Cloverfield (2008)
Action, Adventure, Horror |.
Cloverfield is a American monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J.J. Abrams, and written by Drew Goddard. The film stars Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, and Mike Vogel. The film uses a found footage motif to follow five young New York City residents fleeing from a massive monster and various other smaller creatures that attack the city while they are having a farewell party.
Development began when producer J. J. Abrams started conceptualizing a new monster and enlisted Neville Page to design the creature, referred to as Clover. In February 2007, the project was secretly greenlit by Paramount Pictures and produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles that same year. During production, the project went under several working titles, including Slusho, Cheese and Greyshot. As part of a viral marketing campaign, a teaser trailer was released ahead of screenings of Transformers without a title attached.
The film is presented as footage from a personal camcorder recovered by the United States Department of Defense in the area “formerly known as Central Park”, bearing a disclaimer stating multiple sightings of a case designated “Cloverfield”.
Older, saved footage is seen of Rob waking up with Beth in her father’s apartment above Columbus Circle before sharing a special day across New York City and Coney Island. Fragments of this overwritten footage appear during the course of the film.
Rob has a farewell party thrown for him by his brother Jason and Jason’s girlfriend Lily, in celebration of Rob’s new job in Japan. Their friend Hud films testimonials for Rob during the party. Rob’s former romance Beth brings a new man to the party.
Director: Matt Reeves
Writer: Drew Goddard
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Annable, Anjul Nigam
►Cast:
| Lizzy Caplan | … | Marlena Diamond |
| Jessica Lucas | … | Lily Ford |
| T.J. Miller | … | Hudson ‘Hud’ Platt |
| Michael Stahl-David | … | Rob Hawkins |
| Mike Vogel | … | Jason Hawkins |
| Odette Annable | … | Beth McIntyre (as Odette Yustman) |
| Anjul Nigam | … | Bodega Cashier |
| Margot Farley | … | Jenn |
| Theo Rossi | … | Antonio |
| Brian Klugman | … | Charlie |
| Kelvin Yu | … | Clark |
| Liza Lapira | … | Heather |
| Lili Mirojnick | … | Lei |
| Ben Feldman | … | Travis |
| Elena Nikitina Bick | … | Party Goer (as Elena Caruso) |
| Vakisha Coleman | … | Party Goer |
| Will Greenberg | … | Party Goer |
| Rob Kerkovich | … | Party Goer |
| Ryan Key | … | Party Goer |
| Hooman Khalili | … | Party Goer |
| Rasika Mathur | … | Party Goer |
| Baron Vaughn | … | Party Goer |
| Charlyne Yi | … | Party Goer |
| Roma Torre | … | Self |
| Rick Overton | … | Frantic Man |
| Martin Cohen | … | Burly Guy |
| Jason Cerbone | … | Police Officer |
| Pasha D. Lychnikoff | … | Russian Man on Street (as Pavel Lychnikoff) |
| Billy Brown | … | Staff Sgt. Pryce |
| Scott Lawrence | … | Lead Soldier |
| Jeffrey De Serrano | … | Soldier (as Jeff DeSerrano) |
| Tim Griffin | … | Command Center Officer |
| Chris Mulkey | … | Lt. Col. Graff |
| Susse Budde | … | Medic |
| Jason Lombard | … | Second Medic |
| Jamie Martz | … | Helicopter Pilot |
| Don Abernathy | … | New York Street Pedestrian |
| Michael Ark | … | Party Goer |
| Caley Bisson | … | Party Bartender |
| James Thomas Bligh | … | EMS Commander |
| Maylen Calienes | … | Frantic Girl on Bridge |
| Craig Dabbs | … | Army Sgt. First Class |
| Doby Daenger | … | Brooklyn Bridge Victim |
| Holly Dunlap | … | Looter |
| Tommy Gerrits | … | Boy Looking at Magazines |
| Jason Giffin | … | National Guardsman / Tank Gunner |
| Paulo Giusti | … | Pedestrian |
| Adam Greeves | … | Military Personnel |
| Brice Harris | … | Brooklyn Bridge Victim |
| Brandon G. Holley | … | Military Personnel |
| James Huffman | … | Party Goer |
| Hisonni Johnson | … | Party Goer |
| Janis Jones | … | Victim on Bridge |
| Adam Karst | … | New Yorker |
| Julio Leal | … | Rocketeer / Soldier |
| Eddie Mariano | … | Party Goer |
| Jake McLaughlin | … | Helicopter Pilot (voice) |
| Rachel Mower | … | Injured Girl |
| Aryn Nelson | … | Hot Frantic Girl |
| Martin Pfefferkorn | … | Crazy Homeless |
| Matt Reeves | … | Radio Announcer (voice) |
| Gene Richards | … | First Man Coughing |
| Bertrand Roberson Jr. | … | Military Personnel |
| John Robert | … | Injured Guy on Bridge |
| Chris Spinelli | … | Party Goer |
| Andrew Trujillo | … | Military Personel |
| Maria Zambrana | … | Brooklyn Bridge Victim |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia