On Monday evening a theatrical comedy and action film, The Commuter, made its theatrical premiere on the silver screen. The movie stars Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Last Airbender), Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick and Pamela Anderson. 

 

What makes it special  is that the entire movie was shot on a Nokia N8 smartphone. Patel plays the main character and stated that what drew him to the project was the novel idea of having the entire movie filmed on a mobile phone. 

 

“I’m always interested in embracing new technology in film making and the main reason I really wanted to get involved with "The Commuter" was because it was being shot just on mobile phones,” he said.

 

“I wanted to encourage the next generation of filmmakers by showing that you don’t need expensive equipment and big budgets to make your own movies. The quality of a camera phone, like the Nokia N8 allows filmmakers to produce amazing HD movies and I hope ‘The Commuter’ shows aspirational filmmakers that you can create a great movie even using a mobile phone.”

 

Movie buffs and Nokia fans can also visit the Nokia HD Vimeo page, which sports a collection of films that were shot using the Nokia N8.