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Self/less
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Self/less is a 2015 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern and written by Alex and David Pastor. The film tells the story of a business tycoon and billionaire diagnosed with a terminal illness who manages to save his own life by transferring his consciousness into a new, younger body. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, and Ben Kingsley. Many of the film's elements are similar to the 1966 film Seconds.
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6.4An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
Cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Young Damian
- Ben Kingsley as Damian
- Natalie Martinez as Madeline
- Matthew Goode as Albright
- Michelle Dockery as Claire
- Melora Hardin as Judy
Themes
- immortality
- lie
- terminal illness
- laboratory
- cancer
- transhumanism
- doctor
- body-swap
- death
- false memory
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Self/less
- Film.image
- Selfless poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Tarsem Singh
- Film.music
- Antônio Pinto
- Film.cinematography
- Brendan Galvin
- Film.editing
- Robert Duffy
- Film.distributor
- Focus Features
- Film.runtime
- 117 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $26 million
- Film.gross
- $31.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 819892
- Official website
- www.focusfeatures.com/selfless
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- publication date
- 2015-07-23
- title
- Self/less
- capital cost
- 26000000
- box office
- 30523226
- social media followers
- 1546
- review score
- 34/100
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11 sectionsContents
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- Release
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Self/less is a 2015 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern and written by Alex and David Pastor. The film tells the story of a business tycoon and billionaire diagnosed with a terminal illness who manages to save his own life by transferring his consciousness into a new, younger body. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, and Ben Kingsley. Many of the film's elements are similar to the 1966 film Seconds.
Self/less was originally set to release on September 26, 2014, but because of multiple setbacks and the absorption of its original distributor FilmDistrict, it was not released until July 10, 2015, by Focus Features. It was produced by Endgame Entertainment and was financed by FilmNation Entertainment. The film grossed $12 million in North America and a total of $30 million worldwide, against a $26 million production budget.