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Knowing [Blu-ray]
	Director: Alex Proyas Actors: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury Studio: Summit Entertainment List Price: ~~$34.99~~ Buy Used: $12.87 as of 11/24/2009 00:59 CST details You Save: $22.12 (63%) New (23) Used (21) Collectible (2) from $12.87 Seller: buybackspittsburgh Rating: 292 reviews Sales Rank: 3531 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray Region: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 121 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 MPN: 66110366 UPC: 025192031892 EAN: 0025192031892 ASIN: B001GCUNZI Theatrical Release Date: 2009 Release Date: July 7, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (summit) Release Date: 07/07/2009 Run time: 121 minutes Rating: Pg13 Amazon.com Nicolas Cage stars in this largely unsatisfying science-fiction tale that begins as a taut and spooky story concerning psychic legacies and ends up falling back on Steven Spielberg's old, cosmic playbook for default explanations about weird phenomena. Cage stars as astrophysicist and widower John Koestler, whose young son attends a school where a 50-year-old time capsule is dug up and opened. Koestler's son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury), is given an envelope from the capsule containing a sheet of paper inscribed with seemingly-random numbers. Koestler interprets groupings of the numbers as prophesies (made in 1959) of disasters leading up to a globally catastrophic event late in 2009. Moreover, some of the later tragedies involve him or members of his family, suggesting the paper was meant to fall into his and Caleb's hands. That’s not the only freaky thing drawing father and son in a direction they really don't want to go. Among other things, a quartet of mute strangers keeps showing up with a powerful interest in Caleb's whereabouts, and the daughter and granddaughter of the little girl who originally scribbled those numbers in 1959 are under the shadow of a separate prediction of doom. Everything goes swimmingly until it's time for director Alex Proyas (The Crow) to begin tying up all the strings, and cliches start falling like rain. On the plus side, Knowing includes a couple of breathtaking scenes of calamity, the most horrifying (and realistic) of which is a jet crash the likes of which has never been committed to film. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 292 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...59 Next » Very interesting! November 24, 2009 Khaled Altaher (Riyadh, NA Saudi Arabia) Nicholas age's son, at the school ceremony of opening a 50 year time tube that includes imaginative drawings of the future made by school children 50 years ago, picks up a paper full of random numbers instead of a drawing in his case. Nicholas Cage examines the numbers to discover that they are not random whatsoever. They are dates and coordinates of future disasters. Using his discovery, he tries to stop future disasters from happening, only to discover that its not in his hands. Very different kinda movie. I cannot give more details in order to avoid ruining the plot. This is the kind of movie that you should watch without having any hint on what to expect. The Sun has a lot to answer for November 23, 2009 H. Schneider (window seat) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Comparing this science fiction/ghost thriller to the rather ridiculous apocalyptic movie 2012, I notice disturbing parallells. My hunch: somebody in the US is driving a campaign against the sun, who is finally taking the blame for everything. That can't possibly be right, especially since there seem to be people around who believe this kind of thing. This is anti-enlightenment and anti-science packaged in scary entertainment! Some even talk about spirituality. I can't discuss this here without giving away too much of the plot. Had I not just watched 2012, I might have said: ok, a partly not so stupid story about clairvoyance and strange happenings, one might have taken it for an average Stephen King movie. Compared to 2012 it is, I thought for a while, not so stupid, if you like the genre (numbers, predictions of disasters, whispering voices, children apporached by shady beings...). There is even a pseudo-intellectual touch when the professor played by Cage (actually not badly) discusses determinism vs randomism in class, and admits that he is a randomist and then, of course, he has to give up all his scientific creeds. In the end, it seems to me, this is part of a pattern of apocalytpic thinking, that can't be welcome. Some toying with esoterics can make for entertaining movies, but here we are going over the top. In case that somebody still wants to watch this and wants to preserve the 'suspense', I abstain from going into further detail. Let me just say as my personal conclusion: this is fascistoid, anti-scientific, racist brainwashing! an so ...... November 19, 2009 Albert Sawyer (nyc ny usa) exc curl up wth sum popcorn viewin a lil emotional bt yeah brimstone can b fun n yes thr is tht fascination wth wrld en these trying daze... so enjy th price is rt th dvd qual. wuz exc. n yeah i luv nick n co..... i wud certainly recommen' this1..... KNOWING November 9, 2009 Kris E. Obermeyer (WEST LAFAYETTE, IN. USA) Interesting and good for a great scifi thriller. Thought it was put together ok. Of course, you having Nicolas Cage as lead actor, it has to be a good film. He was very good in National Treasury. Good Film, I would rate this film a 3 or 3.5. Less language, more action. If they "Hollywood", would acknowledge the real truth about prophetic words and the Bible, this could of been rated a 4 or 5 or even higher in my opinion.. I think people should realize that we are living in our last days upon this earth and should know the real truth and gospel of Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. But, of course this is up to the individual if they want to know more about the prophetic words of the Holy Bible. The book of Truth, the best book to start with. The book of Revelation, has it all sbout the future. May God Bless each individual who reads this review. minus 5 stars for stupidity November 9, 2009 Diego (FL United States) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt the EXACT same way. The movie was interesting for about 10-15 minutes and then poof! OMG poof! You know when you think about it, you can just go to the last 10 minutes of the movie and you have ALL you need to know. The previous hours of the movie are COMPLETELY meaningless. That is what I realized when it ended. The whole numbers thing and their philosophical and religious musings were useless. What did they matter? If you watch this ridiculous accident of a movie then you will see what I mean. Take it from those that wrote the 1 star reviews it really is a total waste of time. Showing reviews 1-5 of 292 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...59 Next »

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