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Release Date:
30 March 2005 (France)
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Tagline:
Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
Plot:
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. full summary | add synopsis
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5 wins
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7 nominations
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(34 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chase Ellison | ... | Neil (Age 8) |
 | George Webster | ... | Brian (Age 8) |
| Rachael Nastassja Kraft | ... | Deborah (Age 12) (as Rachael Kraft) |
 | Lisa Long | ... | Mrs. Lackey |
 | Chris Mulkey | ... | Mr. Lackey |
 | Elisabeth Shue | ... | Mrs. McCormick |
 | David Lee Smith | ... | Alfred |
 | Bill Sage | ... | Coach |
| Riley McGuire | ... | Wendy (Age 11) |
| Ryan Stenzel | ... | Stephen Zepherelli |
 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Neil |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Charlie |
 | Michelle Trachtenberg | ... | Wendy |
| Brady Corbet | ... | Brian |
| Larry Marko | ... | Old Man with Scar |
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99 min | USA:107 min (Sundance Channel Library Print)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Brazil:18 |
Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:R (Alberta/British Columbia) |
USA:NC-17 |
USA:Unrated (DVD rating) |
Italy:VM14 |
Germany:18 |
Finland:K-18 (TV rating) (2007) (self applied) |
Portugal:M/18 (Qualidade) |
France:-16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:R |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Ireland:18 |
Singapore:R21 |
UK:18 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Sweden:15
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After Brian steals the picture of his baseball team from the archives, the film cuts to Neil announcing a baseball game. He says "That's two outs, Garfield the batter. Heim on deck." Scott Heim wrote the novel on which the film is based.
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Anachronisms: Multiple characters are seen using models of Pilot pens that did not exist at the time.
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Brian: [narration voice-over] The summer I was 8 years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours. Lost. Gone without a trace.
Brian: [narration voice-over] Last thing I remember I was sitting on the bench at my Little League game. It started to rain. What happened after that remains a pitch black void.
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Brian: [narration voice-over] The summer I was 8 years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours. Lost. Gone without a trace.
Brian: [narration voice-over] Last thing I remember I was sitting on the bench at my Little League game. It started to rain. What happened after that remains a pitch black void.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 2006 Glitter Awards (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Away in a Manger
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Araki has abandoned the nihilistic day-glo world of L.A teens to create his first truly great film. Indeed, by any standards, this film is magnificent. It follows two boys; one of whom was abused as a child and the other who believes that he was abducted by aliens' from childhood to their troubled later lives. The film has a visual beauty that pulls the viewer in even though the subject matter is both difficult and painful. The director pulls no punches in confronting the viewer with the horror of the situation but neither does he exploit it for tabloid style sensationalism. From the superb performances, the excellent and intelligent script, through to the inspired direction and stunning 'shoegazer' soundtrack this is a splendid film. I left the cinema deeply moved by what I had seen and can now only hope that Araki continues to work at this level of quality. Something quite special and a work of art