The Number 23
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
| Written by | Fernley Phillips |
| Produced by | Beau Flynn Fernley Phillips Tripp Vinson |
| Starring | Jim Carrey Virginia Madsen Logan Lerman Danny Huston Paul Butcher Lynn Collins Rhona Mitra |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release dates | February 23, 2007 (USA) |
| Language | English |
The Number 23 is a thriller starring Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, and Rhona Mitra, directed by Joel Schumacher. It is scheduled for release on February 23 2007.
Plot
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) finds a book that seems to be based on his life. While reading the book, he comes across details of a murder that hasn't happened in real life yet; as a consequence, he becomes obsessed with the number twenty-three and its ambiguous involvement with the murder.
Trivia
- In The Illuminatus! Trilogy, various characters become obsessed with occurrences of the number 23 in relation to important events and discuss its importance at great lengths, although this is not the central point of the books. It can also be found in the writings of William S. Burroughs and Aleister Crowley. For more occurrences, see the 23 enigma.
- Elisabeth Shue was originally cast in the female lead, but had to decline because she was pregnant.
- The movie has some similarities to the TV series Dark Oracle, as well as the film Stranger Than Fiction, which starred Will Ferrell.
- Jim Carrey also worked with director Joel Schumacher in 1995's Batman Forever.
- In the commercial for the film, one of the facts revolving around the number 23 is that Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died when he was age 23. However, Cobain was born in 1967 and died in 1994, at the age of 27.
Cast
- Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow/Fingerling
- Virginia Madsen as Agatha Sparrow/Fabrizia
- Logan Lerman as Robin Sparrow
- Danny Huston as Isaac French/Dr. Miles Phoenix
- Rhona Mitra as Laura Tollins
- Michelle Arthur as Sybil
- Paul Butcher as Young Walter & Young Fingerling
- Lynn Collins as Suicide Blonde