Slipstream (2007 film)

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Slipstream

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anthony Hopkins
Produced by Stella Arroyave
Robert Katz
Written by Anthony Hopkins
Starring Anthony Hopkins
Stella Arroyvae
Lisa Pepper
Music by Anthony Hopkins
Cinematography Dante Spinotti
Editing by Michael R. Miller
Distributed by Blue Sky Media
Release date(s) October 26, 2007[1]
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Slipstream is a 2007 American science fiction film written and directed by Anthony Hopkins, which explores the premise of a man who is caught in a slipstream of time and remembers his own future. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

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[edit] Synopsis

Slipstream is a noir-comedy about an actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless as he is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream.

[edit] Cast

Note: Arroyave is the real-life wife of Anthony Hopkins.[2]

[edit] Production

Actor Anthony Hopkins first wrote the script for Slipstream for fun, saying, "I had no idea where it was going. It just kept evolving on itself. I always wanted to poke fun at the movie business and the acting profession -- they take themselves so seriously. I wanted to poke them in the nose."[3] Hopkins explained his perspective of the premise:

“ I'm fascinated by time. I've written a script about the nature of reality... It's about reality and the illusion of life because life to me, as I get older, is so illusion-like, so dream-like, that I think it's all a dream. It's about a man, who's caught in a slipstream of time falling back on itself and he remembers his own future. My own interpretation is if there's a God, that God is actually time. I'm fascinated by the fact the older I get every moment just slips past. What is real? You grasp this moment and then it's gone. I was talking 10 minutes ago but that's all gone, it's all a dream. Maybe the puzzle of life is asking what it's all about. I've got a theory that at the moment of impact of death we'll wake up and say, 'Ah, that was it all along.' My life has been governed a lot by those thoughts and feelings."[4] ”

Hopkins initially shopped his script to studios for whom he had been bankable. Executives expressed interest as well as input for the script, but Hopkins refused to take the input. Hopkins showed the script to director-producer Steven Spielberg, who praised the dialogue but warned that financing would be difficult. He proceeded to begin production,[3] initiating filming on June 12, 2006 in Los Angeles and moved to the California desert.[5] Hopkins rejected studios who wanted to have a final cut of the film, and he instead found a new, unidentified patron to finance the film for under $10 million.[3] During production, filmmakers invited six graduate students from Northern Illinois University to assist with the film for college credit.[6] Hopkins also composed the score for Slipstream and conducted the orchestra for the music.[3] In post-production, Hopkins used quick editing and digital technology to edit a fast-paced cut of Slipstream to speed audiences through the film.[7]

[edit] Reception

Slipstream premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2007.[8] The film was met with confusion by Sundance audiences, who wondered about the actual meaning of the premise.[9] The film later experienced a one-week limited release in 6 theaters in the United States on October 26, 2007, earning $6,273 over the weekend and $8,965 in the full week.[10]

On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Slipstream received a 25% rating based on reviews from 36 critics.[11] On the similar site Metacritic, the film received a metascore of 47 out of 100 from 14 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Slipstream. Moviefone. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  2. ^ "Sir Anthony makes a star of his Missus", Liverpool Daily Post, 2007-01-17. 
  3. ^ a b c d John Horn. "Weird Slipstream Has Hopkins' Stamp", Los Angeles Times, 2007-01-18. 
  4. ^ "Hopkins suggests God is time in first screenplay", World Entertainment News Network, 2006-01-26. 
  5. ^ Tatiana Siegel. "Seven more slip into pic for Hopkins", The Hollywood Reporter, 2006-06-14. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 
  6. ^ Sara Hooker. "Star-struck Six NIU students selected to work on Anthony Hopkins' latest film", Daily Herald, 2006-07-17. 
  7. ^ Bob Tourtellotte. "At 69, Anthony Hopkins feels like a film rebel", Reuters, 2007-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-29. 
  8. ^ Slipstream. Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
  9. ^ Claire Hill. "Anthony Hopkins 's latest film Slipstream meets confusion and derision at Sundance", Western Mail, 2007-01-27. 
  10. ^ Slipstream (2007). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
  11. ^ Slipstream. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
  12. ^ Slipstream (2007): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.

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