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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Mark Protosevich (written by)
Release Date:
18 August 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
This Summer... Enter The Mind Of A Killer more
Plot:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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18 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(63 articles)
Jennifer Lopez: Self-Appointed Patron Saint of 2000?
(From FilmExperience. 9 November 2009, 9:34 PM, PST)
Fanboys: It's now official -- half of them are girls!
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 14 October 2009, 1:14 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 9 November 2009, 9:34 PM, PST)
Fanboys: It's now official -- half of them are girls!
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 14 October 2009, 1:14 PM, PDT)
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You ain't seen nothing yet...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jennifer Lopez | ... | Catherine Deane |
 | Colton James | ... | Edward Baines |
 | Dylan Baker | ... | Henry West |
 | Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Dr. Miriam Kent |
 | Gerry Becker | ... | Dr. Barry Cooperman |
 | Musetta Vander | ... | Ella Baines |
 | Patrick Bauchau | ... | Lucien Baines |
 | Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Carl Stargher |
| Catherine Sutherland | ... | Anne Marie Vicksey |
 | Vince Vaughn | ... | Peter Novak |
 | James Gammon | ... | Teddy Lee |
 | Jake Weber | ... | Gordon Ramsey |
 | Dean Norris | ... | Cole |
 | Tara Subkoff | ... | Julia Hickson |
 | Lauri Johnson | ... | Mrs. Hickson |
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language.
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Runtime:
107 min | Germany:109 min (director's cut)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Brazil:16 |
Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) |
Malaysia:U (cut version) |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:MA (original rating) |
Australia:R (director's cut) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:16+ (Québec) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Chile:18 |
Denmark:15 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Hungary:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R16 (video rating) |
New Zealand:R18 (director's cut) |
Norway:18 |
Peru:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R (certificate #37605) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:R(A)
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Trivia:
The scene when Catherine Deane is chasing Carl through a stone hallway, right before she enters the room with the horse, is based on a painting by Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger called "Schacht".
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Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Catherine reaches the dune in the opening scene, you can see tracks going up the dune. These could have been from previous visits Catherine made to Edward.
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Quotes:
Catharine Deane:
Do you believe there is a part of yourself, deep inside in your mind, with things you don't want other people to see? During a session when I'm inside, I get to see those things.
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Movie Connections:
References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Soundtrack:
MAIRZY DOATS
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What are the differences between the US-Theatrical version and the Director's Cut?more
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I've said before that some films are like `nothing you have ever seen before'. Well, The Cell takes that saying and burns it down, blows it up and drowns it. This movie is something you could and can be only imagined. And if you then told someone about it they'd have you locked up for a very long time. It could be categorized as a Sci-fi thriller and then as a serial killer film. Like Seven and Silence of the Lambs this is not the ordinary serial killer film. It stands on it's own as a new kind of thriller.
Jennifer Lopez stars as Catherine Deane, the best psychotherapist in the business. She works for a company who has developed the latest technology in therapy. She has the ability to go inside the mind of anyone and find out the reasoning to his or her distress. Enter Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn), a FBI agent tracking down a very sick serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), who drowns his victims then dresses them up like dolls. On a FBI raid of his home Stargher goes into a coma and the whereabouts of his next victim are unknown. So Deane takes the job of going into his mind to find out where the victim is being held. And that's when this film gets intense, seriously intense.
The director Tarsem Singh, known for the award winning R.E.M. video `Losing my Religion', blows away everything you could have imagined. The dream sequences are beautifully shot with many camera tricks, creepy color distribution, graphic images, and a tense score. They are extremely trippy and surreal. They actually have a dream feel because anything goes and there are no rules. Lopez performance is as good as she looks. She nails the psychotherapist dead on and does a great job in showing the different aspects of her character. Vince is Vince, very cool, very low key, and very real. D'Onofrio will scare you. His Carl Stargher would make even Hannibal Lecter scream for mommy. This guy is more disturbed than ever imagined. He has to be seen to believe it.
Tarsem, with this film, has become one of my favorite directors and I will go see any film with his name on it. The Cell can only be described as a Sci-fi serial killer thriller that's visually disturbing, creepy, and one of the wildest films ever. It runs along the line with Seven for a good serial killer film and Event Horizon for a graphically sick and twisted film. This is best summer movie and the best film I've seen all year.