Minority Report (film) Release date(s): June 21, 2002 Budget: $102 million[1] Minority Report is a 2002 meri!an meri!an neo"noir s!ien!e fi!tion film dire!ted #y te%en piel#erg and loosely #ased on t&e s&ort story '&e ' &e Minority Report' #y &ilip *+ i!-+ .t is set primarily in /as&ington, ++, and ort&ern irginia in t&e year 2034, 5&ere 'rerime', a spe!iali6ed poli!e department, appre&ends !riminals #ased on fore-no5ledge pro%ided #y t&ree psy!&i!s !alled 'pre!ogs'+ &e !ast in!ludes om om ruise as rerime !aptain Jo&n nderton, olin 7arrell as epartment of Justi!e agent anny /it5er, amant&a Morton as t&e senior pre!og gat&a, and Ma8 %on ydo5 as nderton9s nderton9s superior amar Burgess+ &e film is a !om#ination of 5&odunit, t&riller and s!ien!e fi!tion+[2] piel#erg &as !&ara!teri6ed t&e story as 'fifty per!ent !&ara!ter and fifty per!ent %ery !ompli!ated storytelling 5it& layers and layers of murder mystery and plot'+[;] &e film9s !entral t&eme is t&e >2 as a se>?, after a s!ript #y # y Jo&n o&en rea!&ed piel#erg and ruise+ rodu!tion suffered many delays due to ruise9s Mission: .mpossi#le .. and piel#erg9s +.+ running o%er s!&edule, e%entually starting in Mar!& 2001+ uring pre"produ!tion, piel#erg !onsulted numerous s!ientists in an attempt to present a more plausi#le future 5orld t&an t&at seen in ot&er s!ien!e fi!tion films, and some of t&e te!&nology designs in t&e film &a%e pro%en pres!ient+ Minority Report &as a uni
lot .n 2034, aptain Jo&n nderton (om ruise) is !&ief of t&e &ig&ly !ontro%ersial /as&ington, ++, rerime poli!e for!e+ &ey use future %isions generated #y t&ree 'pre!ogs', mutated &umans 5it& pre!ogniti%e a#ilities, to stop murders #e!ause of t&is, t&e !ity &as #een murder"free for si8 years+ &oug& nderton is a respe!ted mem#er of t&e for!e, &e is addi!ted to an illegal psy!&oa!ti%e drug+ Cis addi!tion started follo5ing t&e disappearan!e of &is son ean, 5&i!& also !aused &is 5ife ara to lea%e &im+ /it& t&e rerime for!e poised to go nation5ide, t&e system is audited #y anny /it5er (olin 7arrell), a mem#er of t&e epartment of Justi!e+ uring t&e audit, t&e pre!ogs predi!t t&at nderton 5ill murder a man named eo ro5 in ;D &ours+ Belie%ing t&e in!ident to #e a setup #y /it5er, 5&o is a5are of nderton9s addi!tion, nderton attempts to &ide t&e !ase and
noting t&at t&e rerime di%ision is !urrently disa#led due to gat&a9s a#sen!e, -ills /it5er and frames nderton for t&at murder as 5ell+ &e rerime unit e%entually !aptures nderton and restores gat&a to t&e system+ Burgess attempts to !omfort ara, #ut a!!identally re%eals t&at &e 5as t&e one t&at -illed i%ely+ ara a!ts on t&is information and frees nderton at gunpoint+ t a #an
ois mit& as r+ .ris Cineman, one of t&e pioneers of t&e rerime program, 5&o &as retired+ *at&ryn Morris as ara, nderton9s e8"5ife and t&e mot&er of &is lost son+ eter tormare as @ddie olomon, a s&ady 5edis& do!tor 5&o sur%i%es #y performing illegal operations, and transplants ne5 eyes into nderton+ Ce does t&is e%en t&oug& nderton turned &im in years earlier, in Baltimore, 5&en &e &ad #een lig&ting &is female plasti! surgery patients on fire+ olomon is Faded 5it& &is 5or-+ Ce &as a #la!- sense of &umor 5&en &is nurse assistant #rings &im nderton9s repla!ement eyes, tormare utters a line not in t&e s!ript:[D] '&e9s already smitten+ &e only &as eyes for you+' Mi-e Binder as eo ro5, a man 5&om t&e pre!ogs predi!t nderton 5ill -ill+ im Bla-e elson as Gideon, t&e 5arden 5&o 5at!&es o%er prisoners for!ed into '&alo sleep'+ Joel Grets!& as onald u#lin+ [edit] rodu!tion [edit] e%elopment i!-9s story 5as first optioned #y produ!er and 5riter Gary Goldman in 1>>2+[?][A] Ce !reated t&e initial s!ript for t&e film 5it& Ron &usett and Ro#ert Goet&als (un!redited)+[?] .t 5as supposed to #e a se>0 i!- adaptation otal Re!all, 5&i!& starred rnold !&5ar6enegger+[>] o%elist Jon o&en 5as &ired in 1>>? to adapt t&e story for a potential film %ersion t&at 5ould &a%e #een dire!ted #y ut!& filmma-er Jan de Bont+[10][11] Mean5&ile, ruise and piel#erg, 5&o met and #e!ame friends on t&e set of ruise9s film Ris-y Business in 1>A;,[12] &ad #een loo-ing to !olla#orate for ten years+[1;][14] piel#erg 5as set to dire!t ruise in Rain Man, #ut left to ma-e .ndiana Jones and t&e ast rusade+[12] ruise read o&en9s s!ript, and passed it onto piel#erg, 5&o felt it needed some 5or-+ piel#erg 5as not dire!tly in%ol%ed in t&e 5riting of t&e s!ript &o5e%er, &e 5as allo5ed to de!ide 5&et&er t&e pi!ture9s s!reenplay 5as ready to #e filmed+ /&en o&en su#mitted an a!!epta#le re%ision, &e !alled ruise and said, 'Hea&, .9ll do t&is %ersion of t&e s!ript+'[11][13] .n t&at %ersion, /it5er !reates a false dis- 5&i!& s&o5s nderton -illing &im+ /&en nderton sees t&e !lip, &is #elief in t&e infalli#ility of t&e pre!ogs %isions !on%in!es &im it is true, t&erefore t&e pre!ogs &a%e a %ision of &im -illing /it5er+ t t&e end, nderton s&oots /it5er and one of t&e #rot&er pre!ogs finis&es &im off, #e!ause /it5er &ad slain &is t5in+[1D] piel#erg 5as attra!ted to t&e story #e!ause as #ot& a mystery, and a mo%ie set 30 years in t&e future, it allo5ed &im to do 'a #lending of genres' 5&i!& intrigued &im+[1?] .n 1>>A, t&e pair Foined Minority Report and announ!ed t&e produ!tion as a Foint %enture of piel#erg9s ream/or-s and m#lin @ntertainment, 20t& entury 7o8, ruise9s ruise"/agner rodu!tions, and e Bont9s produ!tion !ompany, Blue ulip+ [1A] piel#erg &o5e%er stated t&at despite #eing !redited, e Bont ne%er #e!ame in%ol%ed 5it& t&e film+[1>] ruise and piel#erg, at t&e latter9s insisten!e,[20] reportedly agreed to ea!& ta-e 13I of t&e gross instead of any money up front to try and -eep t&e film9s #udget under $100 million+[21] piel#erg said &e &ad done t&e same 5it& name a!tors in t&e past to great su!!ess: 'om Can-s too- no !as& for a%ing ri%ate Ryan #ut &e made a lot of money on &is profit parti!ipation+'[20] Ce made t&is agreement a prere
. &a%en9t 5or-ed 5it& many mo%ie starsEA0 per !ent of my films don9t &a%e mo%ie starsEand .9%e told t&em if t&ey 5ant to 5or- 5it& me . 5ant t&em to gam#le along 5it& me+ . &a%en9t ta-en a salary in 1A years for a mo%ie, so if my film ma-es no money . get no money+ &ey s&ould #e prepared to do t&e same+ rodu!tion 5as delayed for se%eral years t&e original plan 5as to #egin filming after ruise9s Mission: .mpossi#le .. 5as finis&ed+[1A] Co5e%er, t&at film ran o%er s!&edule, 5&i!& also allo5ed piel#erg time to #ring in s!reen5riter !ott 7ran- to re5or- o&en9s s!reenplay+[10][22] Jo&n ugust did an un!redited draft to polis& t&e s!ript,[2;] and 7ran- ara#ont 5as also in%ited to re5rite, #ut 5as #y t&en #usy 5it& &e MaFesti!+[24] &e film !losely follo5s 7ran-9s final s!ript (5ritten May 1D, 2001), and !ontains mu!& of o&en9s t&ird draft (May 24, 1>>?)+[11] 7ran- remo%ed t&e !&ara!ter of enator Mal!olm from o&en9s s!reenplay, and inserted Burgess, 5&o #e!ame t&e '#ad guy'+ Ce also re5rote /it5er from a %illain to a 'good guy', as &e 5as in t&e s&ort story+[1D] .n !ontrast to piel#erg9s ne8t s!ien!e fi!tion pi!ture, /ar of t&e /orlds, 5&i!& &e !alled '100 per!ent !&ara!ter' dri%en, piel#erg said t&e story for Minority Report #e!ame 'fifty per!ent !&ara!ter and fifty per!ent %ery !ompli!ated storytelling 5it& layers and layers of murder mystery and plot+'[;] !!ording to film s!&olar /illiam Bu!-land, '.t appears t&at+++o&en and+++7ran- did not see' t&e 'Goldman and !&usett s!reenplay instead t&ey 5or-ed on t&eir o5n adaptation+'[>] Goldman and !&usett &o5e%er !laimed t&e pair used a l ot of material from t&eir s!ript, so t&e issue 5ent t&roug& t&e /riter9s Guild ar#itration pro!ess+ &ey 5on a partial %i!tory t&ey 5ere not gi%en 5riting !redits, #ut 5ere listed as e8e!uti%e produ!ers+[>] &e film 5as delayed again so piel#erg !ould finis& +.+ after t&e deat& of &is friend tanley *u#ri!-+[23] /&en piel#erg originally signed on to dire!t, &e planned to &a%e an entirely different supporting !ast+ Ce offered t&e role of /it5er to Matt amon, .ris Cineman to Meryl treep, Burgess to .an M!*ellen, gat&a to ate Blan!&ett, and ara to Jenna @lfman+[2D] Co5e%er, treep de!lined t&e role,[2D] amon opted out,[2D] and t&e ot&er roles 5ere re!ast due to t&e delays+ [edit] e!&nology Main arti!le: e!&nologies in Minority Report
t t&e 2010 @ !onferen!e, Minority Report9s !ien!e d%isor, Jo&n nder-offler, demos a real life %ersion of t&e 'spatial operating en%ironment' interfa!e+[2?] fter @++, piel#erg started to !onsult e8perts, and put more s!ientifi! resear!& into &is s!ien!e fi!tion films+[2A] .n 1>>>, &e in%ited fifteen e8perts !on%ened #y t&e Glo#al Business et5or-, its !&airman, eter !&5art6, and its !o"founder te5art Brand to a &otel in anta Moni!a, alifornia for a t&ree day 't&in- tan-'+ Ce also in%ited Fournalist Joel Garreau to !o%er t&e e%ent+[2A][2>] Ce 5anted to !onsult 5it& t&e group to !reate a plausi#le 'future reality' for t&e year 2034 as opposed to a more traditional 's!ien!e fi!tion' setting+[2>] u##ed t&e 't&in- tan- summit',[;0] t&e
e8perts in!luded ar!&ite!t eter alt&orpe, ouglas oupland, !omputer s!ientist eil Gers&enfeld, #iomedi!al resear!&er &aun Jones, !omputer s!ientist Jaron anier, and former Massa!&usetts .nstitute of e!&nology (M.) ar!&ite!ture dean /illiam J+ Mit!&ell+[2>][;1] rodu!tion esigner le8 M!o5ell -ept 5&at 5as ni!-named t&e '2034 #i#le', an A0 page guide !reated in preprodu!tion 5&i!& listed all t&e de!ided upon aspe!ts of t&e future 5orld: ar!&ite!tural, so!io"e!onomi!al, politi!al, and te!&nologi!al+[;0] /&ile t&e dis!ussions did not !&ange -ey elements in t&e film9s a!tion se>>+[;2] Jo&n nder-offler, 5&o designed most of nderton9s interfa!e after piel#erg told &im to ma-e it 'li-e !ondu!ting an or!&estra', said 'it 5ould #e &ard to identify anyt&ing [in t&e mo%ie] t&at &ad no grounding in reality+'[;0] M!o5ell teamed up 5it& ar!&ite!t Greg ynn to 5or- on some of t&e te!&ni!al aspe!ts of t&e produ!tion design+ ynn praised &is 5or-, saying t&at '[a] lot of t&ose t&ings le8 !oo-ed up for Minority Report, li-e t&e ;" s!reens, &a%e #e!ome real+'[;;] piel#erg des!ri#ed &is ideas for t&e film9s te!&nology to Roger @#ert #efore t&e mo%ie9s release:[1;] . 5anted all t&e toys to !ome true someday+ . 5ant t&ere to #e a transportation system t&at doesn9t emit to8ins into t&e atmosp&ere+ nd t&e ne5spaper t&at updates itself+++ &e .nternet is 5at!&ing us no5+ .f t&ey 5ant to+ &ey !an see 5&at sites you %isit+ .n t&e future, tele%ision 5ill #e 5at!&ing us, and !ustomi6ing itself to 5&at it -no5s a#out us+ &e t&rilling t&ing is, t&at 5ill ma-e us feel 5e9re part of t&e medium+ &e s!ary t&ing is, 5e9ll lose our rig&t to pri%a!y+ n ad 5ill appear in t&e air around us, tal-ing dire!tly to us+ e5s sour!es &a%e noted t&e future te!&nologies depi!ted in t&e film 5ere pres!ient+ &e Guardian pu#lis&ed a pie!e titled '/&y Minority Report 5as spot on' in June 2010,[;4] and t&e follo5ing mont& 7ast ompany e8amined se%en !rime fig&ting te!&nologies in t&e film similar to ones t&en appearing+ .t summari6ed t&at 't&e poli!e state imagined in t&e om ruise fli!- feels a #it more real e%ery day+'[;3] =t&er maFor media outlets su!& as t&e /all treet Journal &a%e pu#lis&ed arti!les dedi!ated to t&is p&enomenon,[;D] and ational u#li! Radio (R) pu#lis&ed an ugust 2010 pod!ast 5&i!& analy6ed t&e film9s a!!ura!y in predi!ting future te!&nologes+[;?] ompanies li-e Ce5lett"a!-ard (C) &a%e announ!ed t&ey 5ere moti%ated to do resear!& #y t&e film in C9s !ase to de%elop !loud !omputing+[;A] e!&nologies from t&e film later reali6ed in!lude: Multi"tou!& interfa!es similar to nderton9s, put out #y Mi!rosoft (200?), =#s!ura (200A), M. (200>), .ntel (200>), and Mi!rosoft again, t&is time for t&eir K#o8 ;D0 (2010)+[;>][40][41][42] !ompany representati%e, at t&e 200? premiere of t&e Mi!rosoft urfa!e, promised it '5ill feel li-e Minority Report+'[4;] /&en Mi!rosoft released t&e *ine!t motion sensing !amera add"on for t&eir K#o8 ;D0 gaming !onsole in 2010, t&e *ine!t9s te!&nology allo5ed se%eral programmers, in!luding students at M., to !reate Minority Report inspired user interfa!es+[;>] Retina s!anners, #y a Man&attan !ompany named Glo#al Rainma-ers .n!orporated (GR.) (2010)+ GR. disputed t&e notion t&at its te!&nology !ould #e t&e t&reat to pri%a!y it is in t&e film+ 'Minority Report is one possi#le out!ome,' a !orporate offi!ial
told 7ast ompany+ '. don9t t&in- t&at9s our !ompany9s aim, #ut . t&in- 5&at 5e9re going to see is an en%ironment 5ell #eyond 5&at you see in t&at mo%ieEminus t&e pre!ogs, of !ourse+'[44] &e !ompany is installing &undreds of t&e s!anners in Banof meri!a lo!ations in &arlotte, ort& arolina, and &as a !ontra!t to install t&em on se%eral nited tates ir 7or!e #ases+[43] &ose in de%elopment in!lude: .nse!t ro#ots, similar to t&e film9s spyder ro#ots, #y t&e nited tates Military+ &ese inse!ts 5ill #e !apa#le of re!onnoitre missions in dangerous areas not fit for soldiers, su!& as 'o!!upied &ouses'+ &ey ser%e t&e same purpose in t&e film+[;4] !!ording to t&e de%eloper, B@ ystems, t&e 'goal is to de%elop te!&nologies t&at 5ill gi%e our soldiers anot&er set of eyes and ears for use in ur#an en%ironments and !omple8 terrain pla!es 5&ere t&ey !annot go or 5&ere it 5ould #e too dangerous+'[;4] 7a!ial re!ognition ad%ertising #ill#oards, #eing de%eloped #y t&e Japanese !ompany @+ &ese #ill#oards 5ill t&eoreti!ally #e a#le to re!ogni6e passers"#y %ia fa!ial re!ognition, !all t&em #y name, and deli%er !ustomer spe!ifi! ad%ertisements+ &us far t&e #ill#oards !an re!ogni6e age and gender, and deli%er demograp&i!ally appropriate ad%erts, #ut !annot dis!ern indi%iduals+ !!ording to &e aily elegrap&, t&e #ill#oards 5ill '#e&a%e li-e t&ose in+++Minority Report+++in 5&i!& ruise9s !&ara!ter is !onfronted 5it& digital signs t&at !all out &is name as &e 5al-s t&roug& a futuristi! s&opping mall+'[4D] .BM is de%eloping similar #ill#oards 5&i!& plan to deli%er !ustomi6ed ad%erts to indi%iduals 5&o !arry identity tags+ i-e @, t&e !ompany feels t&ey 5ill not #e o#trusi%e as t&eir #ill#oards 5ill only ad%ertise produ!ts 5&i!& a !ustomer is interested in+ d%ertisers are em#ra!ing t&ese #ill#oards as t&ey figure to redu!e !osts #y lo5ering t&e num#er of ad%erts 5asted on uninterested !onsumers+[4D] rime predi!tion soft5are, de%eloped #y a professor from t&e ni%ersity of ennsyl%ania (2010)+ &e soft5are, 5&i!& 5as detailed in a aily Mail arti!le titled '&e real Minority Report' upon its announ!ement, '!ollates a range of %aria#les t&en uses an algorit&m to 5or- out 5&o is at t&e &ig&est !&an!e of offending+'[4?] s in t&e film, t&e program 5as announ!ed for a trial run in /as&ington ++, 5&i!&, if su!!essful, 5ill lead to a national rollout+[4A] @le!troni! paper, de%elopment announ!ed #y Kero8 (2002), M. (2003), Germany (200D), media !onglomerate Cearst orporation (200A), and G a out& *orean ele!troni!s manufa!turer (2010)+ Kero8 &as #een trying to de%elop somet&ing similar to e"paper sin!e #efore t&e film 5as released in t&eaters+[4>] .n 2003, 5&en t&e /as&ington ost as-ed t&e !&ief e8e!uti%e of M.9s spin"off &andling t&eir resear!& 5&en 't&e 'Minority Report' ne5spaper' 5ould #e released, &e predi!ted 'around 2013+'[30] .n 200D /orld announ!ed in an arti!le titled: 'German Resear!&ers ay 9Minority Report9 ransparent !reens ossi#le', German resear!&er t&oug&t t&ey 5ould #e a%aila#le in t5o years+[31] e!& 5at!&9s 200A arti!le, 'LMinority Report e"ne5spaper on t&e 5ay', noted t&at Cearst 5as 'pus&ing large amounts of !as& into' t&e te!&nology+[32] .n dis!ussing t&e G announ!ement, net !ommented t&at '[i]f you t&oug&t ele!troni! ne5spapers 5ere t&e stuff of s!ien!e fi!tion, you9re
M!o5ell said t&e system allo5ed t&em to use &otos&op in pla!e of painters, and employ ;" animation programs (Maya and K.) to !reate a simulated set, 5&i!& !ould #e filled 5it& digital a!tors t&en used to #lo!- out s&ots in ad%an!e+ &e te!&nology also allo5ed t&e tie"in %ideo game and spe!ial effe!ts !ompanies to !ull data from t&e pre%is system #efore t&e film 5as finis&ed, 5&i!& t&ey used to esta#lis& parameters for t&eir %isuals+ piel#erg ] [edit] toryline differen!es &e &ilip *+ i!- story only gi%es you a spring#oard t&at really doesn9t &a%e a se!ond or t&ird a!t+ Most of t&e mo%ie is not in t&e &ilip *+ i!- story O to t&e !&agrin of t&e &ilip *+ i!- fans, .9m sure+ Ete%en piel#erg, June 2002[A] i-e most film adaptations of i!-9s 5or-s,[A] many aspe!ts of &is story 5ere !&anged in t&eir transition to film, su!& as t&e addition of amar Burgess and t&e
!&ange in setting from e5 Hor- ity to /as&ington, ++, Baltimore, and ort&ern irginia+ &e !&ara!ter of Jo&n nderton 5as !&anged from a #alding and out"of" s&ape old man to an at&leti! offi!er in &is 40s to fit its portrayer and t&e film9s a!tion s!enes+[D0] &e film adds t5o stories of tragi! families nderton9s, and t&at of t&e t&ree pre"!ogs+[D1] .n t&e s&ort story, nderton is married 5it& no !&ildren, 5&ile in t&e film, &e is t&e di%or!ed fat&er of a -idnapped son, 5&o is most li-ely de!eased+ [D2] lt&oug& it is implied, #ut un!lear in t&e film 5&et&er gat&a is related to t&e t5in pre"!ogs, &er family 5as s&attered 5&en Burgess murdered &er mot&er, nn i%ely+ [D;] &e pre!ogs 5ere retarded and deformed indi%iduals in t&e story, #ut in t&e film, t&ey are t&e offspring of neuroin addi!ts 5&o too- a tainted %ersion of t&e drug 5&i!& geneti!ally mutated t&eir !&ildren+[D4][D3] nderton9s future murder and t&e reasons for t&e !onspira!y 5ere !&anged from a general 5&o 5ants to dis!redit rerime to regain some military funding, to a man 5&o murdered a pre!og9s mot&er to preser%e rerime+ &e su#se] piel#erg typified it as 'a #la!- and 5&ite s!ore' and said, '. t&in- Jo&nny /illiams does a really ni!e #it of &omage to Benny Cerman+'[?0] .n an inter%ie5 5&i!& appeared in &e e5 Hor- imes, /illiams said t&at t&e !&oi!es for many of t&e pie!es of !lassi!al musi! 5ere made #y t&e studio+ Ce also said t&at 5&ile &e did not -no5 5&y !ertain pie!es 5ere !&osen, 7ran6 !&u#ert9s ymp&ony o+ A (!ommonly -no5n as t&e nfinis&ed ymp&ony), 5&i!& features prominently in t&e film,[?1] 5as most li-ely in!luded #e!ause nderton 5as a #ig fan of !lassi!al musi! in t&e s!ript+[?2] ome of t&e ot&er !&oi!es, su!& as Gideon9s playing of Jesu, Joy of Man9s esiring #y Ba!& on an organ in t&e su#terranean prison, 5ere also in t&e s!reenplay, and &e figured t&at '[t]&ey are some 5riter9s !on!eption of 5&at t&is !&ara!ter mig&t &a%e listened to+'[?2] /illiams did !&oose t&e minuet from a Caydn string
said it 5as 't&oroug&ly modern' 5&ile also #eing 'interla!ed 5it& stri-ing snippets of master5or-s+'[?2] [edit] &emes Main arti!le: &emes in Minority Report [edit] 7ree 5ill %ersus determinism
'/e don9t !&oose t&e t&ings 5e #elie%e in t&ey !&oose us+' amar Burgess &e main t&eme of Minority Report is t&e !lassi! p&ilosop&i!al de#ate of free 5ill %ersus determinism+[?;][?4] =ne of t&e main
/it5er !at!&es t&e #all: &a%ing predetermined its ine%ita#le !ourse, &e inter%enes to pre%ent its fall upon t&e ground+ &e !entral t&eme of t&e mo%ie is dis!ussed in t&e film9s fourt& s!ene+ /it5er dis!usses t&e rerime system 5it& t&e di%ision9s staff+ Ce #elie%es t&at its main 'legalisti! dra5#a!-' is t&at it 'arrests indi%iduals 5&o &a%e #ro-en no la5s+' Jad responds, 'But t&ey 5illQ'[?A] /&en nderton later arri%es upon t&is dis!ussion, &e
a!-no5ledges t&e parado8 /it5er raises t&at t&e pre!ogs pre%ent an e%ent a!!epted as fa!t, #ut one 5&i!& 5ill ne%er &appen+ o s&o5 &im t&at people regularly use predetermination, nderton pi!-s up a 5ooden #all and rolls it to5ard /it5er, 5&o !at!&es it #efore it lands on t&e ground+[?>] /&en as-ed 5&y &e !aug&t t&e #all, /it5er says 'Be!ause it 5as going to fall+' nderton replies, 'But it didn9t+' &en !onfidently tells &im, '&e fa!t t&at you pre%ented it from &appening doesn9t !&ange t&e fa!t t&at it 5as going to &appen+'[?A] *o5als-i feels t&is e8ample is faulty in t&e sense t&at t&e #all &as no free 5ill it merely a!ts a!!ording to t&e la5s of p&ysi!s, #ut &e a!-no5ledges t&at if an indi%idual 5ere to &a%e freely !&osen to !ommit murder, t&en it 5ould &old+[A0] 7ilm s!&olar tep&en Mul&all points out t&at unli-e t&e la5s of p&ysi!s 5&i!& &a%e a series of s!ientifi!ally testa#le !ausal la5s, nderton merely &as t&e %isions of t&e pre!ogs, 5&ose psy!&i! a#ilities are not fully e8plained #y s!ien!e+[D3] not&er 11 meri!a, !ommenting t&at '[5]ere gi%ing up some of our freedom so t&at t&e go%ernment !an prote!t us+'[AD] &e future 5orld in Minority Report of retinal s!ans, ro#oti! &uman inspe!tors, and intrusi%e, indi%iduali6ed, pu#li! ad%ertising arri%ed in meri!an t&eaters as t&e !ountry 5as de#ating &o5 mu!& go%ernmental intrusion into personal matters 5as ne!essary to ensure safety of its !iti6ens+[A?][AA] piel#erg said &e 5ould #e against a rerime system if it 5ere e%er possi#le, as &e #elie%es t&at if it did e8ist, t&ose in !ontrol of it 5ould undou#tedly a#use its po5ers+[A>] *o5als-i ]
*o5als-i feels t&e isolation of t&e pre!ogs ensures t&at t&ey see t&eir %isions merely as fa!ts, and remo%es t&em from &a%ing to Fustify t&em+ &e pre!ogs9 ignoran!e of t&e results of t&eir %isions pre%ents t&em from -no5ing t&e effe!ti%eness of t&e program+ Ce feels t&e rerime offi!ers are t&us more 0] .n t&e e!em#er 200; edition of t&e a!ademi! Fournal 7ilm riti!ism, s!&olar Mar- Garrett ooper mo%ed past t&at point #y asserting t&at not only &a%e t&e pre!ogs 'yet to fully understand' t&eir %isions, #ut t&at t&e pro!ess #y 5&i!& t&e images are interpreted ma-es it so t&at no one indi%idual !ould understand t&em 5it&out t&e use of t&e apparatus+[>1] &e ma!&inery is so effe!ti%e and pre!ise a!!ording to ooper &o5e%er, t&at t&e 'omnipresent system effe!ti%ely ma-es !apture more !ertain t&an t&e !rime+'[>1] /&en t&e system targets t&e &ero [ruise], instead of fleeing, &e remains in t&e %i!inity in t&e #elief t&at t&e system 5ill, in its ine8ora#le logi!, !orre!t itself+ &e apparatus is !onsidered so infalli#le a!!ording to ooper t&at t&e &ero -no5s on!e &e is !leared #y it, &is life !an immediately return to normal+ .n t&is respe!t, ooper feels t&at 'far from indi!ting a se!urity state, t&e film legitimates one+'[>1] &e film presents a legal system 5&ere t&e rerime offi!e gat&ers t&e images from t&e minds of t&e pre!ogs, t&en organi6es t&em into a !o&erent order for display in front of a set of Fudges+ &e Fudges appear %ia %ideo feeds, analy6e t&e im ages, and a!!ording to ooper t&ey %ie5 t&e images, listen to nderton rattle off 'a string of legalisti! %er#iage', t&en gi%e it a 'pro forma ratifi!ation+'[>1] &us t&e a!!used is ne%er present, is not allo5ed a defense, and is !on%i!ted #efore &e is a5are &e is on trial+[>1] &e program is mar-eted in a similar #asi! fas&ion, as in its tag line: '.t 5or-s+'[>2][>;] ooper says t&at in a typi!al meri!an !ourtroom drama, t&e audien!e is treated as if it 5ere t&e Fury, #ut in t&is system, instead of desiring t&e &ero #e pro%en inno!ent, t&e audien!e see-s to &a%e t&e guilt transferred from nderton to Burgess+ But to do so nderton &as to dispro%e t&e system, 5&i!& &e does #y pro%ing t&e e8isten!e of t&e minority report+[>1] &is renders t&e rerime Fusti!e system inopera#le, as if t&ere is dou#t related not merely to t&e gat&ering of t&e images, or t&eir a#ility to #e interpreted, #ut t&eir a#ility to #e !orre!t e%en in perfe!t !ir!umstan!es, t&en t&e system of infalli#le guilt !an not e8ist+[>1][>2] [edit] Media piel#erg !on!ei%ed of t&e idea of a future 5orld permeated 5it& intrusi%e !apitalism and go%ernment sur%eillan!e after e%eryone at t&e 't&in- tan- summit' told &im t&at 't&e rig&t of pri%a!y is a diminis&ing !ommodity' 5&i!& 5ill soon #e t&ro5n 'rig&t out t&e 5indo5+'[;0] !!ording to film !riti! J+ Co#erman, Minority Report '%isuali6es (as 5ell as demonstrates) a future 5&ere t&e un!ons!ious &as #een t&oroug&ly !oloni6ed+'[>4] /&en t&e mo%ie first appeared in t&eaters a !ommon sour!e of re%ie5ers9 !omplaints 5as t&e film9s produ!t pla!ement, 5&i!& t&ey found intrusi%e+ [>3] &e personali6ed ad%ertising is dis!on!erting partly #e!ause of t&e in%asion of pri%a!y, #ut also, argues ooper, #e!ause it is !old, impersonali6ed, and insin!ere+ [>1] 7ilm s!&olar Martin Call says t&at t&e purpose of t&e ads nderton runs into are 'en!ouraging &im to #uy !ertain produ!ts and, #y e8tension, affirm &is pla!e in so!iety+'[>D]
ooper feels Minority Report emp&asi6es t&e future importan!e of t&e !ontrol o%er imagery+ !!ording to &im, t&e images !aptured from t&e pre!ogs %isions in t&e film #esto5 po5er on t&ose 5&o !ontrol t&eir pro!essing+ Ce says t&e film 5arns %ie5ers t&at t&ose 5&o !ontrol images must #e !arefully o%erseen so as to pre%ent t&e a#use of po5er, and t&at t&e film presents 'go%ernan!e as a pro#lem of image arrangement+'[>1] ooper says t&e 1] Ce feels t&at t&is logi!ally raises anot&er issue in t&at t&e same !on!ern !ould #e le%eled to5ards image"ma-ers su!& as ream/or-s, and &e says t&e 'film9s %irtue lies in pro%o-ing t&is 1] Ce notes t&at t&e film9s tran1] [edit] elf"per!eption .n &is analysis of t&e mo%ie in t&e a!ademi! Fournal R&i6omes, s!&olar Martin Call dis!usses t&e self"per!eption people de%elop #ased on t&e %ie5s of t&ose outside of t&emsel%es+[>D] &e a!ademi!ian notes t&at 5&en a !&ild first !ompre&ends t&e fun!tion of a mirror, t&ey #egin to de%elop t&e understanding t&at t&eir per!eption of t&emsel%es is not self"!ontained, and learn t&at t&ey are 5&at t&ey see in t&e mirror+ Ce !ontrasts t&is to 5&en nderton dis!o%ers t&e pre!ogs %ision of &is future self+ [>D] nderton #e!omes flustered 5&ile interpreting t&e images 5&i!& s&o5 &im a#out to !ommit murder+ !!ording to Call, &e #egins 'sear!&ing for 5&ate%er possi#le %ersions of t&is representation are a%aila#le to &im, ot&er t&an t&e one t&at represents &im as a murderer+'[>D] Ce literally #e!omes o#sessed 5it& &imself,[>D] see-ing to resol%e t&ese images 5&i!& put &im at 'dis!ordan!e 5it& &is o5n reality+'[>D] Call says t&at &e is sorting t&roug& t&e images so fe%eris&ly #e!ause &e is !on%in!ed on!e t&ey are sorted properly and understood, t&ey 5ill not s&o5 &im to #e t&e murderer, as &e is !on%in!ed t&at &e is not one+[>D] re%iously, at pea!e 5it& &imself, Call says nderton !annot a!!ept t&e image &e sees in t&e pre!ogs %isions+ [>D] na#le to re!on!ile t&e t5o, Call says &e is for!ed to de!ide t&at 'it is li-ely t&at errors &a%e o!!urred' in t&e rerime system+[>D] gat&a enters a similar period of self e8amination 5&en s&e &as %isions of &er mot&er9s deat&, and is informed t&ey are merely 'e!&oes' i+e+ a faulty image in &er memory+[>D] /&en &e es!apes t&e #uilding and enters t&e mall, Call feels &e is distur#ed #y ads !alling to &im #y name not only #e!ause t&ey 5ill gi%e a5ay &is presen!e, #ut also #e!ause t&ey remind &im of &is lost pla!e in so!iety, and &e #egins 'to see t&roug& t&e false !ons!iousness &is (illusory) pre%ious position as fi8ed su#Fe!t &ad allo5ed &im+'[>D] piel#erg said nderton is #eing punis&ed for &is pre%ious !allous un!on!ern for anyt&ing #ut t&e effe!ti%eness of t&e rerime program+ ' Ce9s dirtied #y t&e fa!t t&at &e doesn9t spend mu!& time t&in-ing a#out t&e moral !onseD] fter eo ro5 in fa!t -ills &imself, nderton #e!omes &ealed, and later &as 're!reated &imself as t&e su#Fe!t &e 5as pre%iously t&roug& t&e -no5ledge t&at &e is
not a -iller+'[>D] lt&oug& &e &as satisfa!torily repaired &is self"image, Calls notes t&at nderton is not t&e same person, as &e no longer #elie%es in t&e rerime system+[>D] Call says t&at Burgess9s final D] [edit] Bro-en family Minority Report !ontinues piel#erg9s tradition of depi!ting #ro-en families,[>?][>4] 5&i!& &e &as said is moti%ated #y &is parents9 di%or!e 5&en &e 5as a !&ild+[20] .n i!-9s s&ort story, nderton is a !&ildless, married man 5&ose main moti%es are self" preser%ation and pre%enting t&e disassem#ly of t&e rerime di%ision+ /&ile &e is also trying to sa%e &imself in t&e mo%ie, &is greater !on!ern is un!o%ering t&e story #e&ind &is son9s disappearan!e+ piel#erg 5ould later transform &is ne8t s!ien!e fi!tion film, /ar of t&e /orlds, from a story a#out a single man to one a#out a di%or!ed fat&er !on!erned 5it& prote!ting &is !&ildren+[>A] Bu!-land notes t&at t&e t5o tragi! parent"!&ild relations&ips in t&e pi!ture (gat&a and nn i%ely, Jo&n and ean nderton) &a%e a !ommon element+ &e mo%ie &as four s&ots of t&em su#merged in 5ater+ gat&a9s fa!e is s&o5n in a !lose up s&ot, ta-en from dire!tly a#o%e &er, 5&en s&e is su#merged in &er p&oton mil-, nutrient #at&+ /&en p&otos of &er mot&er9s su#merged !orpse are s&o5n to &er, t&e emp&asi6ed p&otograp& is a similar image of &er fa!e ta-en from dire!tly a#o%e+ nderton and &is son are s&o5n toget&er in a pool flas&#a!- s!ene in 5&i!& t&ey &a%e a !ontest to see 5&o !an &old t&eir #reat& longest+ Jo&n is under5ater 5&en &is son is ta-en, and later in t&e apartment &e is s&o5n lying motionless, immersed in a filled #at&tu#, in a manner Bu!-land finds similar to t&e s&ots of gat&a and nn+[>>] Bu!-land notes t&at !o" s!reen5riter 7ran- introdu!ed t&e 5ater t&eme, as &e 5rote gat&a and &er mot&er9s #a!- stories 5&ile adding t&e #at&tu# s!ene+[100] [edit] @nding &e most !ommonly !riti!i6ed element of t&e film is its ending+ &e film &as a more traditional '&appy ending' 5&i!& !ontradi!ts t&e tone of t&e rest of t&e pi!ture+[101] [102] &is &as led to spe!ulation t&at t&is ending is t&e produ!t of Jo&n9s imagination, !aused #y &allu!inations from &is for!ed !oma after &e is in!ar!erated+ s one o#ser%er mused, '&e !on!lusion of Minority Report stri-es me as a Fo-e piel#erg played on &is detra!torsEan a!t of perfe!tly measured de%iltry+'[10;] &oug& un!onfirmed #y piel#erg, anot&er re!ent !&ange to su#se
t&e film as possi#le e%iden!e of t&is+ fter nderton is !aptured, Gideon tells &im t&at, '.t9s a!tually -ind of a rus&+ &ey say you &a%e %isions+ &at your life flas&es #efore your eyes+ &at all your dreams !ome true+'[104] /&ile est !onsiders t&e #lissful dream ending a possi#ility, &e
Minority Report9s uni] &e !olor 5as redu!ed #y 'a#out 40I' to a!&ie%e t&e '5as&ed"out' appearan!e+[110] @l%is Mit!&ell, formerly of &e e5 Hor- imes, !ommented t&at '[t]&e pi!ture loo-s as if it 5ere s&ot on !&rome, !aug&t on t&e fleeing #umper of a late 9?0s !ar+'[111] inematograp&er Janus6 *amiSs-i s&ot t&e mo%ie in &ig&"speed film,[110] 5&i!& piel#erg preferred to t&e t&en"emerging digital %ideo format+[112] &e mo%ie9s !amera 5or- is %ery mo#ile, alternating #et5een &and&eld and teadi!am s&ots, 5&i!& are 'e8aggerated #y t&e use of 5ide angle lenses and t&e o!!asional lo5 !amera angle' to in!rease t&e per!eption of mo%ement a!!ording to film s!&olar /illiam Bu!-land+[110] *amiSs-i said t&at &e ne%er used a lens longer t&an 2?mm, and alternated #et5een 1?, 21, and 2?mm lenses, as piel#erg li-ed to '-eep t&e a!tors as !lose to t&e !amera as possi#le+' Ce also said, '/e staged a lot of s!enes in 5ide s&ots t&at &a%e a lot of t&ings &appening 5it& t&e frame+'[110] &e duo also used se%eral long ta-es to fo!us on t&e emotions of t&e a!tors, rat&er t&an
employing numerous !uts+[11;] piel#erg es!&e5ed t&e typi!al '&ot re%erse s&ot' !inematograp&y te!&ni] &e opening is self"!ontained, and a!!ording to Bu!-land a!ts merely as a setup for numerous elements of t&e story+[120] .t lasts 14 minutes, in!ludes 1?1 s&ots, and &as an a%erage s&ot lengt& of fi%e se!onds as opposed to t&e D+3 se!ond a%erage for t&e entire film+ &e opening9s fi%e se!ond a%erage is attained despite '%ery fast !utting' in t&e #eginning and ending, #e!ause t&e middle &as longer ta-es, 5&i!& rea!& 20 se!onds in some instan!es+ piel#erg also !ontinues &is tradition of '&ea%ily diffused #a!-lig&ting' for mu!& in t&e interior s&ots+[110] [edit] Release piel#erg typi!ally -eeps t&e plot points of &is films !losely guarded #efore t&eir release, and Minority Report 5as no different+[121] Ce said &e &ad to remo%e some s!enes, and a fe5 '7"5ords' to get t&e film9s G"1; rating+[12] 7ollo5ing t&e disappointing #o8 offi!e results of piel#erg9s +.+, t&e mar-eting !ampaign for Minority Report do5nplayed &is role in t&e mo%ie and sold t&e film as a ruise a!tion t&riller+[122] om Rot&man, !&airman of t&e film9s !o"finan!ier 7o8 7ilmed @ntertainment, des!ri#ed t&e film9s mar-eting strategy t&us: 'Co5 are 5e mar-eting itP .t9s ruise and piel#erg+ /&at else do 5e need to doP'[12] &e strategy made sense !oming into t&e film, piel#erg &ad made 20 films 5&i!& grossed a domesti! total of $2+A #illion, 5&ile ruise9s resume featured 2; films and $2 #illion in domesti! re%enues+ [12] /it& t&eir !om#ined ;0I ta-e of t&e film9s #o8 offi!e t&oug&, sour!es su!& as Business/ee-9s Ron Gro%er predi!ted t&e studios 5ould &a%e a &ard time ma-ing
t&e money needed to #rea- e%en+[21] espite t&e out5ard optimism, as a more adult"oriented, dar-er film t&an typi!al #lo!-#usters, t&e studio &eld different #o8 offi!e e8pe!tations for t&e mo%ie t&an t&ey 5ould a more family friendly film+ @ntertainment /ee-ly proFe!ted t&e film 5ould gross $40 million domesti! in its opening 5ee-end,[12;] and ariety predi!ted t&at t&e &ig& !on!ept storyline 5ould not appeal to !&ildren and 5ould render it a '!ommer!ial e8tra"#ase &it rat&er t&an a &ome run+'[10] [edit] &eatri!al run Minority Report9s 5orld premiere too- pla!e in e5 Hor- ity on June 1>, 2002+[124] ruise attended t&e ondon premiere t&e follo5ing 5ee-, and mingled 5it& t&ousands of adoring fans as &e 5al-ed t&roug& t&e !ity9s ei!ester million in its first t&ree days, in .taly, $D+2 million in its first ten, in Belgium, $A13,000 in its ?3 lo!ation opening 5ee-end, and in 5it6erland, $403,000 in an A0 t&eater opening 5ee-end+[12A][12>] &e BB felt t&e film9s * performan!e 5as '#uoyed #y ruise9s !&arm offensi%e at last 5ee-9s ondon premiere+'[1;0] Minority Report made a total of $1;2 million in t&e nited tates and $22D+; million o%erseas+[1;1] [edit] Come media ream/or-s spent se%eral million dollars mar-eting t&e film9s and C releases+ &e !ampaign in!luded a tie"in %ideogame released #y !ti%ision, 5&i!& !ontained a trailer for t&e mo%ie9s +[1;2] Minority Report 5as su!!essful in t&e &ome %ideo mar-et, selling at least four million s in its first fe5 mont&s of release+[1;;] &e too- t5o years to produ!e+ 7or t&e first time, piel#erg allo5ed filmma-ers to s&oot footage on t&e set of one of &is films+ remiere"a5ard 5inning produ!er aurent Bou6ereau, 5&o 5ould #e!ome a fre
%ideo game #ased on t&e film titled Minority Report: @%ery#ody Runs 5as de%eloped #y reyar!&, pu#lis&ed #y !ti%ision and released on o%em#er 1A, 2002 for Game Boy d%an!e, intendo Gameu#e, laytation 2 and K#o8+ .t re!ei%ed mi8ed re%ie5s+ [edit] Re!eption Minority Report re!ei%ed !riti!al a!!laim+ &e re%ie5 tallying 5e#site Rotten omatoes summari6ed its resear!& #y saying t&at !riti!s !onsidered t&e mo%ie 'an intelligent and %isually imaginati%e film t&at ran-s among piel#erg9s #est',[1;D] and t&e 5e#site listed it among t&e #est re%ie5ed films of 2002+[1;?] &ey reported t&at >2I of t&e 223 re%ie5s t&ey !olle!ted 5ere positi%e,[1;D] and t&e mo%ie earned an A0 out of a possi#le 100 on t&e similar re%ie5 aggregating 5e#site Meta!riti!+[1;A] Most !riti!s ga%e t&e film9s &andling of its !entral t&eme (free 5ill %s+ determinism) positi%e re%ie5s,[1;D] and many ran-ed it as t&e film9s main strengt&+[?3][1;>] =t&er re%ie5ers &o5e%er, felt t&at piel#erg did not ade1] Ri!&ard orliss of ime said its 'piel#erg9s s&arpest, #ra5niest, most #ustling entertainment sin!e Raiders of t&e ost r-'+[14;] Mi-e lar- of oday felt it su!!eeded due to a '#reat&less 140"minute pa!e 5it& a no"fla# s!ript pa!-ed 5it& all -inds of surprises+'[144] isa !&5ar6#aum of @ntertainment /ee-ly praised t&e film9s %isuals,[143] and odd M!art&y of ariety !omplimented t&e !ast9s performan!es+[14D] 7ilm s!&olar /illiam Bu!-land re!ommended t&e film, #ut felt t&at t&e !omedi! elementsEaside from tormare9s linesEdetra!ted from t&e plot and undermined t&e film9s !redi#ility+[14?] e%eral !riti!s used t&eir re%ie5s to dis!uss piel#erg and analy6e 5&at t&e mo%ie signified in &is de%elopment as a filmma-er+ ndre5 =9Ce&ir of t&e online maga6ine alon e8pressed e8!itement o%er t&e atypi!ally &ard edge of t&e mo%ie+ 'ittle te%en piel#erg is all gro5n up no5+++into of all t&ings a superior film artist+++.t9s too early to -no5 5&et&er Minority Report, on t&e &eels of +.+, mar-s a #rief detour in piel#erg9s !areer or a permanent !&ange of !ourse, #ut eit&er 5ay it9s a dar- and da66ling spe!ta!le+'[14A] J+ Co#erman of t&e &e illage oi!e said it is 't&e most entertaining, least pretentious genre mo%ie te%en piel#erg &as made in t&e de!ade sin!e Jurassi! ar-+'[>4] Randy &ulman of Metro /ee-ly said t&at 't&e mo%ie is a &uge leap for5ard for t&e dire!tor, 5&o mo%es on!e and for all into t&e 5orld of adult mo%ie ma-ing+'[DA] Roger @#ert !alled t&e film a 'masterpie!e' and said t&at 5&en most dire!tors of t&e period 5ere putting 't&eir trust in te!&nology', piel#erg &ad already mastered it, and 5as emp&asi6ing 'story and !&ara!ter' 5&ile merely using te!&nology as a '5or-man uses &is tools+'[1;>] a%id @delstein of late e!&oed t&e positi%e sentiments, '[i]t &as #een a long time sin!e a piel#erg film felt so nim#le, so unfettered, so free of self"!anni#ali6ing+'[101] Jonat&an Rosen#aum, t&en of t&e &i!ago Reader, 5as less !on%in!ed+ &oug& &e appro%ed of t&e mo%ie, &e derided it in &is re%ie5 as a superfi!ial a!tion film, !autioning audien!es to enFoy t&e mo%ie, #ut not '#e !onned into t&in-ing t&at some sort of
serious, t&oug&tful statement is #eing deli%ered along 5it& t&e roller"!oaster ride+'[14A] ndre5 arris of &e e5 Hor- =#ser%er ga%e t&e film a negati%e re%ie5 in 5&i!& &e des!ri#ed t&e s!ript as full of plot &oles, t&e !ar !&ases as silly, and !riti!i6ed t&e mi8ture of futuristi! en%ironments 5it& 'defiantly retro !ostuming'+[14>] &e !omple8ity of t&e storyline 5as also a sour!e of !riti!ism for *ennet& uran of t&e os ngeles imes, 5&o !onsidered t&e plot 'too intri!ate and diffi!ult to follo5'+[130] Ri!- Groen of &e Glo#e and Mail !riti!i6ed om ruise9s performan!e,[131] and t&oug& Co#erman li-ed t&e mo%ie, &e des!ri#ed t&e film as 'mis!ast, misguided, and often nonsensi!al'+[132] Bot& Rosen#aum and Co#erman #elittled t&e titular minority report as a 'red &erring'+[AA][>4] More positi%e re%ie5s &a%e seen it similarly, #ut referred to it as a 'Ma!Guffin'+[?>] &e film earned nominations for many a5ards, in!luding Best ound @diting in t&e !ademy 5ards,[13;] and Best isual @ffe!ts in t&e B7s+[134] mong t&e a5ards 5on 5ere four aturn 5ards (Best !ien!e 7i!tion 7ilm, Best ire!tion, Best !reenplay and upporting !tress for amant&a Morton),[133] t&e BM. 7ilm Musi! 5ard,[13D] t&e =nline 7ilm riti!s o!iety for upporting !tress,[13?] and t&e @mpire 5ards for !tor, ire!tor and Britis& !tress+[13A] @#ert listed Minority Report as t&e #est film of 2002,[13>] as did online film re%ie5er James Berardinelli+ [1D0] &e film 5as also in!luded in top ten lists #y !riti! Ri!&ard Roeper,[13>] and #ot& re%ie5ers at oday+[1D1] Minority Report 5as nominated for 7.9s op 10 !ien!e 7i!tion 7ilms list+[1D2]
