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Knowing
Sign in to save2009 film directed by Alex Proyas
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6.3A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as John Koestler
- Rose Byrne as Diana Wayland
- Chandler Canterbury as Caleb Koestler
- Ben Mendelsohn as Phil Bergman
- Nadia Townsend as Grace Koestler
- Terry Camilleri as Cashier
Themes
- cataclysm
- melancholy
- code
- alien
- time capsule
- end of the world
- astrophysicist
- grieving widower
- lexington massachusetts
- westford massachusetts
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
257,521 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alex Proyas
- Screenplay by
- Ryne Douglas Pearson Juliet Snowden Stiles White
- Story by
- Ryne Douglas Pearson
- Produced by
- Alex Proyas Todd Black Jason Blumenthal Steve Tisch
- Starring
- Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Chandler Canterbury
- Cinematography
- Simon Duggan
- Edited by
- Richard Learoyd
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami
- Production companies
- Summit Entertainment Escape Artists Mystery Clock Cinema
- Distributed by
- Summit Entertainment (United States) Contender Entertainment (United Kingdom) Icon Film Distribution (Australia)
- Release date
- March 20, 2009 ( 2009-03-20 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $186.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 391856
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- title
- Knowing
- review score
- 41/100
- box office
- 7588162
- capital cost
- 50000000
- publication date
- 2009-04-09
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Article
Knowing (stylized as KNOW1NG) is a 2009 science fiction thriller film directed and co-produced by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The film, conceived and co-written by Ryne Douglas Pearson, was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Entertainment. Knowing was filmed in Docklands Studios Melbourne, Australia, using various locations to represent the film's Boston-area setting. The film centers on the discovery of a strange paper filled with numbers and the possibility that they somehow predict the details of various disasters.
Knowing was released on March 20, 2009, in the United States, while the DVD and Blu-ray media were released on July 7. The film grossed $186.5 million at the worldwide box office, plus $27.7 million with home video sales, against a production budget of $50 million, but was met with mixed-to-negative reviews, with praise for the acting performances, visual style and atmosphere, and criticism over some implausibilities and the ending.