A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
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- TriviaShots of Adrien Brody sobbing in the body drawer were real. Brody had asked director John Maybury to keep him locked in, even when they weren't filming, so he could get the feel of the character's despair. Eventually, Brody lost it during filming, and Maybury caught it.
- GoofsRegulation U.S. military dog tags do not have dates of birth on them.
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[letter Jack writes to Jean]
Jack Starks: Sometimes I think we live through things only to be able to say that it happened. That it wasn't to someone else, it was to me. Sometimes we live to beat the odds. I'm not crazy even though they thought I was. I live in the same world as everyone else. I just saw more of it, as I'm sure you have. They'll find my body tomorrow. You can check it out if you don't believe me. I've seen life after my death, and I'm telling you this because it's the only way to help you and your daughter have a better life of your own. Jean, you're gonna pass out one day smoking a cigarette and burn to death. Your daughter grows up living the same life you're living right now. And she misses you so much. Sometimes life can only really begin with the knowledge of death. That it can all end, even when you least want it to. The important thing in life is to believe that while you're alive, it's never too late. I promise you, Jean, no matter how bad things look, they look better awake than they do asleep. When you die, there's only one thing you want to happen. You wanna come back.
- Alternate versionsThere are two continuations to the last scene where Jackie gives Jack a ride and the sun shines behind them. In one version, we hear Jack screaming as Dr. Becker gets him out of the drawer. In the second version, we see that Jack died in Iraq.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Look of 'the Jacket': Influences from the Avant-Garde (2005)
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Written by Roger Eno
Performed by Roger Eno
Courtesy of Opal Ltd./All Saints Records
Under license from Opal Music, London/PRS except in N. America by Upala Music Inc. /BMI
Produced by Daniel Lanois
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- Ngăn Cản Thần Chết
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- Budget
- $29,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,303,762
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,723,682
- Mar 6, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $21,733,230
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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