Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau premise/synopsis



March 4

Screenwriter Goerge Tolfi ( Oceans Twelve, The Sentinal ) makes his directorial debut starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slaterry, Terence Stamp, Shoherah Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly. Cinematography by Oscar winner John Toll ( Braveheart )Editing by Jay Robinowitz and score by multiple Oscar nominee Thomas Newman ( American Beauty, Road To Perdition )

The story is loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story "Adjustment Team", and features a smooth-talking congressman whose political future is thrown in doubt by uncontrollable events and the arrival of a mysterious woman in his life.

Matt Damon plays David Norris, a former Fordham University basketball player and charismatic United States Congressman who seems destined for national political stardom. He meets a beautiful modern dancer named Elise Sallas, played by Emily Blunt, only to find that strange circumstances keep them from becoming romantically involved. Norris discovers forces are at work to separate them, and he peels the layers to find out why. The action takes place in various places in Manhattan.

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexuality and violent images. 124 min.

Oscar chances ? Not likely, but you never know. Toll is a well respected cinematographer.

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