The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)
by Phil Alden Robinson
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Actor: Ben Affleck, James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins, Liev Schreiber, Morgan FreemanDirector: Phil Alden Robinson
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: John Lindley
Producer: Mace Neufeld
Producer: Stratton Leopold
Producer: Tom Clancy
Writer: Tom Clancy
Writer: Daniel Pyne
Writer: Paul Attanasio
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: HISTORY OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON-
Summary: 5 Stars
Ben Affleck is a suitably young Ryan to match the fact that he is courting his future wife; Morgan Freeman, as always, is excellent. James Cromwell does well by the President although not always well served by the scriptwriter. There are thrills aplenty as we watch, knowing that an unexploded nuclear bomb has been discovered in the Golan Heights. Who has it? What will they do with it? Finding out provides its share of thrills as the film unfolds. By far, not of the first rank, but sufficient for an entertaining two hours.
After my brief comment I read some of the negative reviews. Taste for films varies by individuals, as it does for most cultural objects. I did not read the book, or if I did, it was too long ago for me to remember the plot, so I would not comment on the relationship of the screenplay to the novel. However, I am moved, as I often am, vigorously to disagree with the notion that one can translate a book into a movie as if each word projects an exact image on screen. Words on a page are words on a page, images on a screen are images on a screen, and never the twain will meet. Of course, some poorer novels are written essentially as screenplays so the film-maker has little trouble using them almost as is. Some movies take a highly literate book and fail because they do not make something new out it. I am entirely on the side of Fred Astaire, who insisted to a person who was being "portrayed" in one of his films, that regardless of what she and her husband had actually done, the film demanded something other than that to be successful. As one of our ages' best artists said of painting, if what is in a painting could be said in words, you have a lousy painting. Painting is for what cannot be communicated any other way. Amusingly, there is a line given to Larry Parks (as Jolson) in Jolson Sings Again, when he is supposed to be working with the writers on The Jolson Story, in which he tells them not to stick to the truth, but to make up a good story.
Summary of The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)
Ben affleck stars as cia agent jack ryan in a race against time to stop terrorists who plan to ignite a war between the u.S. And russia by detonating a nuclear bomb at the super bowl. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/13/2007 Starring: Ben Affleck James Cromwell Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Phil Alden RobinsonIt's not easy replacing Harrison Ford as a beloved screen hero, but Ben Affleck brings fresh vitality to The Sum of All Fears, reviving Paramount's Tom Clancy franchise in the role Ford made famous. As CIA agent Jack Ryan, Affleck is a rookie in the covert ranks, unraveling a plot that lures Russian and American superpowers into a nuclear standoff, while a neofascist faction turns most of Baltimore into an atomic wasteland and holds the world in the grip of a terrorist nightmare. Affleck combines sharp intelligence with a new-guy's perspective, while a senior agent (Morgan Freeman) passes the torch of back-channel authority. The result is one of the best Clancy films to date, ably helmed by Phil Alden Robinson (whose comic thriller Sneakers was sorely underrated) with a stellar supporting cast, and adapted with abundant humor, humanity, and thrills by Donnie Brasco screenwriter Paul Attanasio and cowriter Daniel Pyne. Even the typically reticent Clancy would approve. --Jeff Shannon
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