What is "minority report"

n. A committee report written by at least two committee members to officially state their position on an issue, when those members are in the minority on that issue (not necessarily in the political minority party).

Minority Report is a 2002 American cyberpunk action mystery- thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where " PreCrime", a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called " precogs". The cast includes Tom Cruise as Chief of PreCrime John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton as the senior precog Agatha, and Max von Sydow as Anderton's superior Lamar Burgess. The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres, as well as a traditional chase film, as the main protagonist is accused of a crime he has not committed and becomes a fugitive.

Spielberg has characterized the story as "fifty percent character and fifty percent very complicated storytelling with layers and layers of murder mystery and plot". The film's central theme is the question of free will versus determinism. It examines whether free will can exist if the future is set and known in advance. Other themes include the role of preventive government in protecting its citizenry, the role of media in a future state where technological advancements make its presence nearly boundless, the potential legality of an infallible prosecutor, and Spielberg's repeated theme of broken families.

The film was first optioned in 1992 as a sequel to another Dick adaptation, Total Recall, and started its development in 1997, after a script by Jon Cohen reached Spielberg and Cruise. Production suffered many delays due to Cruise's Mission: Impossible II and Spielberg's A.I. running over schedule, eventually starting in March 2001. During pre-production, Spielberg consulted numerous scientists in an attempt to present a more plausible future world than that seen in other science fiction films, and some of the technology designs in the film have proven prescient. Minority Report has a unique visual style. It uses high contrast to create dark colors and shadows, much like a film noir picture. The film's overlit shots feature desaturated colors which were achieved by bleach-bypassing the film's negative in post-production.

Minority Report was one of the best reviewed films of 2002. It received praise for its writing, visuals and themes, but earned some criticism for its ending which was considered inconsistent with the tone of the rest of the movie. The film was nominated for and won several awards. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing, and eleven Saturn Award nominations, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Saturn Award for Best Music, winning Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction, Best Writing, and Best Supporting Actress. The film was a commercial success, earning over $358 million worldwide against an overall budget of $142 million (including advertising). Over four million DVDs were sold in its first few months of home release.

Minority Report may refer to:

• A committee report written by one or more members of a committee to officially state a position counter to the committee's majority, i.e., a dissenting opinion
• Minority report (Poor Law), published by the UK Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09
• "Minority Report", a 1949 science fiction short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• " The Minority Report", a 1956 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick
  • The Minority Report (collection), a 1991 collection of stories by Philip K. Dick
  • Minority Report (2002 collection), a 2002 collection of stories by Philip K. Dick
  • Minority Report (film), a 2002 film loosely adapted from Dick's short story
    • Minority Report (TV series), a 2015 American television series on FOX that serves as a sequel adaptation of the novel and 2002 film
  • Minority Report: Everybody Runs, a video game based on the film
• Minority Report, a 1956 book by H. L. Mencken
• "Minority Report", a 2006 single by Jay-Z from the album Kingdom Come
• The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore, the working title of the Comedy Central late night talk show The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Minority Report is a collection of science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Gollancz in 2002. Most of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantastic Universe, Astounding, Space Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow, and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

The Minority report was one of two reports published by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905–09, the other being Majority report. Headed by the Fabian socialist Beatrice Webb, it called for a system that was radically different from the existing Poor Law. She, amongst the others heading the report, who included George Lansbury, felt that it was shortsighted of society to expect paupers to be entirely accountable for themselves. However the report proved unsuccessful, most of its proposals being disregarded by the new Liberal Government of 1906 when implementing their Liberal reforms.

Minority Report is an American science-fiction crime drama television series that aired on Fox from September 21, to November 30, 2015. It was developed by Max Borenstein and it is a sequel adaptation to the 2002 film of the same name based on the 1956 science fiction short story " The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. It is produced by Amblin Television, Paramount Television (whose film studio co-owns the film via the pre-2005 DreamWorks library), and 20th Century Fox Television (whose film studio co-produced the film). It is the first Steven Spielberg–directed movie to be adapted for TV.

On October 9, 2015, Fox announced that the series order was cut from 13 episodes to 10. On May 13, 2016, Fox officially cancelled the series.