Steven soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by elmore leonard. This is the path taken by local filmmaker david sutherland in his intimate documentary, out of sight. Steven soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by. Its supposed to be a program about regular people finding love. Too bad it didnt ignite the box office, but out of sight is one movie both george clooney and jennifer lopez can feel damn proud of. With elmore leonard, steven soderbergh, george clooney, ving rhames. Steven soderbergh was an acclaimed but hardly alist director. The first of several collaborations between soderbergh and actor george. A career bank robber busts out of jail clooney with the help of his buddy rhames and kidnaps a us marshal lopez in the process. In the middle of the summer movie season, when most films are designed with the intelligence of a seven yearold for viewers with the attention span of someone even younger, its refreshing to find a picture like out of sight, which is not only smart, but a great deal of fun, as well. A lot of actors who are handsome when young need to put on some. The great albert brooks plays a pretty complicated bad guy, samuel l.
Out of sight 1998 cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Out of sight critics consensus steven soderberghs intelligently crafted adaptation of the elmore leonard novel is witty, sexy, suprisingly entertaining, and a starmaking turn for george clooney. Steven soderberghs out of sight is a crime movie less interested in. There are also special appearances by michael keaton, briefly rep. Foley soon develops a romantic relationship with the marshal while being convinced to participate in the home invasion. I keep watching this movie to try and find out why. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing out of sight 1998 near you.
The first of several collaborations between soderbergh and actor george clooney, it was released on june 26, 1998. When the two cons head for detroit to pull off their final big scam, the marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. With scott franks screenplay sticking closely to the eccentric source, soderbergh infuses the unlikely connection between charmingly laidback con jack foley and nononsense fed karen sisco. Out of sights editing recalls the late1960s and early1970s work of john boorman, richard lester, and nicolas roeg, with the lattermosts famous dont look now love scene providing a model for jack and karens lovemaking. I love a wellpaced crime caper and i love a scorching hot doomed romance and i love a stacked supporting cast, and this is a perfect package of all the things i love, all wrapped up in sharp elmore leonard dialogue. When released in 1998, out of sight was steven soderburghs most mainstream film to date, after he burst onto the indie scene a decade earlier with sex, lies, and videotape. The film featured clooney as jack foley a prolific bank robber who pulled dozens pf jobs, but also got caught a fair amount of times.
Out of sight internet movie firearms database guns in. While in prison he is incarcerated with a millionaire richard ripley albert brooks. In a bid to clear a debt with a loan shark, martin, a recovered drug addict, agrees to lock a stranger in his spare room while they go cold turkey. The film stars clooney and jennifer lopez and costars ving rhames, don cheadle, dennis farina, nancy allen, steve zahn, catherine keener, and albert brooks. Out of sight is a 1998 american crime comedy film directed by steven soderbergh and written by scott frank, adapted from elmore leonards novel of the same name. Movie scenes where the actors were actually terrified. Starring george clooney, jennifer lopez, michael keaton, samuel l. But almost half of this years participants on married at first sight are part time actors, having appeared in movies, reality. The cast earned a screen actors guild nomination for best ensemble the first time a nonenglishlanguage movie has pulled off that feat in the 21 years since life is beautiful. Meet jack foley george clooney, the most successful bank robber in the country.
Great acting may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of. Clooney plays jack foley, famed bank robber, whos just broken out of jail. Especially george clooney, who hasnt quite hit it off at the box office yet. With george clooney, jennifer lopez, ving rhames, steve zahn. Out of sight is a movie with a shockingly starstudded cast of. Top 10 movie stars who dropped off the map youtube. Out of sight 1998 steven soderbergh directed this 1998 crime comedy starring george clooney and jennifer lopez. When excon jack foley george clooney robs a bank, his car goes dead, and foley lands in a florida prison. All actors george clooney, jennifer lopez, jim robinson, mike malone, ving rhames. If you want to answer the questions, who starred in the movie out. Out of sight is a 1966 beach party film with elements of the spy spoof. Variety hails out of sight as a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film.
Mainstream filmmaking absorbed their innovations at the time, but by 1998, they started to look radical again. Meet jack foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. The movie is a solid movie from start to finish and i highly recommend it. Out of sight is the 1998 feature film adaptation of the elmore leonard novel of the same name. As diane starin brushes out horses, twosteps at dance bars and suffers the last gasps of an. Download out of sight yts yify movies torrents download. Karen sisco, played by jennifer lopez, is the federal marshal on his trail. Seven actors whose careers were destroyed by one movie.
When it came out, george clooney was a star, but not a mega star. People know who future fifty shades of grey star charlie hunnam is. Find out where out of sight is streaming, if out of sight is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Jennifer lopez was known as an actress, not an annoying pop singer.
On the day he busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money. In the aftermath of the persian gulf war, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help. Karen sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves and all the wrong guys. Among other distinctions, out of sight is notable for being the first movie to feature two actors who have previously played batman. Shes sexy, and unfortunately for jack, shes a federal marshal. Steven soderberghs out of sight is a crime movie less interested in crime than in how people talk, flirt, lie and get themselves into trouble. In fact, now movie casting directors often pull actors out of premium cable tv shows, where theyve already become stars. Based on an elmore leonard novel, it relishes leonards deep comic ease. Out of sight started the collaboration between george clooney and director steven soderbergh.
Out of sight 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. They really should do a movie together, but it was not elmore leonard energy. This list has a variety of actors, like jennifer lopez and george clooney, in it. Filmography out of sight the farmers wife frontline. Out of sight 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film stars george clooney as jack foley, a former bank robber who escapes from custody by hiding in a trunk with kidnapped female deputy us marshal karen sisco jennifer lopez. Out of sight stayed true to its source by taking liberties.
George clooney is perfectly cast as the bank robber you cant help but root for. And actors like don cheadle, catherine keener, and luis guzman were not so well known. While many of us aspire to live the lavish life of luxury that being a hollywood actor seems to offer, those actors who actually currently reside in hollywoods alist cant stand living there. A behindthescenes look at the making of the 1998 movie out of sight. Now, theyre willing to risk it all to find out if theres more between them than just the law. Karen sisco jennifer lopez is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves. A superior elmore leonard adaptation and critical favorite, out of sight 1998 reenergized steven soderberghs directorial career and confirmed george clooneys and jennifer lopezs moviestar quality. One the day jack busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money, karen siscos heart. A federal marshal jennifer lopez and a robber george clooney fall for each other. Out of sight is a funny little time capsule of a movie. Married at first sight is meant to be a program about regular people finding love but in reality almost half of this years participants are hired actors with experience in television, modelling. It is the third and last of a series of films geared at teenagers by director lennie weinrib and producer bart patton for universal pictures perhaps inspired by the success of the american international pictures teenage films, as well as weinrib and pattons beach party knockoff, beach ball, universal and mca signed a. Out of sight is perpetually a film that i want to love.
I enjoyed watching this movie more than deep impact, godzilla, and armageddon put together. Meet jack foley george clooney, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Based upon the novel by elmore leonard get shorty, jackie brown, the movie tells the tale of odd couple jack foley george clooney, a career criminal, and federal marshall karen sisco jennifer lopez. Now theyre willing to risk it all to find out if theres more between them than just the law.
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