Read more about Suarez at: Wikipedia Official Site: Columbia Pictures Vantage Point is a 2008 American/Mexican political-action thriller film directed by Pete Travis and released in theaters in the United States and Canada on February 22, 2008. The screenplay by Barry L. Levy focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States as seen from eight different points of view, incorporated into a 90 minute running time. The film portrays a series of events taking place within a period of approximately 25 minutes, beginning at 11:59:57 am on the day US President Henry Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain to promote an international treaty designed to combat global terrorism. Each time the clock rewinds and the episode unfolds from a new vantage point, additional details are added, until the complete story of what really occurred and who was really involved is unveiled at the film's climax. GNN (Global News Network) television news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), directs various cameramen and news anchors as the President arrives at a plaza filled with dignitaries. Brooks notices US Secret Service agent Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) — who took a bullet in an assassination attempt on the President six months earlier — has rejoined the President's security detail. The mayor of Salamanca delivers a short speech, then introduces the President, who is shot twice as he greets the crowd from the podium. An explosion outside the plaza soon follows. Moments later, the podium itself is destroyed by another huge explosion, killing many and injuring others. As the smoke clears, GNN reporter Angie Jones (Zoe Saldana) is seen lying dead in the rubble. The clock rewinds, and Secret Service agents Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) are observing the crowd while the mayor speaks. Barnes notices a curtain fluttering in the window of a nearby building that was allegedly vacated. He also sees American tourist Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) filming. When the President is shot, Barnes tackles a man rushing to the podium, who is then dragged off by other agents. Barnes asks Howard to let him see the footage on his camera. Taylor pursues the assassin, offering to protect Barnes from blame in case he is wrong about the shooter. After the second explosion, Barnes barges into the GNN production room and asks to see their footage. He calls Taylor, who reports being in hot pursuit of the suspect. Barnes sees something on GNN's live feed that shocks him and prompts him to run out. |
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