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Eagle Eye
Director: D.J. Caruso
Release Date: September 26, 2008
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Chiklis
Language: English
Country: United States
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Eagle Eye is a 2008 action/thriller film directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The two portray a slacker and a single mother, respectively, both of whom are framed as terrorists and are coerced into carrying out the terrorist cell’s plot. The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA and is released in regular 35mm theatres and IMAX theatres. Young Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) returns home after the mysterious death of his successful twin brother. He and a single mother, Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan), find out that they have been framed as terrorists, and they are threatened into becoming members of a cell tasked to assassinate a politician.
Screenwriter Dan McDermott wrote the original script for Eagle Eye based on an original idea by Steven Spielberg. The studio DreamWorks then bought McDermott’s script and set up the project to potentially be directed by Spielberg. When the director became busy with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he dropped out of the project. Director D.J. Caruso, who directed the 1996 TV series High Incident under Spielberg’s executive production, replaced the director in helming Eagle Eye. However, Spielberg will be executive producer.
In June 2007, actor Shia LaBeouf, who was involved in Spielberg’s and Caruso’s 2007 film Disturbia and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, re-joined the director and executive producer to star as the lead in Eagle Eye. McDermott’s script was rewritten by screenwriters Eli Attie, John Glenn & Travis Wright and Hillary Seitz in preparation for production. Filming began on November 6, 2007 and wrapped in February 2008. The film’s visual effects are being created by Sony Pictures Imageworks. On August 13, the film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense sequences of action violence and language.
The story was originally conceived in 1996, Caruso said by the time the film came to fruition 12 years later, “the technology had finally caught up to the storytelling. … Everybody has a BlackBerry or an iPhone on their belt, and we think we’re constantly being tracked. It’s less science fiction than when Steven (Spielberg) conceived it.” Caruso wanted to bring a gritty, 1970s-era sensibility to the film. Accordingly, a key chase scene in a high-tech package-processing hub on conveyor belts without the use of computer-generated imagery. “It was like Chutes and Ladders for adults. It was pretty dangerous, and a lot of fun. While filming the scene, Monaghan suffered a welt after a cable brushed her neck and Caruso hit his head on a protruding bolt, requiring stitches.
Cast:
- Shia LaBeouf as Jerome “Jerry” Shaw: a young man who is framed as a terrorist and vows to clear his name with the FBI’s help.
- Michelle Monaghan as Rachel Holloman: a mother who is also framed as a terrorist and vows to clear her name with her companion.
- Rosario Dawson as a government agent who is tracking down the terrorist cell.
- Billy Bob Thornton as Thomas Morgan: the patriotic leader of a homeland security team tracking down the cell
- Anthony Mackie as a hot-shot soldier.
- Cameron Boyce as Sam.
- Ethan Embry as Toby Grant.
- Michael Chiklis as the United States Secretary of Defense
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