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Synopsis: Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single, working mother and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evan's friends and mother hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble. As Evan grows up he has fewer of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Production: New Line Cinema
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
30
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2004
113 min
$57,200,000
Website
597 Views


As Evan smiles back at Kayleigh, Mrs. Boswell calmly enters the room in time to see Evan tacking up his butchered family portrait. She shivers.

EXT. SUNNYVALE INSTITUTION - DAY - 1989

Gothic. Imposing. Andrea runs up the stairs.

INT. SUNNYVALE - DR. REDFIELD'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

DR. HARLON REDFIELD, 40, a handsome and extremely genial man, scrutinizes a disturbing drawing.

DR. REDFIELD

And you say he doesn't remember any of it?

ANDREA:

(anxious)

Not according to his teacher. It just got me thinking about Jason and what if Evan's inherited his father's condition?

DR. REDFIELD

Hold it, hold it, Andrea. Let's not jump to conclusions. I'll run some preliminary tests, see what we can rule out.

Andrea nods and forces a thankful smile.

DR. REDFIELD

Tell you what, bring Evan here tonight and we'll run a CAT-scan series.

EXT. SUNNYVALE INSTITUTION - NIGHT

The looming building looks even more frightening at night. Andrea and Evan head up the stairs.

EVAN:

I don't like this place, Mom. It's creepy. Please can we go? I promise I won't make any more bad pictures!

ANDREA:

(lighthearted)

You'll be fine. Dr. Redfield just wants to give you some tests. You'll like him.

INT. SUNNYVALE INSTITUTION - NIGHT

Andrea leads Evan into Dr. Redfield's office. Dr. Redfield warmly greets Evan at the door.

DR. REDFIELD

Hello, Evan. It's very nice to meet you.

(to Andrea)

He's as handsome as his father.

EVAN:

(stunned)

You know my father?

Before Dr. Redfield can answer, Andrea cuts him off.

ANDREA:

That's why I wanted you to come here, Evan. Dr. Redfield already has a background in memory loss.

EVAN:

My father has a bad memory, too?

DR. REDFIELD

(off Andrea's look)

Uh, tell you what, Evan. If it's okay with your mother, I'd like to run some tests. Nothing scary.

Evan raises an eyebrow at the doctor.

DR. REDFIELD

Okay, it might be a little scary...

INT. LABORATORY - MOMENTS LATER

Evan looks terrified as he lies on a medical platform as a series of CAT-scan images are taken. In another part of the room, a distressed Andrea speaks quietly with Dr. Redfield.

ANDREA:

Just tell me that Evan doesn't have Jason's illness...

DR. REDFIELD

Look, Andrea, I'm sure he'll test negative for brain disorders. But there's something else you can try to monitor his memory.

ANDREA:

Anything.

DR. REDFIELD

A journal. Just have him write down everything he does.

ANDREA:

Why? What for?

DR. REDFIELD

It could be extremely useful to jog his memory. See if he remembers anything new the next day. And I'll have the test results back in a few days.

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Eric Bress

Eric Bress is an American screenwriter, film director and producer, probably best known for his work on the Final Destination series and The Butterfly Effect. He frequently collaborates with J. Mackye Gruber. His most recent project, The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, is in development. He also has another project in development Blindsighted[citation needed] with his writing partner J. Mackye Gruber. more…

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