Miller (Laurence Fishburne), are brought into the orbit of Neptune for a classified mission. In 2047, a rescue team aboard the spaceship Lewis and Clark, led by Capt. What followed was a rushed post-production process that ended up overly-edited, with hastily rendered visual effects.Īnd still, it’s one of the finest horror films of the past 25 years in its “inferior” form. Further complicating matters was that in the midst of Paramount Pictures rescheduling Titanic, soon to be the world’s biggest movie, from July to December, Paramount needed a summer film, and Event Horizon was its ticket, reducing the standard 10 weeks for editing down to just four, once the second unit wrapped production. After screening the film for test audiences, both audiences and studio executives were shocked at how long and horribly graphic the film was, resulting in Anderson being asked to trim the film to a more manageable runtime with less gore. When Russell requested a year for training from the studio, Anderson was free to make another film in the between time…that film was Event Horizon.įrom there, Anderson, respected enough to have snagged a $60 million budget for an R-rated sci-fi horror film in 1997, but not experienced enough to have full creative control over his production or release, found a fair amount of his original vision tampered with. For his follow up, Anderson sought out to direct an original film, originally snagging Soldier with Kurt Russell at the helm. Yet, once upon a time in Hollywood, Anderson was the hot new kid on the block, snagging the chance to direct 1995’s Mortal Kombat after just one British indie film, Shopping, under his belt, in an age where indie directors were simply not given the reins to a franchise adaptation the way they are today (Colin Trevorrow, eat your heart out), and that caught Hollywood’s attention. ![]() ![]() Anderson is not everyone’s cup of tea, and his recent outings haven’t been entirely convincing to anyone who isn’t already converted (I still do implore you to at least give Monster Hunter a chance). For he…also made the Resident Evil movies, and that’s pretty cool, too. Anderson today? For his truth and wisdom are great and mighty, and his camp polished and lively. Have you taken time to praise our lord and savior Paul W.S. “Event Horizon” Collector’s Edition coming from Shout! Factory. Home › Recommendation › Films To Watch › Liberate tutemet ex inferis.
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