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The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R  113 min  -  Sci-Fi | Thriller   -  23 January 2004 (USA)
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Reviews: 1,039 user | 162 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com

A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ashton Kutcher ...
Melora Walters ...
Amy Smart ...
Elden Henson ...
William Lee Scott ...
John Patrick Amedori ...
Irene Gorovaia Irene Gorovaia ...
Kevin G. Schmidt ...
Jesse James ...
Logan Lerman ...
Sarah Widdows Sarah Widdows ...
Jake Kaese Jake Kaese ...
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Eric Stoltz ...
Callum Keith Rennie ...
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Storyline

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! Written by Anonymous  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Blackout | Memory | College | Flashback | Psychology  | See more »

Taglines:

Change one thing, Change everything. See more »

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug use See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

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Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

L'effet papillon See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,065,227 (USA) (25 January 2004) (2605 Screens)

Gross:

$96,060,858 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

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DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The title is a reference to a short story by Ray Bradbury in which a group of people travel millions of years into the past and one of them unknowingly steps on and kills a butterfly which dramatically alters the future. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Evan is in his dorm and the room is backwards, we see Evan's profile, but for a second, Evan turns around showing that the left side of his nose is about twice as big as it should be because of the prosthetic tube used to achieve the affect of a dripping nosebleed. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[reading aloud as he writes a note]
Evan: If anyone finds this, it means my plan didn't work and I'm already dead. But if I can somehow go back to the beginning of all of this, I might be able to save her.
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Connections

References Dumb & Dumber (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

"Heroin Hate"
Written by Level and Buka
Performed by AP2
Courtesy of Tooth and Nail Records
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