Total Recall
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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.
Released: 2012-08-02118 minDir: Len WisemanAction, Science Fiction, Thriller
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
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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 )
Key dates
- Published
- 16 August 2012
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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
Article
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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