Slipstream (2007)

Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.

Director:

Anthony Hopkins

Writer:

Anthony Hopkins

Stars:

Anthony Hopkins, Stella Arroyave, Christian Slater

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anthony Hopkins	...	Bonhoeffer
Stella Arroyave	...	Gina
Christian Slater	...	Ray / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
John Turturro	...	Harvey Brickman
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Mort / Phil Henderson / Patrolman
Camryn Manheim	...	Barbara
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Bonnie
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Bette Lustig
Michael Lerner	...	Big Mikey
Christopher Lawford	...	Lars
Lisa Pepper	...	Tracy / Nurse
Gavin Grazer	...	Gavin / Ambulance Driver
Aaron Tucker	...	Chauffeur / Aaron
Lana Antonova	...	Lily

Storyline

An actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless. He is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. It's a surreal and dreamlike tale of one man's journey.

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Plot Keywords:

screenwriter | murder | dream | actor | aging | 

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Taglines:

I've got to get back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violent images

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2008 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Slipstream Dream

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,273 (USA) (26 October 2007)

Gross:

$6,273 (USA) (26 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Strand Releasing, Destination Films, Samson Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anthony Hopkins chose a moldy, mildewy storage room at the Redondo Beach Elks Lodge, CA to film his bedroom dream sequence because he didn't have to dress the walls to look moldy and mildewy. He also used the Lodge Room as a sound-stage for a TV news insert for a later bar scene and filmed the front of the Lodge as an emergency room entrance for his ambulance rush sequence. He signed autographs, posed for pictures, and used one of the Lodge members and his wife in the exterior scene.

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Crazy Credits

The movie is shown underneath the credits, rewinding at a high speed.

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Connections

References Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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Soundtracks

"Coat Of Many Colors"
Written and Performed by Dolly Parton
Courtesy of RCA Records Label Nashville

User Reviews

One for the minds-eye

A brilliant work and watch for those fascinated with subconsciousness, dreams, hallucinations. One to see when you're in a suitable mood, preferably alone during the small hours, or at a night-cinema.

• There's thousands of people who will absorb this experience and

appreciate it, but millions who most likely will never even have a clue about it. Ah well, Many guitarists will always be disgusted hearing Jim Hendrix play. Many lover of jazz will suffer heart-attack if they'd have to stay awake on an all-night acid dance-floor. Some are fascinated by abstract paintings while others love the sharpness of a shiny apple on canvas... And thats okay. However, this movie isn't made to interpret from a rational standpoint.

Here's one for the Mindseye...