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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL
MAR. 1 - MAR. 13, 2016
San Jose, CA / Silicon Valley

Eye In The Sky - Opening Night Film
Showings

California TheatreTue, Mar 1 7:15 PM
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Film Info

Type of Film/Event: Feature

Event

Section:
Spotlight Film

Runtime: 102

Rating: Not Rated

Genre: Drama Thriller

Production Country: United Kingdom

Language: English


Cast/Crew Info

Director: Gavin Hood

Producer: Ged Doherty, Colin Firth ,David Lancaster

Screenwriter: Guy Hibbert

Music: Paul Hepker
Mark Kilian

Cinematographer: Haris Zambarloukos

Editor: Megan Gill

Cast: Helen Mirren
Aaron Paul
Alan Rickman
Barkhad Abdi
Jeremy Northam
Iain Glen
Phoebe Fox

Opening Cinequest with a bang! Award-winning director Gavin Hood will present his captivating new thriller Eye in the Sky, starring Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen, Trumbo), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter, Die Hard), Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad).

Is the life of one innocent worth the lives of thousands? Colonel Katherine Powell (Mirren) is in charge of a top-secret mission: to capture, not kill, a terrorist. Although, that mission parameter changes when they discover there is an imminent threat of a suicide bombing, and they swiftly prepare to take out their target. But Powell's "eye in the sky," Steve (Paul), makes an alarming discovery that changes the entire mission: just when they're ready to pull the trigger, the situation escalates in the form of a nine-year-old girl who unknowingly enters the "kill zone." Now Powell and Lieutenant Benson (Rickman) must make a choice that, no matter the outcome, will carry lasting consequences—and they're running out of time.

"The messy complexities of drone warfare trigger command decisions, moral crises, collateral damage and cover-your backside buck passing in [this] rivetingly suspenseful drama that deftly intertwines elements of ticking-clock thriller and tragic farce... Much like Dr. Strangelove, the Stanley Kubrick classic it often recalls, this teasingly hard-to-label war story has more than a fair share of scenes that generate explosive laughter—until the laughter catches in your throat..." Joe Leydon, Variety

Since chosen as a Cinequest Audience Favorite for his first feature A Reasonable Man, director Gavin Hood swiftly became a major creative force in cinema, directing major releases such as the Academy Award-winning Tsotsi, Rendition, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Ender's Game. With Eye in the Sky, he brilliantly explores controversial questions about the morals of modern warfare and the foibles of the military machine.



Additional Information

screening + party $50 (screening only $20)
Join us for a thrilling Opening Night screening of Eye in the Sky along with special presentations and a conversation with the director. The post-screening celebration at The Farmers Union includes cocktails, world-class food, and many wonderful people.

screening
California Theatre 345 S. First Street

party
The Farmers Union 151 W. Santa Clara Street