The Lookout
The Lookout is a 2007 American crime film written and directed by Scott Frank, in his directorial debut, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Bruce McGill, and Isla Fisher. The film was released by Miramax Films on March 30, 2007. While it received positive reviews the film was nevertheless a box-office bomb, grossing $5.4 million against a $16 million budget.
Plot
Driving at night with his lights off on a rural road to show off the dancing fireflies in the dark, high school hockey star Chris Pratt crashes into a combine. Two of his friends are killed, while he and his girlfriend Kelly survive. The crash leaves Chris with lasting mental impairments, including anterograde amnesia, disinhibition, and anger management issues, and ends his promising hockey career.
More details
| author | Scott Frank |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Missouri |
| director | Scott Frank |
| editor | Jill Savitt |
| events | amnesia |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | anger management anterograde amnesia blind man bury change of heart cognitive therapy combine combine harvester disinhibition driving at night emotionally distant fbi force getaway car hockey ice hockey kill money bag plan shower stolen money to remember video surveillance wealthy family wound |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard |
| producer | Gary Barber Laurence Mark Roger Birnbaum Walter Parkes |
| productionCompany | Laurence Mark Productions Miramax Films Spyglass Entertainment |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| theme | dance heist high school independent psychological thriller |