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Total Recall
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Total Recall is a 2012 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman. The screenplay was written by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback, with Neal H. Moritz serving as producer. The cast includes Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score, while Paul Cameron was the director of photography and Christian Wagner edited the film. Produced by Original Film, the movie was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The film has a runtime of 118 minutes and was released in 2012. It was filmed in Toronto and at the University of Toronto Scarborough, with narrative locations set in Australia. The production had a budget of 125000000 and generated revenue of 198800000. Its main subjects include telepresence and terrorism. The film received a rating of 6.2 on IMDb based on 276583 votes and a vote average of 6.03 from 5859 users on TMDb.
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6.0Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.
Cast
- Colin Farrell as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
- Jessica Biel as Melina
- Kate Beckinsale as Lori Quaid
- Bill Nighy as Matthias
- John Cho as McClane
- Bryan Cranston as Cohaagen
Themes
- dystopia
- secret agent
- remake
- machine gun
- resistance fighter
- false memory
- robot cop
- suppression
- rebel hero
- safe deposit box
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Len Wiseman
- Screenplay by
- Kurt Wimmer Mark Bomback
- Story by
- Ronald Shusett Dan O'Bannon Jon Povill Kurt Wimmer
- Based on
- Total Recall , by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman , Jon Povill " We Can Remember It for You Wholesale ", by Philip K. Dick
- Produced by
- Neal H. Moritz Toby Jaffe
- Starring
- Colin Farrell Kate Beckinsale Jessica Biel Bryan Cranston John Cho Bill Nighy
- Cinematography
- Paul Cameron
- Edited by
- Christian Wagner
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures , Original Film
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- August 3, 2012 ( 2012-08-03 )
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $125 million
- Box office
- $211.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cyberpunk
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Total Recall
- Main subject
- terrorism
- Director
- Len Wiseman
- Screenwriter
- Mark Bomback
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Neal H. Moritz
- Production company
- Original Film
- Cinematographer
- Paul Cameron
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- University of Toronto Scarborough
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 674152
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.welcometorecall.com
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- Commons category
- Total Recall (2012 film)
- publication date
- 2012-08-16
- title
- Total Recall
- executive producer
- Len Wiseman
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Christian Wagner
- production designer
- Patrick Tatopoulos
- capital cost
- 125000000
- box office
- 198467168
- after a work by
- Philip K. Dick
- review score
- 43/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Total Recall is a 2012 American science fiction action film directed by Len Wiseman from a screenplay by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback, conceived by Wimmer, Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Jon Povill. It stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. The film is an adaptation of the 1990 film of the same name, which was inspired by the 1966 short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. The supporting cast features Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, John Cho, and Bill Nighy. Unlike the original film, the setting is on a futuristic Earth, not Mars.
The film was first announced in 2009. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with producers Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe's Original Film, Total Recall was released in North America on August 3, 2012, to generally negative reviews, and grossed $211.8 million worldwide.
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