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==Reception==
==Reception==
''Buried'' has received critical acclaim. Review aggregate [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 86% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 148 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. With the following consensus: "Wringing a seemingly impossible amount of gripping drama out of its claustrophobic premise, Buried is a nerve-wracking showcase for Ryan Reynolds's talent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buried/ |title=Buried Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessdate=2010-09-26}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]], awarding the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, said that "Rodrigo Cortés, the Spanish filmmaker behind this diabolical, Hitchcock-influenced narrative stunt, makes merry mischief with camera angles and lighting".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100922/REVIEWS/100929996|title='Buried' review by Roger Ebert |accessdate=2010-09-20 | work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>Scott Mantz of ''Access Hollywood'' called it "a brilliantly twisted suspense thriller that would have made [[Alfred Hitchcock]] proud. [[IGN]] gave the film a perfect 10 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1122468p1.html |title=Buried Review |author= |date=September 23, 2010 |work=[[IGN]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref> Alternatively [[Peter Travers]] of [[Rolling Stone]] awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, stating: "Ninety minutes of being buried alive with Ryan Reynolds: Didn't we all suffer that in ''[[The Proposal (film)|The Proposal]]''?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/buried-20100924 |title=Buried |author=[[Peter Travers|Travers, Peter]] |date=September 24, 2010 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref>
''Buried'' has received critical acclaim. Review aggregate [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 86% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 148 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. With the following consensus: "Wringing a seemingly impossible amount of gripping drama out of its claustrophobic premise, Buried is a nerve-wracking showcase for Ryan Reynolds's talent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buried/ |title=Buried Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |accessdate=2010-09-26}}</ref> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]], awarding the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, said that "Rodrigo Cortés, the Spanish filmmaker behind this diabolical, Hitchcock-influenced narrative stunt, makes merry mischief with camera angles and lighting".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100922/REVIEWS/100929996|title='Buried' review by Roger Ebert |accessdate=2010-09-20 | work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>Scott Mantz of ''Access Hollywood'' called it "a brilliantly twisted suspense thriller that would have made [[Alfred Hitchcock]] proud." [[IGN]] gave the film a perfect 10 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1122468p1.html |title=Buried Review |author= |date=September 23, 2010 |work=[[IGN]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref> Alternatively [[Peter Travers]] of [[Rolling Stone]] awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, stating: "Ninety minutes of being buried alive with Ryan Reynolds: Didn't we all suffer that in ''[[The Proposal (film)|The Proposal]]''?".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/buried-20100924 |title=Buried |author=[[Peter Travers|Travers, Peter]] |date=September 24, 2010 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher= |accessdate=May 16, 2011}}</ref>


===Awards and nominations===
===Awards and nominations===

Revision as of 04:18, 28 June 2013

Buried
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRodrigo Cortés
Written byChris Sparling
Produced byAdrián Guerra
Peter Safran
StarringRyan Reynolds
CinematographyEduard Grau
Edited byRodrigo Cortés
Music byVíctor Reyes
Production
companies
The Safran Company
Versus Entertainment
Dark Trick Films[2]
Distributed byLionsgate (US)
Warner Bros. (Spain)
Icon Entertainment International (UK/Australia)
Release dates
  • September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24) (US)
  • October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) (Spain)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesSpain[1]
United States
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,987,650[3]
Box office$19,152,480[4]

Buried is a 2010 Spanish/American psychological horror film directed by Rodrigo Cortés.[5] It stars Ryan Reynolds,[6] and was written by Chris Sparling.

The film revolves around Iraq-based American civilian truck driver Paul Conroy (Reynolds), who, after being attacked, finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin, with only a lighter, flask, flashlight, knife, glowsticks, pen and a mobile phone to help him escape before the oxygen in the coffin runs out. Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the film has received a positive critical reception.

Plot

On October 23, 2006, Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), an American civilian truck driver based in Iraq, awakens buried alive in a wooden coffin, bound and gagged, with only a Zippo and a BlackBerry. Although he initially has no idea how he got there, he soon starts to piece together what has happened to him. He remembers that he and several other trucks were ambushed by insurgents, who killed his colleagues before he himself was hit by a rock and passed out. He receives a call from his kidnapper, Jabir, demanding that he pay a ransom of $5 million or else they will leave him in the coffin to die. Conroy calls the State Department, which tells him that due to their government policy of not negotiating with terrorists, they will not pay the ransom but will try to rescue him regardless. They connect him with Dan Brenner, head of the Hostage Working Group, who tells Conroy they are doing their best to find him. His kidnapper calls Conroy back and demands he make a ransom video, threatening to execute one of his colleagues who survived the attack. Despite complying with their demands, the kidnappers execute his colleague and send him the video, which he watches in horror. Shortly afterwards, distant explosions shake the area, damaging his coffin which begins to slowly fill with sand. Conroy continues sporadic phone calls with Brenner, skeptical of the man's promises of help. To reaffirm his wholehearted intentions, Brenner tells Conroy about a man named Mark White who was rescued from a similar situation two weeks prior, telling him that the man was home with his family and likely happy.

Later on, Conroy receives a phone call from his employers, who inform him that he was fired from his job due to his fraternizing with the colleague that was executed, and thus he and his family will not be entitled to any benefits or pension he earned during his time with the company. Brenner calls back and explains that the explosions that had damaged his coffin earlier were in fact several F-16 bombings, and that his kidnappers may have been killed. Conroy begins to lose all hope and does a last will and testament in video form, giving his son all of his clothes and his wife his personal savings. His kidnapper calls back demanding that Conroy video record him cutting his finger off, threatening Conroy's family back home in Michigan if he refuses, saying himself that he lost all of his children. Conroy films himself cutting off one of his fingers and sends the video.

After some minutes, Brenner calls, notifying Conroy that they had found his location and are driving out to find him. After that, his wife Linda calls him, who heard it on the news and left her phone at home. She cries with him and begs him to promise her that he will come home. He promises, but hangs up due to needing to attend to the sand which is now filling the coffin to dangerous levels, giving him seconds to live. Brenner calls Conroy again, and reports that they found the site. The group starts to dig up a coffin, but Conroy cannot hear them jumping on the coffin. When they open it, the coffin turns out to be that of Mark White and not Conroy's, indicating that Mark White was never saved. Paul starts to cry as the battery on the phone runs dead, and he slowly suffocates as the sand fills up the coffin. The last thing he hears is Brenner, repeating: "I'm sorry, Paul. I'm so sorry."

Cast

  • Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy
  • José Luis García Pérez (voice) as Jabir
  • Robert Paterson (voice) as Dan Brenner
  • Stephen Tobolowsky (voice) as Alan Davenport
  • Samantha Mathis (voice) as Linda Conroy
  • Ivana Miño as Pamela Lutti
  • Warner Loughlin (voice) as Maryanne Conroy / Donna Mitchell / number lady
  • Erik Palladino (voice) as Special Agent Harris

Production

The film was produced by Barcelona-based Versus Entertainment in association with The Safran Company and Dark Trick Films with the participation of Icon Film Distribution.

It was shot in a time period of over 17 days in Barcelona.[7] One of director Rodrigo Cortés' inspirations for the film were the films of Alfred Hitchcock.[7]

Release

Buried premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2010. Lionsgate purchased the theatrical rights to the film and gave the film a limited theatrical release on September 24, 2010 and a wider release two weeks later on October 8, 2010. The film's first trailer premiered with A Nightmare on Elm Street. The second trailer premiered at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, and was attached with select prints of Dinner for Schmucks, Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Expendables and The Last Exorcism.

The film won the best European feature film of the year award at the best European Fantastic Film Festival of Strasbourg in September 2010.[8]

The film was presented at both the Deauville American Film Festival, in competition, and the Toronto International Film Festival,[9] out of competition, in September 2010.

Reception

Buried has received critical acclaim. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 86% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 148 reviews, with an average score of 7.3/10. With the following consensus: "Wringing a seemingly impossible amount of gripping drama out of its claustrophobic premise, Buried is a nerve-wracking showcase for Ryan Reynolds's talent."[10] Film critic Roger Ebert, awarding the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, said that "Rodrigo Cortés, the Spanish filmmaker behind this diabolical, Hitchcock-influenced narrative stunt, makes merry mischief with camera angles and lighting".[11]Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood called it "a brilliantly twisted suspense thriller that would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud." IGN gave the film a perfect 10 out of 10.[12] Alternatively Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, stating: "Ninety minutes of being buried alive with Ryan Reynolds: Didn't we all suffer that in The Proposal?".[13]

Awards and nominations

25th Goya Awards (2011)

  • Won: Best Original Screenplay (Chris Sparling)
  • Won: Best Editing (Rodrigo Cortés)
  • Won: Best Sound
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Director (Rodrigo Cortés)
  • Nominated: Best Actor (Ryan Reynolds)
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography (Eduard Grau)
  • Nominated: Best Original Score (Víctor Reyes)
  • Nominated: Best Original Song ("In The Lap of the Mountain" - Víctor Reyes and Rodrigo Cortés)
  • Nominated: Best Special Effects

Gaudí Awards (2011)

  • Won: Best Film in non-Catalan language
  • Won: Best Editing (Rodrigo Cortés)
  • Nominated: Best Director (Rodrigo Cortés)
  • Nominated: Best Original Screenplay (Chris Sparling)
  • Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Ryan Reynolds)
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography (Eduard Grau)
  • Nominated: Best Art Direction (Maria de la Cámara i Gabriel Paré)
  • Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Mònica Alarcón, María de la Cámara, Gabriel Paré i Àlex Villagrassa)
  • Nominated: Best Sound (Urco Garai, James Muñoz i Marc Orts)

IGM Movie Awards (2010)

  • Nominated: Best Performance (Ryan Reynolds)

MTV Movie Awards (2011)

National Board of Review Awards 2010

Saturn Awards

See also

  • Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Rob (January 26, 2010). "Buried Review". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  2. ^ "Company Information". nytimes.movies. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Ryan Reynolds interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi on Q". CBC.ca. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  4. ^ "Buried". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ^ "Sundance Festival One-Sheet: Buried". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  6. ^ "New Stills: Billy Bob Thornton (Ryan Reynolds is Van Wilder) is Buried Alive". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  7. ^ a b Boucher, Geoff (September 12, 2010). "The Directors: Rodrigo Cortés builds suspense in 'Buried'". articles.latimes.com. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  8. ^ Brown, Tom (October 14, 2010). "SITGES 2010: BURIED WINS PRESTIGIOUS MELIES D'OR". twitchfilm.com. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  9. ^ Lambert, Christine (2010), "Buried press conference photos - 35th Toronto International Film Festival", DigitalHit.com, retrieved 2012-04-10
  10. ^ "Buried Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  11. ^ "'Buried' review by Roger Ebert". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  12. ^ "Buried Review". IGN. September 23, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
  13. ^ Travers, Peter (September 24, 2010). "Buried". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
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