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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Fernley Phillips (written by)
Release Date:
23 February 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
The truth will find you. more
Plot:
Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations
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(61 articles)
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A well written thought provoking story
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Jim Carrey | ... | Walter Sparrow / Fingerling |
 | Virginia Madsen | ... | Agatha Sparrow / Fabrizia |
 | Logan Lerman | ... | Robin Sparrow |
 | Danny Huston | ... | Isaac French / Dr. Miles Phoenix |
 | Lynn Collins | ... | Suicide Blonde / Mrs. Dobkins / Young Fingerling's Mother |
 | Rhona Mitra | ... | Laura Tollins |
 | Michelle Arthur | ... | Sybil |
 | Mark Pellegrino | ... | Kyle Flinch |
 | Paul Butcher | ... | Young Fingerling / Young Walter |
 | David Stifel | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Corey Stoll | ... | Sergeant Burns |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Father Sebastian |
| Troy Kotsur | ... | Barnaby |
| Walter Soo Hoo | ... | Chinese Restaurant Owner |
 | Patricia Belcher | ... | Dr. Alice Mortimer |
| Rudolph Willrich | ... | Dr. Nathaniel |
| John Fink | ... | Young Walter's Father / Young Fingerling's Father |
| Julie Remala | ... | Mail Clerk |
 | Tara Karsian | ... | Box Company Clerk |
 | Kerry Hoyt | ... | Suicide Blonde's Father |
| Jennifer Lee Grafton | ... | Suicide Blonde's Mother |
 | Tom Lenk | ... | Bookstore Salesperson |
 | Ka'ramuu Kush | ... | Fingerling's Sergeant |
| Helen Jordan | ... | Lady Walking Dog |
 | Eddie Rouse | ... | Building Super |
 | Lesli Margherita | ... | Attractive Coed |
 | Maile Flanagan | ... | Charades Friend |
| Bob Zmuda | ... | Desk Clerk |
| Susan Kitchen | ... | Party Goer |
 | Coier Amerson | ... | Party Goer |
 | Michael Hurley | ... | Agatha's Friend |
| Donna G. Earley | ... | Agatha's Friend |
 | Shannon Gayle | ... | Lucinda |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tony Alameda | ... | Parcel Deliveryman (uncredited) |
 | Bud Cort | ... | Dr. Sirius Leary (uncredited) |
 | Taylor McCluskey | ... | Ex-boyfriend (uncredited) |
 | Jean-Pierre Parent | ... | Patient (uncredited) |
 | K.T. Rowe | ... | The Girlfriend (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Joel Schumacher | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Fernley Phillips | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Richard Brener | .... | executive producer | |
| Mike Drake | .... | executive producer | |
| Toby Emmerich | .... | executive producer | |
| Linda Fields | .... | associate producer (as Linda Fields Hill) | |
| Beau Flynn | .... | producer | |
| Keith Goldberg | .... | executive producer | |
| Fernley Phillips | .... | co-producer | |
| Eli Richbourg | .... | executive producer | |
| Tripp Vinson | .... | producer | |
| Brooklyn Weaver | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Harry Gregson-Williams | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Matthew Libatique | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Mark Stevens | |||
Casting by | |||
| Mali Finn | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Andrew Laws | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Jon Billington | |||
| David Sandefur | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Daniel B. Clancy | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Daniel Orlandi | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Mishell Chandler | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Cydney Cornell | .... | hair stylist: Mr. Carrey | |
| Bill Corso | .... | makeup department head | |
| Lisa M. Cubero | .... | key hair stylist (as Lisa Cubero) | |
| Frances Mathias | .... | hair department head | |
| Ned Neidhardt | .... | makeup artist | |
| Cheryl Ann Nick | .... | key makeup artist (as Cheryl Nick) | |
Production Management | |||
| Erik Holmberg | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| Karyn McCarthy | .... | unit production manager | |
| Sara Romilly | .... | post-production supervisor | |
Sound Department | |||
| David Barbee | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Steve Bartkowicz | .... | re-recording engineer | |
| Ron Bedrosian | .... | adr mixer | |
| Paul Curtis | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Cris Davis | .... | sound intern | |
| Nerses Gezalyan | .... | foley mixer | |
| Christopher S.P. Jones | .... | second boom operator | |
| Bradley C. Katona | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Jay Meagher | .... | sound mixer | |
| Michael Miller | .... | adr mixer | |
| Christian P. Minkler | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| James Moriana | .... | foley artist | |
| Hugh Murphy | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Steve Nelson | .... | sound editor | |
| Unsun Song | .... | sound re-recordist | |
| Greg Steele | .... | adr mixer | |
| Jon Taylor | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Jeffrey Wilhoit | .... | foley artist | |
| Greg Zimmerman | .... | adr recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Mike Sasgen | .... | special effects foreman | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Greg Astles | .... | lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Sneha Astles | .... | 3d artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Sneha Prabhakaran) | |
| Sneha Astles | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Sneha Prabhakaran) | |
| Darren A. Bell | .... | visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Brent M. Bowen | .... | visual effects | |
| Thomas R. Bryant | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Kris Carson | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Dominic Cheung | .... | 3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Patrick Clancey | .... | digital opticals | |
| Amy Daye | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. (as Amy Spencer) | |
| Dan Dixon | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| David Geoghegan | .... | digital compositor | |
| Raymond Gieringer | .... | visual effects production executive: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Jamie Hallett | .... | visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Michael Hatton | .... | visual effects technical advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| David Jones | .... | visual effects consultant: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Min Young Kim | .... | 3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Jeffrey Klug | .... | systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Ken Lam | .... | concept artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Wendy Lanning | .... | executive visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Danny Lee | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Sam Lee | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Laurence Lok | .... | digital effects designer: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Laurence Lok | .... | lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Jason Maher | .... | senior 3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Seth Martiniuk | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Douglas Melville | .... | visual effects production manager: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Alison Middaugh | .... | senior 3D artist: Intelligent Creatures | |
| Lon Molnar | .... | visual effects creative advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Chris Nokes | .... | visual effects production supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Ciaran O'Connor | .... | digital compositor | |
| Ciaran O'Connor | .... | matte painter | |
| Scott Parker | .... | systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Lisa Reid | .... | visual effects production manager: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Scott Riopelle | .... | lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Tyler Robb | .... | production assistant: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Geoff Sayer | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Vicki Silva | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Clancy Silver | .... | lead compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Danita Slaughter | .... | digital opticals editor | |
| Mitchell Stuart | .... | 3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Mahvash Tehrani | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Carol VanHook | .... | visual effects | |
| Pat Wakefield | .... | digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Tim Warnock | .... | concept artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Tim Warnock | .... | senior digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Dan Wheaton | .... | concept artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Dan Wheaton | .... | senior digital matte painter: Intelligent Creatures Inc. | |
| Andrea Yomtob | .... | visual effects | |
| Thomas Mathai | .... | data manager (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| John Alden | .... | stunts | |
| Pat Banta | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Simone Bargetze | .... | stunt double: Virginia Madsen | |
| Dotan Bonen | .... | stunts | |
| Charlie Brewer | .... | stunts | |
| Bob Brown | .... | stunts (as Robert Brown) | |
| Kevin Chase | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Jon H. Epstein | .... | stunts | |
| Martin Grace | .... | stunts | |
| Deborah L. Mazor | .... | stunt double: Lynn Collins | |
| Bobby Ore | .... | stunts | |
| Pat Romano | .... | stunt rigger | |
Casting Department | |||
| Lauren Bass | .... | casting associate | |
| Elizabeth Shoai | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Carrie Arakaki | .... | costumer | |
| Linda Henrikson | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Marjorie McCown | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Natasha Paczkowski | .... | costume manufacturing foreperson | |
| David Page | .... | costumer: Mr. Carrey | |
| Debbie Travis | .... | on-set costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Steve Bowen | .... | digital intermediate colorist | |
| Gary Burritt | .... | negative cutter | |
| Javier Marcheselli | .... | assistant editor | |
| Justin Worthington | .... | digital intermediate assistant producer | |
Music Department | |||
| Lee Blaylock | .... | music clearances | |
| Bob Bowen | .... | music executive | |
| David Buckley | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Meri Gavin | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Scott Johnson | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Costa Kotselas | .... | music technical engineer | |
| Jamie Luker | .... | music scoring engineer | |
| Malcolm Luker | .... | music scoring engineer | |
| Hugh Marsh | .... | musician | |
| Esther McIntosh | .... | orchestration coordinator | |
| Ladd McIntosh | .... | lead orchestrator | |
| Peter Rotter | .... | orchestra contractor | |
| Adam Milo Smalley | .... | music editor | |
| Geoff Stradling | .... | orchestrator | |
| Martin Tillman | .... | musician | |
| Booker White | .... | music preparation | |
| Stephen Barton | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
| Halli Cauthery | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
| Chandra Cogburn | .... | music assistant (uncredited) | |
| Clay Duncan | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Maxim Aperian | .... | driver | |
| Andrew Broomhead | .... | driver | |
| Vic Cuccia | .... | transportation captain | |
| Don Easy | .... | driver | |
| J. Armin Garza II | .... | driver: camera car | |
| Donald S. Harback | .... | driver | |
| Randy Luna | .... | driver | |
| Jim Petti | .... | teamster co-captain | |
| Dan Romero | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| Michael Sean Ryan | .... | transportation co-captain | |
| Michael Sean Ryan | .... | transportation coordinator: re-shoots | |
| David Torgerson | .... | driver | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- New Line Cinema (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Panorama Entertainment (2007) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Paradiso Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Eco Filmes/Prisvideo (2007) (Portugal) (all media)
- Net5 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)
- New Line Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
- Pacific Title (opticals)
- Boone's Animals for Hollywood animals provided by
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment cranes
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment dollies
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment remote camera systems
- Cinemoves camera cranes
- EFilm digital intermediate
- Entertainment Clearances rights and clearances
- Film Permits Unlimited location permits
- Imaginary Forces titles
- Kona Cutting negative management
- Laser Pacific high-definition dailies
- New Line Records soundtrack
- Sessions Payroll Management extras payroll services
- Silva Screen Records soundtrack
- TM Motion Picture Equipment grip equipment
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
98 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Ireland:15A |
UK:15 |
Finland:K-15 |
Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:PG (edited version) |
Germany:16 |
Brazil:14 |
Netherlands:16 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Argentina:13 |
Spain:13 |
Australia:MA |
Malaysia:18PL |
Portugal:M/16 |
Czech Republic:12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Norway:15 |
Denmark:15 |
Sweden:15 |
South Africa:16 |
France:U (with warning) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Philippines:R-13 |
USA:R (certificate #43185) |
Japan:R-15 |
New Zealand:R16
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Other instances of the number 23 connected (sometimes very tenuously) with the movie: - The last time Jim Carrey and Joel Schumacher worked together was in "Batman Forever." In that film, Carrey's character (the Riddler) also showed an obsession for numbers, which he used to represent letters of the alphabet in his riddles. The numbers were 1, 8, and 5. Batman figured out that 1 and 8 were meant to be 18. 18 + 5 = 23. - The number 23 is a W, and in "Batman Forever" there is a scene of Carrey underneath a W (the gate outside Wayne Manor). - The address of the bookstore is 599. 5+9+9=23. - Walter's room at the asylum was 318. 31-8=23. - The number of letters in "Animal Control Department". - The apartment number across from the suicide blonde's apartment (959). - The dog in the movie is named NED. N is the 14th letter of the alphabet; E is the fifth; and D is the fourth. 14 + 5 + 4 = 23. - The numbers on Walter's car add up to 23 (906 8TC, 9+0+6+8=23, 20(T)+3(C)=23) . - The numbers on Issac's car is 023 5HJ, H is the eight letter in the alphabet and J is the tenth, 5 + 8(H) + 10(J) = 23. - The store front numbers that Fingerling is standing in front of while watching Fabrizia & Phoenix add to 23 (12, and 110). - The film was released in the US on February 23, 2007. - The number of Walter Sparrow's footlocker 87305 = 23 (8+7+3+5). - The PO Box that Carrey and his family mail the boxes to is "P.O.Box 977". 9+7+7=23. - His birthday is February the 3rd, 2/3, 23.
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Factual errors: In real numerology, numbers are added together to form a single digit number that might have significance. The sum should never exceed 9, except for the "master" numbers 11 and 22. This is in accordance to the nine personality types, the nine planets in the solar system, and many other things. For example, Walter's room at the asylum was 318. When calculated in the movie it is suppose to equal 23, 31-8=23. However in real numerology the number would be added as 3+1+8, equaling 12. The sum would then be added again to create a single digit, 1+2 = 3. 3 would be the significant number here, and there are many sources on the Internet or in various numerology books that would define what significance that number would hold for the individual. As another example, the address of the bookstore would have more credibility as their sum does equal 23 (5+9+9=23). But another step would need to be taken to convert the sum into a single digit (2+3 = 5). Finally, birthdays and other notable dates in numerology are always factored with the year. Following the formula of February 3 (2/3 = 23) would be inaccurate. But December 12, 1975 (12/12/1975 = 1+2+1+2+1+9+7+5 = 28 = 2+8 = 10 = 1+0 = 1. Therefore, for a person born on this date, the number 1 should be the most significant.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Walter Sparrow: A week ago, the only thing I thought was out of the ordinary was that it was my birthday.
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Walter Sparrow: A week ago, the only thing I thought was out of the ordinary was that it was my birthday.
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Soundtrack:
The Banality of Evil
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What song plays when Fingerling first meets Fabrizia by the burning car?What are the differences between the R-Rated theatrical version and the Unrated version of the movie?
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I went into this movie with the notion that I would be seeing another version of the Magestic. I was completely blown away. The visuals are stunning and once you get past Joel's use of the blurred past, you are captivated by his use of colors and imagery. The acting is also good, Carrey has his witty one liners which will please fans. I was captivated and fooled which means to me that there was good acting and writing.
I give this movie an 8/10 due to the questions left by the twists. When you see it you will realize what I am talking about but other than that I do recommend this movie to anyone who loves psychological thrillers with twist endings.
P.s. don't see this because you like Jim Carrey...see it because you like the material.