Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 03/20/09 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language Running Time 1 hour 55 minutes Genre Drama Director Alex Proyas Writer Alex Proyas, Stuart Hazeldine, Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, Richard Kelly Cast Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne Studio Summit Entertainment |
KNOWING (2009)
SYNOPSIS
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new
elementary school, a group of students is asked to
draw pictures of what they think the future will look
like. Their drawings will be sealed into a time capsule
and stored for 50 years. But one mysterious girl fills
her paper with rows of apparently random numbers,
which she says are being whispered to her by unseen
people.
A half-century later, a new generation of students
examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic
message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler
(Chandler Canterbury), but it’s Caleb’s father,
astrophysics professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage),
who makes a startling discovery: the encoded
message predicts the dates, death tolls and
coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50
years with pinpoint accuracy. As he further unravels
the document’s secrets, John discovers that it
foretells three additional catastrophes—the last of
which hints at destruction on a global scale.
John’s efforts to alert the authorities about the
impending catastrophes fall on deaf ears and his fears
intensify with the realization that Caleb is somehow
connected to the mystery. Enlisting the help of Diana
Whelan (Rose Byrne) and Abby (Lara Robinson), the
daughter and granddaughter of the prophetic message’
s author, he embarks on a heart-pounding race against
time to prevent the ultimate disaster.--©Summit
Entertainment
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new
elementary school, a group of students is asked to
draw pictures of what they think the future will look
like. Their drawings will be sealed into a time capsule
and stored for 50 years. But one mysterious girl fills
her paper with rows of apparently random numbers,
which she says are being whispered to her by unseen
people.
A half-century later, a new generation of students
examines the capsule’s contents and the girl’s cryptic
message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler
(Chandler Canterbury), but it’s Caleb’s father,
astrophysics professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage),
who makes a startling discovery: the encoded
message predicts the dates, death tolls and
coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50
years with pinpoint accuracy. As he further unravels
the document’s secrets, John discovers that it
foretells three additional catastrophes—the last of
which hints at destruction on a global scale.
John’s efforts to alert the authorities about the
impending catastrophes fall on deaf ears and his fears
intensify with the realization that Caleb is somehow
connected to the mystery. Enlisting the help of Diana
Whelan (Rose Byrne) and Abby (Lara Robinson), the
daughter and granddaughter of the prophetic message’
s author, he embarks on a heart-pounding race against
time to prevent the ultimate disaster.--©Summit
Entertainment
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