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Science Fiction Film: See also Science fiction film Categories: | ... The following are a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Direction: ... Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ... The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) , the professional association for film journalists, scholars and historians who publish their reviews, interviews and essays exclusively or primarily in the online media. ... Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Emap Consumer Media since July 1989. ...

See also

• Inchoate offense
• Able Danger, a Data mining program intended to predict crime.
• Minority Report: Everybody Runs, a video game based on the movie

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External links

• Minority Report concept art by James Clyne
• Minority Report at the Internet Movie Database
• Minority Report at Rotten Tomatoes
• Minority Report Time and the Fragmented Subject in Minority Report by Martin Hall