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Cloverfield (2008) -- Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   124,168 votes
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Director:

Matt Reeves

Writer (WGA):

Drew Goddard (written by)

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Release Date:

18 January 2008 (USA) more

Tagline:

Some Thing Has Found Us

Plot:

Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(480 articles)

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User Comments:

didn't work for me more (1984 total)


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

1-18-08 (USA) (promotional title)
Cheese (USA) (fake working title)
Clover (USA) (fake working title)
Monstrous (USA) (promotional title)
Slusho (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Company:

Bad Robot more


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Trivia:

J.J. Abrams has used the number 47 extensively on past projects. In "Alias" (2001) it played great importance as a page on Rambaldi's manuscript, and as a recurring pointer to important motifs. It should come as no surprise that "Cloverfield" is the designation to the case of the images found on Area US-447. Also, in the scenes where they're taking the stairs up to the top of the skyscrapers to save Beth, one of the floor numbers filmed is the 47th. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The subway entrance consists of two flights of stairs: one straight down and one to the left. As the group runs down the stairs, Rob and Lily begin to run down the flight to the left, and Hud (while at the top of the first flight) turns around and a huge explosion knocks him down the rest of the stairs. However, he falls straight down to the bottom. He should have fallen to the end of the first flight. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rob Hawkins: It's 6:42 AM. Beth's dad's place. He's out of town. And it's already a good day.
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Movie Connections:

References Escape from New York (1981) more

Soundtrack:

Pistol of Fire more


FAQ

Why are no children or elderly people shown in the movie?
Is the Statue of Liberty's head too small?
Could a creature really get that big?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
didn't work for me, 10 May 2008
5/10
Author: disdressed12 from Canada

this is one movie i didn't get.sure,there's some monster attacking New York,and theirs a small group of people which the movie focuses on.it's done documentary style,as one of the characters has a video camera for pretty much the entire time.for me,that didn't really work for me.i also just did not find the movie exciting,or even engaging.plus,it didn't really make sense.it had a lot of hype before hitting theatres,and i'm sure glad i didn't see it in a theatre,because i don't think it lived up to the hype.everything happens so quickly,you never really get a chance to know anyone.the movie is less than 90 minutes,and if it had been longer,it might have made more sense,and there might have been more emotional investment into the characters.oh,well.i'm not gonna say this is a terrible movie,because it isn't.but it's also nothing exciting or interesting.for me,Cloverfield is a 5/10

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