11:14 (2003)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Greg Marcks

Writer:

Greg Marcks (written by)

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Fate can change in seconds

Plot:

The events leading up to an 11:14 PM car crash, from five very different perspectives.

Plot Keywords:

Deceit | Murder | Botched Robbery | 911 | Jumper Cable

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Henry Thomas	...	Jack
Blake Heron	...	Aaron
Barbara Hershey	...	Norma
Clark Gregg	...	Officer Hannagan
Hilary Swank	...	Buzzy
Shawn Hatosy	...	Duffy
Stark Sands	...	Tim
Colin Hanks	...	Mark
Ben Foster	...	Eddie
Patrick Swayze	...	Frank
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Cheri
Jason Segel	...	Leon (Paramedic #1)
Rick Gomez	...	Kevin (Paramedic #2)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and pervasive language.

Runtime:

Canada:85 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Germany:95 min | USA:86 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #39764) | Singapore:M18 | France:-12 | Norway:15 (video) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | Finland:K-11 | Iceland:16 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

High Street, Moorpark, California, USA

Company:

MDP Worldwide

Trivia:

The word "fuck" is used 57 times in the film

Goofs:

Continuity: From Duffy's vantage point, when he sees Cheri get run over, Eddie isn't peeing out the window.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jack: [talking on his cell phone] I'm on my way back from Benny's. I'm almost home. Tell me where you are and I'll come get you.

Soundtrack:

Anything Anything

Go Middleton High!

I've been following the press on this film from the moment I first read about it.

I've seen several glowing reviews, most recently in Variety, for this film,the actors and the cannot-be-more-than-fresh-out-of-high-school-himself looking Writer/Director, who shared with the audience that his age was somewhere "in the low two digits."

I've been patiently waiting to see "11:14", finally got to while I was in Toronto!! I was one of several hundred packed like sardines into the theater. Fortunately, I did not have to sit on the floor like the rush ticket holders.

It was unbelievable! A sick and twisted tale(5 tales actually) of coincidence, deceit,small town mentality and good(or bad)intentions gone miserably wrong. Hilary Swank is brilliant as a convenience store worker so afraid to lose her job, she opts to chance suffering tremendous injury over practicing a little common sense. Patrick Swayze utilizes his intensity and tendency towards the dramatic to comedically portray the world's most overprotective Father, while Rachael Leigh Cook's character, Cheri, wreaks havoc on Middelton, Anywhere, USA.

The film opens with a car crash, a botched arrest and a few nasty head injuries that set up the film beautifully. Ben Foster, Colin Hanks and Stark Sands turn an otherwise ordinary joyride through town into the most adolescent, gruesome and completely hysterical adventure. Not for the squeamish.

All five stories are meticulously and ingeniously constructed. I, like my fellow audience members, thoroughly enjoyed every bone-breaking, heart-stopping, could-things-get-any-worse-for-these-poor-middle(ton)-Americans moment. Can't wait to see it in the States.