Vanilla Sky
Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Paramount Pictures  (2001) 136 mins R

6.8 (72,445 votes)
David Aames is a rich guy with all the trappings of a rich life. He's inherited his father's magazine empire and wakes up with a gorgeous woman, Julie, who obviously likes David more than he likes her. At his birthday, he meets Sofia, the date of his best friend, and spends the evening with her putting off his best friend and pissing off Julie. Julie confronts him after he spends a long night with Sofia and as they drive in Julie's car, she learns that her love for him is unrequited. She crashes her car killing herself and almost killing David. He survives but with gross facial disfiguration. Jump ahead months later to find David with a mask over his entire face in jail talking to a shrink to remember "what happened." What happened is that he gets better, gets the girl, but he starts to break apart thinking Sofia is Julie and in the end kills his girlfriend. What we learn at the end is t...

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Cast and Crew
Tom Cruise  ......  David Aames
Kurt Russell  ......  Dr. Curtis McCabe
Cameron Diaz  ......  Julie Gianni
Jason Lee  ......  Brian Shelby
Timothy Spall  ......  Thomas Tipp
Tilda Swinton  ......  Rebecca Dearborn
Director  .....  Cameron Crowe
Producer  .....  Cameron Crowe; Tom Cruise; Paula Wagner
Writer  .....  Cameron Crowe; Mateo Gil; Alejandro Amenábar
Cinematography  .....  John Toll
Musician  .....  Nancy Wilson
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: Toward the end of the scene when Brian confronts David, saying, "Hit me, but don't ever hit a girl!" In the shots of Brian, snow is falling. When it cuts back to David, no snow is to be seen. Cameron notes in the director's commentary that this mistake was caught in post, but they excused it because this is one movie where it might actually make sense. (more)

Trivia:
The title Vanilla Sky was considered for Cameron Crowe's previous movie, Almost Famous (2000). The original title for Almost Famous was actually "Untitled", however Dreamworks would not allow this, so Cameron Crowe titled the bootleg edition of Almost Famous on DVD "Untitled". (more)

Filming Locations:
108th-96th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Sofía: [in Spanish] Open your eyes.
Sofía: [in English] Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open you...
[David wakes up and pushes the snooze button on his alarm]
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations (more)