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Knowing is a 2009 science fiction and disaster film directed by Alex Proyas, who co-wrote the screenplay with Stuart Hazeldine. The cast includes Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury, and Lara Robinson. Produced by Alex Proyas and Steve Tisch, the movie was filmed in Melbourne and set in Boston and New York City. It features music by Marco Beltrami and cinematography by Simon Duggan.
The film has a runtime of 121 minutes and is rated PG-13. It was distributed by Netflix and Summit Entertainment, with production companies including Saturn Films and Escape Artists. The movie had a budget of 50,000,000 and earned 155,446,362 in revenue. Critical reception included a Metascore of 41 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 35%, while audience ratings on IMDb stand at 6.2.
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Film · TMDB
6.3A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as John Koestler
- Rose Byrne as Diana Wayland
- Chandler Canterbury as Caleb Koestler
- Ben Mendelsohn as Phil Bergman
- Nadia Townsend as Grace Koestler
- Terry Camilleri as Cashier
Themes
- cataclysm
- melancholy
- code
- alien
- time capsule
- end of the world
- astrophysicist
- grieving widower
- lexington massachusetts
- westford massachusetts
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
257,521 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Alex Proyas
- Screenplay by
- Ryne Douglas Pearson Juliet Snowden Stiles White
- Story by
- Ryne Douglas Pearson
- Produced by
- Alex Proyas Todd Black Jason Blumenthal Steve Tisch
- Starring
- Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Chandler Canterbury
- Cinematography
- Simon Duggan
- Edited by
- Richard Learoyd
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami
- Production companies
- Summit Entertainment Escape Artists Mystery Clock Cinema
- Distributed by
- Summit Entertainment (United States) Contender Entertainment (United Kingdom) Icon Film Distribution (Australia)
- Release date
- March 20, 2009 ( 2009-03-20 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom Australia
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $186.5 million
via Wikipedia infobox