Editing Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (section)

==Production==
===Development===
''Tomb Raider'' went through many drafts and several writers, which resulted in production delays. In 1998, writer Brent V. Friedman, who had co-written ''[[Mortal Kombat Annihilation]]'' the year before, penned an unproduced ''Tomb Raider'' script. Producer and screenwriter [[Steven E. de Souza]], who wrote and directed the 1994 video game film ''[[Street Fighter (1994 film)|Street Fighter]]'', penned an early draft of the ''Tomb Raider'' script in 1999, which was rejected by Paramount. The final draft of the script was attributed to five writers, including director Simon West. West reverted to the original writers after he replaced [[Stephen Herek]] as director.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/article/2000/03/02/tomb-raider-gearing-summer-2001-theatrical-release/|title= ''Tomb Raider'' is gearing up for a summer 2001 theatrical release|date= March 2, 2000|access-date= April 23, 2022|first= Rebecca|last= Ascher-Walsh|magazine= Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>

===Financing===
''Lara Croft'' was financed through [[Tele München Gruppe]] (TMG), a German [[tax shelter]]. The tax law of Germany allowed investors to take an instant tax deduction even on non-German productions and even if the film has not gone into production. By selling them the copyright for $94 million and then buying it back for $83.8 million, [[Paramount Pictures]] made $10.2 million. The copyright was then sold again to Lombard Bank, a British investment group and a further $12 million was made. However, to qualify for Section 48 tax relief, the production must include some UK filming and British actors, which was acceptable for a film partially set in the United Kingdom. Presales to distributors in Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain made a further $65 million. [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] paid $6.8 million for premium cable television rights. In total, $94 million was put together.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9vpfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA99| title = Pradeep Thakur: ''Angelina Jolie: The World's Most Powerful Celebrity?'', Morrisville (NC) &#91;without date&#93;, p. 99.| isbn = 9788190870597| last1 = Thakur| first1 = Pradeep| publisher = Lulu.com}}</ref>

===Casting===
The announcement of the film generated significant discussion about who would be cast to play Lara Croft. Numerous actresses (and non-actresses) were rumored to be on the shortlist,<ref name=burningquestions>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2001/06/27/ewcom-answers-your-tomb-raider-burning-questions/|title=EW.com answers your ''Tomb Raider'' burning questions|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]|date = June 27, 2001|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref> most notably [[Rhona Mitra]] (official model to ''[[Tomb Raider II]]''), [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], [[Famke Janssen]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Elizabeth Hurley]], [[Ashley Judd]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Diane Lane]], [[Demi Moore]] and [[Denise Richards]].<ref name=burningquestions/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=lara+croft+film&pg=PA141|title=Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|author=Eila Mell|date=2005|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476609768|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name=developmenthell>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nG_BgAAQBAJ&q=lara+croft+film&pg=PT312|title=Tales From Development Hell: New Updated Edition|author=David Hughes|date=2003|publisher=Titan Books |isbn=9780857687319|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref>

The casting of Jolie was controversial among many fans of the ''Tomb Raider'' series, with complaints about an American actress being hired to play a British character; others cited Jolie's tattoos and well-publicized controversial personal life.<ref name="developmenthell" /> Director Simon West dismissed these concerns and said, in reference to Jolie's penchant for sexual knife play, "it was always Angelina. I mean, Lara sleeps with knives and doesn't take shit from anybody. That's [Angelina] down to a tee."<ref name="developmenthell" /> Jolie wore a padded bra to increase her bust size when playing Lara. As she explained to ''NY Rock'' in June 2001: "C'mon, I'm not so flat chested to begin with. When I wear a tight T-shirt, I look a certain way. So it wasn't like we had to completely change me. You know, we just had to enhance me a little. I'm a 36C. Lara, she's a 36D. And in the game, she's a double D, so we took her down some. But we did give her a bit of padding there. For me, it was simply one size. So it was like having a padded bra. But no, I am not flat chested anyway. So we still made it Lara Croft, but we didn't go to any extremes. And Lara doesn't apologize for herself, and for having that, you know, recognizable shape. So I'm not going to apologize for her either."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/angelina_jolies_most_thrilling_decision_robbing_her_breasts_of_their_cultural_power/|title=Angelina Jolie's most thrilling decision: Robbing her breasts of their cultural power|work=Salon|date=May 15, 2013|access-date = December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/jolie_int.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202073359/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2001/jolie_int.asp|title=Angelina Jolie On Filling Lara Croft's Shoes and D-size Cups|publisher=NY Rocks|date=June 2001|access-date = December 27, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2001}}</ref>

The film marked the feature film debut of television actor [[Chris Barrie]], known for his role of Arnold Rimmer in the [[BBC]] science fiction comedy series ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. English actor [[Daniel Craig]] adopts an American accent for the role of Alex West whilst Jolie takes on an English accent.<ref>{{cite web |title= Does Angelina Jolie's 'Tomb Raider' Hold Up? |url= https://www.gq.com/story/does-angelina-jolies-tomb-raider-movie-hold-up |website= GQ |date= March 14, 2018 }}</ref> Jon Voight, Angelina Jolie's father, plays Richard Croft, Lara's father in the film.

===Filming===
Principal photography for ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' took place from July 30 to November 30, 2000. Portions of the film were shot on location at the [[Ta Prohm]] temple, located in [[Angkor]], [[Siem Reap Province]], Cambodia. The film was the first major motion picture to be shot in Cambodia since ''[[Lord Jim (1965 film)|Lord Jim]]'' in 1964, following the country's occupation by the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime.<ref>{{cite web|last=East|first=James|title=The making of Tomb Raider in Cambodia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/08/culture.features2|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=May 5, 2018|date=December 8, 2000}}</ref> In addition to on-location shooting, a majority of the film's production also took place on the [[007 Stage]] at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|last=D|first=Spence|title=Interview with Tomb Raider Director Simon West|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/23/interview-with-tomb-raider-director-simon-west|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|access-date=May 5, 2018|date=May 23, 2001}}</ref> [[Hatfield House]] in Hertfordshire was used as Croft's home in the film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Clugston |first=Harriet|date=November 15, 2017 |url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/eight-movie-scenes-you-didnt-779135|title=Eight movie scenes you didn't know were filmed in Hertfordshire|publisher=Hertfordshire Mercury |access-date=August 6, 2020}}</ref>

===Post-production===
{{Citation style|section|date=February 2022}}
Simon West's first director's cut of the film was 130 minutes long, before it went through re-shoots some time later after principal photography was finished. West was removed from working on the film in post-production, however he did return to work on re-shoots. Editor [[Stuart Baird]] was brought in by Paramount to re-edit the film. Baird was promised the job of directing ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' by Paramount in exchange for re-editing original 130-minute cut of this film and John Woo's original 210-minute cut of ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]''.

Due to post-production taking longer than expected, some major effects were left unfinished by the time the film was released in theaters. Baird re-edited the film down to 88 minutes. One of the bigger cuts on the film was changing the original score. Originally, [[Nathan McCree]] was hired to compose the score, as he had composed the music for the first three Tomb Raider games. Greg Hale Jones started to work on the score with Peter Afterman in November 2000, after production was finished, and [[Danny Elfman]] composed the main theme for the film. Jones later said how once West was fired from the film, his score and Elfman's theme were shelved. [[Michael Kamen]] was then hired and submitted demos, and composed a full score which was rejected once the film was re-edited by Baird. [[Graeme Revell]] was then brought in and he had to compose sixty minutes of music inside ten days. [[Jerry Goldsmith]] was also attached to score the film, but he couldn't due to health problems at the time.<ref>David Hughes - Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made, Page 231, Interviews with De Souza and Revell; "de Souza alleges that West went 'many, many millions over budget and two months over schedule, so the minute he turned in his interminable 130-minute cut, Paramount showed him the door. They didn’t even let him in the editing room.' Whether or not this is true — West was later invited back to direct minor reshoots in London, and provides director's commentary for the DVD — Paramount brought in Stuart Baird [...] to re-cut the entire movie. 'Stuart Baird has an executive producer credit on the movie,' notes de Souza, 'but all he did was re-cut the movie down to eighty-eight minutes (plus generous head and tail credits).' The studio also rejected the original music score by Michael Kamen (The X-Men), commissioning Pitch Black composer Graeme Revell to produce a new soundtrack — sixty minutes of music — in the space of ten days. [...] So rushed were the final stages of post production, that several major effects shots appeared incomplete by the time the film hit theatres."</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moviemusicuk.us/2001/06/15/lara-croft-tomb-raider-graeme-revell/#more-3729|title = LARA CROFT – TOMB RAIDER – Graeme Revell|date = June 16, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/tomb_raider2.html|title = Silvestri: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/spotlight_lost_scores.htm|title = Jerry Goldsmith Online Spotlight the Lost Scores}}</ref>

Despite the fact that a large amount of the film was cut, only four deleted scenes, seven minutes long in total, were included as extras on the film's DVD and Blu-Ray releases. Trailers for the film showed more deleted scenes. In July 2001, Simon West stated that he had prepared alternate version of the film for a DVD release which would include deleted scenes, but this version was never released. Angelina Jolie's nude scenes were also cut out for a PG-13 rating.

Some of the earlier scripts for the film included more scenes focusing on Lara's sex appeal, like Lara flashing her breasts to some villains as a distraction ([[Steven E. de Souza|Steven E. de Souza's]] February 1999 script), using her breasts to crush a giant millipede ([[Mike Werb]] & [[Michael Colleary|Michael Colleary's]] November 1999 script). Jolie later stated that she was disappointed with how Lara's sexual appeal was scaled down, and how she thought Lara wasn't sexy enough in the final film.<ref>David Hughes - Tales From Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? - Chapter 12; Tomb Raider Chronicles - Why making the leap to the big screen was the toughest challenge Lara Croft had ever faced, Pages 211-235</ref><ref>Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Blu-ray, Digging Into Tomb Raider (29 minutes)</ref><ref>Jeannette Walls, MSNBC Scoop, September 27, 2000</ref><ref>Simon West interview, Empire Magazine, July 2001</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/lara-croft-tomb-raider-angelina-jolie-dissatisfied-movie-character-wasnt-sexy-enough.html/ | title='Lara Croft: Tomb Raider': Angelina Jolie Was Dissatisfied with the Movie Because Her Character Wasn't 'Sexy Enough' | date=March 5, 2022 }}</ref>