Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed, co-produced and co-written by Cameron Crowe. The film is an English-language remake of the 1997 Spanish movie Abre los ojos , the screenplay for which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The film stars Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz and Cameron Diaz, with Jason Lee and Kurt Russell. Vanilla Sky has been described as "an odd mixture of science fiction, romance and reality warp", "part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond," a "love story and a struggle for the soul," and... an "erotic adventure, romance, mystery, and psychological thriller, with a dose of science fiction." David Aames was the wealthy owner of a large publishing firm in New York City after the death of his father. From a prison cell, David, in a prosthetic mask, tells his story to psychiatrist Dr. Curtis McCabe : enjoying the bachelor lifestyle, he is introduced to Sofia Serrano by his best friend, Brian Shelby , at a party. David and Sofia spend a night together talking, and fall in love.
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| Release date: | December 10, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Cameron Crowe |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 136 Minutes |
| Producer: | Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner |
| Editor: | Joe Hutshing, Mark Livolsi |
| Music by: | Nancy Wilson |
| Cinematography: | John Toll |
| Screenplay by: | Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil, Cameron Crowe |
| Estimated budget: | $68,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Abre los ojos |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Thriller |