Miami Vice (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Mann |
| Produced by | Michael Mann Pieter Jan Brugge |
| Written by | Michael Mann |
| Starring | Jamie Foxx Colin Farrell Gong Li |
| Cinematography | Dion Beebe |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date | July 28, 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $135 million (estimated)[1][2] |
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Miami Vice is a 2006 American feature film adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, written, produced, and directed by Michael Mann, the TV show's executive producer. The film stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as Tubbs and Crockett, as well as acclaimed Chinese actress Gong Li as the banker and right-hand woman of a powerful Colombian druglord.
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Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Colin Farrell | Detective James "Sonny" Crockett/Sonny Burnett |
| Jamie Foxx | Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs/Rico Cooper |
| Gong Li | Isabella |
| Luis Tosar | Arcangel de Jesus Montoya |
| Naomie Harris | Detective Trudy Joplin |
| Elizabeth Rodriguez | Detective Gina Calabrese |
| Justin Theroux | Detective Larry Zito |
| Ciarán Hinds | FBI Agent Fujima |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | Lieutenant Martin Castillo |
| Domenick Lombardozzi | Detective Stan Switek |
| Isaach De Bankolé | Neptune |
| John Ortiz | Jose "Cochi Loco" Yero |
Synopsis
Two Miami Vice cops Detective James "Sonny" Crockett/Sonny Burnett played by Colin Farrell and Detective Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs/Rico Cooper played by Jamie Foxx are snatched out of a prostitution sting and thrown head first into the high paced world of drug smuggling after a leak in the F.B.I.'s planning division causes the death of two officers during a routine undercover "meet and greet" with a gang of Neo-Nazis.
Difficulties during production
The film, shot on location in the Caribbean and South Florida, lost 7 days of filming to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.[3] The delays led to a budget of what some insiders claimed to be more than $150 million, although Universal Studios says it cost $135 million.[2]
Several crew members criticized Mann's decisions during productions, which featured sudden script changes, filming in unsafe weather conditions, and choosing locations that "even the police avoid, drafting gang members to work as security." This led to real shooting on set.[2]
Allegedly, Foxx was also characterized as unpleasant to work with, mostly due to his ego: he refused to fly commercially, forcing Universal Studios to give him a private jet. Foxx would not participate in scenes on boats or planes. After real gunshots were fired on set in the Dominican Republic on October 24, 2005, Foxx packed up and refused to return; this forced Mann to re-write the ending of the film, an ending that some crew members characterized as less dramatic than the original.[2] Foxx, who won an Academy Award after signing to do Miami Vice, was also reputed to complain about co-star Farrell's larger salary, something Foxx felt didn't reflect his new status as an Oscar winner. Foxx received an increase in salary, and Farrell's took a bit of a cut. It was also reported that Foxx demanded top billing after winning an Oscar, however Farrell ended up on the top of the credit listing. [2]
Reactions
Reactions to the film have been mostly positive. Some critics have said that, although the movie was beautifully shot and at times thrilling, those attributes did not make up for the film's underdeveloped story and lack of charismatic characters associated with many of Mann's previous films. It has garnered, however, a majority of strong, positive reviews in several mainstream publications like the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Village Voiceand Entertainment Weekly magazine. Miami Vice holds a 50-percent rotten rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.2-rating at IMDB with 4,972 votes. Many negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes cite the departure from the campy and more tongue-in-cheek humor of the television series as chief complaints; however, this was never the intention of the movie, as Michael Mann himself stated repeatedly prior to release.
Michael Medved gave Miami Vice two and a half stars (out of four) saying that the film suffers from "..a listless, meandering plot and an embarrassingly bad performance by Colin Farrell.." But, he did add that Jamie Foxx's screen presence had "..enormous charisma.."[1]
Box office
In its opening weekend, the film grossed a total of $25.7 million, ranking first in the United States box office results for that weekend. This is the best opening for a Michael Mann film to date. As of August 4, 2006, the film has grossed a total of $37,143,588 worldwide. But if the claims over the budget are true the film still has a long way to go to reclaim its budget of $135 million. The film has yet to open in Germany.
Trivia
Allegedly:
- It was Jamie Foxx who first brought up the idea of a Miami Vice film to Michael Mann during a party for Muhammad Ali. Jamie had gone on for more than 20 minutes about why Miami Vice should be made. This led Michael Mann to revisit the series he helped create.
- Like Collateral, which also starred Foxx, most of the film was shot with the Thompson Viper Filmstream Camera, and the remainder was shot on Super 35mm film.
- The first teaser trailer to appear for the film featured the Linkin Park/Jay-Z song "Numb/Encore". This trailer was attached to the release of King Kong in theatres.
- For several months before its release, the official website hosted the first teaser trailer for download as a High-Definition WMV download, and is still available at the official site.
- When Miami Vice completed filming, Colin Farrell entered into rehab for exhaustion and dependency on prescription medication. The medication had been prescribed to him after he suffered a back injury while filming Alexander.[citation needed]
- According to a Euroweb article[4], Tubbs' suits were designed by famous fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. He had worked with Jamie Foxx in the past and caught Mann's eye who then asked him to work on the movie.
- RZA was hired to do the film's score, but was later replaced with Organized Noize.
- The sunglasses that Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx wear in the movie poster are from Sama and the frame model is Slam. The lenses themselves retail for over $300.[5]
- Though Mann set out to craft entirely new characters and story, there were still very subtle references to the television show on which it is based. Most prominently, the season 1 episode "Smuggler's Blues" is referenced. In the movie, Tubbs tells drug-dealing Yero: "You and I are businessmen. We have business to look forward to which we will never see if we close each other's eyes". In the television episode "Smuggler's Blues", drug-dealing Grossero tells Tubbs that very line. In that same episode, Sonny says "Why is he donating to the good and the welfare?" and in the movie, Rico has a similar line.
Soundtrack
- 1. Nonpoint - "In the Air Tonight"
- 2. Moby feat. Patti LaBelle - "One of These Mornings"
- 3. Mogwai - "We're No Here"
- 4. Nina Simone - "Sinnerman" (Felix da Housecat's Heavenly House remix)
- 5. Mogwai - "Auto Rock"
- 6. Arranca - "Manzanita"
- 7. India.Arie - "Ready for Love"
- 8. Goldfrapp - "Strict Machine"
- 9. Emilio Estefan - "Pennies in My Pocket"
- 10. King Britt - "New World in My View"
- 11. Blue Foundation - "Sweep"
- 12. Moby - "Anthem"
- 13. Freaky Chakra - "Blacklight Fantasy"
- 14. John Murphy - "Mercado Nuevo"
- 15. John Murphy - "Who Are You"
- 16. King Britt & Tim Motzer - "Ramblas"
- 17. Klaus Badelt & Mark Batson - "A-500"
The soundtrack's version of "Strict Machine" is the original version of the song and is not actually featured in the film. The film features the We Are Glitter Goldfrapp Mix.
Despite not appearing on the soundtrack, clips of two Audioslave songs, "Wide Awake" and "Shape of Things to Come," appeared in the film. It is possible they were not included on the soundtrack due to the close release of their album Revelations. Another song which did not make the soundtrack is the first song played in the opening sequence, "Numb/Encore" by Jay-Z/Linkin Park.
References
- ^ Miami Vice from Box Office Mojo
- ^ a b c d e Fleeing the Scene, a July 13, 2006 article from Slate
- ^ Vice feels the squeeze: Timing a little off for Mann's latest project, A January 2006 article from Variety
- ^ http://www.eurweb.com/printable.cfm?id=26990
- ^ www.samaeyewear.net
External links
- Official website
- Miami Vice at Rotten Tomatoes
- Entertainment Weekly's cover story on the making of the film
- Thompson Viper Camera
- Miami Vice at the Internet Movie Database
- Foxx's secrets to filming sex scenes, Sydney Morning Herald, August 4, 2006.
| The Films of Michael Mann |
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| Thief • The Keep • Manhunter • The Last of the Mohicans • Heat • The Insider • Ali • Collateral • Miami Vice |
Original article / information obtained (seeded) from Wikipedia [3]