THIS UNIQUE COSTUMES WORN DURING THE PRODUCTION OF: "DISTURBIA".
THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL COSTUMES AND CAP SCREEN WORN BY
SHIA LaBEOUF AS KALE BRECHT DURING FILMING OF THE HIT MOVIE: "DISTURBIA".
RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE SET WITH COA FROM DREAMWORKS SKG.
REVIEW:
Disturbia isn't so much a remake of Hitchcock's Rear Window, because let's face it, that would be close to criminal.
Rather, it's a transposition of the basic idea of voyeurism gone awry. In this high-voltage version, directed by D.J. Caruso and executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, the Jimmy Stewart character is Kale, a troubled teen who, after popping a teacher in the mouth, finds himself under house arrest.
What seems at first like a dream opportunity to play video games and eat Twinkies around the clock turns sour when Kale's mom confiscates all his toys, save for a pair of binoculars. Then the fun really begins.
First, because Kale has got the cutest new neighbour ever (the very fetching Sarah Roemer), and second, because he witnesses what he believes just may be a crime.
"We watched [Rear Window] non-stop," says LaBeouf about the process of making this movie. "Jimmy Stewart is incredible.
Hitchcock is incredible. We definitely pay homage to the movie - there are scenes where I'm scratching my ankle with the brush, for example, so that's from there.
But there's also elements of The Conversation in it - though the technology is so different at this point. It's not tape recorders and listening devices, it's cellphone cameras."
Among the twists Disturbia puts on the classic are themes that are of particular interest in this day and age - the prevalence of technology, for example, and how easy spying is today.
Even the average digital camera has a zoom on it powerful enough to pick up what your neighbour is eating for dinner.
So while the access Stewart's character had to his great big professional camera in Rear Window had to be complicatedly explained by him being an international photojournalist, Kale is just a regular teen who has daily access to cellphones and digicams.
Another theme explored is the isolation of suburbia, while Rear Window was all set in the city. So really, Disturbia quotes from Hitchcock in spirit only. Ahem. Literally.
"We shot partly on soundstage - stage 18, which was the Rear Window soundstage," recounts a wide-eyed LaBeouf. "And it felt cursed.
I've never seen this happen, but at one point the film just spooled out.
The film, from the cartridge, would just spew out. That doesn't happen, ever.
But every time we went on that stage that would happen. We'd go away from the set, the camera would work fine. We'd go back to the stage and the camera would spool out."
BIOGRAPHY OF SHIE LaBEOUF:
Shia LaBeouf burst upon the scene and has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents. He just completed production as the lead role in the film The Greatest Game Ever Played, directed by Bill Paxton.
LaBeouf was most recently seen in I, Robot, opposite Will Smith for director Alex Proyas.
Prior to that, he starred in the HBO Project Greenlight production of The Battle of Shaker Heights, executive produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and in the hit film Charlie's Angels II: Full Throttle.
In 2003, LaBeouf made his big screen debut starring opposite Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight in the film Holes.
On television, LeBeouf garnered much praise from critics everywhere for his portrayal of Louis Stevens, on the Disney Channel's original series Even Stevens.
In 2003, he earned a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his work on the highly rated family show. LaBeouf attended the Magnet School of Performing Arts at USC and currently resides in California with his family.
