Déjà Vu (2006 film)
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Tony Scott |
| Written by | Bill Marsilii Terry Rossio[1] |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Starring | Denzel Washington Val Kilmer Paula Patton Bruce Greenwood Adam Goldberg Jim Caviezel |
| Cinematography | Paul Cameron |
| Edited by | Chris Lebenzon |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures Scott Free |
Release dates | November 22, 2006 |
Running time | 126 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75,000,000 US |
Template:Infobox movie certificates Déjà Vu is a science fiction crime thriller directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Denzel Washington. The film was released on November 22, 2006.
Plot
In Algiers, New Orleans, after the explosion of a ferry transporting the sailors from the USS Nimitz and their families which results in 543 casualties, the lonely ATF Agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) is assigned to investigate the terrorist attack. Without any lead, he is informed by Sheriff Reed about the corpse of a woman that was found one hour before the explosion, but burnt with the same explosive. He is invited by FBI Agent Paul Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer) to join the surveillance team led by Jack McCready in the investigations, using a time window and a wormhole to look back four days and six hours in time. He discovers the identity of the mysterious dead woman, known as Claire Kuchever, and decides to follow her last moments trying in an attempt find the criminal. Along the surveillance, Doug falls in love with Claire, and once the terrorist's identity is discovered and he is apprehended, he tries to change destiny by transporting himself back to avert the attack. His actions save both Kuchever's life and the lives of those on the ferry, but kills his future self in the explosion in the process.
The film ends with a shocked Kuchever sitting on a rim nearby the docked ferry, with Agent Carlin from the past appearing to question her.
Background
Filming in New Orleans, Louisiana was delayed following Hurricane Katrina because of the devastation caused by the storm and the collapse of the Federal levees (see: Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans). Many of the exteriors were set to be shot in New Orleans, including a key sequence involving the Canal Street Ferry across the Mississippi River. After the city was reopened, the cast and crew returned to New Orleans to continue filming; some scenes of the post-Katrina devastation were worked into the plot, including in the Lower 9th Ward. They also spent two weeks filming a scene at a local bayou, Four Mile Bayou, in Morgan City, Louisiana.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Denzel Washington | Agent Douglas Carlin |
| Paula Patton | Claire Kuchever |
| Adam Goldberg | Alexander Denny |
| Bruce Greenwood | Jack McCready |
| Val Kilmer | Agent Paul Pryzwarra |
| Matt Craven | Larry Minuti |
| James Caviezel | Carroll Oerstadt |
Miscellaneous
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- The Hummer H1 driven by Denzel Washington in the bridge chase scene is modeled after an actual robot, H1ghlander, entered by Carnegie Mellon University into the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge.
- Déjà Vu's composer, Harry Gregson-Williams, used various loops from a previous score he made for Joel Schumacher's Phone Booth.
- Val Kilmer had shirts made for the crew that read "Malcolm X, Jesus Christ, and Jim Morrison: Deja Vu. How Can We Fail?" Denzel Washington played Malcolm X in Malcolm X, Jim Caviezel played Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ, and Kilmer played Jim Morrison in The Doors.
- Factual inaccuracy: When Denzel Washington is transported back in time, the theory of the film states that all electrical activity of the heart and body will cease. In reality if this were to occur the physician would not cardioconvert a heart arrested in asystole, as depicted in the film.
References
- ^ Ryan Cormier (2008-01-13). "Writer's strike puts Del. native 'on the line'". The News Journal. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
"Déjà Vu," the $75 million Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Tony Scott-directed movie that Marsilii co-wrote with Terry Rossio....
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