Knowing

Starring: Cage, Nicolas and Byrne, Rose

Product Description

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule but one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts every major disaster of the past 50 years. As John further unravels the document's chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events-the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve John and his son.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192031892
• Release Date: October 2012
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Lions Gate-Sphe
• Director: Proyas, Alex
• Starring: Cage, Nicolas, Byrne, Rose
• Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Do you hear what I hear?

A philosophy/science teacher, John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) never gives real thought to determinism vs. random chance. Then when his wife dies in a freak accident, he almost goes off the deep end becoming mostly a zombie. He chooses a random chance. John still takes care of his son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) following all the rules that he assumes fathers are supposed to follow when taking care of their children. However, this is a mechanical way. Perchance or by design John Koestler's world is soon to change. 50 years ago, an elementary school class placed in a “time capsule” pictures of what they thought the future would be like. One little girl, Lucinda (Lara Robinson), a hearer of whispering voices, places what looks like random numbers on a page instead of the picture of the expected future. Caleb receives the envelope and brings it home. A closer inspection by John and his world is turned around. By now you are thinking that this is one of those second-rate formula predictions of the end of the world sci-fi movies. In sense you are correct. However, there is a lot more to this movie. Many underlying stories and psychological problems. Not those namby-pamby psychological problems of today, but universal issues between people. There are enough twists and turns in this that lead to dead-end alleys in this film to hold the most ardent sci-fi or mystery reader. This film is definitely time well spent. Just a quick note for those that are enamored with Blu-Ray; the action and color and sound you are looking for you will find in this film. Even though this was designed to be a psychological thriller the director purposely made sure that we receive plenty of action, color, and sound. The background sounds lower for speech and rise again for action. Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (1811-12) 2nd movement: Allegretto Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven Performed by Sydney Scoring Orchestra

Not a Happy Birthday

This movie was part of my order and I didn't ever get it.