Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 action adventure film based on the Tomb Raider video game series featuring the character Lara Croft, portrayed by Angelina Jolie. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, it was directed by Simon West and revolves around Lara Croft trying to obtain ancient artifacts from the Illuminati.
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| Running time | 100 minutes
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| Budget | $115 million
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| Box office | $274.7 million
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![Angelina Jolie - Tele Poche Magazine Cover [France] (23 June 2001)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/5/u/5ub0oxsignjxjuio.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Angelina Jolie - TV Magazine Cover [France] (24 June 2001)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/5/0/50vzrymhoo1oovoy.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Angelina Jolie - Sky Magazine Cover [United States] (June 2002)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/g/p/gpdpck5etnokkdtk.jpg?skj2io4l)
Alex West: And out of the demon's ass.
- Martin Clunes was originally asked to play Lara's butler, but filming dates clashed with his wedding anniversary (he makes a special point of never working on his anniversary), so he turned it down. The part was eventually taken by Chris Barrie.
- Angelina Jolie had lessons in yoga and kickboxing to prepare for her role as Lara Croft. She also learned how to handle guns and other weapons.
- Angelina Jolie did her own Bungee-Ballet, and according to an interview with her on the Jay Leno show, injured her ankle on the first take when landing on top of a chandelier went bad, so that part of the scene had to be done over again after she recovered.
- When Lara starts smashing the clock with a hammer, Hillary (the butler) uses a silver tray to protect his face. This is a reference to the games in which -while exploring Croft Manor- the player can shoot at the butler who then also uses the tray he's carrying around to protect himself.
- In the much-shown previews, at one point Lara says to Powell "You might try to kill me." Powell replies that he "would never kill a lady." She replies archly "I said you'd try." That exchange doesn't appear in the actual movie.
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