Rememory (2017)

Gordon invents the Rememory machine that allows him to see memories as they actually were. He dies in his office. Is it murder? Sam investigates by using the machine "borrowed" from Gordon's wife. He looks at memories of others involved.

Director:

Mark Palansky

Writers:

Mike Vukadinovich (as Michael Vukadinovich), Mark Palansky

Stars:

Peter Dinklage, Matt Ellis, Jordana Largy

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Dinklage	...	Sam Bloom
Matt Ellis	...	Dash Bloom
Jordana Largy	...	Freddie
Martin Donovan	...	Gordon Dunn
Evelyne Brochu	...	Wendy
Henry Ian Cusick	...	Lawton
Anton Yelchin	...	Todd
Julia Ormond	...	Carolyn Dunn
Gracyn Shinyei	...	Jane Dunn
Colin Lawrence	...	Det. Mike Buckland
Chad Krowchuk	...	Neil Frankel
Kate Bateman	...	Todd's Mother
Kiefer O'Reilly	...	Young Todd
Courtney Richter	...	Cindy / Charles Wife
Stefania Indelicato	...	Charles' Mother

Storyline

Gordon Dunn, a famed scientific pioneer, is mysteriously found dead just after the unveiling of his newest work, a groundbreaking device able to extract, record and play a person's unfiltered memories. After his death, Gordon's reclusive wife, Carolyn, delves deeper into her own private world when a mysterious man shows up claiming to be from Gordon's past. With questionable motives he takes the machine and uses it to try and solve the mystery, beginning an investigation of memories that lead him down a path of guilt, grief, and betrayal to an unexpected answer.

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Plot Keywords:

singing along with a radio | car crash | architectural model | pelican | extracted memory | 

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Taglines:

We are nothing more than the memories we keep.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG - 13 for bloody accident images, some violence, thematic material and brief strong language

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Máquina de Lembranças

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$70,124

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Point Entertainment, Scythia Films, Strophic Productions Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Peter Dinklage previously worked with Mark Palansky on Penelope (2006), which was Pelansky's feature film directorial debut.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Gordon Dunn: We define our lives by our memories. Who we are on a particular day is the result of memories from every day before. But memories are elastic, malleable, often mercurial things. I think of my own life, the sum of my memories. Like any man, I've done many things that I feel guilt for. I feel pain from so many things... for the damndest of things. Memories of true happiness are what make life worth living, but they're so often lost in the sea of bad ones. We are nothing more than the ...
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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, you can hear the Rememory machine beeping and then powering off.

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Soundtracks

Mistake for Strangers
by The National

User Reviews

Scifi drama, not scifi action

There are many ways how scifi is played out on screen, from mega-budgeted science action fantasy with the likes of Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy and the rebooted Star Trek, all the way to scifi of which science-fiction is but a frame around matters of the human heart. This film is of the later, a precautionary tale about why the malleable and fading nature of memories shouldn't be altered.

If you come in with the right expectations , then you will not be disappointed by this film of stellar acting, and direction.

Other films of the same vein, of which you should watch: 1. Eternal sunshine of the Spotless mind (Jim Carey, 2004) 2. The Final Cut (Robin Williams, 2004) 3. an episode of Black Mirror (The Entire History of You , Season 1 Episode 3)