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2011 film by Jaume Collet-Serra

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6.7

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

Released: 2011-02-16113 minDir: Jaume Collet-SerraAction, Mystery, ThrillerBudget: $30.0MBox office: $131MPart of: Liam Neeson's Transportation Collection

Cast

  • Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris
  • Diane Kruger as Gina
  • January Jones as Elizabeth Harris
  • Aidan Quinn as Martin B.
  • Bruno Ganz as Ernst Jürgen
  • Frank Langella as Rodney Cole

Themes

  • hotel
  • taxi
  • coma
  • taxi driver
  • prince
  • briefcase
  • hospital
  • stolen identity
  • amused

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Ratings

IMDb

6.8/10

275,933 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Metacritic

56/100

Year
2011
Runtime
113 min
Genres
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Rated
PG-13
Awards
3 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by
Oliver Butcher Stephen Cornwell
Based on
Out of My Head , by Didier Van Cauwelaert
Produced by
Joel Silver Leonard Goldberg Andrew Rona
Starring
Liam Neeson Diane Kruger January Jones Aidan Quinn Frank Langella
Cinematography
Flavio Labiano
Edited by
Tim Alverson
Music by
John Ottman Alexander Rudd
Production companies
Dark Castle Entertainment Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH Panda
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures (International) Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany) Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom) StudioCanal (France)
Release dates
16 February 2011 ( 2011-02-16 ) ( Westwood ) 18 February 2011 ( 2011-02-18 ) (United States) 2 March 2011 ( 2011-03-02 ) (France) 3 March 2011 ( 2011-03-03 ) (Germany) 4 March 2011 ( 2011-03-04 ) (United Kingdom)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
United States Germany United Kingdom France
Language
English
Budget
$30 –40 million
Box office
$136.1 million

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Encyclopedic overview

Unknown is a 2011 action thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella. The film, produced by Joel Silver, Leonard Goldberg and Andrew Rona, is based on the 2003 French novel by Didier Van Cauwelaert published in English as Out of My Head which was adapted as the film's screenplay by Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell. The narrative centers around a professor who wakes up from a four-day long coma and sets out to prove his identity after no one recognizes him, including his own wife, and another man claims to be him.

Released on 18 February 2011, the film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $136 million against its $30 million budget.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unknown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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