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Out of Sight

  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
94K
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George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)
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A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
94K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,088
214
    • Steven Soderbergh
    • Elmore Leonard(novel)
    • Scott Frank(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • George Clooney
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Ving Rhames
    • Steven Soderbergh
    • Elmore Leonard(novel)
    • Scott Frank(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • George Clooney
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Ving Rhames
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 354User reviews
    • 160Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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    George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)
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    George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)
    George Clooney in Out of Sight (1998)
    Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)
    George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)
    George Clooney and Ving Rhames in Out of Sight (1998)
    George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, Keith Loneker, and Isaiah Washington in Out of Sight (1998)
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    George Clooney
    George Clooney
    • Jack Foley
    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    • Karen Sisco
    Ving Rhames
    Ving Rhames
    • Buddy Bragg
    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Glenn Michaels
    Jim Robinson
    • Bank Employee
    Mike Malone
    • Bank Customer
    • (as Elgin Marlowe)
    Donna Frenzel
    Donna Frenzel
    • Bank Teller
    Manny Suárez
    • Bank Cop
    • (as Manny Suarez)
    Keith Hudson
    Keith Hudson
    • Bank Cop
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Chino
    • (as Luis Guzman)
    Paul Soileau
    Paul Soileau
    • Lulu
    Scott Allen
    Scott Allen
    • Pup
    Catherine Keener
    Catherine Keener
    • Adele
    Susan Hatfield
    Susan Hatfield
    • Parking Lot Woman
    Dennis Farina
    Dennis Farina
    • Marshall Sisco
    Don Cheadle
    Don Cheadle
    • Maurice Miller
    Brad Martin
    Brad Martin
    • White Boxer
    Albert Brooks
    Albert Brooks
    • Richard Ripley
      • Steven Soderbergh
      • Elmore Leonard(novel)
      • Scott Frank(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Michael Keaton reprised his role as Ray Nicolette in a small cameo. He originally played him in another Elmore Leonard novel-adapted film, Jackie Brown (1997).
    • Goofs
      If Karen Sisco had fired a gun in the enclosed volume of a car trunk, she probably would have blown out her ear drums.
    • Quotes

      Jack Foley: It's like seeing someone for the first time, like you can be passing on the street, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of a recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it. And you always remember it because it was there, and you let it go, and you think to yourself, 'What if I had stopped? What if I had said something?' What if, what if... it may only happen a few times in your life.

      Karen Sisco: Or once.

      Jack Foley: [softly] Or once.

    • Alternate versions
      The laserdisk/DVD versions contain the following deleted scenes.
      • The original trunk scene, much much longer with extra dialog, different lighting and more wriggling.
      • Moselle is teaching Snoopy's dog "Tuffy" to do tricks with a Frisbee while Snoopy is watching boxing on TV. Glenn calls to tell Snoopy about the Ripley job and then steals a car from a gas station.
      • In a bizarre scene in the Adams Hotel room, Buddy and Jack talk about the feeling you get when you take a bath.
      • Karen gets a lecture from her dad about relationships while he fishes ocean debris out of his jetty.
      • Extended scene of Karen questioning Adele.
      • In the yard at Lompoc, Ripley talks to Foley about fish.
      • Glenn, Snoopy, Kenneth and White Boy Bob talk in the car after the transsexual murder.
      • We see the rather gruesome transsexual murder scene. Ray Cruz talks to Karen who spots Glenn's broken glasses on the floor.
      • Ripley is released from Lompoc and we see him packing stuff from his cell and saying goodbye to Foley.
      • After the job "interview" at Ripley's office building, Foley smashes a large fish tank with a paperweight shortly before being thrown out by two security guards.
      • Foley and Buddy talk in the hotel after Foley has returned from his "socializing" with Karen
      • Putting ski masks on in the van before the Ripley job. White Boy Bob tells a story about leaving his wallet behind at a break in.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The X-Files: Fight the Future/The Land Girls/Mulan/Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's/Beyond Silence (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Flosso Bosso
      Written and Performed by Harry Garfield

    User reviews354

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    7/10
    A Prequel to Ocean's Eleven.
    This movie is okay, it did not provide me much excitement. It is a noir-love story buried inside a heist movie inside an action film.

    However the movie is more interesting for everything that surrounds it rather than what happens in it. It is funny to see how similar it is to the Oceans' movie. They share all the same ingredients, except for the brutal violence that is in this movie. But the rest is pretty much on point, the camera work, the music, the dialog, the characters, even the tone with the witty funny light hearted lines.

    The actors are what elevates the film : the plot is very simple but it has this old-school-hustlers charm to it. The film has flashbacks and attempts to do non-linear storytelling, but it is not necessary, the characters actions drive the movie.

    George Clooney is suave robber Jack Foley, a character that is suave and cool, but not too much. He is street-wise and self-aware, he is the thief with a heart of gold. He is smart but that does not prevent him to fail in almost any of his schemes. We root for him not only because he his cool but also because the odds are against him. A character so efficient so relatable, so compelling that it will be the basis for glamour-superstar Danny Ocean.

    Jennifer Lopez is young try-hard Jennifer Lopez. It is endearing to see the freshness and naivete of her character. She is basically the female love interest and her role revolves around being obsessed with Clooney. Again the contrast modern Jlo is the most enjoyable.

    Don Cheadle plays the over-the-top villain. It works because is roughness and brutality play off against Clooney's smoothness.

    The heist barely matters really, and that is where the film achieves balance. The universe is grounded and realistic (very violent and raw), but the characters effortlessly glide through it. I think that it gives the edge that was lacking in the Oceans' and therefore made those movies rely more heavily on swagger and bravado rather than charm and wit. In Ocean's the world is effortless and cool and suave, the characters are cool and effortless and suave : it deflates the tension somewhat. In Oceans defence, it make the film more palatable for the mainstream. This film on the other hand cannot really escape its genre. It stays in the bounds of the action movie.

    This movie really acts a stepping stone for Clooney : it is part Dusk Till Dawn with the gruesome crime story and part Ocean's Eleven with the light hearted heist with no stakes. The movies sexuality is also somewhat interesting. It is very difficult to watch in a post-me-too world. But in a strange way, it reinforce the overall sexual violence that the film portrays. All in all it is a reflection of its era. I believe it stands next to Heat, Reservoir Dogs and others as part of the 90s golden age of heist-movies. The lost art of a simpler time.

    Also the best-scene of the film is when a van drives up a snow-covered alley. The mesmerizing way the tires plow through the fresh snow is something I don't recall having seen in film. (Was it special effects ? was it one take ? we may never know)
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    • Release date
      • June 26, 1998 (United States)
      • United States
      • Universal Pictures
      • English
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Kronk Recreation Center - 5555 McGraw Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Jersey Films
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