Paula Hammond - Features EditorIt’s George Clooney’s favourite film yet, despite a stellar cast, a cracking script, and a host of award nominations, it somehow failed to do the business at the box office. Fortunately, Fabulous Films have just re-issued Out of Sight as part of their Fabulous ‘80s imprint, giving film fans the chance to see just how good this action-comedy really is.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, (Ocean’s Eleven), the screenplay was written by Scott Frank (Minority Report) and adapted from Elmore Leonard’s book of the same name.
Jack Foley (Clooney) is the most successful bank robber in the country. On the day he busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money: Karen Sisco’s heart. Sisco (played by Jennifer Lopez) is smart, sexy, and unfortunately for Jack, a Federal Marsha…
Speaking about what attracted him to the role, Clooney said:”It was the first time where I had a say, and it was the first good screenplay I’d read where I just went “That’s it.” Even though it didn’t do very well box-office wise-we sort of tanked again-it was a really good film.”
Even so, it received critical acclaim. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, as well as Best Screenplay awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the Boston Society of Film Critics. The film even led to a spinoff TV series in 2003, Karen Sisco. In 1998 Entertainment Weekly voted it as the sexiest film ever on their “50 Sexiest Movies Ever” poll.
Fabulous Films’ re-issue comes to blu-ray this month and includes a feature commentary with Steven Soderbergh, and a double-sided fold ot poster by Rich Davies.
