Cloverfield
Cloverfield
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Matt Reeves
Produced by
J. J. Abrams
Bryan Burk
Written by
Drew Goddard
Starring
Michael Stahl-David
T. J. Miller
Jessica Lucas
Odette Yustman
Lizzy Caplan
Mike Vogel
Music by
Michael Giacchino (end
credits "Overture")
Cinematography Michael Bonvillain
Editing by
Kevin Stitt
Studio
Bad Robot
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)
January 18, 2008[1]
Running time
84 min.[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$25 million[3]
Gross revenue
Domestic
$80,048,433
Foreign
$90,553,885
Worldwide
$170,602,318[4]
Cloverfield is a 2008 monster movie direc-
ted by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams
and written by Drew Goddard.
Before the film’s release Paramount Pic-
tures carried out a viral marketing campaign
to promote the film. The campaign included
viral tie-ins similar to Lost Experience.[5] The
film follows five young New Yorkers attend-
ing a going-away party on the night that a gi-
gantic monster attacks the city. First publi-
cized within a teaser trailer in screenings of
Transformers, the film was released on Janu-
ary 17 in New Zealand and Australia, on
January 18 in North America, on January 24
in South Korea, on January 25 in Taiwan and
on February 1 in Ireland, in the UK and in
Italy. In Japan, the film was released on April
5. This film has been nominated for a UL Me-
dia Award for "Best Dramatic Film."
VFX and CGI were performed by effects
studios Double Negative and Tippett Studio.
The film has grossed $30,341,830 in DVD
sales, bringing its total film gross to over 100
million dollars. [6]
Plot
The film is presented so as to look as if it
were a video file recovered from a digital
camcorder by the United States Department
of Defense. The film begins with a disclaimer
stating that the following footage about to be
viewed is of a case designated "Cloverfield"
and was found in the area that was "formerly
known as Central Park".
Robert "Rob" Hawkins (Michael Stahl-
David) wakes up in the morning on April 27
after sleeping with