Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Screenplay by	Cameron Crowe
Based on	Abre los Ojos; by Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil;
Produced by	Tom Cruise; Paula Wagner; Cameron Crowe;
Starring	Tom Cruise; Penélope Cruz; Kurt Russell; Jason Lee; Noah Taylor; Cameron Diaz;
Cinematography	John Toll
Edited by	Joe Hutshing; Mark Livolsi;
Music by	Nancy Wilson
Production; companies	Cruise/Wagner Productions; Vinyl Films; Sogecine; Summit Entertainment;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 14, 2001;
Running time	136 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$68 million
Box office	$203.4 million

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film^[3] directed, written, and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. It is an English-language remake of Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 Spanish film Open Your Eyes, which was written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The film stars Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, and Kurt Russell. It follows a magazine publisher who begins to question reality after being disfigured in a car crash.

Vanilla Sky grossed over $203 million against a production budget of $68 million and received mixed reception from critics. Diaz's performance was widely praised, earning her a Screen Actors Guild and a Golden Globe Award nomination. The song "Vanilla Sky" by Paul McCartney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film later gained a cult following.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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