Red Eye (2005)
Fear Takes Flight
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InformationRachel as: Lisa Reisert |
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Plot Outline: After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, the Lux Atlantic Hotel manager Lisa is waiting for a flight to Miami. Due to the bad weather and consequent flight delay, she meets in the airport bar Jack Rippner, who is also in the waiting list. They sit together in the plane, and Jack reveals that he wants Lisa to change the room in Lux of an important American politician to facilitate a terrorist attempt against him. Otherwise, Lisa’s father will be killed by a hit man. Lisa has to decide what to do with the menacing man at her side.
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Production Process
“Red Eye” was filmed in Florida and California. Most of the film took part in the air plain.
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Triva & Facts
• The framed photograph of a younger Lisa playing sports (in the first scene, when the father puts his wallet down next to it) is actually a still from Mean Girls (2004).
• This is the second movie that Rachel has starred in that references a man named Duke. Previously in The Notebook (2004), her character’s husband in old age is nicknamed Duke. In this movie, she tells Jackson that her grandmother had a boyfriend named Duke.
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Character Quotes
Lisa Reisert: That’s actually my seat.
Jackson Rippner: You’re kidding.
Lisa Reisert: Well, I don’t know. That says 18G.
Jackson Rippner: You’re not kidding.
Cynthia: God they totally threw me. They were such assholes.
Lisa Reisert: Cynthia, there are no guests who are assholes. Only guests with special needs.
Jackson Rippner: I’ll finish the job.
Lisa Reisert: Not in my house.
Quotes from Rachel
“I was flattered out of my mind that Wes Craven even knew who I was. I was so excited he wanted me for Red Eye because the thriller is a genre I’ve never done before. Ironically one of the first plays I did when I was 12 was Woody Allen’s Death. I started this acting thing out in a dark moment and it took Wes to bring me back to those themes.”
-On working with Wes Craven (Canoe)
“Yeah, it was incredibly claustrophobic. It wasn’t as disconcerting as I thought it was going to be, but at the same time, it elevated the tension. I was literally stuck on the plane for 12 hours every day. And the cameras are really close to your face and Cillian is in really close proximity to me and I can’t get away.”
-On working in a small set (AP)
“It was a real page-turner, obviously an actor’s piece. The character had an arc that terrified me. It’s always good when you read a script, and you’re terrified of taking on a role, but you can’t put it down.”
-On why she got involved (LA Daily)
Quotes from Cast & Crew
“There’s nobody better around than Rachel McAdams. I think she’s a fantastic actress which we’ve all seen before. She’s also stunningly beautiful. I think audience members immediately can connect with her.”
-Cillian Murphy, co-star (Unkown)
“I kind of like the idea that by the end of the year they’re going to be huge stars, I’m convinced. Just with the films they have in the can including this one. But when we cast them, it was just people that were really studying who’s coming up were aware of them…”
-Wes Craven, director (IGN)
“Enormous range and great charisma, not to mention a fantastic beauty.”
-Wes Craven, director (LA Daily)
“Rachel was the only female actress we looked at… When I sat down with her in a room, I thought, ‘That’s her.’ I loved The Notebook and saw this is an actress who can obviously do the first part of the movie where she’s falling in love and she’s beautiful. I looked at Mean Girls and I said this is somebody who can disappear into a role and be totally different. So she’s not just one thing in every role.”
-Wes Craven, director (IGN)
Critical Reception
“If you don’t look too closely, if you fail to see past the lissome figure and the dimples that punctuate her smile, you might not notice how this actress holds her gaze a few beats longer than need be, suggesting a depth of intensity uncommon in most Hollywood ingénues.”
-Manohla Dargis (New York Times)
“Rachel McAdams gives yet another first-rate performance. McAdams is stockpiling a treasure trove of Grade A performances.”
-Rebecca Murray (About)
“Casting directors, who know what to look for, will see that she brings more presence and credibility to her role than is really expected; she acts without betraying the slightest awareness that she’s inside a genre.”
-Roger Ebert (Suntimes)
“Rachel McAdams continues to expand her range on her climb to what will likely be A-list status. (She’s too good and too attractive to end up elsewhere.)”
-James Berardinelli (Reelviews)
Promotion Tour
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TV Appereances • The Early Show • The Late Night with David Letterman • The Today Show |
Appearances • LA Premiere • Press Conference |
Interviews • Canoe, August 2005 » View all interviews |
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