THE OPENING OF THE FILM
IS SORT OF IN
AN OLD GEORGETOWN SETTING.
BIT BY BIT, YOU SEE
THESE LITTLE SPECKS,
AND THEN, BOOM,
YOU'RE INSIDE THE TEMPLE.
YOU'RE LIKE, "OKAY,
TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD."
 N-N-N-NO.
 IT'S OKAY.
BUT THE FILM'S BASED
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
AND THEY'RE DOING
SORT OF THIS TEST CASE,
PRE-CRIME IS, OF HAVING
THESE THREE PSYCHIC BEINGS
PREDICT MURDERS
THAT ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN,
GIVE YOU THE NAME
OF THE MURDERER, 
THE NAME OF THE PERSON
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KILL.
Spielberg:
I THINK ALL OF US
WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
WHAT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
WE'D ALL LOVE TO KNOW
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT
IN THE WORLD,
IN OUR LIVES.
AND IT'S JUST KIND OF
A NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE UNKNOWABLE.
I THINK THE STORY FLIRTS
WITH WHAT IF WE HAD THE CHANCE
TO KNOW CERTAIN THINGS
ABOUT THE FUTURE,
ESPECIALLY THINGS
THAT COME UNDER THE HEADING
OF "LIFE AND DEATH."
 WHERE'S MY MINORITY REPORT?
"MINORITY REPORT"
SIMPLY MEANS
IF THREE PRE-COGS AGREE
THAT SOMEONE IS GUILTY
AND WILL COMMIT THAT CRIME
IN THE FUTURE,
THEN THAT CRIME WILL OCCUR,
BUT IF ONE OF THE PRE-COGS
DISSENTS
AND CASTS A DISSENTING VOTE,
THEN IT CAN'T BE
A PERFECT SYSTEM
AND THERE MUST BE
SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT...
 JAD, ARE YOU
 GETTING THIS?
 IT'S A SINGLE STREAM
 FROM THE FEMALE ONLY
 WITH NO TIME
 OR INCIDENT DATA.
 WHATEVER THIS IS,
 IT ISN'T THE FUTURE.
SOMETHING SO WRONG
THAT THE SYSTEM
WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXIST
IN OUR NATION.
YOU CAN'T DO A MOVIE LIKE THIS
WITHOUT AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGING
WHAT THE DEBATE WOULD BE
AROUND IT.
 AAH!
 I'M PLACING YOU UNDER ARREST
 FOR THE FUTURE MURDER
 OF SARAH MARKS
 AND DONALD DUBIN
 THAT WAS TO TAKE PLACE TODAY,
 APRIL 22nd, AT 0804.
 I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
ONCE YOU COME AND ARREST ME
AND TELL ME TOMORROW AT 3:00,
I'M GONNA KILL SOMEONE--
I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET,
SO AM I TRULY
A MURDERER YET?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF IT,
DOES THAT MEAN
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY DO IT? 
 WE ARE ARRESTING INDIVIDUALS
 WHO HAVE BROKEN NO LAW.
 THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME
 ITSELF IS ABSOLUTE METAPHYSICS.
 THE PRE-COGS SEE THE FUTURE,
 AND THEY'RE NEVER WRONG.
THE EXPLANATION
OF WHY IT WORKS
IS THAT THE PRE-COGS
ARE NEVER WRONG--PERIOD.
ANDERTON TAKES
ONE OF THE SPHERES
THAT THE PERPS' NAMES
ARE ENGRAVED ON
AND HE TOSSES IT
ACROSS A TABLE.
OUR SORT OF COMPETITOR
TO ANDERTON'S CHARACTER,
NAMED DANNY WITWER,
CATCHES THE BALL
BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND.
 YOU CAUGHT IT.
 THE FACT THAT YOU
 PREVENTED IT FROM HAPPENING
 DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT
 THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
WE KNOW PRE-CRIME WORKS.
IF THERE WAS A SYSTEM IN PLACE
THAT WAS INFALLIBLE,
THAT WAS, UH,
BASICALLY BLESSED
BY THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES
AND VOTED ON
IN A NATIONAL REFERENDUM
BY THE PEOPLE
OF THIS COUNTRY,
THAT ALLOWS YOU
TO CHANGE THE BILL OF RIGHTS
TO SIMPLY STOP A MURDER
FROM HAPPENING,
AND IF THERE WAS NEVER
A FLAW IN THE SYSTEM,
I WOULD BE
IN FAVOR OF THAT.
 AFTER ALL,
 WHO WANTS A JUSTICE SYSTEM
 THAT INSTILLS DOUBT?
 IT MAY BE REASONABLE,
 BUT IT'S STILL DOUBT.
ALTHOUGH IT DOES SAVE
A LOT OF LIVES,
THERE IS THAT QUESTION AS TO,
"WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE .002%
"THAT POSSIBLY WOULD HAVE
CHANGED THEIR MIND,
COULD HAVE CHANGED
THEIR MIND?"
NONE OF US WOULD EVER WANT
TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
AND CHANGE THE RIGHTS
THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT
AND DIED FOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
 WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE
 THAT I PUT AWAY
 WITH ALTERNATE FUTURES?
 MY GOD, IF THE COUNTRY KNEW
 THERE WAS A CHANCE...
 THE SYSTEM WOULD COLLAPSE.
IT'S A LITTLE FRIGHTENING
IN SOME WAYS
TO THINK THAT IT COULD BECOME
A REALITY,
TO EVEN THINK
THAT THERE MIGHT BE
A SO-CALLED "THOUGHT POLICE"
THAT FEELS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING
THEMSELVES IN THE POSITION
TO SECOND-GUESS
WHAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE DOING.
 POSITIVE
 FOR HOWARD MARKS.
BUT I LOOK AT IT
AS AN "A" THRILLER.
WHEN I THINK
ABOUT HITCHCOCK THRILLERS,
I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT
THRILLERS OF YESTERDAY.
THIS IS RIGHT UP THERE
WITH THE BEST OF THEM.
 GOOD-BYE, CROW.
 Crow: WAIT!
THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION
IS BASED SORT OF ON THE FACT
OR EVEN ON FUTURE FACTS,
AND THEN THE IMAGINATION
GETS TO SPRINGBOARD
FROM THE--SORT OF
THE FACTS OF THE PAST,
THE FACTS OF THE PRESENT,
AND THE FACTS OF THE FUTURE.
SO, BASED ON THAT, I THINK
THERE'S SOME CREDIBILITY
TO THE STORY THAT WE'RE TRYING
TO TELL HERE.
 SOMEONE INTENDS TO KILL
 HIS BOSS OR HIS WIFE
 BUT THEY NEVER
 GO THROUGH WITH IT--
 HOW DO THE PRE-COGS
 TELL THE DIFFERENCE?
Anderton: PRE-COGS DON'T SEE
 WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO,
 ONLY WHAT YOU WILL DO.
 ( gasps )
