By Amelia Lewis

TONY SCOTT

BASIC INFORMATION.

• Tony Scott was born on the 21st of June 1944 in North Sheilds,

United Kingom.

• He became a film director and producer in 1969.

• He married 3 times.

• Gerry Boldy in 1967 and later divorced (1974). He then married Glynis Staunton (1986)

who he also divorced in 1987).

• He then married Donna Wilson who gave birth to his two sons. (twins)

• His younger brother (Ridley Scott) was also a film director.

• Tony unfortunately ended up committing suicide on the 19 th of August 2012 by jumping off

a bridge.

FILMS TONY HAS DONE.

• The hunger (1983

• Top Gun (1986)

• Beverly hills cop (1987)

• Days of Thunder (1990)

• The Last Boy Scout (1991)

• True Romance (1993)

• Crimson Tide (1995)

• Spy Game (2001)

• Man on Fire (2004)

• Domino (2005)

• Déjà vu (2006)

• The taking of Pelham 123

(2009)

• Unstoppable (2010)

• The Fan (1996)

• Enemy of the state (1998)

TONY’S CAREER

• Tony’s career began when his brother asked him to come and help him with a movie.

• AWARDS TONY WON;

• Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV

• Outstanding Nonfiction Special

• Outstanding Made For Television Movie

• Best Short film.

• He was also nominated for a number of awards including; Outstanding Producer of

Long-Form Television, Best action movie and Best Film (True Romance)

DEJA VU

déjà vu was directed by Tony Scott.

Storyline

A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New

Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation,

and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding

technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the

bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in

time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was

used in the bombing?

This Thriller was written by Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio.

It also stars Denzel Washington. It Came out In the USA on the 22 November 2006. Its

running time is 126 minutes and was rate PG.

The budget was $75,000,000 and had a gross of $64,034,835

CRITICS ON DEJA VU

• It has been quite a while since I have seen a film that was this beautifully crafted and nearly flawless. The acting is very convincing and the storyline follows quite closely to a Michael Criton-esquire novel. I was rather surprised at the 6.8 rating this movie has received thus far, and I hope that more positive reviews will come in order for the score to be bumped up to at least the mid 7's. I can guarantee you will not be disappointed by this film. For one thing, it stars Denzel Washington, Jim Cavizel, who I felt did a marvelous job at playing the antagonist, Val Kilmer, and Bruce Greenwood. With these four actors, you typically cannot go wrong. I notice that these four are also never in the tabloids and don't get caught up in the typical Hollywood tripe that is so prevalent today. They have raw talent, are not just getting by on their looks, and their performance, especially in this film, shows it. "Deja Vu" is one of those rare films that grabs a hold of you from the very start and does not let go of you until the very end. People even clapped after the film ended and such applause was well deserved. If you do anything at all this Thanksgiving weekend, then by all means, put going to see "Deja Vu" on your shopping list. I can promise you that both you and your family/significant others will be blow though the very back wall of the theater. – Review by Akeanefan

WHAT MAKES DÉJÀ VU A THRILLER?

• I watched the trailer of Déjà vu

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Of1YYat_A

• Déjà vu has quite dark and grimy colours throughout.

• It has a confusing plot line.

• There is explosions.

• There is a guns

• Secrets?

• Fast paced editing – a lot going on.

• Lots of close ups. – possibly hiding something?

• Not clear who is a protagonist and who is an antagonist.

• Uncomfortable music.

UNSTOPPABLE

• Unstoppable was directed by Tony.

• Storyline.

A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in

a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need

to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will

decimate a town.

• This thriller was written by Mark Bomback. It runs for 98 minutes and came out in the USA

on the 12th of November 2010.

• The budget was estimated just over a million with a gross of $81,557,479.

• It was rated a PG and starred Denzel Washington and Chris Pine.

CRITICS ON UNSTOPPABLE.

• A sound piece of advice, folks, is not to waste your time with this cliché' crammed "train

wreck" of a movie! Mediocrity abounds in this mindless ensemble of crippling bad acting,

stilted narrative, and "I heard the song before" action! Yeah, it's a "Popcorn movie", but

just hope the corn is fresh, because the corn in this movie is not! You will limp away from

this viewing experience, looking for a mental band-aid when realization creeps into your

brain that you spent time and money to be run over by this awful film! All involved in the

production of this film should be tied, securely, to a railroad track, by none other than

Snidely Whiplash, his bad self! – Review by phk43.

WHAT MAKES UNSTOPPABLE A THRILLER?

• I watched the trailer.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyuoIqeL-bc

• Fast paced editing

• Dark colours –blues and blacks.

• There is clearly a goal.

• Why is it all happening? – Unanswered questions.

• Explosion

• Dark, uneasy music.

• Focuses on little girl by the train. Red herring?

• Whoever is controlling this train is psychologically messed up.