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Out of Sight
Out of Sight is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George Clooney, it was released on June 26, 1998.
The film stars Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, co-starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks. There are also special appearances by Michael Keaton, briefly reprising his role as Ray Nicolette from Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown the previous year, and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It won the Edgar Award for Best Screenplay and the National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. The film led to a short-lived spin-off television series in 2003 titled Karen Sisco starring Carla Gugino, who would reprise her role from the series in a 2012 third season episode of Justified. Paul Calderón reprised his role as Raymond Cruz from the film in the 2023 sequel miniseries Justified: City Primeval.
The movie intercuts between flashbacks and the present day. This plot summary follows the true chronology.
Career bank robber Jack Foley is incarcerated at Lompoc Penitentiary in California along with his friend and accomplice Buddy, after Buddy's sister snitches on them before a heist. While at Lompoc, Foley meets petty criminal Glenn and Richard Ripley, a wealthy white collar criminal from Detroit. Foley saves Ripley from being extorted by boxer Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, leading Ripley to promise Foley a job on the outside. He also brags about a cache of uncut diamonds hidden at his home.
After his release, Foley turns up at Ripley's office but is only offered a menial security guard position. To complain, he confronts Ripley, who only expresses disdain for Foley's criminal past and throws him out of the building. While walking away, Foley notices a bank across the street, fails to rob it, and is sent to Glades Correctional Institution in Florida.
At Glades, he deduces that fellow inmate Chino is orchestrating a breakout and plans to tag along. Foley calls his ex-wife Adele, an out-of-work magician's assistant, to notify Buddy and Glenn to assist. However, on the night of the breakout, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco arrives at the prison at the same time as Buddy, spots the men tunneling outside, and alerts the guards. In the confusion, Foley exits the tunnel in a guard's uniform and overpowers her. The men steal her car, and Foley forces her to hide with him in the trunk while Buddy drives. In the trunk, Foley and Sisco start talking to one another. They later meet Glenn to switch cars. Sisco recognizes him from a previous prisoner transport job and convinces him to drive off with her to avoid being arrested again for assisting a fugitive. He soon panics, crashes the car and flees, and Sisco is taken to hospital. Foley and Buddy make their own way to Miami.
Sisco has a dream where she tracks down Foley, but instead of arresting him she has sex with him. After the dream, Sisco is determined to join the task force hunting for Foley and the other fugitives. Independently, she questions Adele, and happens to arrest Chino who arrives at her apartment seeking revenge on Foley. This earns her a place on the task force, but the lead agent forces her to wait in the lobby while they raid Buddy's hotel room. She and Foley spot each other as he and Buddy are in an elevator en route to the basement garage from which they escape. While in the elevator, Foley waves at Sisco, who lets them go without alerting the other agents.
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Out of Sight
Out of Sight is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1996 novel. The first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and actor George Clooney, it was released on June 26, 1998.
The film stars Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, co-starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks. There are also special appearances by Michael Keaton, briefly reprising his role as Ray Nicolette from Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown the previous year, and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It won the Edgar Award for Best Screenplay and the National Society of Film Critics awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. The film led to a short-lived spin-off television series in 2003 titled Karen Sisco starring Carla Gugino, who would reprise her role from the series in a 2012 third season episode of Justified. Paul Calderón reprised his role as Raymond Cruz from the film in the 2023 sequel miniseries Justified: City Primeval.
The movie intercuts between flashbacks and the present day. This plot summary follows the true chronology.
Career bank robber Jack Foley is incarcerated at Lompoc Penitentiary in California along with his friend and accomplice Buddy, after Buddy's sister snitches on them before a heist. While at Lompoc, Foley meets petty criminal Glenn and Richard Ripley, a wealthy white collar criminal from Detroit. Foley saves Ripley from being extorted by boxer Maurice "Snoopy" Miller, leading Ripley to promise Foley a job on the outside. He also brags about a cache of uncut diamonds hidden at his home.
After his release, Foley turns up at Ripley's office but is only offered a menial security guard position. To complain, he confronts Ripley, who only expresses disdain for Foley's criminal past and throws him out of the building. While walking away, Foley notices a bank across the street, fails to rob it, and is sent to Glades Correctional Institution in Florida.
At Glades, he deduces that fellow inmate Chino is orchestrating a breakout and plans to tag along. Foley calls his ex-wife Adele, an out-of-work magician's assistant, to notify Buddy and Glenn to assist. However, on the night of the breakout, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco arrives at the prison at the same time as Buddy, spots the men tunneling outside, and alerts the guards. In the confusion, Foley exits the tunnel in a guard's uniform and overpowers her. The men steal her car, and Foley forces her to hide with him in the trunk while Buddy drives. In the trunk, Foley and Sisco start talking to one another. They later meet Glenn to switch cars. Sisco recognizes him from a previous prisoner transport job and convinces him to drive off with her to avoid being arrested again for assisting a fugitive. He soon panics, crashes the car and flees, and Sisco is taken to hospital. Foley and Buddy make their own way to Miami.
Sisco has a dream where she tracks down Foley, but instead of arresting him she has sex with him. After the dream, Sisco is determined to join the task force hunting for Foley and the other fugitives. Independently, she questions Adele, and happens to arrest Chino who arrives at her apartment seeking revenge on Foley. This earns her a place on the task force, but the lead agent forces her to wait in the lobby while they raid Buddy's hotel room. She and Foley spot each other as he and Buddy are in an elevator en route to the basement garage from which they escape. While in the elevator, Foley waves at Sisco, who lets them go without alerting the other agents.