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	panic on Encyclopedia.com
		Panics are characterized by a general rush of investors to convert their assets into cash, with runs on banks and a rapid fall of the securities market.
		That conflict continued and was again reflected in the crises that came in the panics of 1893 and 1907.
		Panic disorder and agoraphobia in consecutively referred children and adolescents.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p1/panic.asp (841 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - Panic Room
		Panic Room tells the story of a single mother (played by Jodie Foster) who moves into a big new place but is soon forced into hiding in the house's "Panic Room" when intruders break into her house.
		Panic Room is an excellent film that has many suspenseful scenes and we fear for the safety of Jodie's Foster character and her daughter.
		Panic room is a film that will leave you at the edge of your seat because it is very suspenseful film that has a lot of dark and disturbing moments.
	www.hour.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDCritique=3854 (1699 words)

	No Panic Room by Stephen W. Carson
		Panic Room, starring Jodie Foster, is not the heady puzzler that these other films are but it is enjoyable for what it is: A contemporary Hitchcock style suspense film made in Fincher's trademark atmospheric style.
		The article notes that panic rooms can be had for as little as £2,000 and a security firm representative predicts that "In a few years every new home may be constructed with a protected room that acts as the last bastion of safety and is resistant to attack.
		Panic rooms may truly be effective in offering another line of defense from criminal or terrorist attack.
	www.lewrockwell.com /carson/carson9.html (571 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Film, TV & Theatre > Panic Room
		The film is saved by the fact that the interplay between the three guys is pretty good (not great); watching them while you wait for Raoul to go bugfuck is kinda fun.
		You could easily look at the film as a picture of the breakdown of reliance between human and technology and that no matter what we create to defend ourselves, we always have to fall back on what we're born with.
		i mean, i agree, again, that panic room can be seen as being about the conflicts you mention; therefore i don't understand why he chose to direct it in a way that made it seem as though the characters didn't give a fuck about what was happening to them.
	www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=5681 (3350 words)

	Boxoffice Magazine [Panic in the Streets (Fox Film Noir)] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His expertise as a film historian is far-reaching, and he's clearly in his element here -- he knows seemingly everything there is to know about this movie and the circumstances surrounding it, all of which he shares efficiently in the flow of the movie.
		Transfer quality on the film is excellent, though a little on the grainy side -- which is probably closer to the original presentation, though it clearly doesn't enjoy the same clarity of comparable Warner noir titles.
		Film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver provide a commentary which is complimented by the original trailer and a Fox Movietone newsreel of the film's premiere.
	www.boxoff.com /scripts/dvd.asp?where=ID&terms=6283 (734 words)

	Moda Magazine (Modamag.com) Film/Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Now David Fincher’s "Panic Room" is certainly high tech, but the entire film is set in the claustrophobic confines of a room no bigger than a jail cell.
		"Panic Room" might seem small and modest on the outside, but once in, the picture is an orgy of tension and thrills unmatched by any film in the last year.
		There are plenty of delicious suspense set pieces to "Panic Room." A sequence involving Meg’s exodus from the Panic Room to retrieve a cell phone, shot in slow motion, should be enough to have you gnaw off your fingernails for good.
	www.modamag.com /panic_room.htm (989 words)

	Panic in the Streets
		In this sense the film owes more to the tradition of film noir, particularly with its compromised protagonist, seedy city-based social milieu, documentary-style techniques, deadline based narrative and potentially 'apocalyptic' scenario, than to the somewhat 'leftist' social drama Kazan was noted for in the late 40s.
		The film uses aspects of the dominant reputation and representation of New Orleans as a series of structuring motifs; food, music, racial and cultural hybridisation reappear as visual, aural and thematic elements throughout the film.
		The film weaves in and out of bars, warehouses, domestic environments, and each is partially defined by its different or connected visual or aural representation of these varied motifs.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/2/panic.html (1067 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: The Current Cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Panic Room" puts her in glasses so slim that her eyes seem doubly narrowed in suspicion, to match her tightened mouth; her hair is trimmed and darkened, with a strictly non-cute flip at the back.
		There isn't a line in "Panic Room" that encourages a political reading, but there is something horribly apt in the way Fincher closes the drama in joyless exhaustion, leaving you certain that there will be a sequel to these events, not onscreen but in someone's home, tonight.
		This film does not require relief; people will giggle anyway, as a safety valve for their distress, and, however hard he tries, Fincher will always have the studious solemnity of the unbending style fanatic.
	newyorker.com /critics/cinema?020408crci_cinema (1206 words)

	The HooK: MOVIE REVIEW- Panic Perfection: Foster's new film hits the mark
		Panic Room (written by David Koepp Stir of Echoes) is a terror/suspense movie that promptly takes you to the edge of your seat and pins you there with its stunning tug of war between immaculate photography and tension filled plot.
		The film is shot almost entirely in the eerie interior dark of a house barely lit by outside moonglow.
		Jodie Foster was past due for another foray into the suspense genre and brings a genuine maternal warmth to the role of a mother fighting with her every nerve and sinew to defend her family.
	www.readthehook.com /stories/2002/04/11/MovieReviewPanic.html (732 words)

	Review: Panic Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Critics writing reviews of Panic Room will likely delve into the cliché bag and pull out some of these familiar phrases: pulse-pounding, edge-of-the-seat, white-knuckler, thrill-a-minute, etc. However trite those sayings might be, they are appropriate for the latest tautly paced and slickly executed motion picture from populist auteur David Fincher.
		The film's gamesmanship is superior: a cat-and-mouse affair that sometimes features the skill, moves, and counter-maneuvers of chess and, on other occasions, plays out like a game of chicken.
		The panic room has its own ventilation system, a telephone line that isn't connected to the house's main one, and a bank of video cameras that show virtually every corner of the brownstone.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/p/panic_room.html (746 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Panic Room
		With the film "Seven", he solidified his position as one of the greatest American directors around, and with "Fight Club" he demonstrated his immense vision and mass numbers of cinematic innovations.
		The catch--Foster and her daughter lock themselves in a third floor room known as 'the panic room', reinforced by steal and virtually impenetrable.
		The film from that point is the Chess match between Burnham (Forest Whitaker) trying to get into the room and Altman (Jodie Foster) trying to keep her daughter safe.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/panicroom.html (953 words)

	Panic Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One feature of their new digs is a "panic room", a hidden "safe" room protected by feet of concrete and steel that also has a video surveillance system and its own phone line and ventilation.
		An interesting setup, but then the film deflates when that promising premise eventually leads to nothing more than an average potboiler where all problems can be solved by gunfire.
		A risk in casting someone of Jody Foster's stature as the lead in such a film is that 99% of the time such a Major Star just can't be allowed to die, much less be defeated.
	wwww.culturevulture.net /Movies4/PanicRoom.htm (580 words)

	Political Film Society - The Panic Room
		The Panic Room is a thriller in which the criminals seek to steal millions of dollars from a safe in a house in New York City recently purchased by Meg Altman (played by Jodie Foster).
		Called the "panic room," the room can be securely locked, has cameras that show what is happening on each floor, a separate telephone to call police, a few food provisions, and some emergency supplies.
		When Meg realizes that the criminals are present, she grabs her diabetic daughter Sarah (played by Kristen Stewart) and heads for the panic room, only to discover that the telephone line has been cut.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/panicroom.html (285 words)

	Arthur & Panic Disorder
		However, a significant aspect of the story is that Dr. Hudson suffers acute panic attacks and agoraphobia; a result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or a "nervous breakdown" in her own words (the result of her attempted murder).
		As depicted in the film, her panic attacks involve a great deal of distress and sometimes disable her to the point of seizure-like collapse and unconsciousness.
		Towards the end of the film, Dr. Hudson is forced to reexperience her original trauma in meticulous detail.
	anxiety-panic.com /arthur/arp-c-cc.htm (691 words)

	Film Threat - Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Panic Room" is the ultimate example of Hollywood's obsession with the high concept: A divorced woman and her daughter move into a new house with a "panic room," a secret room designed to keep out intruders.
		So, what is a "panic room?" When Meg (Jodie Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) move into a massive brownstone, Foster asks the same question.
		There's also the obligatory surveillance cameras which are a neat touch in the film, because we and the Foster character soon realize that anyone who needs to use this room, probably won't want to see what's on the outside trying to get in.
	www.filmthreat.com /Reviews.asp?File=ReviewsOne.inc&Id=2918 (666 words)

	Anxiety-Panic History
		The film "Joe Versus The Volcano" is released; a comedy regarding hypochondria and phobia.
		None of the subjects experienced a panic attack with placebo, supporting the claim that the induced panic symptoms are not due to a simple apprehension.
		The panic rates were 11%, 17% and 47% at doses of 9, 25 and 50 micrograms, respectively.
	anxiety-panic.com /history/h-1990.htm (1657 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Panic Room [2002] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They decide to hole up in the panic room of the title, an impregnable fortress which unfortunately, is what the three criminals have their sights set on.
		The film itself is typical Fincher fare with some beautifully creative roaming camera work and a very dark atmosphere, but perhaps where this film falls down is in it's DVD form.
		The Altmans take refuge in a “panic room” in the building, and it turns out that the burglars are looking for something that only the Altmans have access to, and the Altmans need something located in that part of the house which is occupied by the burglars.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006681E (1569 words)

	Panic Room: The Superbit Collection on DVD - MovieWeb
		Although the film features some of Fincher's trademark hi-tech effects, its true bells and whistles are the excellent cast, the stunning photography, the moody score, and the simple yet thrilling story.
		Panic Room - A 30-something divorced woman moves with her daughter into a New York brownstone.
		The house happens to have a hidden room, known as the "panic room," which is where the two are forced to hide out when three thieves break in to retrieve a hidden stockpile of cash.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?043396064577 (598 words)

	Review: Panic Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, Panic Room is conspicuously missing both Fincher's signature visual flair and his characteristic strong storytelling.
		This makes the crucial parts of the film very hard to follow - especially since the bulk of the film is set at night, and the early tour of the apartment is done in daylight, where nothing looks the same.
		Panic Room, while containing a handful of impressive scenes and images, also falls victim to all sorts of contrivances and plot holes - why don't the thieves just walk away when they find out Meg and her daughter are home?
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/p/panic_room_r2_2002.shtml (566 words)

	U-WIRE.com/FILM REVIEW: 'Panic Room' is hardly air-tight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We expected more from Mann, who with two excellent films ("The Last of the Mohicans," "Heat") and one superior one ("The Insider"), was primed to take his film art to the next level of achievement and establish himself as one of Hollywood's new cinema heavyweights.
		In this same regard, it is painful to draw a parallel of "Ali" to the flawed, almost irritating "Panic Room," one of spring 2002's most exciting, good-looking, sure-bet features and now, upon actual inspection, one of its most unexceptional and disappointing.
		The problem with "Panic Room" is that it is a glistening, well-constructed machine that has no oil with which to run itself.
	www.uwire.com /content/topae032802002.html (689 words)

	The Panic Room film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		Panic Room's official website is now online and it states that the film will hit US theatres on March 8th 2002.
		The Panic Room has quite an interesting concept in that the movie centres on Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah Altman, played by Jodie Foster Kristen Stewart, and who hide in a room called a 'panic room' that is stocked with food and water for use in emergency situations such as burglary.
		Filming happened between January to April of this year and the movie is currently in post production awaiting its release.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/p/panicroomthe.htm (807 words)

	Netribution > Features > Interview > Omid Nooshin
		Panic is Omid’s second 35mm short and he’s currently working on his first feature (very hush hush mind!) which, if it has any of the professionalism and vivid personality of the shorts, will be very successful.
		Panic itself has been represented by The British Council For International Festivals, has just been watched by Mike Figgis and Saffron Burrows at the Greenwich film festival, is streaming on Atom Films on Monday 26th June and will be shown on Channel 4’s next Shooting gallery season in Autumn.
		Panic was inspired by a true story of accidental kidnapping which happened in the US, but the film is essentially a work of fiction.
	www.netribution.co.uk /features/interviews/2000/omid_nooshin/1.html (854 words)

	Ottawa XPress - Film - Movie details - Panic in Needle Park (The)
		When I first saw this film I had no clue that this was the first film of Al Pacino's film career.
		Panic In The Needle Park is not the best film but it is a cool film to watch because for one it has Al Pacino in it.
		This is Al Pacino first film, and not a memorable one cause this movie bores you to death.
	www.ottawaxpress.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDCritique=7636 (450 words)

	Common Guy's Film Review of Panic Room
		The panic room is a room that allows its occupants the ability to be locked away from the outside world.
		We are treated to images of Foster doing things that she should understand and know in the caretaking of her child (I’d tell ya what, but I don’t want to spoil the scene) but she instead has to double check to see if everything is where it should be.
		No, this film is not a top-notch suspense/thriller as was present for Fincher’s Seven or even The Game (a great film if you’ve never seen it).
	www.ticon.net /~bugzy/mr0470.html (649 words)

	Film Review: Panic
		Panic is a crime-drama that explores family dynamics and the toll a life of crime can take.
		Panic stars William H. Macy (Fargo, State and Main) as Alex, a hit-man who has come to a crossroads in his career.
		Throughout the course of the film, the audience is given insight into the troubled relationship between Alex and his father, Alex’s obsession with Sara, and his relationships with his wife Martha (Tracey Ullman) and son Sammy (David Dorfman).
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/crime_films_tv/81497 (596 words)

	Top Box Office Movies - Panic Room
		In his latest film, ‘Panic Room’, Fincher creates a superbly suspenseful and eerie piece of entertainment all the while breaking new ground in terms of technological achievement.
		Fincher and his team collaborate on an extraordinary level, as the film is a luscious example of poetic beauty conveyed through excitement, thrills and astonishing cinematography.
		And even though the film is dark, moody and very chilling at times, it is all done with a sense of class and achievement that catapults this film onto another level.
	www.theworldjournal.com /special/movies/2002/panicroom.htm (719 words)

	Panic Room (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Trivia: Jodie Foster was pregnant with her second child during filming.
		Because of this, reshoots had to be made in the autumn of 2001 after she had given birth, as principal photography took longer than planned.
		PANIC ROOM, Finchers latest movie was a fantastic, simple, yet gripping piece of filmaking.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0258000 (358 words)

	DVD Times - Panic Room: Special Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While Panic Room's script can never be accused of originality, it is enjoyable and occasionally surprising, as screenwriter David Koepp runs with his initial idea and expands on it in a number of interesting ways.
		Panic Room is also treated to Fincher's trademark gloomy look, with the colour palette frequently almost monochromatic and a continually hazy level of contrast, designed to mimic the vision of someone whose eyes have become accustomed to darkness.
		Given the colour palette and the fact that most of the film takes place during the night with very little lighting, this was always going to be a difficult film to transfer.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=11127 (3798 words)

	MasterMath® film review - Panic Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Happily, Meg and Sarah make it into the panic room (no mean feat considering the bad guys were there first).
		In one of the film's lighter sequences (relatively speaking, you understand), Burnham has a brilliant idea, to which Junior replies, "This is good.
		You'll have to find out for yourself if and why they leave the panic room; if and how they communicate with the outside world; and who else drops by.
	home.earthlink.net /~xxxneon/reviews/panicroom.html (889 words)

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