Friday, December 19, 2008

Movie - Seven Pounds

I as well as most people have no idea what Seven Pounds is about. I did some researching and this is what I found. Apparently though the studio that made the film is not even saying much. It is a bold move to try and get movie goers to see this movie. Myself will not go see it since I have no idea what it is about.

The ideal exchange rate for the dollar? The weight of Will Smith's soul? Seven Pounds, the title of this drama (which the studio refuses to explain), is as mysterious as the early trailers, which skirt around what the hero (Smith) is running from, and to. But Muccino says that's intentional: ''The [audience] will not know exactly what this man is up to.'' Muccino, who directed Smith in 2006's The Pursuit of Happyness, confirms a few details: Smith plays an IRS agent who tries to redeem an unforgivable mistake he made in the past by helping seven people. We know neither the mistake nor the reason these particular people are chosen, but his plan changes when he falls for an ailing woman (Dawson). Dawson, for her part, admits she got 50 pages into the script and wondered, ''What the hell is happening?'' but insists the ending is worth all the fuss. ''When they sell you your ticket, they should give you a box of hankies, because no matter how macho you [are], you're gonna be crying.''

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