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Cloverfield Films
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Cloverfield
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Cloverfield
Cloverfield
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Cloverfield: HAKAISHA (2008)
See alternate titles
Directed by Matt Reeves
Producer J.J. Abrams, Bryan Bark
Written by Drew Goddard
Music by Michael Giacchino (end credits)
Distributor Paramount Pictures
Rating PG-13
Budget $25,000,000
Box office $170,764,026
Running time 84 minutes
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
For the monster, see Clover
“
Some thing has found us
„ 

— Tagline
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Then, what happened? (その時、何が起きたのか？)
„ 

— Tagline

Cloverfield is a 2008 American giant monster movie directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J. J. Abrams. The film was first publicized as a teaser trailer during screenings of Transformers; however, the trailers never listed the title of the movie and only provided its release date, "01.18.08". Paramount Pictures carried out a large viral marketing campaign in order to promote the film prior to its theatrical release. Cloverfield was finally released on January 17, 2008, in New Zealand and Australia, on January 18 in North America, and on February 1 in the United Kingdom. Cloverfield opened in 3,411 theaters and grossed $16,930,000 on its opening day in the U.S. and Canada. It made 40.1 million on its opening weekend which at the time was the most successful January release of its time. Worldwide, the film made $170,602,318.

Plot

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Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Matt Reeves
  • Written by   Drew Goddard
  • Executive producing by   Sherryl Clark, Guy Riedel
  • Produced by   J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
  • Music by   Michael Giacchino (end credits)
  • Cinematography by   Michael Bonvillain
  • Edited by   Kevin Stitt
  • Production design by   Martin Whist
  • Assistant directing by   Rip Murray, Katie Carroll
  • Special effects by   Kevin Blank (visual effects supervisor)

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Lizzy Caplan   as   Marlena Diamond
  • Jessica Lucas   as   Lily
  • T.J. Miller   as   Hudson Platt
  • Michael Stahl-David   as   Robert Hawkins
  • Mike Vogel   as   Jason Hawkins
  • Odette Yustman   as   Beth McIntyre
  • Margot Farley   as   Jenn
  • Theo Rossi   as   Antonio
  • Brian Klugman   as   Charlie
  • Kelvin Yu   as   Clark
  • Lili Mirojnick   as   Lei
  • Ben Feldman   as   Travis
  • Chris Mulkey   as   Lt. Col. Graff

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

Sequel

Following Cloverfield's release, director Matt Reeves was asked about the possibility of a sequel, and stated that he was open to producing one. In subsequent interviews, Reeves and J.J. Abrams both entertained the idea of a sequel to Cloverfield, stating that they had set up an entire backstory for the film that they would like to explore in a sequel. Despite their enthusiasm, no concrete information surfaced about a Cloverfield sequel for several years.

On January 15, 2016, a surprise trailer for a film entitled 10 Cloverfield Lane played before screenings of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, also produced by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher Jr., it had been filmed in late 2014 under the name Valencia. The film was released theatrically on March 11, 2016. Though not a direct sequel to Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane is described as a "spiritual successor" to the film and serves as the second entry in an anthology begun with Cloverfield.

Gallery

Main article: Cloverfield/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Cloverfield (Soundtrack).

Alternate Titles

  • 1-18-08 (USA; Promotional Title)
  • Untitled J.J. Abrams Project (USA; Working Title)
  • Cheese (USA; Working Title)
  • Clover (USA; Working Title)
  • Monstrous (USA; Working Title)
  • Slusho (USA; Working Title)
  • Cloverfield - Monster (Cloverfield - Monstruo; Argentina)
  • Cloverfield: Monster (Cloverfield: Monstro; Brazil and Mexico)
  • Monster (Чудовищнo; Bulgaria)
    • Monster (Monstrum; Czech Republic)
  • Monsters (Монстро; Russia and Ukraine)
  • Monstrous (Monstruoso; Spain)
  • Monstrously (Pošastno; Slovenia)
  • 06-02-08 (France; Promotional Title)
  • 04-05 (Japan; Promotional Title)
  • Cloverfield: HAKAISHA (クローバーフィールド／ＨＡＫＡＩＳＨＡ; Japan)
  • MONSTRAS Project (Projektas MONSTRAS; Lithuania)
  • Project: Monster (Projekt: Monster; Poland)
  • Code Name: Cloverfield (Nome de Código: Cloverfield; Portugal)
  • Beast (Canavar; Turkey)

Video Releases

Paramount DVD/Blu-ray (2008)

  • Region: 1 (DVD) or N/A (Blu-ray)
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English (5.1 Surround), French (5.1 Surround), Spanish (5.1 Surround)
  • Special Features: Audio commentary by Matt Reeves, Special Investigation Mode which provides additional details as the movie plays (Blu-ray only), Document 01.18.08: The Making of 'Cloverfield' featurette (28 minutes), Cloverfield Visual Effects featurette (22 minutes), I Saw It! It's Alive! It's Huge! featurette on Clover's design (6 minutes), outtakes (4 minutes), deleted scenes (3 minutes), alternate endings (3 minutes), viral marketing materials, pre-viz of the tunnel attack
  • Notes: Cloverfield DVDs sold at Best Buy contained a second disc with the featurette T.J. Miller's Video Diary (25 minutes). One release of the Blu-ray is packaged with King Kong (1933), Jack the Giant Slayer, and 10,000 BC.

Videos

Cloverfield Trailer
Cloverfield Trailer #2
Cloverfield TV Spot - "Monster"
Cloverfield TV Spot - "Robert"

Trivia

  • Frames from three classic monster movies (King Kong (1933), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and Them!) appear throughout Cloverfield. Each functions as a form of subtle foreshadowing.
    • A giant ant from Them! at 24:08 foreshadows the revelation that Clover is the host of hordes of six-legged parasites.
    • The Rhedosaurus from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms at 45:29, whose blood contains a deadly disease, foreshadows the sudden and fatal effects of a parasite bite.
    • King Kong at 1:06:55 foreshadows Clover's attack on Hud, the only time the film shows the monster taking interest in a specific human.

External Links

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