Out of Sight (1998)

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Genre

action film, heist film, prison film, crime film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,425 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bank robber escapes from prison and plans one last heist. A federal marshal gets involved with him while trying to catch him.

stylishcoolplayfultenseromanticwittysmoothseductive

What happens

Out of Sight is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George Clooney, it was released by Universal Pictures on June 26, 1998. The film stars Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, co-starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks. There are also special appearances by Michael Keaton, briefly reprising his role as Ray Nicolette from Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown the previous year, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It won the Edgar Award for Best Screenplay and the National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. The film led to a short-lived spin-off television series in 2003 titled Karen Sisco starring Carla Gugino, who would reprise her role from the series in a 2012 third season episode of Justified. Paul Calderón reprised his role as Raymond Cruz from the film in the 2023 sequel miniseries Justified: City Primeval. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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