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.
