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Minority Reportis among a bunch of science fictions Steven Spielberg has on his resume. It is a classic, grand feature, with an acclaimed critical response, and collected $358 million at the global box office. The movie stars Tom Cruise as John Anderton, Samantha Morton as Agatha, and Collin Ferrel as Danny Witwer. Steve Harris, Neal McDonough, Max von Sydow, and Kathryn Morris also played prominent roles in the movie.
Minority Reporthas a connection to Arnold Schwarzenegger’sTotal Recall. Directed by Paul Verhoeven,Total Recallis another era-defining sci-fi classic. Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid who is trying to discover the cause of his recurring dream about Mars. Later, he learns that he is being hunted by the people who implanted false memories in his brain.
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Minority Reportwas Originally Planned as a Sequel to 1990sTotal Recall
Spielberg’sMinority Reportwas originally planned as a sequel toArnold SchwarzeneggerstarrerTotal Recall. Adapted from Philip K. Dick’sWe Can Remember It for You Wholesale, Total Recallwas supposed to expand into another movie. The plan was to bring Schwarzenegger back to reprise his character Douglas Quaid. However, in a turn of events,Total Recallstudio Carlco fell into bankruptcy in 1996. Eventually, the rights were lost after failing to fund the film andMinority Reportreplaced the original plan with a sequel. The Spielberg movie is also adapted from a different Philip K. Dick novella,The Minority Reportwhich follows a different Spielberg-esque style.
In 1997, Miramax bought the rights to the story. The studio appointed novelist Jon Cohen for a screenplay that was meant for another director, Jan de Bont. Later, Spielberg joined the movie and said that de Bont didn’t have anything to do with the production of his movie.
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Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise Chemistry
Steven SpielbergandTom Cruisewanted to work on a project for a long time. Both the director and the actor were hunting for a project that would be suitable for the style of the director. As per earlier reports, Spielberg had almost directed Tom Cruise starrerRain Manbut choseIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Nearly a decade later, the actor and the director landed on TheMinority Report.
However, Cruise had to convince Spielberg to direct the movie. Originally, theTop Gunactor broughtMinority Reportto Spielberg’s attention. The director said that the screenplay wasn’t good enough. Later, Cohen revised the screenplay, and only then Spielberg agreed to direct.
Further, Spielberg and Cruise keep the budget of the movie under $100 million, which later increased to $102 million. Also, Spielberg and Cruise took zero salary for the film, instead, each got 15 percent of the box-office gross.
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The Spielberg Vision forMinority Report
Despite being fiction, Spielberg was all up for creating an authentic-looking future. In 1999, reports said that he gathered a bunch of experts to elevate his vision of 2054 with legitimacy. The incident has created a2054 Bibleconsisting of 80 pages of expert ideas of the future world. The director also created a car, specifically designed to fit the plot of the movie.
Also, there are some key differences in the movie from the original novella. Primarily, John Anderton’s character in the novella is out of shape and old, whereas in the movie, a very young and fit Tom Cruise plays the character.
Further, Spielberg wanted to add a “noir feel” to the movie. To achieve that desaturated color of the movie, he overlit the movie, and then bleached bypassed the negatives.
The movie was both a critical and commercial success, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Editing. Over a decade later of the release ofMinority Report,FOX created a spinoff TV show set ten years after the original movie timeline.
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Lachit Roy is a seasoned writer specializing in science and entertainment news. Armed with a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Tezpur University, he brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to his craft.Lachit is particularly passionate about crafting engaging content on entertainment news and trends. A dedicated movie enthusiast, he possesses an in-depth understanding of the cinematic world and takes joy in disseminating the latest updates to the global fandom. When not immersed in writing, Lachit can be found indulging in his love for movies and series, occasionally tending to his garden, but predominantly expanding his expertise in the realms of his interests.
