Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American British Spanish science fiction psychological thriller movie directed by Cameron Crowe and is based on the 1997 movie "Open Your Eyes". It stars Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Penélope Cruz, Jason Lee, Tom Hanks, Alex Rocco, Harvey Fierstein, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, Tilda Swinton, Carolyn Pickles and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002. It was released on December 14, 2001 in the United States and January 25, 2002 in the United Kingdom before it finally made its debut on ITV1 in 2006 as part of the Wednesday night movie premiere. 