Entrapment (film)
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 Entrapment movie poster |
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| Directed by | Jon Amiel |
| Produced by | Sean Connery Michael Hertzberg Rhonda Tollefson |
| Written by | Ronald Bass William Broyles Jr. Don Macpherson |
| Starring | Sean Connery Catherine Zeta-Jones Will Patton Maury Chaykin and Ving Rhames |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Phil Meheux |
| Editing by | Terry Rawlings |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) |  April 29, 1999 April 30, 1999 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $66,000,000 US (est.) |
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Entrapment (1999) is an American film directed by Jon Amiel, and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The original music score was composed by Christopher Young.
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[edit] Filming locations
Filming locations for the film include:
- Blenheim Palace
- Savoy Hotel London
- Lloyd's of London,
- Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull in Scotland
- The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur
- The Bukit Jalil train stop
Note: The set for the Petronas Towers was built on Pinewood Studios
[edit] Critical reaction
The film opened to mixed or average reviews [1] as described by Metacritic. Rottentomatoes lists the film as receiving only 37% positive reviews [2] Critics focused on a scene where Zeta-Jones worms around a net of laser beams. The camera lingers on her buttocks through much of the scene. Critic Scott Weinberg said "OK, if you own a TV then you've seen that scene. You know the one. It's when Catherine Zeta-Jones squirms her beautiful rear down onto the floor to avoid a laser alarm system. It's shown on the commercial, the preview and in the movie itself like 7 times. The challenge is this: Build a movie around it." [3]. The laser scene was choreographed by Paul Harris, who also choreographed the wand to wand combat sequences in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Other more mainstream critics such as the New York Times[4], New York Magazine[5], the Chicago Sun-Times[6], Variety[7], and the legendary Desson Howe/Thomson of the Washington Post[8] lavished praise on it.
The film was also a box office success, grossing over $87 million domestically.
[edit] Malaysian reaction
Complaints arose that the movie depicted Malaysia as a backwards country and was misportrayed. The controversy arose from one scene in particular, where a shantytown in Malacca was superimposed over a tilt shot of the then recently constructed Petronas Towers.
[edit] References
- ^ Entrapment (1999): Reviews
- ^ [1]
- ^ Movie Review - Entrapment - eFilmCritic
- ^ 'Entrapment': They're a Devilish Match, but Who's Conning Who?
- ^ Some Like It Hotter
- ^ http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1999/04/043003.html
- ^ http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117492064&categoryid=31&cs=1
- ^ 'Entrapment' (PG-13)
