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Article: Creating utopia: former Punk devotee and graphic designer Alex McDowell talks to Yolanda Zappaterra as his latest venture is unveiled; Steven Spielberg's chilly, futuristic thriller Minority Report. (Profile).(film based on Philip K. Dick's "The Minority Report")
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- Design Week
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- July 4, 2002
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SUCH was the buzz in London's Leicester Square a few Sundays back, I thought must have stumbled into the wrong film premiere; a sneak preview of Harry Potter 2, maybe, or even a big-screen viewing of Ireland's World Cup tie against Spain. But surely not Steven Spielberg's latest film, Minority Report?
Based on Philip K. Dick's 1954 book The Minority Report, and starring Tom Cruise, Minority Report is a potential successor to Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott's 1982 futuristic extravaganza based on Dick's novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Hence the Leicester Square buzz: 20 years on, Blade Runner is a dauntingly hard act to follow.
With nods ...