Movie
Vantage Point
Overview
During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-02-01
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- KanZaman Productions, Relativity Media, Original Film, Art In Motion, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Mexico, Spain
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Thomas Barnes
- Matthew Fox as Kent Taylor
- Forest Whitaker as Howard Lewis
- Sigourney Weaver as Rex Brooks
- William Hurt as President Ashton
- Ayelet Zurer as Veronica
- Edgar Ramírez as Javier
- Eduardo Noriega as Enrique
- Saïd Taghmaoui as Suarez
- Zoe Saldaña as Angie Jones
- James Le Gros as Ted Heinkin
- Bruce McGill as Phil McCullough
Crew
- Pete Travis - Director
- Barry Levy - Writer
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