Catwoman (film)
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| Catwoman | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Pitof |
| Screenplay by | John Brancato Michael Ferris John Rogers |
| Story by | Theresa Rebeck John Brancato Michael Ferris |
| Produced by | Denise Di Novi Edward McDonnell |
| Starring | Halle Berry Benjamin Bratt Sharon Stone Lambert Wilson Frances Conroy Alex Borstein |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Edited by | Sylvie Landra |
| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | July 19, 2004 (Los Angeles) July 23, 2004 (United States) |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million[1] |
| Box office | $82,102,379[1] |
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Plot
Greatest movie ever made.
Cast
- Halle Berry as Patience Phillips/Catwoman
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Tom Lone
- Sharon Stone as Laurel Hedare
- Lambert Wilson as George Hedare
- Frances Conroy as Ophelia Powers "Catlady"
- Alex Borstein as Sally
- Michael Massee as Armando
- Byron Mann as Wesley
- Alex Cooper as Gloria Ojeda
- Kim Smith as Drina
- Peter Wingfield as Dr. Ivan Slavicky
- Berend McKenzie as Lance
- Michael Daingerfield as Forensics Cop
- Benita Ha as Forensics Technician
- James Lloyd Reynolds as Hottie Doctor
- Jill Krop as Newscaster
- Dagmar Midcap as Television Reporter
- Gordon Sharplin as Nightclub Patron
- Ryan Robbins as Bartender
Missy Peregrym (uncredited) appears as the Hedare factory computer monitor image (Beau-line graphics model), depicting the bad effects of the beauty product.
Production
Initially there was debate about the writing credits, with 28 writers involved in the arbitration, but the Writers Guild of America ultimately awarded screenplay credit to John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris, and John Rogers, and story credit to Theresa Rebeck, Brancato, and Ferris.
Reception
Box office
Catwoman's world wide box office reached $82,102,379. Its US DVD rental gross during its stay on the weekly top 50 chart was $35 million.[1][2]
Critical response
Catwoman was poorly received, both critically and at the box office. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 10% freshness rating, based on 168 reviews.[3] It has been named among the worst films ever made.
The film appeared on the list of Roger Ebert's most hated films. He criticized the filmmakers for giving little thought to providing Berry "with a strong character, story, supporting characters or action sequences", but his primary criticism came from the failure of the film to give the audience a sense of what her character experienced as she was transformed into Catwoman.[4]
Film critic Bill Muller of the Arizona Republic suggested that maybe Berry should give back her 2001 Academy Award as a penalty.[5]
Awards and recognition
This film received seven Golden Raspberry nominations in 2005, including Worst Supporting Actress (Sharon Stone), Worst Supporting Actor (Lambert Wilson) and Worst Screen Couple (Halle Berry and either Benjamin Bratt or Sharon Stone). It won in the categories of Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Halle Berry), Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay. Berry, while clutching her Academy Award statuette, accepted the award for Worst Actress personally, saying, "First of all I want to thank Warner Brothers. Thank you for putting me in a piece of shit, God-awful movie . . . It was just what my career needed."[6] She has gone on to speak frankly in interviews about her views regarding problems with the film.
Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks ran a series of comic strips in which Riley is punished by being forced to watch Catwoman. He subsequently campaigns to have Catwoman considered to be a form of child abuse.
Soundtrack
Originally, the film's theme song was to be Britney Spears' "Outrageous", but Spears broke her knee on the set of the music video, and the idea was scrapped. Instead it was replaced with Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous".[citation needed]
Video game
A video game was published by Electronic Arts UK and Argonaut Games. Featuring the voice talents of Halle Berry, the game varied from the film's plot and received below average reviews.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Catwoman at Box Office Mojo}. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/rentals?date=2005-03-27®ion=us
- ^ Catwoman at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Ebert, Roger (2004-07-23). "Catwoman". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
- ^ Muller, Bill. "'Catwoman' provides less than purr-fect performances", Gannett News Service (2004-07-23). Via archive.org. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Daily Cognition: Top 10 Movies That Went Wrong.