Angel Eyes (film)
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Angel Eyes is a 2001 romantic drama film
directed by Luis Mandoki
. The original music score was composed by Marco Beltrami
and features Jennifer Lopez
, James Caviezel
, Jeremy Sisto
, and Terrence Howard
. Lopez's performance in the film earned her a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.
) is a police officer at the scene and she is holding the hand of one of the victims and pleading that he hold on, not to give up and help is on the way.
Flash forward a year into Sharon's life. She seems very bitter and angry. She is estranged from her family for having her father Carl (Victor Argo
) arrested for beating her mother Josephine (Sonia Braga
). Her father and brother, Larry Sr. (Jeremy Sisto
) have found it hard to forgive her, making it hard for her, since her family was/is somewhat close knit.
Meanwhile, a man named Catch (James Caviezel
) wanders the streets of Chicago in a Zombie-like trance, doing good deeds, trying to help anybody he meets. He turns car lights off, he tells a young woman in his apartment building that she left her keys in the door.
Meanwhile, Sharon chases a criminal who gets her gun and shoots her twice but her vest protects her. Before he can shoot her in the head, Catch jumps the man and knocks the gun away. Sharon and Catch meet at a tavern and have a drink. They both don't like to tell each other much about their lives. Sharon invites Catch to her apartment. After some awkward moments between the two, Sharon decides he should leave. However, as he's about to leave, they share a kiss. They continue, until Catch abruptly stops and immediately leaves the apartment, leaving Sharon somewhat confused.
The next evening, Sharon finds a dandelion on her mailbox with Catch's phone number written on a short piece of tape around it. Sharon calls and awkwardly asks Catch if she can leave a message on the machine. Sharon says that they could have breakfast at a coffee shop the next morning at around 8:00. Sharon then wakes up and calls Catch again, claiming that she hadn't gotten much sleep and that they should go their separate ways. However, Catch is already at the coffee shop, and feels obviously upset and angered at Sharon. He then later comes to a cranky Sharon's apartment, criticizing her for not showing up for her "appointment." He then storms out the door. However, a concerned and confused Sharon follows him to his apartment and discovers his nearly empty place. Catch suggests that they start from scratch, and Sharon asks for no more surprises from him.
After a suggestion from his mother-in-law, Catch apologizes and the two continue seeing each other. They begin to get along well and go on a picnic in the mountains near a lake. After the two share a romantic swim, they passionately make love on the shore.
One night when the two are going out to dinner, they pass a blues club and go in. After the band has played a number, Catch notices a trumpet sitting on the bandstand. He picks the trumpet up and starts to play a wonderfully soulful version of the tune "Nature Boy
." When he finishes, everyone applauds. The owner comes over and asks him where he's been keeping himself. He calls Catch by the name Steve Lambert, to which Catch denies even knowing the man. Sharon looks Steven Lambert up in the police files and discovers that he is the man whose hand she held in the car wreck at the beginning of the film. Catch's wife and child died in the car wreck. Sharon wants to help Catch heal from his emotional wounds and tries to talk about it. She tries taking him to the cemetery to see the graves of his family, but he gets very upset and leaves.
Sharon is having her own problems. Her mother and father are renewing their wedding vows and have asked her to come. She was going to go with Catch but he has not answered any of her calls. At the reception after the wedding ceremony, she tries to talk to her father but he tells her that he feels like he doesn't have a daughter. As Sharon starts to leave, she stops and tells the man videotaping the event a wonderful story about her father, playing with her and her brother when they were children. She is deeply moved by this memory. Her father overhears it. When Sharon looks at him, he turns away. At the same time that the wedding and reception have been going on, Catch is in the cemetery talking to his deceased wife and child, explaining how he remembers all the wonderful moments they shared.
When Sharon walks out of the door of the reception, Catch is standing by her car. They both have undergone emotional healing since they first met and they admit to being in love with one another. Sharon gets into her car and Catch starts to get in the passenger seat. He stops and tells Sharon that he wants to drive. He hasn't driven since the accident.
Notes
, Illinois
and Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
. Although the film is supposed to be set in Chicago, several very clear shots of Toronto skyline, including Toronto's very recognizable CN Tower
appear in the film, along with other recognizable Toronto landmarks, such as the Honest Ed's
storefront and a TTC streetcar
.
The scenes in and around Sharon's parents home were filmed at the Playter Farmhouse, a historic building near Danforth Avenue
in Toronto.
Some scenes were filmed in the village of Elora
, at the Elora Quarry.
had to remove the aggressive use of the word "cunt", or the film would have been rated 18
. The film ultimately grossed less than $30 million worldwide, past below its $53 million budget.
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki
Luis Mandoki is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood.Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School...
. The original music score was composed by Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami is an American film composer.-Life and career:Beltrami was born in Long Island, New York of Italian and Greek descent...
and features Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, James Caviezel
James Caviezel
James Patrick Caviezel, Jr. is an American film actor, usually credited as Jim Caviezel. He is known for the roles of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte...
, Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto is an American actor. Sisto has had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order on television and also starred in the films Jesus, Clueless and Thirteen.-Early life:Sisto was born in Grass Valley, California, the...
, and Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor. Having his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television...
. Lopez's performance in the film earned her a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.
Plot
The film opens on an accident scene on a wet rainy night in Chicago. Sharon Pogue (Jennifer LopezJennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
) is a police officer at the scene and she is holding the hand of one of the victims and pleading that he hold on, not to give up and help is on the way.
Flash forward a year into Sharon's life. She seems very bitter and angry. She is estranged from her family for having her father Carl (Victor Argo
Victor Argo
Victor Argo was a Puerto Rican - American actor who usually played the part of a tough bad guy in his movies.-Early years:...
) arrested for beating her mother Josephine (Sonia Braga
Sônia Braga
Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She has been nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.-Early life:...
). Her father and brother, Larry Sr. (Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Merton Sisto is an American actor. Sisto has had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order on television and also starred in the films Jesus, Clueless and Thirteen.-Early life:Sisto was born in Grass Valley, California, the...
) have found it hard to forgive her, making it hard for her, since her family was/is somewhat close knit.
Meanwhile, a man named Catch (James Caviezel
James Caviezel
James Patrick Caviezel, Jr. is an American film actor, usually credited as Jim Caviezel. He is known for the roles of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte...
) wanders the streets of Chicago in a Zombie-like trance, doing good deeds, trying to help anybody he meets. He turns car lights off, he tells a young woman in his apartment building that she left her keys in the door.
Meanwhile, Sharon chases a criminal who gets her gun and shoots her twice but her vest protects her. Before he can shoot her in the head, Catch jumps the man and knocks the gun away. Sharon and Catch meet at a tavern and have a drink. They both don't like to tell each other much about their lives. Sharon invites Catch to her apartment. After some awkward moments between the two, Sharon decides he should leave. However, as he's about to leave, they share a kiss. They continue, until Catch abruptly stops and immediately leaves the apartment, leaving Sharon somewhat confused.
The next evening, Sharon finds a dandelion on her mailbox with Catch's phone number written on a short piece of tape around it. Sharon calls and awkwardly asks Catch if she can leave a message on the machine. Sharon says that they could have breakfast at a coffee shop the next morning at around 8:00. Sharon then wakes up and calls Catch again, claiming that she hadn't gotten much sleep and that they should go their separate ways. However, Catch is already at the coffee shop, and feels obviously upset and angered at Sharon. He then later comes to a cranky Sharon's apartment, criticizing her for not showing up for her "appointment." He then storms out the door. However, a concerned and confused Sharon follows him to his apartment and discovers his nearly empty place. Catch suggests that they start from scratch, and Sharon asks for no more surprises from him.
After a suggestion from his mother-in-law, Catch apologizes and the two continue seeing each other. They begin to get along well and go on a picnic in the mountains near a lake. After the two share a romantic swim, they passionately make love on the shore.
One night when the two are going out to dinner, they pass a blues club and go in. After the band has played a number, Catch notices a trumpet sitting on the bandstand. He picks the trumpet up and starts to play a wonderfully soulful version of the tune "Nature Boy
Nature Boy
Nature Boy is a song written by eden ahbez and later popularised by Nat King Cole. It may also refer to:In music:* "Nature Boy", a song by Primus from their album 'Pork Soda'...
." When he finishes, everyone applauds. The owner comes over and asks him where he's been keeping himself. He calls Catch by the name Steve Lambert, to which Catch denies even knowing the man. Sharon looks Steven Lambert up in the police files and discovers that he is the man whose hand she held in the car wreck at the beginning of the film. Catch's wife and child died in the car wreck. Sharon wants to help Catch heal from his emotional wounds and tries to talk about it. She tries taking him to the cemetery to see the graves of his family, but he gets very upset and leaves.
Sharon is having her own problems. Her mother and father are renewing their wedding vows and have asked her to come. She was going to go with Catch but he has not answered any of her calls. At the reception after the wedding ceremony, she tries to talk to her father but he tells her that he feels like he doesn't have a daughter. As Sharon starts to leave, she stops and tells the man videotaping the event a wonderful story about her father, playing with her and her brother when they were children. She is deeply moved by this memory. Her father overhears it. When Sharon looks at him, he turns away. At the same time that the wedding and reception have been going on, Catch is in the cemetery talking to his deceased wife and child, explaining how he remembers all the wonderful moments they shared.
When Sharon walks out of the door of the reception, Catch is standing by her car. They both have undergone emotional healing since they first met and they admit to being in love with one another. Sharon gets into her car and Catch starts to get in the passenger seat. He stops and tells Sharon that he wants to drive. He hasn't driven since the accident.
Cast
- Jennifer LopezJennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
as Sharon Pogue - James CaviezelJames CaviezelJames Patrick Caviezel, Jr. is an American film actor, usually credited as Jim Caviezel. He is known for the roles of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte...
as Steven Lambert aka Catch - Jeremy SistoJeremy SistoJeremy Merton Sisto is an American actor. Sisto has had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order on television and also starred in the films Jesus, Clueless and Thirteen.-Early life:Sisto was born in Grass Valley, California, the...
as Larry Pogue - Terrence HowardTerrence HowardTerrence Dashon Howard is an American actor. Having his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television...
as Robby - Sonia BragaSônia BragaSônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She has been nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.-Early life:...
as Josephine Pogue - Victor ArgoVictor ArgoVictor Argo was a Puerto Rican - American actor who usually played the part of a tough bad guy in his movies.-Early years:...
as Carl Pogue - Monet MazurMonet MazurMonet Happy Mazur is an American actress, model and musician.-Personal life:Mazur was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ruby Mazur, an illustrator who has worked in the record industry and at one time was the manager of Billy Joel. Mazur has four siblings: Nicholas, Cézanne, Matisse...
as Kathy Pogue - Shirley KnightShirley KnightShirley Enola Knight is an American stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth....
as Elanora - Daniel MagderDaniel MagderDaniel Magder is a Canadian Teen actor. He has appeared in such projects such as The Famous Jett Jackson, and X-Men. One of his most recent roles is on Life with Derek, where he portrays Edwin Venturi. He graduated Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario...
as Larry Jr. - Guylaine St-Onge as Annie Lambert
- Connor McAuley as Max Lambert
- Jeremy RatchfordJeremy RatchfordJeremy Ratchford is a Canadian actor. He starred as Nick Vera on the TV series Cold Case.While in Canada, Ratchford played Marvel Comic book character Banshee in a live action version of Generation X TV movie...
as Ray Micigliano - Peter MacNeillPeter MacNeillPeter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor who has starred in several TV shows and movies.His film credits have included The Hanging Garden , Geraldine's Fortune, Giant Mine, Lives of Girls and Women, The Events Leading Up to My Death, Dog Park, Something Beneath and A...
as Lieutenant Dennis Sanderman - Eldridge Hyndman as Jamal
- Kari MatchettKari MatchettKari Matchett is a Canadian television and film actress. She played Mariel Underlay in Invasion, Lisa Miller in 24, and Kate Filmore in the cult favorite science fiction movie Cube 2: Hypercube. She currently appears in the USA television series Covert Affairs.-Early years:Matchett was born in...
as Candace - Michael Cameron as Charlie
- Marcello ThedfordMarcello ThedfordMarcello Thedford is an American film and television actor. His most noteworthy roles have been as Kelvin "Buffalo" James on the ESPN dramatic series Playmakers, Semi in Employee of the Month, and in eight episodes of ER as Leon, Dr. Greg Pratt's mentally challenged brother.Thedford's acting career...
as Peebo - Dave CoxDave CoxDavid E. Cox was an American politician from Holdenville, Oklahoma. A Republican, he served as a California State Senator, representing the 1st district from December 2004 until his death in July 2010, and also served as an California State Assemblyman for the six years immediately before his...
as K-Dog - Ron Payne as Priest
- Paul A. MacFarlane as Photographer
- Dan PetronijevicDan PetronijevicDaniel Petronijevic is a Canadian actor, who performed the role Thad Guerwitcz on ESPN's football series Playmakers and is also the voice actor of Geoff in Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action, and Total Drama World Tour, a role which he had to sing for, and even got an entire solo song. He...
as Fighting Kid - Stephen KayStephen Kay-Career:He has directed the films Get Carter and Boogeyman. As well as directing episodes of Saved, The Shield, Friday Night Lights and Sons of Anarchy. Beginning his career as actor, his acting credits include Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, Party of Five and regular roles in Deadly Games and...
as Tony Pindella - Grant Nickalls as Joe
- Jim Feather as Old Man
- Matt Birman as Driver
- Eric CoatesEric CoatesEric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
as Car Man - Chuck CampbellChuck CampbellChuck Campbell is a Canadian actor who portrayed the role of Chuck the Technician on Stargate Atlantis. He had a role in the webseries, Sanctuary.-Personal life:...
as Young Man - Jeff J.J. Authors as Other Young Man
- John Shepard as Other Old Man
- Stephanie MooreStephanie MooreStephanie Moore is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles on P2 as Lorraine and in the films Cube Zero, Angel Eyes, and John Q.-Filmography:*Labour Laws *King of Sorrow as Julia Baker...
as Officer Vanessa - Ron JohnstonRon JohnstonRon Johnston in Dunedin, New Zealand is a former speedway rider who rode for the Belle Vue Aces. He also rode in four World Finals during his career finishing a best 5th in 1960.-Career:...
as Bass Player - Brownman Ali (aka. Nick Ali) as Trumpet Player
Notes
- Jennifer Lopez insisted that the part of Catch be played by James CaviezelJames CaviezelJames Patrick Caviezel, Jr. is an American film actor, usually credited as Jim Caviezel. He is known for the roles of Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte...
even though she didn't know his name. She had been impressed with his performance in The Thin Red LineThe Thin Red Line (1998 film)The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Mount Austen in World War II. It portrays men in: C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division; in particular those soldiers played by Sean Penn, Jim...
(1998). Ben AffleckBen AffleckBenjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt , better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, writer, and producer. He became known with his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats and Chasing Amy...
and Aaron EckhartAaron EckhartAaron Edward Eckhart is an American film and stage actor. Born in California, he moved to England at the age of 13, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Sydney, Australia, for his high school senior year...
were considered for the role.
Production
The film was started filming on May 8, 2000 and finished in early August that same year. There were two filming locations, ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Although the film is supposed to be set in Chicago, several very clear shots of Toronto skyline, including Toronto's very recognizable CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
appear in the film, along with other recognizable Toronto landmarks, such as the Honest Ed's
Honest Ed's
Honest Ed's is a landmark discount store located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named for its proprietor, Ed Mirvish, who opened the store in 1948 and oversaw its operations for almost sixty years, until his death in 2007.-Location:...
storefront and a TTC streetcar
Toronto streetcar system
The Toronto streetcar system comprises eleven streetcar routes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission , and is the largest such system in the Americas in terms of ridership, number of cars, and track length. The network is concentrated primarily in downtown and in...
.
The scenes in and around Sharon's parents home were filmed at the Playter Farmhouse, a historic building near Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue is an east-west arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its western end begins in Old Toronto from the Prince Edward Viaduct as a continuation of Bloor Street and continues through East York until intersecting with Kingston Road in Scarborough...
in Toronto.
Some scenes were filmed in the village of Elora
Elora, Ontario
Elora is a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its 19th-century limestone architecture, its artistic community and the geographically significant Elora Gorge.-History:...
, at the Elora Quarry.
Box office
In the North American box office, the film opened at #4 in its opening weekend. All UK versions were cut to obtain a 15-rating. Warner Bros.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
had to remove the aggressive use of the word "cunt", or the film would have been rated 18
18 certificate
The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification to state that, in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game should not be seen or purchased by a person under 18 years old....
. The film ultimately grossed less than $30 million worldwide, past below its $53 million budget.