Category: Mystery
All Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 1998
Country: USA, Australia
Runtime: 100
Languages: English
Director: Alex Proyas
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:

  • They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off.
  • Forget the Sun. Forget Time. Forget Your Memories.
  • Darkness Falls Soon
  • A world where the night never ends. Where man has no past. And humanity has no future.
  • You are not who you think you are


    • Writing by: Alex Proyas – (story)
    Alex Proyas – (screenplay) and
    Lem Dobbs – (screenplay) and
    David S. Goyer – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Michael De Luca – executive producer
    Barbara Gibbs – line producer
    Andrew Mason – producer
    Alex Proyas – producer
    Brian Witten – executive producer

    Cast: Rufus Sewell – John Murdoch
    William Hurt – Inspector Frank Bumstead
    Kiefer Sutherland – Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
    Jennifer Connelly – Emma Murdoch / Anna
    Richard OBrien – Mr. Hand
    Ian Richardson – Mr. Book
    Bruce Spence – Mr. Wall
    Colin Friels – Det. Eddie Walenski
    John Bluthal – Karl Harris
    Mitchell Butel – Officer Husselbeck
    Melissa George – May

    Music: Trevor Jones
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    Plot Outline: A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
    Plot: John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    “No person or entity associated with this film received payment or anything of value, or entered into any agreement, in connection with the depiction of tobacco products.”

    Goofs: We know about 14 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Crew or equipment visible: The cable supporting John Murdoch when he opens the door and nearly falls down the shaft.

    Trivia: There are 17 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • At the beginning of the film, there is a brief shot of the movie theatre which says “Now Showing, The Evil, Late Show Nightly” and to the right, “Coming Attractions, Book of Dreams” (a previous film by Alex Proyas). At the end of the movie the marquee still says Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland (1994) is coming soon, even though the theater and marquee have changed.
    • New Line Cinema forced Alex Proyas to include the opening narration by Kiefer Sutherland, which Proyas objected to, saying it was unnecessary. The narration gives away several key plot twists and consequently many fans of the film prefer to watch it with the sound turned off during the narration until Sutherland looks at his pocket watch.
    • Sets from this film, including rooftops, buildings and others exteriors, were reused when filming The Matrix (1999).