Marjorie Prime (2017)

A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.

Director:

Michael Almereyda

Writers:

Michael Almereyda (written for the screen by), Jordan Harrison (based on the play by)

Stars:

Geena Davis, Hannah Gross, Jon Hamm

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Geena Davis	...	Tess
Hannah Gross	...	Young Marjorie
Jon Hamm	...	Walter
India Reed Kotis	...	Young Tess (as India Kotis)
Leslie Lyles	...	Mrs. Salveson
Cashus Muse	...	Bartender
Tim Robbins	...	Jon
Hana Colley	...	2nd Generation Marjorie, Age 10 (as Hana May Colley)
Lois Smith	...	Marjorie
Azumi Tsutsui	...	2nd Generation Marjorie, Age 30
Bill Walters	...	Old Jon (as W.A. Walters)
Stephanie Andujar	...	Julie

Storyline

In the near future, a time of artificial intelligence: 86-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion who looks like her deceased husband and is programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance?

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Plot Keywords:

dog pound | reference to a mutt the dog | repeated dialogue | reference to a burial | running on a beach | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

It is based on Jordan Harrison's play of the same name.

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Quotes

Tess: When you remember something, you remember the memory. You remember the last time you remembered it, not the source, so it's always getting fuzzier, like a photocopy of a photocopy.

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Connections

Referenced in Orange Is the New Black: State of the Uterus (2018)

User Reviews

Compelling and original premise at the outset. However, the actors are much better than the play they act in, after all. Not as thought provoking as one might assume

Saw this at the Rotterdam film festival 2017 (website: iffr.com). It all started as a compelling and original premise, but I got lost underway about what it all meant story-wise speaking. A lot of talking, but I still don't know what makes everyone tick.

On the other hand, we were made aware that manipulating the past is one of the prime issues at hand, once you are given the opportunity to re-make idealized versions of deceased relatives, and to even improve on them by planting memories that are not completely true to reality (every now and then we hear the words "I'll remember it now"). Could have been thought provoking, but I lost my interest halfway the running time.

All in all, the actors are much better than the play they act in. The festival visitors ranked this movie a bit better than halfway at the 57th (out of 172) place for the audience award, with score 4.009 (out of 5).

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2017 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Marjorie Prime

Filming Locations:

Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,668, 20 August 2017

Gross USA:

$180,608

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$213,858

Company Credits

Production Co:

Passage Pictures (II), 141 Entertainment, BB Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1