Catwoman movie storyline. Patience Philips (Halle Berry) is a woman who just won’t stand up for herself – and the world is more than willing to step all over her in return. A meek people-pleaser, she squanders her considerable artistic talent in a thankless job as a graphics designer for behemoth cosmetics company Hedare Beauty, a ‘youth and beauty at all costs’ conglomerate run by the tyrannical George Hedare (Lambert Wilson) and his icy supermodel wife, Laurel (Sharon Stone).
In a fateful turn of events, Patience’s quiet life is forever changed when she overhears a conversation revealing that Hedare’s too-good-to-be-true new anti-aging product is…too good to be true. Caught in the wrong place at the worst possible time, Patience is murdered to keep Hedare’s secret safe. But all is not lost.
Resurrected by mysterious forces, she awakens…and she doesn’t come back alone. Suddenly gifted with strength, agility and ultra-keen senses, she is no longer just Patience – she is also Catwoman, a seductive creature delicately balancing on the dangerously thin line between good and bad.
Her adventures begin as she goes on the prowl to settle a few scores and have herself some long overdue fun. But Catwoman’s exploits quickly complicate Patience’s burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone (Benjamin Bratt), a handsome cop dedicated to saving the good guys from the bad guys – and the belief that there’s no gray area between the two.
The detective is falling for Patience, but he can’t shake his fascination with the feline fatale who appears to be responsible for a string of crimes being committed throughout the city. As her wild side breaks loose, the line between Patience and her untamed alter ego begins to blur – and neither of them feel like playing by anyone else’s rules anymore. Sometimes you have to die to get a life.
Catwoman is a 2004 American action superhero film loosely based on the DC Comics character of the same name directed by Pitof, produced by Denise Di Novi and Edward McDonnell, and written by John Rogers, John Brancato and Michael Ferris, with music by Klaus Badelt. It stars Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, and Alex Borstein.
Although Catwoman is traditionally an anti-heroine and love interest of the vigilante hero Batman, the plot features new characters and few direct references to Batman characters. In Catwoman, the meek designer Patience Phillips discovers a dark conspiracy within the cosmetics company she works for, involving a dangerous product which can cause widespread health problems. As she is falling into a pier, she dies but is then revived by Egyptian cats that grant her with superhuman cat-like abilities. These allow her to become a superhero crime fighter, Catwoman, so she can save humanity, while also falling in love with a police detective that pursues her.
Catwoman was released in theatres on July 23, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures and was universally panned. The film received seven Golden Raspberry nominations and won in the categories of Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay. Many considered it to be one of the worst movies of all time.[4][5] The film grossed $82 million on a $100 million production budget, making it a box office bomb.
Principal Photography began late September 2003. Shooting took place on 4th Street in downtown Los Angeles, California and Winnipeg, Manitoba as well as Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Warner Brothers Burbank Studios, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California. Most of the cats cast in the film came from animal shelters throughout California.
Catwoman earned a gross of $40,202,379 in North America and $41,900,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $82,102,379 against a production budget of $100 million. The film grossed $16,728,411 in its opening weekend playing in 3,117 theaters, with a $5,366 per-theatre average and ranking #3, next to the titles The Bourne Supremacy and I, Robot.[20] The biggest market in other territories being France, Spain, Japan and Mexico where the film grossed $5.2 million, $4.05 million, $3.05 million and $2.9 million.
Continue Reading and View the Theatrical Trailer
Catwoman (2004)
Directed by: Jean-Christophe ‘Pitof’ Comar
Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, Alex Borstein, Frances Conroy, Kim Smith, Manny Petruzzelli, Chase Nelson-Murray
Screenplay by: John Brancato, Mike Ferris
Production Design by: Bill Brzeski
Cinematography by: Thierry Arbogast
Film Editing by: Sylvie Landra
Costume Design by: Angus Strathie
Art Direction by: Shepherd Frankel, Don Macaulay, Frank Varela
Set Decoration by: Carol Lavallee: Lisa K. Sessions
Music by: Klaus Badelt
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action violence and some sensuality.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: July 23, 2004
Views: 167
