Vantage Point(2008)- Production Details

Poster of Vantage Point

Synopsis

Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis, an American tourist who thinks he's captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there is American TV news producer Rex Brooks, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe. As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place - and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface.

Production Details

In Theaters

  • February 22, 2008

MPAA Rating

PG-13 (for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language)

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Run Time

1 hour 30 minutes

Distributors

Sony Pictures Releasing

Box Office

$72,266,304

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Mexico City, Mexico

Produced In

United States

Directors

Pete Travis

Director

CAST

Dennis Quaid

Thomas Barnes

Matthew Fox

Kent Taylor

William Hurt

President Ashton

Forest Whitaker

Howard Lewis

Sigourney Weaver

Rex Brooks

Shelby Fenner

Grace Riggs