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The Jacket (2005)

R 103 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi  -   4 March 2005 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.0/10 from 53,834 users   Metascore: 44/100 
Reviews: 242 user | 154 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com

A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a Doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.

Director:

John Maybury

Writers:

Tom Bleecker (story), Marc Rocco (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrien Brody ...
Keira Knightley ...
Kris Kristofferson ...
Jennifer Jason Leigh ...
Kelly Lynch ...
Jean Price
Brad Renfro ...
Daniel Craig ...
Steven Mackintosh ...
Brendan Coyle ...
Damon
Mackenzie Phillips ...
Nurse Harding
Laura Marano ...
Jason Lewis ...
Richard Dillane Richard Dillane ...
Captain Medley
Jonah Lotan Jonah Lotan ...
Intern #1
Angel Coulby ...
Intern #2
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Storyline

The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. is wrongly accused of killing the cop and lands up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future , where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The catch is he doesn't know how. Thus commences the classic race against time. Written by Austin4577@aol.com  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Morgue | Vermont | Amnesia | Gulf War | Gulf War Veteran  | See more »

Taglines:

When you die, all you want to do is come back. See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Regresiones de un hombre muerto See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$29,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,723,682 (USA) (6 March 2005) (1331 Screens)

Gross:

$20,046,858 (Worldwide) (18 June 2006)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | SDDS  | DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

According to director John Maybury, the love scene between Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley was longer, but was cut because American test audiences did not like the scene, which included nudity. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Around the beginning, where he meets the young girl with her mother, he puts the scarf around her neck, and it disappears throughout the scene. See more »

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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Connections

References Mothlight (1963) See more »

Soundtracks

"Amnesia"
Written by Luke Howard
Performed by The Most
Produced by Luke Howard & Princess Julia See more »