Slipstream (2007 film)

Infobox Film
name = Slipstream


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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Anthony Hopkins
producer = Stella Arroyave
Robert Katz
writer = Anthony Hopkins
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starring = Anthony Hopkins
Stella Arroyvae
Lisa Pepper
music = Anthony Hopkins
cinematography = Dante Spinotti
editing = Michael R. Miller
distributor = Blue Sky Media
released = October 26 2007 [cite web |url=http://movies.aol.com/movie/slipstream/26988/main |title=Slipstream |publisher=Moviefone |accessdate=2007-10-19 ]
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country = USA
language = English
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gross =
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amg_id = 1:352928
imdb_id = 0499570

"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.

ynopsis

"Slipstream" is an experiment, seemingly one could argue that it was 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.

Cast

*Anthony Hopkins - Felix Bonhoeffer
*Stella Arroyave - Gina, the wife.Note: Arroyave is the real-life wife of Anthony Hopkins. [cite news | author= | title=Sir Anthony makes a star of his Missus | publisher=Liverpool Daily Post | date=2007-01-17 ]
*Christian Slater - Ray / Matt Dodds / Patrolman #2
*John Turturro - Harvey Brickman
*Camryn Manheim - Barbara
*Jeffrey Tambor - Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
*S. Epatha Merkerson - Bonnie
*Fionnula Flanagan - Bette Lustig
*Christopher Lawford - Lars
*Michael Clark Duncan - Mort / Phil
*Lisa Pepper - Tracy
*Kevin McCarthy - Himself
*Gavin Grazer - Gavin
*Aaron Tucker - Chauffeur / Aaron
*Lana Antonova - Lily

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."cite news | author=John Horn | title= Weird "Slipstream" Has Hopkins' Stamp | publisher=Los Angeles Times | date=2007-01-18 ] Hopkins explained his perspective of the premise:

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, initiating filming on June 12 2006 in Los Angeles and moved to the California desert. [cite news | author=Tatiana Siegel | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002652782 | title=Seven more slip into pic for Hopkins | publisher=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2006-06-14 | accessdate=2008-01-29 ] 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. During production, filmmakers invited six graduate students from Northern Illinois University to assist with the film for college credit. [cite news | author=Sara Hooker | title= Star-struck Six NIU students selected to work on Anthony Hopkins' latest film | publisher=Daily Herald | date=2006-07-17 ] Hopkins also composed the score for "Slipstream" and conducted the orchestra for the music. In post-production, Hopkins used quick editing and digital technology to edit a fast-paced cut of "Slipstream" to speed audiences through the film. [cite news | author=Bob Tourtellotte | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN2248344320070122?sp=true&view=sphere | title=At 69, Anthony Hopkins feels like a film rebel | publisher=Reuters | date=2007-01-22 | accessdate=2008-01-29 ]

Reception

"Slipstream" premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival on January 20 2007. [cite web | url=http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=4741 | title=Slipstream | publisher=Sundance Film Festival | accessdate=2008-01-29 ] The film was met with confusion by Sundance audiences, who wondered about the actual meaning of the premise. [cite news | author=Claire Hill | title=Anthony Hopkins 's latest film "Slipstream" meets confusion and derision at Sundance | publisher=Western Mail | date=2007-01-27 ] 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. [cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=Slipstream.htm | title=Slipstream (2007) | publisher=Box Office Mojo | accessdate=2008-01-29 ]

On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, "Slipstream" received a 25% rating based on reviews from 36 critics. [cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007898-slipstream/ | title=Slipstream | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes | accessdate=2008-01-29 ] On the similar site Metacritic, the film received a metascore of 47 out of 100 from 14 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/slipstream | title=Slipstream (2007): Reviews | publisher=Metacritic | accessdate=2008-01-29 ]

In other words as one critic from Elkhart, Indiana stated " The movie was a total failure, whose images could be used projected on the walls of a rave club, and perhaps to those who wanted to waste a hit of acid on a bad trip".who

All the reviews weren't that bad. Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and suggesting that film is worth seeing, "if you'll actively engage your sympathy with Hopkins' attempt to do something tricky and difficult. If you want to lie back and let the movie come to you, you may be lying there a long time." [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071025/REVIEWS/710250307/1023]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0499570|title=Slipstream
* [http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/fall2007/slipstream.php interview with "Slipstream" director Anthony Hopkins] at Filmmaker Magazine