S1m0ne

Titolo originale: S1m0ne
Regia: Andrew Niccol |
Anno: 2002
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Commedia Dramma Romance
Tag: virtual reality | movie business | computer simulation | lies |
Cast: Al Pacino | Rachel Roberts | Catherine Keener | Evan Rachel Wood | Jay Mohr | Winona Ryder | Jason Schwartzman | Elias Koteas | Rebecca Romijn | James Gleason | Christopher Neiman | Jolie Jenkins | Joel Heyman | Benjamin Salisbury | Darnell Williams | Jim Rash | Ron Perkins | Jeffrey Pierce | Jeff Williams | Mitzi Martin | Carole Androsky | Derrex Brady | Lisa Cerasoli | Darin Heames | Patrick J. Dancy | Adrian R'Mante | David Doty | Maureen Mueller | Barry Papick | Andi Carnick | Richard Saxton | Vincent Boling | Keith MacKechnie | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Alan Loayza | Chris Coppola | Lombardo Boyar | Jenni Blong | Susan Chuang | Robert Musgrave | Deborah Rawlings | Christina Rydell | Rod Simmons | Hal Ozsan | Jaehne Moebius | Claudia Jordan | Henry D. Zapata | Stanley Anderson | Christopher Comes | Brad "Chip" Pope | Gordon Simmons | Teresa Parente | Bill A. Jones | Daniel Dõ | Clyde Tull | Moss Mossberg | Ronnie W. Elliot | Daniel von Bargen | Charles Noland | Chris Marley | Sean Cullen | Alec Murdock | Jim Brockhohn | Annie Coffey | Tony Crane | Lily Gareth | Edward C. Gillow | Phil Hawn | Diane Hudock | Michael Andrew Colin Keller | Camille Wainwright | Nancy Young | Mark Thompson |

E' l'incredibile storia di Viktor (Al Pacino) che crea con l'ausilio del computer la donna più bella del mondo, SIMONE, la quale diventerà in breve tempo una vera e propria star. Passata l'euforia, Viktor si rende presto conto che la messa in scena rischia di mettere in pericolo il suo matrimonio e la sua sanità mentale e decide di sbarazzarsi della sua creatura... Ma eliminarla non sarà così semplice...

Approfondimenti

Character "Nicola Anders" (Winona Ryder) is named for writer/director Andrew Niccol. D
As part of the pre-released publicity for this film, it was claimed that Simone would be played by a [...] D
The technique of photo-realism, where a computer generated image is used in place of actual actors, [...] D
Except from the main character's cars and the police cruisers, all background cars are repetitions o [...] D
Midway through the movie a boat with a Canadian flag passes by Simone's yacht. Simone is portrayed b [...] D
In the original theatrical release, Simone was credited "as herself". In subsequent versions of the [...] D
Early in the movie, Viktor and Elaine talk about how they started in the film world in realistic and [...] D
The scene in the graveyard features headstones that bear the names of various crewmembers. D
Hank Aleno's last name is an anagram of "alone". D
Al Pacino's character, Viktor Taransky, is based on Raymond Kurzweil and his female alter ego Ramona [...] D
After the first meeting between Hank and Viktor, as Hank is crying in the alleyway, a board with a g [...] D
After seeing the photorealism of the computer generated actors in Final Fantasy (2001), the producer [...] D
Towards the end of the film all the computer technology that "was" S1m0ne, played by actress Rachel [...] D
When Simone's costars for "Eternity Forever" with whom she conducts a meeting via telephone introduc [...] D
In order to keep her role in the film a secret, Rachel Roberts worked on the movie under the pseudon [...] D
In the beginning of the movie, Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is removing all the red candies from a bo [...] D
As part of the promotion for the movie, "official" Web sites were created for most of the fictional [...] D
Al Pacino's character's name is Viktor Taransky, a reference to Victor Frankenstein. It may be an ob [...] D
Early in the movie Taransky's daughter Lainey is reading about the legend of Pygmalion on the Intern [...] D
Wynona Ryder was originally set to play Al Pacino's (Michael Corleone's) daughter in The Godfather: [...] D
In the Academy Awards scene the actresses nominated for the same award as Simone all have computer h [...] D
Director Andrew Niccol would later wed his leading lady Rachel Roberts. D
Recent AI advances make this film a potential reality D
Another demand of the diva actress, other than removing the red candy (liken to the famous Van Han b [...] D