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Cloverfield (2008)

PG_13  85 min  -  Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi   -  18 January 2008 (USA)
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Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

Director:

Matt Reeves

Writer:

Drew Goddard
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lizzy Caplan ...
Jessica Lucas ...
T.J. Miller ...
Michael Stahl-David ...
Mike Vogel ...
Odette Annable ...
Beth McIntyre (as Odette Yustman)
Anjul Nigam ...
Bodega Cashier
Margot Farley ...
Jenn
Theo Rossi ...
Antonio
Brian Klugman ...
Kelvin Yu ...
Clark
Liza Lapira ...
Heather
Lili Mirojnick ...
Lei
Ben Feldman ...
Elena Caruso ...
Party Goer
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Storyline

Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character. Written by Pip Carlson  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Monster | Video Camera | Explosion | Statue  | See more »

Taglines:

Some Thing Has Found Us

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian (only a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

1-18-08 See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$46,146,546 (USA) (20 January 2008) (3411 Screens)

Gross:

$170,764,026 (Worldwide) (10 April 2008)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | DTS  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Images from King Kong, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and Them! are hidden within the film. Each image is seen extremely briefly, for only a single frame, during a camera edit. The "Them!" picture is shown at 00.24.06, the "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" picture is shown at 00.45.27, and the "King Kong" picture is shown at 1.06.55. A brief clip of Rob and Beth at a train station is seen with the "King Kong" image at 1.06.51. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: During the first attack when everyone runs outside of the apartment building, Lily can briefly be seen wearing white sneakers even though she has high heels on during the rest of the film. See 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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Crazy Credits

At the end of the closing credits there is a garbled radio transmission which some say sounds like "Help us!", when played backward it says "It's still alive!" See more »


Soundtracks

"The Ride"
Written by Joan Wasser
Performed by Joan As Police Woman
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