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Knowing (2009) -- Here is the TV trailer for Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicholas Cage.
Knowing (2009) -- Here's a clip from Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicholas Cage.
Knowing (2009) -- A teacher (Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to. Does his family play a role in the coming events?
Knowing (2009) -- This is the first trailer for Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas.
Knowing (2009) -- A teacher (Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the event

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6.6/10   25,802 votes
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Director:
Alex Proyas
Writers (WGA):
Ryne Douglas Pearson (screenplay) and
Juliet Snowden (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 March 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
Knowing is Everything... more
Plot:
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold. | full synopsis
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Knowing Blu-ray Review
 (From TheHDRoom. 1 July 2009, 11:12 AM, PDT)

Win ‘Push’ & ‘Knowing’ on Blu-ray
 (From Screen Rant. 29 June 2009, 6:24 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Don't let Nic Cage scare you, Alex Proyas is a genius and this is his best work yet...... more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Know1ng (USA) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language.
Runtime:
121 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
Richard Kelly was originally set to write and direct the project. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When John is teaching at MIT in the beginning of the movie, there is a female student in the front row, to the left of John. In one shot she has her arm up and is playing with her hair. In the next shot she is in a completely different position with her arm down. Then, it goes back to a shot of her with her arm up. more
Quotes:
John Koestler: The caves won't save us! more
Movie Connections:
References "Creature Comforts" (2003) more
Soundtrack:
The Planets: Op. 43: IV Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity more

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153 out of 293 people found the following comment useful:-
Don't let Nic Cage scare you, Alex Proyas is a genius and this is his best work yet......, 20 March 2009
10/10
Author: nick-graham from United States

Don't let Nicolas Cage's name on the marquee scare you away, this is the director of The Crow and Dark City given free reign, and it is amazing, assuming you accept a revelation about 2/3 of the way in. The ambition here is pretty staggering by the end.

Having just seen this, I predict viewers of it will fall into two camps: unabashed love or extreme dislike save for a few scenes (the plane and subway scenes come to mind). How you accept the final third will determine which camp you are placed in. I was confused by Ebert giving it four stars and then hearing others whose opinions I also often agree with eviscerate it, but after seeing it this makes total sense.

I fall into the unabashed love category, and absolutely did not expect to going in. My brother Doug felt the same way. I think Cage actually gives a good performance, and feel like most of the criticism on his part is either residual from other aspects of the movie people don't like or just bandwagon stuff that he admittedly wrought upon himself with multiple disasters such as LaBute's Wicker Man.

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