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Stir of Echoes (1999) -- After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Stir of Echoes (1999) -- After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
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7.1/10   25,027 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Richard Matheson (novel)
David Koepp (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 September 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
Some doors weren't meant to be opened. more
Plot:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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Great movie, released at the wrong time... more (344 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Zachary David Cope ... Jake Witzky

Kevin Bacon ... Tom Witzky
Kathryn Erbe ... Maggie Witzky

Illeana Douglas ... Lisa Weil

Kevin Dunn ... Frank McCarthy
Conor O'Farrell ... Harry Damon

Lusia Strus ... Sheila McCarthy
Stephen Eugene Walker ... Bobby

Mary Kay Cook ... Vanessa Damon

Larry Neumann Jr. ... Lenny

Jennifer Morrison ... Samantha Kozac (as Jenny Morrison)

Richard Cotovsky ... Neighborhood Man

Steve Rifkin ... Kurt Damon

Chalon Williams ... Adam McCarthy
Liza Weil ... Debbie Kozac, the Babysitter
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
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99 min
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Trivia:
On the couch, the babysitter reads "The Shrinking Man" by Richard Matheson, author of "A Stir of Echoes", the basis for this film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tom is digging, his hands are dirty. When he starts arguing with his wife and waving his hands around, they are clean. more
Quotes:
Tom Witzky: I never wanted to be famous. I just never expected to be so...
Maggie Witzky: What?
Tom Witzky: I don't know, ordinary.
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Movie Connections:
References "Big Bad Beetleborgs" (1996) more
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Rio de Generic more

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48 out of 60 people found the following comment useful.
Great movie, released at the wrong time..., 31 March 2000
10/10
Author: Mr Dread from Canada, eh?

(A) The Sixth Sense and Stir of Echoes must have been the two movies of '99 that I enjoyed the most. Both had good scripts and stories; they were interesting, mysterious, dark, weird -- those are my kinds of movies! They are also a proof that the mysteriousness of ghosts is something we will never tire of or not think to be intriguing.

Stir of Echoes was somewhat similar to Sixth Sense but it was also in many was DIFFERENT. First of all, it (SOE) is dealing with hypnosis and has a more 'criminal' as well as supernatural theme.

This movie is spectacular and the reason it was not recognized as such, is because it was released just a few weeks after The Sixth Sense - a movie which had already satisfied the audience with its supernatural theme. And because The Sixth Sense was such a hit, Stir of Echoes was shoved aside and didn't get the recognition it deserved. Don't get me wrong! I loved Sixth Sense, but this movie is also very good and if you liked The Sixth Sense, I highly recommend you see it!

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