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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   87,591 votes
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Writers (WGA):
J. Mackye Gruber (written by) &
Eric Bress (written by)
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Release Date:
23 January 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
Verändere die Zukunft, durch die Vergangenheit (Change the future, through the past.) more
Plot:
A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Haunting, Tragic, but ultimately Brilliant more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use. (also director's cut)
Runtime:
113 min | 120 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
BenderSpink more

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Trivia:
When Evan is placing the phone call at "State", the number he dials is 555-5785: a number oft repeated by Frank Rizzo of The Jerky Boys. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: Although this film is set in New York, there is a Canadian speed limit sign in one of the first shots in the movie as the camera pans across the street Evan lives on. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[reading aloud as he writes a note]
Evan: If anyone finds this, it means my plan didn't work and I'm already dead. But if I can somehow go back to the beginning of all of this, I might be able to save her.
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Movie Connections:
References Star Trek: Generations (1994) more
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Lost more

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210 out of 287 people found the following comment useful:-
Haunting, Tragic, but ultimately Brilliant, 25 January 2004
Author: Brendon from Vancouver, BC

I have seen this movie just a few hours ago and i have to say that it is brilliantly conceived. Definately not a feel good film, but rather dark and tragic in every sense of the word. Yes the performances were above and beyond etc etc... and it helped, but the film itself is an emotionally provacative piece of work that had me feeling sad, morose and depressed. Nonetheless i think that this makes it a very powerful film to evoke such strong feelings while watching it. It is, for lack of a better term, very human. On a different note there were also many complexities to do with chaos theory inderlying the raw emotional turmoil that the characters endure such as time travel, alternate universes and such, but rather than rely on these interesting ideas and theories to carry the movie, it is instead simply used as a background setting for an incredible story. I loved it for what it is, but not something you see to be entertained. See this movie but don't take your family.

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