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Synopsis: Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The movie follows their adventure trying to escape and save a friend, a love interest of the main character.
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Matt Reeves
Production: Paramount
  5 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
PG-13
Year:
2008
85 min
$79,952,254
Website
1,961 Views


-Please, we can't stay here. We have...

-Hey, not now.

-Copy that.

-Sir, we have two F-18s

on route from Selfridge.

Four more are arming up,

-maybe 30 minutes out.

-Roger that.

Listen up, people.

Rack them and pack them.

-We're phantoms in 15.

-Sir.

-Where the hell did you find them?

-They were in the tunnels.

Yeah, we had to walk all the way

from Spring Street.

Get them ready for transport,

put them on the evac chopper.

-Yes, sir. Let's move. Move, move.

-No, wait. Wait.

-Listen, our friend is very badly hurt.

-Move it.

-Move. Move.

-We have to get to her.

Sorry, son, can't help you.

Get them on the chopper.

No, but, please, listen to me. Let go!

Just listen for a second, please!

Turn that goddamned camera...

-We've been trying to get to her all...

-Make our own way.

-No, do you have a...

-I am not jeopardizing this operation,

-or my men.

-I don't want your help.

You are getting on that chopper now.

I just need you to listen to me

for one second, sir.

-You have no idea what's out there.

-I don't care what's out there.

Listen to me. She's dying.

There is nothing I can do

about that now.

The girl that I love more than anything

is dying and it's my fault.

She should have been with me tonight,

and I let her go and...

And I get it, okay?

You have your hands full. I get that.

I get that, but we're gonna go after her,

and if you wanna stop me,

-then you're gonna have to shoot me.

-Hud.

-I don't feel so good.

-Oh, sh*t.

-Bite! We've got a bite!

-Marlena.

-Hold on a second.

-Get her moving.

Keep moving!

Hey, Marlena, are you okay?

Hey, what are you guys doing?

Hold on a second.

Where are you taking her?

Hold on a second. Wait!

Oh my God, wait!

-Marlena, stop! Just wait a second!

-Let me go.

-Just wait a second. Please.

-Let me go.

-Wait! Marlena!

-Get out of the way.

Marlena! Hold on a second!

-Just wait a... Let go of me! Stop it!

-No.

God! Please, God!

Where are you taking Marlena?

Wait a second.

It's over. There is nothing you can do.

There is nothing you can do

for her now. It is over. It's over.

-Rogers, clear out of here.

-You sure?

I'll get them to the choppers from here.

-Let's move out.

-Oh, my God.

What just happened?

Let's go. I shouldn't be doing this sh*t.

-Come on. Come on.

-Okay.

-Let's go. Move.

-Okay, okay.

Let's go, move. Come on.

You gotta listen to me.

This girl, her building,

it's at Columbus Circle?

-Yeah?

-If you wanna go out in this,

I ain't gonna stop you.

But you gotta know something.

The government's considering

the Hammer Down protocol,

which means they're willing

to let this whole area go.

-You mean Midtown?

-No, I mean Manhattan.

Come on. We're taking

one last shot at this thing.

-Oh, God.

-If that doesn't work,

they're leveling

the whole goddamned city.

-Your watch is still working?

-Yeah?

All right. The airlifts are leaving

from 40th and Park.

Last chopper's wheels-up

at exactly 0600.

If you can make it there,

then they'll get you out.

-Okay. Okay, thank you.

-58th Street's right there.

-Now, go. Move, move, move.

-Let's go.

-Let's go.

-Go, go, go.

-This is like a nightmare, you know.

-It all happened so fast,

I couldn't even really see

what happened to her.

I mean, did you see it?

Could you see what happened, Hud?

No, her eyes started bleeding, and then

they were screaming she was bitten.

And then she wouldn't stop bleeding.

And then...

Hud.

-You okay?

-Yeah, I'm okay. I'm okay.

Look, guys, I don't mean to be...

But we don't have a lot of time.

Okay, so maybe you guys

should just stay here, and I'll go.

All right?

-I'm sorry. I just...

-No, no, we're coming. We're coming.

Are you sure?

No, no, man.

No, we have to do this, okay?

We're with you. Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go right now.

-Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

-What?

-Oh, my God.

-What is it? What?

-Sh*t.

-That's not Beth's place, is it?

-Oh, my God.

-ls that Beth's apartment?

-Oh, my God.

-Rob. Is that her place?

-Tell me that's not her place.

-That's her place, yeah.

Oh, sh*t. I don't suppose

she lives on the ground floor.

No, 39th.

-Oh, great.

-How do we even get up there?

I don't know. We just go inside

and then see how high we can get.

I don't know if I can do that.

Well, maybe we could try going up

the other building,

and then see if there's a place

to cross over onto her roof.

And then we could find some way

down to her place.

Wait. No, never mind.

No, that's a bad idea.

Hey, that's a bad idea. I take that back.

No one ever listens to me, ever.

And now, of course, they listen to me.

Great.

Sh*t. Sh*t.

Probably not working.

-What's going on?

-Not working.

Wait, wait. Let's just... Maybe...

-No? No?

-Sh*t.

Well, why don't you take the stairs?

You guys see that guy's face

when Lily asked him what it was?

I mean, they have no idea.

-Unless they're, like, in on it.

-Jesus, Hud.

I don't read the papers.

-Maybe our government made this thing.

-Oh, yeah.

I mean, you know,

maybe it was an accident,

-or maybe it was on purpose...

-Sure, maybe they did.

-Does it really matter right now?

-Yeah.

It matters because I need to talk

about something.

Otherwise, I'm actually probably

going to sh*t my pants in this stairwell.

I'm sorry.

Hey, wait, wait. You guys hear that?

You guys hear that?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I think we're getting close.

Hud, I'm gonna check this floor.

Okay.

Okay, like, I think it's like,

two more up, I think.

Okay.

Guys, guys, guys.

This one, it's got to be.

It's got to be this one.

Oh, God.

I don't think there's anybody here. No.

-Oh, Jesus.

-Oh, my God.

-Oh, my God.

-Okay.

Okay, now, we can do this.

We can totally do this.

-I don't know, Rob.

-Look, it's a straight shot.

-I don't know. I'm sorry.

-Lily, Lily, it's a straight shot.

Look, it's a straight shot.

We could use... There's pipes there.

We could use

the air conditioners. Okay?

Come on. We came this far.

We can do it. I'll go first.

-Okay, okay, okay. Yes.

-All right? Okay.

-Okay, I'll document it.

-Be careful, okay?

-Come on. Come on.

-Okay. Okay.

Okay. Hud, come on!

Put the camera down! Come on!

Oh, Jesus.

-Okay. All right. Okay.

-I'll go first.

All right. If this is the last thing you see,

that means I died.

-Hud, come on!

-Okay.

Look out! Oh, sh*t...

Okay.

-Okay. Okay.

-Sh*t.

-Okay. Okay.

-Oh, God.

-Yes. Okay. You all right?

-Yeah.

We're almost there, come on.

Come on, Hud.

Sh*t.

Beth! Beth! Beth!

-Can you get it?

-Do you need help?

Do you need help? Or...

Beth? Beth?

Beth?

Beth? Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

-What?

-Sh*t.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Beth.

-Beth.

-What?

Beth!

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Can you hear me? Beth.

Hey.

-Are you really here?

-Yeah, I'm really here.

Rob?

You came back for me.

Of course I came back for you.

-I'm sorry it took me so long.

-No, it's okay.

Okay, okay, okay. You're okay.

We're gonna get you out of here, okay?

We'll get you out, all right?

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Drew Goddard

Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American film and television screenwriter, director, and producer. He began his career as a writer on numerous acclaimed television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, and Lost. Goddard received further recognition for writing the successful monster horror film Cloverfield (2008) and the action horror film World War Z (2013). Goddard made his directorial feature film debut with the horror-comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012). In 2015, Goddard wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed science fiction film The Martian, for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then directed the mystery thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018). more…

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