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McManus: We gotta bury him.
Hockney: With what?
McManus: With our hands.
[McManus starts digging]
Hockney: Oh, this is nuts! It's dry fucking sand, McManus. When he rots the surfers are gonna smell him a mile away!
McManus: Dig, you fuck!
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McManus: You run and we're gonna be digging a hole for you, you got that?
Christopher McQuarrie
Christopher McQuarrie (Christopher McQuarrie) , born in 1968 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
In 1993, he entered the film and television industry as the screenwriter of the thriller film " Public Access ". The film won the Jury Prize in the Feature Film Unit of the 9th Sundance International Film Festival. In 1995, his screenwriter Neo Noir " The Usual Suspects " was released, which won the 68th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay
[1]
. In 2000, he served as the director for the first time in the crime thriller film " The Way of the Gun "
[2]
. In 2008, the war action film " Valkyrie " , written and produced by him, was released
[3]
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In 2012, he directed the action thriller " Jack Reacher "
[4]
. In 2014, he served as the screenwriter for the sci-fi action movie " Edge of Tomorrow ", which was nominated for the best feature film at the 73rd Hugo Awards
[5-6]
. In 2015, he wrote and directed the action movie " Mission Impossible 5: Mysterious Country "
[7]
. In 2018, he wrote and directed the action film " Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration "
[8]
.
Early Experience
In 1986, Christopher McQuarrie, who graduated from high school, went to Perth, Australia for a temporary idea. He randomly chose a casual job at the Australian Christian Grammar School. It was during the America's Cup, so he spent most of his time in local bars. After spending a year in Perth, he returned to New Jersey and worked in a detective firm opened by his uncle
. In the following four years, he only did six investigations. In the end, he failed to become a detective, but became a security guard for a movie theater
.
Performing Experience
In 1993, Christopher McQuarrie was invited by Bryan Jay Singer to participate in the script creation of the thriller film " Public Access ", which won the Jury Prize of the 9th Sundance International Film Festival's Feature Film Unit
. In 1994, he served as the screenwriter for the sixth episode of the crime drama "New York Crime Squad Season 2".
In 1995, his screenwriter Neo Noir " The Usual Suspects " was released, starring Kevin Spacey , and won the 68th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay
and the 49th British Academy of Film Awards for Best Original Screenplay
. In 1997, he served as the screenwriter of the crime TV movie "The Underworld".
In 2000, he wrote and directed the crime thriller film " The Way of the Gun ", which was his directorial debut, co-starring Ryan Phillippe , Benicio Del Toro , and Juliette Lewis . It tells that Parker and Lombarf jointly kidnapped a movie. A story about acting as a pregnant woman and blackmailing her employer
; in the same year, he participated in the script creation of the superhero movie " X-Men ", but the final shooting was more inclined to David Hayter 's version, so McCauley's name did not appear in the ending subtitles
.
After 2000, Christopher McQuarrie tried to shoot a psychological thriller, which was adapted from real events and told about a group of college students at Stanford University in the early 1970s who conducted a research experiment on human behavior. But the plan ended in financing failure
.
In 2008, the war action film " Valkyrie ", written and produced by him , was released. The film tells the whole process of Operation Valkyrie 's initial plan until the final failure. McCauley has been studying the background
of the film since 2002 ; the film It is also the first collaboration between Christopher McQuarrie and the lead actor Thomas Cruise Mapother IV
. In 2009, McCauley determined that the script was written for the comic film " The Wolverine " starring Hugh Jackman . However, the script was leaked in March 2011, and Mark Baumbeck finally modified the script
.
In 2010, the psychological thriller mini-series " Persons Unknown "
created by him was aired, which was eventually cut off by NBC due to its low ratings . In the same year, he served as the screenwriter for the thriller film " The Tourist " starring Johnny Depp and Catwoman . The film is a remake of the French film " Anthony Zimmer " in 2005
. In 2011, he once again collaborated with Thomas Cruise Mapother IV to write the script for the action movie " Mission Impossible 4 " starring in him
.
In 2012, he wrote and directed the action thriller " Jack Reacher " starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV . The film is based on the British thriller writer Lee Chad's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a former army policeman tracking a professional sniper. Story
. In 2013, he worked with Darren Lemke and Dan Stadney as the screenwriter of the action-adventure film " Jack the Giant Slayer ", which was starred and starred by Nicholas Caradoc Hoult
.
In 2014, he served as the screenwriter for the sci-fi action movie " Edge of Tomorrow ", which was adapted from the Japanese light novel " Edge of Tomorrow " written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and illustrated by Yoshitoshi Abe . The global box office is about 370 million US dollars
. It was shortlisted for the 73rd Hugo Award for Best Feature Film
, McCauley was shortlisted for the 41st Saturn Awards for Best Screenplay
.
In 2015, he directed and starred in the action film " Mission Impossible 5: Mysterious Nation " starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , which was the fifth film in the " Mission Impossible " series
and achieved a global box office of more than $600 million
; in the same year, he Participated in the script improvement of the " Star Wars " rumored movie " Star Wars: Rogue One "
.
In 2016, the action thriller " Jack Reacher: Never Go Back " co-produced with Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was released
. In 2017, he collaborated with Thomas Cruise Mapother IV again and served as the screenwriter for the action-adventure movie " The Mummy " starring in the film. The film’s Rotten Tomatoes rating was only 18%, and the MetaCritic score was only 34.
It won the 38th Golden Raspberry. Nominated for the Worst Screenplay Award
.
In 2018, he wrote, directed and produced the action movie " Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration. " The film starred Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. Rotten Tomatoes received 97% praise
, and its global box office exceeded US$790 million
. In the same year, he entered by the Thomas Cruise Mapother IV starred in the action movie " Top Gun: Maverick " crew, modify penned the script, the film is scheduled to file May 27, 2022
.
On February 2, 2019, the action movies " Mission Impossible7 " and " Mission Impossible8 " starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV were scheduled for July 23, 2021 and August 5, 2022, respectively. Christopher McQuarrie was determined to be the director and screenwriter
; On February 7, he was confirmed to be the executive producer of the Showtime TV network's miniseries "The Missing President", which was adapted from the novel of the same name co-authored by former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton and American novel author James Patterson
.
On September 30, 2022, the series of action movies " Mission Impossible7 " directed and written by the director was released in North America
.
Personal Life
Christopher McQuarrie's wife Heather is also a filmmaker
.
Character Evaluation
As a screenwriter of underworld films in the post-Quentin Tarantino era, Christopher McQuarrie's works not only have the characteristics of the black violent aesthetics of Kun's works, but also have unexpected effects in story processing. In his directorial debut "The Way of the Gun", he not only arranged a dazzling stage of fighting with firearms, but also touched the social gray, causing the audience to receive multiple shocks visually and spiritually
. In the subsequent films, from crime to fantasy to science fiction, McCauley's script styles are diverse, and they are all fairly skilled .
Christopher McQuarrie is one of the heroes of "Mission Impossible 6: Total Disintegration". He has dedicated a smart, fast-paced and interesting sequel that is worthy of the characters in this series and the settings in the previous game
. He filmed "Mission Impossible 6" in the "Cinema Universe" mode. From the film, the audience can see various intertextual settings with the previous five movies, whether it is an action drama, a literary drama, or even a character setting. Moreover, these elements all organically form new stories, constantly generating suspense, and attracting audiences from beginning to end .
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