Halle Berry
Patience Philips/Catwoman
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- PG-132004 · Action · 1h 44m
Jul 23, 2004 · Catwoman: Directed by Pitof. With Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson. A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
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- Action, Crime, Fantasy
- Pitof
- 2004-07-23
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Equestrians and graphics designer Patience Phillips is a meek people-pleaser whose main support is her best friend Sally. She works for a cosmetics company called Hedare Beauty which is ready to ship a new skin cream called Beau-line that is able to reverse the effects of aging. However, when Patience visits the R&D laboratory facility to deliver a...
Missy Peregrym appears uncredited as the Hedare factory computer monitor image (Beau-line graphics model), depicting the bad effects of the beauty product. A photograph of Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman in Batman Returnscan be seen among the pictures that Ophelia shows to Patience.
Development
With Warner Bros. moving on development for Batman Forever in June 1993, a Catwoman spin-off film was announced. Michelle Pfeiffer was set to reprise her role from Batman Returns while Tim Burton became attached as director and producer Denise Di Novi and writer Daniel Waters also returned. In January 1994, Burton was unsure of his plans to direct Catwoman or an adaptation of "The Fall of the House of Usher". On June 16, 1995, Waters turned in his Catwoman script to Warner Bros., the same day...
Catsuit
The catsuit was designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer Angus Strathietogether with Berry, director Pitof and producers Di Novi and McDonnell. Strathie explained, "We wanted a very reality-based wardrobe to show the progression from demure, repressed Patience to the sensual awakening of a sexy warrior goddess."
Choreography and training
Berry started intensive fitness training with Harley Pasternak in June 2003. Berry was given instruction in cat-like movement by choreographer Anne Fletcher, who also oversaw Berry's training in the Brazilian martial art style Capoeira.Berry was trained to crack a whip by coach Alex Green.
Theatrical
The film was originally given an IMAXrelease coinciding with the general release as evidenced by a poster with the tagline "CATch Her in IMAX", but it was cancelled because Warner Bros. decided that the delays on the visual effects did not give IMAX enough time to remaster the film in time for its release. The decision to cancel the IMAX release was announced on June 30, 2004.
Home media
Catwoman was released on VHS and DVD on January 18, 2005, and on Blu-rayon September 8, 2009.
Box office
Catwomanearned 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 alongside The Bourne Supremacy and I, Robot.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....
Critical response
Catwoman was universally panned by critics, with Berry's performance being primarily criticized. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 9% based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 3.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Halle Berry is the lone bright spot, but even she can't save this laughable action thriller." On Metacritic the film has a score of 27 out of 100 based on 35 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave t...
Accolades
Berry arrived at the ceremony to accept her Razzie in person with her Best Actress Oscar: "It was just what my career needed."
Video game
A video game based on the film was published by Electronic Arts UK and Argonaut Games. Featuring the voice talents of Jennifer Hale,the game varied from the film's plot and received negative reviews much like the film.
Cancelled animated film
In 2003, Warner Bros. approached Boyd Kirkland to write a script for a Catwoman direct-to-videoanimated feature film to tie-in with the film's release. Although the script was written, the project was discarded due to the film's critical and box office failure.
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Jul 19, 2004 · "Catwoman" is the story of shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips (Halle Berry), a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence.
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Halle Berry ... Patience Phillips / Catwoman: Benjamin Bratt ... Tom Lone: Sharon Stone ... Laurel Hedare: Lambert Wilson ... George Hedare: Frances Conroy ... Ophelia: Alex Borstein ... Sally: Michael Massee ... Armando: Byron Mann ... Wesley: Kim Smith ... Drina
The story starts with Patience Phillips (Halle Berry), a timid woman who can't stand up for herself. She lets people walk all over her, and has wasted her artistic talent working for a cosmetic company as a graphic designer. George Hedare (Lambert Wilson) runs the company with his supermodel wife, Laurel (Sharon Stone).
