Vanilla Sky
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| Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
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Tom Cruise Paula Wagner Cameron Crowe |
| Screenplay by | Cameron Crowe |
| Based on |
Abre los Ojos by Alejandro Amenábar Mateo Gil |
| Starring | Tom Cruise Penélope Cruz Kurt Russell Jason Lee Noah Taylor Timothy Spall Tilda Swinton Cameron Diaz |
| Music by | Nancy Wilson |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Edited by |
Joe Hutshing Mark Livolsi |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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137 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $68 million |
| Box office | $203.4 million |
Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller romance film directed, written, and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. It is an English-language remake of Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 Spanish film Open Your Eyes, which was written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil, with Penélope Cruz reprising her role from the original film. The film has been described as "an odd mixture of science fiction, romance and reality warp".
Vanilla Sky stars Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz with Jason Lee and Kurt Russell appearing in supporting roles. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, as well as Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Award nominations for Cameron Diaz's performance. The soundtrack was also critically acclaimed. Vanilla Sky was released on Blu-ray on June 30, 2015 in North America.
From a prison cell where he has been charged with murder, David Aames (Tom Cruise), in a prosthetic mask, tells his life story to court psychologist, Dr. Curtis McCabe (Kurt Russell).
In flashback, David is shown to be the wealthy owner of a large publishing firm in New York City which he inherited from his father, leaving its regular duties to his father's trusted associates. As David enjoys the bachelor lifestyle, he is introduced to Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz) by his best friend, author Brian Shelby (Jason Lee) at a party. David and Sofia spend a night together talking and fall in love. When David's former lover, Julianna "Julie" Gianni (Cameron Diaz), hears of Sofia, she attempts to kill herself and David in a car crash. Julie dies but David survives, his face grotesquely disfigured, leading him to wear a mask to hide the injuries. With no hope to use plastic surgery to repair the damage, David cannot come to grips with the idea of wearing the mask for the rest of his life. On a night out with Sofia and Brian, David gets hopelessly drunk and Sofia and Brian leave David to wallow in the street outside.
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