- 88 Minutes
Infobox Film
name = 88 Minutes
caption = North American release poster
writer =Gary Scott Thompson
starring =Al Pacino Benjamin McKenzie Alicia Witt Leelee Sobieski Deborah Kara Unger Amy Brenneman Neal McDonough
director =Jon Avnet
producer = Jon AvnetRandall Emmett Michael P. Flannigan George Furla |Avi Lerner Gary Scott Thompson
distributor =TriStar Pictures
released =April 18 ,2008
runtime = 110 min
language = English
music =Edward Shearmur
amg_id = 1:307493
imdb_id = 0411061
budget = $30,000,000
gross = $30,667,634 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=88minutes.htm 88 Minutes (2008) ] ]"88 Minutes" is a
2008 Americandrama film directed byJon Avnet starringAl Pacino ,Benjamin McKenzie ,Alicia Witt ,Leelee Sobieski ,Deborah Kara Unger ,Amy Brenneman andNeal McDonough . Filming began in theVancouver area onOctober 8 ,2005 and wrapped in December 2005. The film was released in various territories during 2007.In
May 2007 ,TriStar Pictures acquired all U.S. distribution rights of "88 Minutes"; [ [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117965551&cs=1 Sony snaps up 'Friday' remake - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety ] ] TriStar Pictures released this movie in the United States theatrically onApril 18 ,2008 .Cast
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Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm
*Benjamin McKenzie as Mike Stemp
*Alicia Witt as Kim Cummings
*Leelee Sobieski as Lauren Douglas a.k.a. Lydia Doherty
*Amy Brenneman as Shelly Barnes
*William Forsythe as Special Agent Frank Parks
*Deborah Kara Unger as Carol Johnson
*Neal McDonough as Jon Forster
*Leah Cairns as Sara Pollard
*Stephen Moyer as Guy LaForge
*Christopher Redman as Jeremy Guber
*Brendan Fletcher as Johnny d'Franco
*Michael Eklund as J.T. Ryker
*Kristina Copeland as Dale Morris
*Tammy Hui as Janie Kay
*Victoria Tennant as Kate
*Michal Yannai as Leeza Pearson
*Mike Dopud as Sherif (Uncredited)Production
Jon Avnet replacedJames Foley as director.Kristin Cavallari originally had a role in this film, but pulled out.Shero Rauf was the digital effects artist for the film.Filming locations
The university scenes in the film were shot at the
University of British Columbia (UBC) near Vancouver, which stood in for a fictional Northwest Washington University. It attracted much attention on campus (mainly due to Pacino's presence in the film) and filming was interrupted repeatedly because of it. This also could have been because many integral scenes were filmed in the busiest areas of campus during peak class hours. It was common for students to exit buildings after class only to walk into a shooting location.Scenes were also shot on the campus of UCLA. The filming was secretive and did not draw as much attention as it did at UBC.Fact|date=January 2008
Critical reception
"88 Minutes" was heavily panned by critics. The review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 6% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 99 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/88_minutes/ | title=88 Minutes Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes | accessdate=2008-04-24 | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes ] OnMetacritic , the film has an average score of 17 out of 100, based on 27 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/88minutes|title=88 Minutes (2008): Reviews|accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Metacritic ]Box office performance
In its opening weekend, the film grossed $6,957,216 in 2,168 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #4 at the box office and averaging $3,209 per theater. In its second weekend, the film grossed $3,593,890 and fell to #8 at the box office. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=88minutes.htm | title=88 Minutes (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results | accessdate=2008-04-21 | publisher=
Box Office Mojo ] The film's worldwide gross is $30,667,634 with $16,930,884 from the US and Canadian box office and $13,736,750 from the rest of the world.References
External links
* [http://www.88minutestolive.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0411061|title=88 Minutes
*rotten-tomatoes|id=88_minutes|title=88 Minutes
*metacritic film|id=88minutes|title=88 Minutes
*mojo title|id=88minutes|title=88 Minutes
*amg movie|id=1:307493|title=88 Minutes
* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/88minutes/ Trailer] at Apple.com
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