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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   20,977 votes
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Director:
Andrew Niccol
Writer (WGA):
Andrew Niccol (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 August 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A star is... created. more
Plot:
A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(14 articles)
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User Comments:
Sharp Satire, Dull Romance more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Al Pacino ... Viktor Taransky
Benjamin Salisbury ... Production Assistant

Winona Ryder ... Nicola Anders
Darnell Williams ... Studio Executive #1

Jim Rash ... Studio Executive #2

Ron Perkins ... Studio Executive #3

Jay Mohr ... Hal Sinclair

Catherine Keener ... Elaine Christian
Evan Rachel Wood ... Lainey Christian Taransky

Jeffrey Pierce ... Kent

Jeff Williams ... Man in Suit

Rachel Roberts ... Simone (as Simone)

Mitzi Martin ... Premiere Audience Member
Carole Androsky ... Premiere Audience Member (as Carol Androsky)

Christopher Neiman ... Premiere Audience Member
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Simone (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality.
Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
Keep watching after the credits. more
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Factual errors: When Lainey presses the eject button, the floppy disk ejects from under a blank cover plate, not from the floppy drive. Also, 5 1/4" disk drives in PCs did not eject disks electronically. The disk had to be ejected mechanically from the drive. more
Quotes:
Viktor: I did it. Tell them they can fry me. I DID IT! It was premeditated! I strangled her... I bludgeoned her... I set her on fire, and then I killed her! I did it! more
Movie Connections:
References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) more
Soundtrack:
Rogue Motel more

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33 out of 46 people found the following comment useful:-
Sharp Satire, Dull Romance, 26 July 2004
7/10
Author: Bob-45 from Savannah, GA

The cult of celebrity is brilliantly examined in Andrew Niccol's `Simone.' Al Pacino plays a washed-up `art film' director who is fed up with the spoiled leading ladies with whom he has to work. After his latest leading lady (Winona Ryder in an excellent performance) walks out before the end of production, Pacino is left with an unreleasable film. He is approached by an adoring fan, a `computer geek' dying from cancer, who offers him a solution to his difficulties. Pacino rejects the offer, but the geek sends him a computer disk containing `Simulation One.' When Pacino activates the disk, up pops a stunningly beautiful female,' who is a programmable simulation. Pacino adds personality ingredients from famous actresses of the past, and, viola, `Simone' is created.

Inserting Simone's image and voice into Ryder's footage, Pacino completes his film. However, Pacino's work is overshadowed by his creation. Simone becomes a world famous celebrity, a cult goddess.

Combining the cult celebrity of Garbo, Princess Di, Farrah Fawcett and Pamela Anderson, with maybe a little Britney Spears thrown in, Andrew Niccol has created a sharp satire of hero worship. Lacking an ego, Simone is the projection of everyone's desires; men want her and women want to be like her. Even more fascinating is Pacino's revelation that he is jealous of his creation, even when he has no need to be. Niccol sustains his sharp satire of celebrity until the very end of the movie.

Where `Simone' stumbles is its flat romance between Pacino and his former wife, Christine Keener. I'm sorry, but for me Keener lacks anything resembling sex appeal. Had this role been given to Kim Basinger, Rita Wilson, Cybil Shepherd, Ellen Barkin or Lauren Hutton, the `younger beauty/aging beauty pathos could have been examined. As it stands, `Simone' lacks the kind of conflict which could have given it real spark. Nonetheless, `Simone' is a fun, funny movie and is definitely worth seeing. I give `Simone' a `7'.

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