Minority Report (Film) Literary Elements

Director

Steven Spielberg

Leading Actors/Actresses

Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Samantha Morton, Colin Farrell, and Neal McDonough

Genre

Science Fiction

Language

English

Awards

Nominated for one Academy Award: Best Sound Editing

Date of Release

June 21, 2002

Producer

Gerald R. Molen, Bonnie Curtis, Walter F. Parkes, and Jan de Bont

Setting and Context

Washington D.C., 2054

Narrator and Point of View

Through the point of view of narrator Chief John Anderton

Tone and Mood

Scientific, Solemn, Serious, Investigatory, Futuristic, Gritty, Dark

Protagonist and Antagonist

Chief John Anderton vs. Director Lamar Burgess

Major Conflict

The conflict is that Anderton has been set up to carry out a murder, and must survive in this futuristic world so he can prove his innocence.

Climax

The climax occurs when Lamar Burgess shoots himself.

Foreshadowing

The process of the Precog technology is all one big foreshadowing.

Understatement

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

Allusions

Allusions to popular culture, other films, novels, and government.

Paradox

Lamar Burgess' choice at the end; either get locked up, or tank the reputation of PreCrime, his life's work.