Hereafter (2010)

A drama centered on three people - a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy - who are touched by death in different ways.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writer:

Peter Morgan

Stars:

Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cécile de France	...	Marie Lelay
Thierry Neuvic	...	Didier
Cyndi Mayo	...	Island Hotel Clerk (as Cyndi Mayo Davis)
Lisa Griffiths	...	Stall Owner
Jessica Griffiths	...	Island Girl
Ferguson Reid	...	Rescuer
Derek Sakakura	...	Rescuer
Jay Mohr	...	Billy
Richard Kind	...	Christos
Matt Damon	...	George Lonegan
Charlie Creed-Miles	...	Photographer
Frankie McLaren	...	Marcus / Jason
George McLaren	...	Marcus / Jason
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Jackie
Rebekah Staton	...	Social Worker

Storyline

A drama centered on three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. George Lonegan (Matt Damon) is a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, French journalist, Marie Lelay (Cécile de France) has a near-death experience which shakes her reality, and when London schoolboy Marcus (identical twins Frankie McLaren and George McLaren) loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each looking to understand the one thing all life has in common, but can never share, their lives will cross, changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.

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Plot Keywords:

near death experience | car | airplane | italian food | crying | 

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Taglines:

Touched by death. Changed by life.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images, and for brief strong language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several biographies describe how Clint Eastwood was stranded offshore in the ocean several days after his Navy training plane crashed. The experience is probably what helped him film the tsunami scene in this movie.

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Goofs

The film is set in early 2005; however, the Macbook Unibody MacBook (pro) as seen in the publishers' offices were not introduced until 2008.

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Quotes

Billy: Did you do the reading?
George Lonegan: Look, you still don't get it, do you? You think just 'cause I can make money doing this... just because I can, that I should do it.
Billy: [shrugs] Yeah, yeah I do. I also think you have a duty to do it, because you have a gift.
George Lonegan: It's not a gift, Billy, it's a curse.

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Crazy Credits

The mid 80s-late 90s Warner Bros. shield is used (in black and white) at the beginning of the movie and at the end of the credits. The same Warner Bros. Shield is used alongside the Amblin logo, also in black-and-white.

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Connections

Featured in Richard Roeper & the Movies: Hereafter (2010)

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Soundtracks

Nessun Dorma
(1824-6)
from "Turandot"
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Performed by Tito Beltrán (as Tito Beltran)
Courtesy of Silva Screen
By Arrangement with Source/Q

User Reviews

Excellent film exploring deep emotions and near-death experience

An emotional film (bring some hankies) exploring the love of children for their mother, the loss of a loved one, and the near-death experiences of the two main characters. The acting is superb, particularly the young McLaren brothers and Cecile DeFrance. I applaud Clint Eastwood for taking this risk and creating a solid piece with riveting emotions and a fantastic conclusion. The only leap of faith that must be taken is the belief that George (Matt Damon) truly has this gift/curse since it is the thread that weaves through all his relationships. This is truly an enjoyable movie and adds to my belief that the greatness of a film is not in the critic's eyes but in your own. This is the second sleeper movie of the week for me. The first one was RED...a great, entertaining movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [Germany] Warner Bros. [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English French German

Release Date:

22 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hereafter

Filming Locations:

Maui, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$220,322, 17 October 2010

Gross USA:

$32,746,941

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$106,956,330

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1