Out of Sight

Out of Sight is a 1998 American crime film based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The adaptation was scripted by Scott Frank. The film is the first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and star George Clooney. It was released on June 26, 1998 and was nominated for two Academy Awards, (adapted screenplay and editing). It won the Edgar Award for best screenplay and the National Society of Film Critics awards for best film, screenplay, and director. It led to a spinoff TV series, Karen Sisco. The character of Ray Nicolette also appears in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown (1997) establishing a shared fictional universe which is similar to the regular recurrence of characters in Leonards novels.
== Premise ==
A bank robber escapes prison and comes across a female marshal. Things go downhill when he kidnaps her and she starts falling for him.
==Cast==
*George Clooney as Jack Foley, convicted bank robber
*Jennifer Lopez as US Marshall Karen Sisco
*Ving Rhames as Buddy Bragg, Foley's partner
*Steve Zahn as Glenn Michaels, a stoner criminal
*Don Cheadle as Maurice Miller, a crime boss
*Catherine Keener as Adele, Foley's ex-wife
*Dennis Farina as Marshall Sisco, Karen's father
*Luis Guzman as Chino, a convicted criminal
*Paul Soileau as Lulu, a convicted criminal and Chino's lover
*Albert Brooks as Richard Ripley, a white collar criminal
*Isaiah Washington as Kenneth, Maurice's enforcer
*Keith Loneker as White Boy Bob, Maurice's enforcer
*Paul Calderon as Detective Raymond Cruz, Sisco's contact
*Michael Keaton as Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Agent Ray Nicolette, Karen's boyfriend (Uncredited)
*Samuel L. Jackson as Hejeira Henry, a recurrent jail breaker (Uncredited)
==Videos==
Category:1998 films
Category:Universal films
Category:Universal Pictures films
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