Vanilla Sky

A successful publisher finds his life taking a turn for the surreal after a car accident with a jaded lover.

• Director: Cameron Crowe
• Genre:Drama / Mystery / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
• Runtime:136 minutes

Cast

Tom Cruise : David Aames
Penélope Cruz : Sofia Serrano
Cameron Diaz : Julie Gianni
Kurt Russell : McCabe
Jason Lee .: Brian Shelby

David Aames recently has become owner of his deceased father’s publishing company, and begins to enjoy a wealthy lifestyle. David, through his friend Brian Shelby, is introduced to Sofia Serrano, and the two begin to flirt and become closer. When David’s former girlfriend, Julianna Gianni, discovers this, she becomes extremely jealous. One day, she offers David a ride, but purposely crashes her car at high speed off a bridge; Julianna dies while David survives, though his face is scarred so badly he wears a mask to hide the embarrassment from the world so that people will not stare or look at his face. On an evening out with Brian and Sofia after the crash, David becomes extremely intoxicated, much to Sofia’s displeasure, and she and Brian leave David to wallow on a sidewalk. The next morning Sofia returns to help David back onto his feet, they begin to date steadily, and David has cosmetic surgery that restores his face to its appearance before the crash.

Though David’s life seems perfect, he finds oddities about it, such as a completely empty Times Square. At times, he finds himself hallucinating, his face reverting to before the plastic surgery. A strange man appears at various locations to tell David he has the power to control the world. After one hallucination episode, David goes to Sofia’s apartment to find Julianna there, and that all the old photos and pictures of David and Sofia have been replaced with Julianna. In a fit of rage, David kills Julianna by suffocation. He is arrested and put into prison, placed under the psychological care of Dr. Curtis McCabe. David, finding himself suffering from a form of amnesia, attempts to recount the recent events to Dr. McCabe, and the two discover that there may be a connection between David and a company known as “Life Extension”, who place clinically-dead patients into cryonic chambers to awaken in the future when cures may be available. David and Dr. McCabe visit the company, who explain that they place their patients into a “Lucid Dream” state while in the cryogenics company. David recognizes that the reality he is in is his own Lucid Dream, and calls for Tech Support. Read more

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