Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the film when we see Max pull up to the first hit location and Vincent is talking to him in the back; watch closely and in one shot we see that Vincent has his hands below (probably on his knees), but in the following shot we can see his left arm is now up and grabbing onto the glass that separates the driver from the passenger inside a taxi. (00:16:25)
Collateral (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Mark Ruffalo, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith
Fanning is the only one who believes Max's story. He saves Max during the shootout at Club Fever and as he escorts him outside Vincent shoots him dead. Max drives on and speeds up. Vincent threatens to kill him but if he shoots they will both die. Max runs into a road crew blockade and the car flips. Vincent escapes and a cop stops to see a body in Max's trunk. However, as he's being arrested, Max sees that Vincent's final target is Annie (the DA from the beginning). It spurs him to fight back and overpower the cop, cuff him and and take Vincent's gun. From that point it's a race to Annie...Vincent gets to her and is about to kill her when Max breaks in and shoots Vincent. Annie and Max escape onto the MTA but are followed by Vincent. Max and Vincent empty their clips at each other but only one bullet (Max's) seemingly hits. Vincent and Max sit across from each other and Vincent dies from his wounds. Max and Annie exit the train at the next station, as dawn breaks. We then see Vincent, dead in his seat, as the train moves to the next stop.
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Trivia: The film was almost entirely shot in high definition. Director Michael Mann states he did this to capture the night scenes more vividly.
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Suggested correction: The number of movies shot in less-than-HD could be counted on one hand.
I believe it refers to the fact that Collateral is considered to be the first major movie to use a digital camera, not the traditional film support.
Question: I noticed from the previews that this movie looks very different. What is it? Is it a digital camera that has been used? Or no lighting effects used? The movie really has a "behind the scene" feel.
Chosen answer: It was shot with a digital camera. IMDB is a great place to answer questions like this. Go to *Technical Specifications* in the *Other Info* section of the menu on the left hand side of the screen. In an interview in American Cinematographer, Michael Mann said that as far as he was aware, this was one of the first movies to attempt to make a "look" out of digital video rather than trying to make Digital Video look like film. This approach meant the movie could be shot in the low-light scenes of urban desolation Mann wanted - because Digital reacts much better to low light than film. The approximately 20% of the picture that was shot on film was mostly, according to Mann, the portion set in the "Fever" nightclub - because this is the scene with the brightest lighting states, a condition in which Digital Video does not perform as well.
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