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S1m0ne (2002)

 -  Comedy | Drama | Fantasy  -  23 August 2002 (USA)
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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.

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Storyline

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star--the first totally believable synthetic actress. The "actress" becomes an overnight sensation, with a major singing career as well, and everyone thinks she's a real person. However, as Simone's fame skyrockets, he cannot bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world. Written by Sujit R. Varma

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Rated PG-13 for some sensuality | See all certifications »

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23 August 2002 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$222,276 (Japan) (12 September 2003)

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$1,155,054 (Japan) (26 September 2003)
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Trivia

Al Pacino's character, Viktor Taransky, is based on Raymond Kurzweil and his female alter ego Ramona. See more »

Goofs

Viktor writes "I love you Vic" on the hotel mirror. This should be "Vik". See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Production Assistant: Uh, Mr. Taransky, she's...
Viktor: She's walking? Don't tell me she's walking. She can't walk!
[heads off running]
Viktor: Nicola!
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Crazy Credits

Despite the fact he has an important role in the film, the actor who plays Hank is not credited. See more »

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References Repo Man (1984) See more »

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"Requiem - in Paradisum"
Written by Gabriel Fauré
Performed by La Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Musique Oblique with Philippe Herreweghe
Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi USA
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Darn funny
27 May 2004 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Very good satire on the cult of celebrity, in which the whole world falls all over itself in praise of a non-existent actress. The movie also deals, to a much lesser extent, with the conflict between wanting to create a perfect artistic vision and wanting to create art that is in the world. It's not the most pointed or savage of satires, but it is quite a funny one. Some people here have criticized it for being predictable, which really misses the point of satire. Satire is based to a great extent on the frightening predictability of people, and it must follow a logical train of escalating events or what's the point. The biggest failing in the movie is near the end where it jumps track from a logical train of events to a dumb plot device, which while not a fatal error is lazy and takes away from the overall effect of the film.

But mainly it's just funny. Consistently so from beginning to end. And also notable as about the only good performance I've seen from Winona Ryder since Mermaids.


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