The Film: Soderbergh's rebirth. A twisty crime caper based on an Elmore Leonard novel brought to him as a complete project by producer Casey Silver while the director was floundering in a sea of uncredited script rewrites (Mimic, Nightwatch).

The film rested on the intense chemistry between the leads – Jennifer Lopez as a foxy cop, and George Clooney (in the first of many collaborations) as a charming con who gets past her defences.

Full of the energetic fizz of Schizopolis and none of the madness, Out Of Sight was not only a (modest) hit, but brought Soderbergh's career back to life.

Soderbergh Speaks: “I guess it was self-evident to everybody that if I did it, there was no way I wasn't going to pee on it. It was going to have my stench no matter what. Fortunately that's what they wanted. Jersey Films made it clear they had no desire to make Get Shorty 2.”

“Had I not made those movies prior to Out Of Sight, I wouldn't have made Out Of Sight the way I did. I'm still lucky I had the luxury to make those things first, but I was definitely feeling I was marginalising myself. I didn't mind being an art-house failure, but I didn't want to spend my whole life there.”