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Knowing (2009)

PG-13 | | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 20 March 2009 (USA)
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M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... John Koestler
... Caleb Koestler
... Diana
... Abby / Lucinda
... The Stranger
... Grace
Alan Hopgood ... Reverend Koestler
... Allison
Joshua Long ... Younger Caleb
... Miss Taylor (1959)
Alethea McGrath ... Miss Taylor (2009)
David Lennie ... Principal Clark (1959)
... Lucinda's Mother
Travis Waite ... Lucinda's Father
... Phil Beckman
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Storyline

In the fall of 1959, for a time capsule, students draw pictures of life as they imagine it will be in 50 years. Lucinda, an odd child who hears voices, swiftly writes a long string of numbers. In 2009, the capsule is opened; student Caleb Koestler gets Lucinda's "drawing" and his father John, an astrophysicist and grieving widower, takes a look. He discovers dates of disasters over the past 50 years with the number who died. Three dates remain, all coming soon. He investigates, learns of Lucinda, and looks for her family. He fears for his son, who's started to hear voices and who is visited by a silent stranger who shows him a vision of fire and destruction. What's going on? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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end of the world | number | disaster | time capsule | code | See All (193) »

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Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language | See all certifications »

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Summit Entertainment [United States]

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Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Know1ng  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,604,751, 22 March 2009, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$79,957,634

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$183,593,586
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Trivia

The perceptual phenomenon of people looking for patterns in randomness (number strings, faces in trees, shapes in clouds etc.) is called Apophenia. See more »

Goofs

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. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Miss Taylor: Everyone inside now!
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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (2016) See more »

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News Theme
Written and Performed by Guy Gross
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Are Abby and Caleb supposed to be the new Adam and Eve?
Q: Is the tree at the end supposed to be the tree of knowledge or the tree of life?
Q: Caleb: What is the names meaning and origin?
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This is one excellent. Imaginative movie. Which could happen
27 November 2011 | by – See all my reviews

I have read a lot of totally negative views about this film, and so I can only say that some people simply have no imagination.

"Knowing" works at every level. It is a brilliantly executed film. And the final is breathtaking.

I watched this film with my wife and we are not easily pleased movie watchers.

I find myself being critical of the negative reviews, because I am astounded at their lack of imagination.

Without imagination, we would never have had The Time Machine thanks to Herbert George Wells. This is just one example.

Another is Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters". Imagination is the key word here, and so many reviewers did not have any whatsoever.

Knowing kept my wife and I on the edge of our seats, it was clever, it was imaginative, it was first class.
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