Today at 2:00 p.m. – by Thomas Fourcroy
On Sunday January 5 at 8:55 p.m., Arte broadcasts Out of reach. A film like no other, and that, for a very special reason!
It's an understatement to say that Steven Soderbergh surprised his world in 1998. A distinguished director, he revealed the delicious Out of reach in theaters around the world, in the company of superstars George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, but also Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, and Albert Brooks. Also note the presence of Michael Keaton, who reprises a role played in another cult film, by Quentin Tarantino! A hell of a performance, when we know that these are not the same studios…
Out of reach : the original run of George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez
Gentleman robber, Jack Foley is one of those thugs who intrigues. Even if he is the type to commit his misdeeds gently, the man does not escape justice. Worse still, this is the third time that he finds himself convicted, enough to send him behind bars, heading to Glades prison. A Florida penitentiary from which he finally managed to escape, taking advantage of a plan carried out by several prisoners. Problem, on the run with his accomplice Buddy, he will come across Karen Sisco, an FBI agent! A woman who will become their hostage and with whom Jack Foley will be forced to cohabit…
Out of reach or the sequel to this cult film by Quentin Tarantino
It is June 1998 and Out of reach arrives at the cinema. Faced with the big screen, many spectators wince, the character of Ray Nicolette says something to them… It's normal, the latter has already appeared in Jackie Brown a few months earlier. Unveiled at the very end of 1997, this cult work by Quentin Tarantino hit the big time in the company of Pam Grier, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Keaton… The actor behind the famous Ray Nicolette in both films! But why then? Quite simply because the two productions are adaptations of novels by Elmore Leonard, Punch Creolebecame Jackie Brownet the eponym Out of reachSO. FBI agent, Nicolette is there every time, enough to push Tarantino and Soderbergh to share the same character and the same interpreter, a few months apart. Friends, they got along and Tarantino managed to make “bend” Miramax Studios for “passer” the actor at Universal. Michael Keaton, convinced by the scenario of Out of reach filmed for Steven Soderbergh on one condition: keep exactly the same look. Obviously, the filmmaker will not have refused, making his film a sort of hidden sequel to that of his colleague…
