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Overview
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Release Date:
4 March 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Terror has a new name. more
Plot:
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a Doctor's experiences, and his life is completely affected by them. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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(43 articles)
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User Comments:
An excellent movie if you can take wanting more when it's over.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Adrien Brody | ... | Jack Starks |
 | Keira Knightley | ... | Jackie Price |
 | Kris Kristofferson | ... | Dr. Thomas Becker |
 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Dr. Beth Lorenson |
 | Kelly Lynch | ... | Jean Price |
 | Brad Renfro | ... | The Stranger |
 | Daniel Craig | ... | Rudy Mackenzie |
 | Steven Mackintosh | ... | Dr. Hopkins |
 | Brendan Coyle | ... | Damon |
| Mackenzie Phillips | ... | Nurse Harding |
 | Laura Marano | ... | Young Jackie |
| Jason Lewis | ... | Officer Harrison |
| Richard Dillane | ... | Captain Medley |
| Jonah Lotan | ... | Intern #1 |
| Angel Coulby | ... | Intern #2 |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
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Runtime:
103 min | Turkey:94 min (TV version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
France:-12 |
Germany:12 |
Indonesia:Dewasa |
Taiwan:R-12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) |
Malaysia:U (edited version) |
Argentina:16 |
South Korea:15 |
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Finland:K-15 |
Ireland:15A |
Netherlands:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:M18 |
Singapore:NC-16 (cut) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Australia:MA |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva)
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The Jacket is based on the story "The Star Rover" by Jack London which in turn was based on his interviews with Ed Morrell, who whilst in prison at San Quentin was tortured, often with a very tight straight jacket which constricted his chest, breathing and blood flow. In order to cope with this he quickly learned self-hypnosis similar to what Jack Starks goes through.
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Anachronisms: In the war footage shown at the beginning of the film, one of the shots includes a B-1B bomber dropping conventional bombs. Although the B-1 was qualified for these weapons, all heavy bombing missions during Operation Desert Storm were carried out by B-52s.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Jack Starks: [Walking over to Iraqi child who's breathing hard] How's it going little man? You all right?
[Babak pulls out gun. Jack puts his hand up in a stop gesture but Babak shoots Jack in the head. Jack falls to the ground]
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Jack Starks: [Walking over to Iraqi child who's breathing hard] How's it going little man? You all right?
[Babak pulls out gun. Jack puts his hand up in a stop gesture but Babak shoots Jack in the head. Jack falls to the ground]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Look of 'The Jacket': Influences from the Avant-Garde (2005) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Auld Lang Syne
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FAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersPlease explain the ending.
Why didn't Jack prevent his own death?
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I just finished the movie and it really is a great piece of work. No futuristic crap mixed up though you might expect it. Miss Knightley really does a great job playing the part, though her role seems to have been kept a bit too far in the background.
The whole idea of changing the future has been brought up before, but this time instead of changing the future by altering the past it brings new perspective by altering the present by adding new info from the future. At first it reminded me very much of Butterfly Effect. If you like that one, you'll love this one.
It also shines new light on the subject whether or not you can change your own destiny which hasn't been brought up in a while.
It surely is a "must-see".