Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Screenplay by	Cameron Crowe
Based on	Abre los ojos; by Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil;
Produced by	Tom Cruise; Paula Wagner; Cameron Crowe;
Starring	Tom Cruise; Penélope Cruz; Kurt Russell; Jason Lee; Noah Taylor; Cameron Diaz;
Cinematography	John Toll
Edited by	Joe Hutshing; Mark Livolsi;
Music by	Nancy Wilson
Production; companies	Paramount Pictures; Cruise/Wagner Productions; Vinyl Films; Summit Entertainment; Sogecine; Artisan Entertainment;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 14, 2001;
Running time	136 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$68 million
Box office	$203.4 million

Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Tom Cruise as a magazine publisher who begins to question reality after being disfigured in a car crash. Written and directed by Cameron Crowe, who also produced with Cruise and Paula Wagner, it is an English-language remake of 1997 Spanish film Open Your Eyes, which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The supporting cast includes Penélope Cruz (who reprises her role from the original), Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, and Cameron Diaz.

Released on December 14, 2001, Vanilla Sky grossed over $203 million worldwide against a production budget of $68 million and received mixed reviews. Diaz earned Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and Paul McCartney's song "Vanilla Sky" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film later developed a cult following.