Information
| Year: | 2004 |
| Rating: | 6.2(12414) |
| Listed in: | Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Omar Naim |
| Actors: | Robin Williams James Caviezel Thom Bishops Mira Sorvino Mimi Kuzyk Stephanie Romanov |
| "Every moment of your life recorded. Would you live it differently?" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Omar Naim | |
| Actors | |
| Robin Williams | as Alan Hakman |
| James Caviezel | as Fletcher |
| Thom Bishops | as Hasan |
| Brendan Fletcher | as Michael |
| Vincent Gale | as Simon |
| Casey Dubois | as Young Alan - 9 |
| Liam Ranger | as Young Louis - 9 |
| Michael St. John Smith | as Charles Bannister |
| Christopher Britton | as Jason Monroe |
| Don Ackerman | as Tattooed Man |
| George Gordon | as Daniel Monroe |
| Spencer Achtymichuk | as Jason Monroe - 6 |
| Mig Macario | as Rom |
| Emy Aneke | as Security Guard |
| Stephen Dimopoulos | as Uncle Murray |
| Kwesi Ameyaw | as Guest #2 |
| Peter Hall | as Adult Louis |
| Bart Anderson | as Mr. Hakman |
| Stefan Arngrim | as Oliver |
| Darren Shahlavi | as Karim |
| Blu Mankuma | as Zoe Tech Representative |
| Richard Hendery | as Balding Man |
| Jim Francis | as Professor |
| Jason Diablo | as Bobby |
| Andrew Bramley | as Doctor |
| David James | as Dad |
| Kolja Liquette | as Squabbling Husband |
| Bryan Elliot | as Pregnant Woman's Husband |
| Ryan Gates | as Aging Man |
| Ian Gschwind | as Man |
| Mike Jocelyn | as Business Man |
| Kevin Mundy | as Toasting Guy |
| Lee Walker | as Friend #1 |
| Darren Hird | as Voice of Danny Monroe |
| Bill Waters | as Old Man |
| Robert Brakey | as Groom in Zoe Footage |
| Actresses | |
| Mira Sorvino | as Delila |
| Mimi Kuzyk | as Thelma |
| Stephanie Romanov | as Jennifer Bannister |
| Genevieve Buechner | as Isabel Bannister |
| Joely Collins | as Legz the Tattoo Artist |
| Wanda Cannon | as Caroline Monroe |
| Chaka White | as Pregnant Woman On Bus |
| Sarah Deakins | as Eliza Monroe |
| Erin Wright | as Battered Woman |
| Wendy Noel | as Guest #1 |
| Leanne Adachi | as Natalie |
| Johnna Wright | as Mrs. Hakman |
| Lisa Bunting | as Sobbing Woman |
| Doreen Eby | as Delivery Nurse |
| Elizabeth Urrea | as Patient Parent |
| Barbara Krebesova | as Squabbling Wife |
| Ellen Kennedy | as Woman |
| Katina Robillard | as Pretty Woman |
| Anne Whitmore | as Friend #2 |
| Sharon Simms | as Screeching Car Passenger |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 10 June 2003 - August 2003 |
| Gross: |
USA - 548,039 USD (7 November 2004) Australia - 22,681 USD (14 November 2004) |
| Plot: | Omar Naim's The Final Cut is startlingly different than a conventional science fiction film. It's a compelling fable that offers a vision of a world where memory implants record all moments of a person's life. Post mortem, these memories are removed and edited by a "Cutter" into a reel depicting the life of the departed for a commemorative ceremony, called a Rememory. Robin Williams' powerful portrayal of Alan Hakman, a troubled "cutter," propels this character driven story that forces us to question the power of our memories and the sanctity of our privacy. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"4 Seasons/Spring" (1725) Written and Composed by Antonio Vivaldi (as Vivaldi) Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (as The Royal Philharmonic) Published by Extreme Music Library PLC Courtesy of Extreme Production Music "Bye Bye" Written by William Hermes Performed by Lightnin' Willie and The Poorboys Published by Laureate Lane Music (ASCAP) Courtesy of 4Music o/b/o 1.4.5 Records "Enchanted Days" Music and Lyrics by Brian Tyler Music arranged by Tim Davies Absurd Music/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC Tyler Too Music Publishing, ASCAP "Hollow" Music written by Brian Tyler and Michael Nielsen Lyrics by Brian Tyler Performed by Ja Wah Absurd Music/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC Tyler Too Music Publishing, ASCAP "Sweet Remembrance" Written and Performed by Werner Drexler Courtesy of Radical Entertainment Morning Music By Arrangement with Pen Music Group, Inc. "Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002" (Onscreen as "Violin Partite No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002") By Johann Sebastian Bach Performed by Lucy Van Dael, Violin Courtesy of Naxos by Arrangement with Source/Q "BulBul" (uncredited) Composed by Andrew Lockington Performed by Maryem Tollar Produced by Andrew Lockington and Ron Searles Published by Absurd Music Courtesy of Lions Gate Records |
Goofs
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SYNC: When Fletcher is threatening Alan, as we cut to a wide shot, his mouth stops moving but the audio continues. Crew: When the movie dollies back to a wide shot of Alan doing his work with a large number of little screens in the background, one of the scenes on the left shows the supposed subject looking at a urinal. From there, the subject turns around and looks at a mirror, revealing a woman holding a camcorder. Miscellaneous: When Bannister takes his daughter into his study, he closes the door. The visual record is shot along the length of his arm, so either his eyes are in the middle of his chest, of the camera was shooting from too low. Fact errors: The paper announcing Bannister's death states that he was 54 when he died. But, when Alan loads his implant for the first time, it states that there are 544,628 life hours to review. That number of hours would make him over 62 years of age. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: In the final shot of the movie, Alan (Robin Williams) is seen looking at himself in the mirror. He turns away and exits the frame and the scene ends. If the camera is in his eye, his field of vision would have changed, and even if the camera was just in his body, it would not have remained there as he exited the screen. |
Quotes
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Alan: If I try it myself, I'll die. And I will try it myself. Alan: There will be nothing I won't know soon. Alan: You wanna take a shot too? Everybody else has. Jennifer: Perhaps... some things are best forgotten. Alan: Perhaps. Fletcher: It's for the greater good, Alan. Your life will mean something. I promise. Alan Hakman: [dying words] Will you look at that? Alan Hakman: The dead mean nothing to me, Mrs. Bannister. I took this job because I respect the living. Alan Hakman: I forgive people long after they can be punished for their sins. Isabel Bannister: Alan... it's not really Mr. Froggy's birthday. It's in a week. Alan Hakman: My job is to let people remember what they want to remember, Fletcher. It fulfilled a human need. I didn't invent the technology. Hasan: May I speak frankly with you, Alan? Alan Hakman: Oh, Please. Hasan: You're a real prick. Delila: Why are you here? You know it doesn't work between us. Alan Hakman: I can change. Delila: You can't change. You're a man of marble. Alan Hakman: I still have some of your things. You want me to drop them off? Delila: Keep them as souvenirs. Alan Hakman: You wanna come by and pick them up? Fletcher: It's a strange profession you have, isn't it, Alan? You take people's lives, make lies out of them. Alan Hakman: It's been a long time, Fletcher. Fletcher: Eight years. Alan Hakman: Well, I don't have time to catch up right now. Fletcher: How can you handle it, Alan? People sleeping and shitting... people stealing from each other... manipulating each other.. the obscenity. Alan Hakman: I can't talk, I'm working. Alan Hakman: I need to speak to you alone. Thelma: Michael, why don't you go down to the store and buy some cigarettes? Michael: We got eight packs already. Thelma: Well, bring them back then. We don't need so many. Mrs. Monroe: Why are they tattooed like that? Alan Hakman: I'm not sure. Mrs. Monroe: It's so grotesque. Delila: Your phonecall got me all worried. I saw the mirror, what happened? Alan Hakman: I saw something. Delila: What do you have in this dump? Alan Hakman: Not much. Delila: What is it? Alan Hakman: Some implants have defect. They can't see the difference between what the eye sees and what the mind sees. Delila: Everytime I think I've had it with you, you show me something amazing. Delila: You fell in love with an image of me. Not the real me. Alan Hakman: At first. Now I want you the way you really are. Delila: I can't believe you after what you did. Delila: Oh God! Alan! I'm right here in front of you. I see nothing has changed. Alan: [in the library] Is Suicide under Self-Help? Delila: These moments... they belong to me, Alan. The good and the bad. They're mine and his! Who are you to take them away from me? Alan: Then you know what it's like to be haunted. One memory... one single incident has made me who I am. It won't leave me be. The guilt tears me apart. Alan: He died of a coronary complication. Simon: I was a complication, or didn't you get to that part yet? Simon: Let's do this. Fletcher: No, no. Not now there's somebody up there. This has to be clean. No mess. Simon: Clean, dirty. It's all the same to me. Legz, the Tattoo Artist: Now first we do the audio tattoo... and we wait a week. If you don't get a migraine and your system takes it... then we'll do the video tattoo. Alan: Do I have to cover my whole face? Legz, the Tattoo Artist: No. Those guys [referring to the men in the lobby with large face tattoos] ... they're just young and angry. You want it discrete. Alan: Very. Legz, the Tattoo Artist: Yeah. Alan: Will this hurt? Legz, the Tattoo Artist: Oh, yeah. Hasan: This girl was a complete wreck - drinking, drugs, in and out of schools. Then she turns 21... and she finds out about her Zoe implant. Complete 180. She's born again. Her knowing that someone would one day watch... transforms her into this kind, gentle, loving person. Michael: So what happened? Hasan: She committed suicide. Took a dive off her balcony... 27 floors straight onto her head. The implant was instantly vapourized. Delila: Guillotine. You're like a mortician... or a priest... or a taxidermist. All of them. Delila: What about all the bits in between? Alan: It's a miniature. Concise, symmetrical. That's the way the world looks to me... the way I see it. Delila: How do you do this? Alan: It's what I was meant to do. Delila: You were meant to live your own life too. Alan: Some of us still live by the code, Fletcher. We didn't walk away. We have what it takes. Fletcher: And what does it take, Alan? Delusion? Obsession? Guilt? No, I don't have any of those... not as much as you do. Delila: A new cutting project? That, that's what you're talking to be about, Alan? Alan: Well, more than that. Delila: Alan, you've seen so much life and somehow you miss the point. Thelma: Give the footage back to the widow. Let her deal with it. Alan: I can't give it back. There's someone in that project I haven't seen for years. Thelma: I hate it when that happens. Alan: They say that friends help you move, but good friends help you move bodies, don't they? Delila: There's no place for me with you. You haven't even made room for yourself. You have to separate yourself from that machine. |
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