Vanilla Sky preview:

Vanilla Sky preview:

Vanilla Sky info:   &nbspStarring: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Johnny Galecki, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell   &nbspDirected by Cameron Crowe (Paramount, December 14)

  &nbspAfter 1996抯 Jerry Maguire, as Cruise and writer-director Crowe were searching for another film to make together, the actor invited Crowe to his home to watch the offbeat Spanish film Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). 揟he movie finished,� Crowe recalls, 揳nd we said, 慦hoa.� I called him the next day and said, 慖 can抰 get this movie out of my head.� And he said, 慖抳e acquired the rights to remake it.� �
    There抯 little information about how closely the remake follows the original (in which an ill-advised car ride with an ex-lover leads to a crash that disfigures the hero), but Cruise plays, according to producer Paula Wagner (Mission: Impossible II), 揳 man who meets the love of his life [Cruz, reprising her Ojos role] and makes one mistake that turns his life around. He goes through hell to find his lost love.� That mistake comes in the person of an obsessive played by Diaz, a role Crowe describes as 揌olly Golightly five minutes past her prime.� Eventually, the movie undergoes a Matrix-like twist, which subverts our sense of reality.    After choosing a new title, one he had considered for Almost Famous, Crowe adapted the film to a contemporary Manhattan setting and laced it with pop-culture references (including allusions to the Beatles, whose songs might be heard in the movie). Crowe witnessed an even bigger change, however: what he calls Cruise抯 揷ompletely striking� maturation as an actor. 揑t抯 like meeting somebody you抳e grown up with, and you抮e just blown away by how they抳e grown.�