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'{{for|the physical room this film is named after|panic room}} {{Infobox film | name = Panic Room | image = Panic Room poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[David Fincher]] | producer = Ceán Chaffin<br />Judy Hofflund<br />[[David Koepp]]<br />Gavin Polone | writer = [[David Koepp]] | starring = [[Jodie Foster]]<br />[[Kristen Stewart]]<br />[[Forest Whitaker]]<br />[[Jared Leto]]<br />[[Dwight Yoakam]]<br />[[Patrick Bauchau]] | music = [[Howard Shore]] | cinematography = [[Conrad W. Hall]]<br />[[Darius Khondji]] | editing = James Haygood<br />[[Angus Wall]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = {{start date|2002|3|29}} | runtime = 112 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $48 million | gross = $196,397,415 }} '''''Panic Room''''' is a 2002 American thriller film directed by [[David Fincher]] and written by [[David Koepp]]. The film stars [[Jodie Foster]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Jared Leto]], [[Dwight Yoakam]], [[Kristen Stewart]], and [[Patrick Bauchau]]. The story is about a mother and daughter taking refuge in a [[safe room]] during a [[home_invasion|break-in]] of their home by three [[burglars]] who are after millions of dollars stored in a safe. ==Plot== Recently divorced Meg Altman (Foster) and her as meg alman poop11-year-old daughter Sarah (Stewart) have just purchased a four-story [[brownstone]] on the upper west side of New York City. The house's previous owner, a reclusive millionaire, installed an isolated room used to protect the house's occupants from intruders. The "[[safe room|panic room]]" is protected by concrete and steel on all sides, a thick steel door, and an extensive security system with multiple [[surveillance cameras]] and a separate phone line. On the night the two move into the home, it is broken into by Junior (Leto), the grandson of the previous owner; Burnham (Whitaker), an employee of the residence's security company; and Raoul (Yoakam), a [[ski mask]]-wearing gunman recruited by Junior. The three are after $3 million in [[bearer bond]]s, which are locked inside a floor safe in the panic room. After discovering that the Altmans have already moved in, Junior convinces a reluctant Burnham, who assumed the house was unoccupied, to continue with their heist. As they begin the [[robbery]], Meg wakes up and happens to see the intruders on the video monitors in the panic room. Before the three can reach them, Meg and Sarah run into the panic room and close the door behind them, only to find that the telephone is inoperative. Intending to force the two out of the room, Burnham introduces [[propane]] gas into the room's air vents; Raoul, in conflict with Burnham and Junior, dangerously increases the amount of gas. Unable to seal the vents, Meg ignites the gas while she and Sarah cover themselves with [[fireproof]] blankets, causing an explosion which vents into the room outside and causes a fire, injuring Junior. The Altmans make several attempts to call for help, including signaling a neighbor with a flashlight through the opening of a ventilation pipe, but the neighbor ignores it. Meg then taps into the main telephone line and gets through to her ex-husband Stephen (Bauchau) before the burglars cut them off. Sarah, who has [[diabetes]], suffers a seizure; her emergency [[Glucagon]] syringe being in a refrigerator outside the panic room. When all attempts to get into the room fail, Junior lets slip that there is much more money in the safe than he let on, and gives up on the robbery. About to leave the house, he is shot by Raoul, who forces Burnham, at gunpoint, to finish the robbery. Stephen arrives at the home and is taken hostage by Burnham and Raoul&mdash;who severely beats him. After using an unconscious Altman to trick Meg into momentarily leaving the panic room, Burnham enters it, finding Sarah motionless on the floor. After retrieving the syringe for Sarah, Meg struggles briefly with Raoul, who is thrown into the panic room, his gun knocked out of his hand. As Meg throws the syringe into the panic room, Burnham frantically locks himself, Raoul, and Sarah inside, crushing Raoul's hand in the sliding steel door. Meg, now with the gun, begs the two intruders over the intercom to give Sarah the injection, which Burnham does. Having earlier received a call from poop Stephen, two policemen arrive. With Raoul threatening to kill Sarah, Meg lies to the officers and they leave. Meanwhile, Burnham opens the safe and removes the $22 million in bearer bonds inside. As the robbers attempt to leave while using Sarah as a hostage, Meg hits Raoul with a sledgehammer and Burnham flees. After a badly injured Stephen shoots at Raoul and misses, Raoul disables him and prepares to kill Meg with the sledgehammer, but Burnham, upon hearing Sarah's screams, returns to kill Raoul and leaves again. The police, alerted by Meg's suspicious behavior earlier, arrive in force and capture Burnham. Later, Meg and Sarah, having recovered from their harrowing experience, begin searching the newspaper for a new home. ==Cast== * [[Jodie Foster]] as Meg Altman * [[Kristen Stewart]] as Sarah Altman * [[Forest Whitaker]] as Burnham * [[Jared Leto]] as Junior * [[Dwight Yoakam]] as Raoul * [[Patrick Bauchau]] as Stephen Altman * [[Ann Magnuson]] as Lydia Lynch * [[Ian Buchanan]] as Evan Kurlander * [[Paul Schulze]] as Officer Rick Keeney * [[Andrew Kevin Walker]] as Sleepy neighbor * [[Nicole Kidman]] as Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (uncredited) Fincher initially cast [[Nicole Kidman]] as Meg Altman, but Kidman sustained a knee injury during the filming of ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' and dropped out.<ref name="angulo">{{cite news | last1=Angulo | first1=Sandra P. | last2=Elias | first2=Justine | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,96904,00.html | title='Panic' Attack | work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=January&nbsp;26, 2001 | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> Kidman was replaced by Jodie Foster, which Fincher said affected the film's tone.<ref>Silva, Robert. [http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2010/09/jodie-foster-best-movies.php] Flashback Five - Jodie Foster's Best Movies.</ref> He said, "Nicole Kidman makes you make a different movie. It's like Hitchcock casting Grace Kelly. It's about glamour and physicality. With Jodie Foster it's more about what happens in her eyes. It's more political. Jodie is someone who has spent 35 years making choices that define her as a woman and define women in film." ==Production== ''Panic Room'' was directed by [[David Fincher]] based on an original screenplay written by [[David Koepp]]. [[Columbia Pictures]] paid Koepp a "record" $4 million for the screenplay.<ref name="angulo" /> David Fincher described the premise of a divorcee and her daughter protecting themselves against home invaders, "It's a movie about the destruction of the home and how far you're willing to go to hold on to what you have." He chose to film ''Panic Room'' after ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'' because the latter film was filmed across 150 different locations. The director sought a break, filming ''Panic Room'' in a self-contained location.<ref name="brooks">{{cite news | last=Brooks | first=Xan | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2002/apr/24/artsfeatures2 | title='Directing is masochism' | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=April&nbsp;24, 2002 | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> Fincher sought to have [[Darius Khondji]] as cinematographer, having worked with Khondji on ''[[Seven (film)|Seven]]'' (1995). Early in production, Khondji left and was replaced by [[Conrad W. Hall]]. Fincher admitted that he micro-managed Khondji and that the cinematographer was frustrated about not being part of the decision-making process.<ref name="brooks" /> Though the movie is set in [[New York City]], it was primarily filmed in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807776248/details Panic Room - details]. Yahoo film.</ref> David Prior, the producer of ''Panic Room'''s [[DVD]], noted that the film was the "most elaborate, complex DVD I have yet produced". According to Prior, David Fincher originally conceived ''Panic Room'' as a [[low-budget film|low-budget]] [[B movie|B-film]], but during the process it evolved into "a gargantuan undertaking that tested the endurance and tenacity of everyone involved".<ref>Prior, David. [http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/panicroom/pdiary02.html Panic Room DVD Production Journal]. The Digital Bits. April 5, 2004.</ref> Director David Fincher agreed that the film's production was indeed an arduous project, remarking it as a "[[logistics|logistical]] nightmare". He said that the lighting issue during the filming process was a particular difficulty due to the complexity with the [[security camera]]s used in the mansion that send surveillance images to the television in the panic room.<ref>Collura, Scott. [http://www.mania.com/david-finchers-club_article_33772.html David Fincher's Club]. Mania.com. April 02, 2002.</ref> In the DVD audio commentary, screenwriter [[David Koepp]] says the idea for the film originated from a ''[[New York Times]]'' article;<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258000/trivia Trivia for Panic Room (2002) on [[Internet Movie Database]]]</ref> in the article and his other research sources, the rooms were always referred to as a "safe room", which was the original title of his screenplay. Realizing it didn't sound engaging enough to be a thriller, he changed the title and all references in the screenplay to "panic room". [[Howard Shore]] composed and conducted the score. It was a smaller project undertaken by Shore shortly after completion of ''[[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|The Lord of the Rings]]'' scores, and was remarked to be one of Shore's "darkest, most brooding thrillers".<ref>[http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/panic_room.html Panic Room]. Filmtracks.</ref> ==Box office== ''Panic Room'' was commercially released in the United States and Canada on March 29, 2002. It was screened in 3,053&nbsp;theaters and grossed $30,056,751 on its opening weekend.<ref name="bom">{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=panicroom.htm | title=Panic Room (2002) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> It ranked first at the box office and had the biggest [[Easter]] holiday opening to date. It also had the third biggest opening to date for a non-supernatural thriller film, following ''[[Hannibal (film)|Hannibal]]'' (2001) and ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite news | last=Gray | first=Brandon | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1147&p=.htm | title='Panic Room' Breaks Into the Top Spot, 'Rookie' Hits a Triple | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. | date=April&nbsp;2, 2002 | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> According to [[CinemaScore]], which polls audiences, ''Panic Room'' received a "B" grade.<ref>{{cite news | last=Karger | first=David | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,227000,00.html | title='Crimes' and Ms. Demeanor | work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=April&nbsp;5, 2002 }}</ref> The film went on to gross $96,397,334 at the U.S. and Canadian box office and an estimated $100 million in other territories' box offices.<ref name="bom" /> ==Critical reception== [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 77% of 180 sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 6.8 out of 10.<ref name="rt">{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/panic_room/ | title=Panic Room Movie Reviews, Pictures | work= rottentomatoes.com | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted average]] score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 65 based on 36 reviews.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/panicroom | title=Panic Room reviews | work=metacritic.com | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> Rotten Tomatoes reported of the critics' consensus: "Elevated by Fincher's directorial talent and Foster's performance, ''Panic Room'' is a well-crafted, above-average thriller."<ref name="rt" /> Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] described ''Panic Room'' as close to "the ideal of a thriller existing entirely in a world of physical and psychological plausibility." Ebert wrote, "There are moments when I want to shout advice at the screen, but just as often the characters are ahead of me." The critic called Fincher "a visual virtuoso," writing, "He's also a master of psychological gamesmanship, and most of the movie will bypass fancy camerawork for classical intercutting between the cats and the mice (who sometimes trade sides of the board)." Ebert also applauded Foster's performance as "spellbinding", writing, "She has the gutsy, brainy resilience of a stubborn scrapper, and when all other resources fail her she can still think fast—and obliquely, like a chessmaster hiding one line of attack inside another."<ref>{{cite news | last=Ebert | first=Roger | authorlink=Roger Ebert | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020329/REVIEWS/203290304/1023 | title=Panic Room | work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date=March&nbsp;29, 2002 | accessdate=July&nbsp;15, 2010 }}</ref> ==Accolades== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Award !! Category !! Name !! Outcome |- | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) | ASCAP Award | Howard Shore | Won |- | Saturn Award | Best Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominated |- | Art Directors Guild | Excellent in Production Design | Arthur Max (production designer), Keith Neely (art director), James E. Tocci (art director) | Nominated |- | Black Reel Awards | Theatrical – Best Supporting Actor | Forest Whitaker | Nominated |- | Golden Trailer Awards | Best Horror/Thriller | | Nominated |- | Golden Reel Award Best (Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA) | Sound Editing in Domestic Features – Sound Effects & Foley | Richard Hymns (supervising sound editor), Ren Klyce (supervising sound editor), et al. | Nominated |- | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Editing | James Haygood, Angus Wall | Nominated |- | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Kristen Stewart | Nominated |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== * {{official|http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/panicroom/}} * {{imdb title|id=0258000|title=Panic Room}} * {{Amg movie|259522|Panic Room}} * {{mojo title|id=panicroom|title=Panic Room}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|id=panic_room|title=Panic Room}} {{David Fincher}} [[Category:2002 films]] [[Category:2000s thriller films]] [[Category:American thriller films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by David Fincher]] [[Category:Psychological thriller films]] [[Category:Films set in New York City]] [[Category:Films shot in Los Angeles, California]] [[Category:Films set within one day]] [[Category:Columbia Pictures films]] [[Category:Films about security and surveillance]] [[ar:غرفة الرعب (فيلم)]] [[bg:Паник стая]] [[da:Panic Room]] [[de:Panic Room]] [[el:Δωμάτιο Πανικού]] [[et:Paanikatuba]] [[es:La habitación del pánico]] [[fa:اتاق پناهگاه (فیلم)]] [[fr:Panic Room (film)]] [[gl:Panic Room]] [[hr:Soba panike]] [[it:Panic Room]] [[hu:Pánikszoba]] [[nl:Panic Room]] [[ja:パニック・ルーム]] [[pl:Azyl (film)]] [[pt:Panic Room]] [[ru:Комната страха]] [[fi:Panic Room]] [[sv:Panic Room]] [[tr:Panik Odası]]'