Audio problem: Just as the two criminals who robbed Max are walking away, Vincent asks them if that is his briefcase. The guy with the long hair replies, "Yeah it is. Why you want it back?" but his mouth doesn't match what he is saying. It appears he is saying something closer to, "Put up your f**king hands." (00:35:15)
Collateral (2004)
Plot summary
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Mark Ruffalo, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Jamie Foxx (Max) is a cabbie who picks up pretty Jada Pinkett (Annie) as his fare. They have a nice conversation and she gives him her card. After he drops Annie off, Tom Cruise (Vincent) gets in and offers Max $600 to be his driver for the night. Vincent says that he's in real estate and has to make 5 stops to sign paperwork. Max realizes after the first stop that he is driving Vincent to different locations for Vincent to kill people. Max keeps trying to get out of it, but Vincent keeps catching up to him. Vincent sends Max into a club as Vincent and the police, who have set up surveillance, now suspect Max. Max realizes that Vincent's last victim will be Annie, so Annie tries to get to Annie before Vincent does. Max saves Annie and they run away from Vincent down to the Metro.
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Trivia: The film was almost entirely shot in high definition. Director Michael Mann states he did this to capture the night scenes more vividly.
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Suggested correction: The number of movies shot in less-than-HD could be counted on one hand.
I believe it refers to the fact that Collateral is considered to be the first major movie to use a digital camera, not the traditional film support.
Question: I noticed from the previews that this movie looks very different. What is it? Is it a digital camera that has been used? Or no lighting effects used? The movie really has a "behind the scene" feel.
Chosen answer: It was shot with a digital camera. IMDB is a great place to answer questions like this. Go to *Technical Specifications* in the *Other Info* section of the menu on the left hand side of the screen. In an interview in American Cinematographer, Michael Mann said that as far as he was aware, this was one of the first movies to attempt to make a "look" out of digital video rather than trying to make Digital Video look like film. This approach meant the movie could be shot in the low-light scenes of urban desolation Mann wanted - because Digital reacts much better to low light than film. The approximately 20% of the picture that was shot on film was mostly, according to Mann, the portion set in the "Fever" nightclub - because this is the scene with the brightest lighting states, a condition in which Digital Video does not perform as well.
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