Cloverfield (2008)

Director:

Matt Reeves

Writer (WGA):

Drew Goddard (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Some Thing Has Found Us

Plot:

Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.

Plot Keywords:

Bicycle | Fluorescent Lamp | Skyscraper | Rebar | Infatuation

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Lizzy Caplan	...	Marlena
Jessica Lucas	...	Lily
T.J. Miller	...	Hud
Michael Stahl-David	...	Rob Hawkins
Mike Vogel	...	Jason Hawkins
Odette Yustman	...	Beth McIntyre
Anjul Nigam	...	Bodega Cashier
Margot Farley	...	Jenn
Theo Rossi	...	Antonio
Brian Klugman	...	Charlie
Kelvin Yu	...	Clark
Liza Lapira	...	Heather
Lili Mirojnick	...	Lei
Ben Feldman	...	Travis
Elena Caruso	...	Party Goer

Also Known As:

1-18-08 (USA) (promotional title)
Cheese (USA) (fake working title)
Clover (USA) (fake working title)
Monstrous (USA) (promotional title)
Slusho (USA) (fake working title)
Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA) (working title)
Cloverfield (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
04-05 (Japan) (promotional title) [ja]
06-02-08 (France) (promotional title) [fr]
Canavar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Cloverfield (Croatia) [hr]
Cloverfield (Venezuela) [es]
Cloverfield (Greece) [el]
Cloverfield (Germany) [de]
Cloverfield - Monstro (Brazil) [pt]
Cloverfield - Monstruo (Argentina) [es]
Cloverfield: Hakaisha (Japan: English title) [en]
Monstro (Russia) [ru]
Monstrum (Czech Republic) [cs]
Monstruoso (Spain) [es]
Projekt - Monster (Poland) [pl]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44015) | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Iceland:14 | Japan:PG-12 | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:14 | Czech Republic:15 | Netherlands:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Malaysia:U | Canada:PG (Ontario) | France:U (with warning) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-13 | Ireland:15A | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Hong Kong:IIA | South Africa:13V (13LV) | Denmark:15 | Germany:12 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Australia:M | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Bloomingdale's Department Store, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Bad Robot

Trivia:

The film has no music score and music for the end credits do not begin until 1 minute and 30 seconds after the credits start rolling.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Statue of Liberty's head bounces off buildings and crashes into the ground as if it were made of a solid chunk of metal. However, the real statue is constructed of an iron frame skeleton covered with thin copper sheet metal. The iron frame and the sheet copper are not brittle materials but very flexible making crushing more easy than snapping and breaking. If it were even possible to snap off the head without crushing it in the process, it most likely would crumple like aluminum foil long before touching the ground. Additionally, we later see a headless Lady Liberty still standing perfectly intact in the harbor. This too is not very accurate since grabbing the head would most likely result in a total collapse or crushing of the hollow statue's body.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Rob Hawkins: It's 6:42 AM. Beth's dad's place. He's out of town. And it's already a good day.

Movie Connections:

References Little Big Man (1970)

Soundtrack:

Do The Whirlwind

Jaw Dropping!!!!!!!!!

First of i would like to say that this is hands down the best monster movie made. Some people will say " The Host" which was a great movie, but does not compare to the suspense and terror in Cloverfield. The visual effects in this movie were absolutely stunning. Superbly acted by a mostly unknown cast added to the realty of this movie. Cloverfield definitely tops my list of movies in 2008 so far. A MIND BLOWING movie experience that must be seen.

one more note............. Don't LEAVE THE THEATER TILL AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I warn you DON NOT LEAVE!!!!!!!!! After the long credits, a very important scene takes place that you cant miss. So sit tight and wait. You wont be disappointed.