Simulation

"Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it."

"Unreal,"

 "Not of this earth,"

and

"Where did you find simone?"

"You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman."

Genre: Comedy, Drama, and Fantasy
Duration: 1 hr. 57 min.
Starring: Al Pacino, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Rebecca Romijn Stamos, Winona Ryder,
Director: Andrew Niccol
Producer: Andrew Niccol, Danny DeVito
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Release Date: August 23, 2002.
Writer: Andrew Niccol       Format: widescreen.

Sub story : Left in the lurch when a temperamental actress walks off the set, director Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is in trouble. Not only is he without a star, but his studio-exec ex-wife (Catherine Keener) fires him, endangering his chance at a comeback. So he decides to take matters into his own hands … digitally, that is. He creates the ultimate star: Simone, a beautiful, computer-generated actress who will always do exactly what he says. Or will she?

Simone Movie Reviews

 "I relate better to people when they’re not actually there," Simone, a hot new actress, tells her co-stars about why she will not be physically present in any scenes with them. This is understandable since Simone, short for Simulation One, is actually just the virtual alter ego of Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino), a director who is the wizard behind the curtain. No one knows this secret other than Viktor, who brags to Simone, "Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it."

 The story starts with Viktor being jerked around by Nicola Anders (Winona Ryder), a "supermodel with a SAG card." Nicola, the star of his current picture, is very angry because she doesn’t have the biggest trailer on the lot as specified in her contract. Although Viktor tells her that she has the biggest trailer in the entire world, Nicola isn’t happy. She points out that her almost football field length trailer is not as tall as some, so she quits. The movie’s other actors think that she is irreplaceable. As her leading man, Hal Sinclair (Jay Mohr), puts it, "No other actress in the world could play the part!" Viktor reminds him, however, that the picture is a remake.

With Nicola off the movie, Viktor’s reputation becomes so damaged that no actress, well no flesh-and-blood actress, will take the part. With help from a mysterious guy named Hank, Viktor soon has his fingers dancing across the keyboard creating a pixilated actress who is to die for.

Simone becomes the sensation of the year, with people aptly raving to Viktor about her, "Unreal," "Not of this earth" and "Where did you find her?" Needless to say, this sets the press into a feeding frenzy. They desperately need answers to some important questions about the never seen-in-person actress. The first of these crucial questions is, "Who is Simone dating?" The tabloids go wild trying to get the dirt on her, using everything from spy satellites to bribery.

 The bright and inspired supporting cast is headlined by Catherine Keener, who plays Elaine Christian, Viktor’s catty ex-wife and the head of the studio in which he works. Evan Rachel Wood plays Lainey, his sweet teenage daughter. And the lovely, blonde goddess Simone is played by … Let’s don’t go there. I don’t want to give anything away.

 Is the star of the show. The movie’s perfectly chosen theme song? "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman."

S1M0NE runs 1:57. It is rated PG-13 for "some sensuality" and would be acceptable for kids around 8 and up.

 My brother Mgdy, age 14, laughed loud and often, giving it " 2/3 ". He said that it was very funny, a favorite of his.

Some opinion for " SIMONE "  

"I can’t work with a fake."

"She starts her life hollow and she finishes in dust…"

" The One’s and Zero’s of Celebrity Worship"

 Who is the director of Simone ?

Andrew Niccol (Director, Writer, Producer)

 Andrew Niccol was nominated for an Academy Awardâ for Best Screenplay and won Britain’s BAFTA Award for Oscar contender The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey, which he wrote and produced. 

The native New Zealander began his career directing commercials in London but moved to Los Angeles because he wanted to make films "longer than 60 seconds." He wrote The Truman Show before writing and directing the critically acclaimed Gattaca. That original screenplay was his feature film directing debut and starred Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. It was nominated for an Academy Awardâ for Art Direction and a Golden Globe for Music. The film was an international best bringing Niccol Spain’s Catalonian International Film Festival Best Film Award, a Gerardmer Film Festival Special Jury Prize, a London Film Critics ALFS Award and a best screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild of America. It was also nominated for the Paris Film Festival’s Grand Prix Award.

Written by :

Tarik Haddad

jorfilm@yahoo.com