Knowing

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 (USA) / 2009 (USA) / 2009 03 20 (USA)

UPC: 025192031892

Studio: Summit Entertainment

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity]

Summary: A time capsule containing a cryptic message about the coming apocalypse sends a concerned father on a race to prevent the horrific events from unfolding as predicted in this sci-fi thriller directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and starring Nicolas Cage. 1958: As the dedication ceremony for a newly constructed elementary school gets under way, a time capsule containing student drawings of the future is buried on the grounds and scheduled to be unearthed on the school's 50th anniversary. Instead of submitting a drawing, however, one little girl scribbles a series of seemingly random numbers on her paper before it is buried. Fifty years later, the time capsule is unearthed for a new generation of students to examine. Young Caleb Koestler (Chandler Canterbury) is one of those students. The mysterious sequence of numbers falling into his possession, Caleb takes the paper to his father, Professor John Koestler (Cage), for examination. Studying the numbers, Professor Koestler soon discovers that they aren't random at all, but an encoded message containing the precise dates, death tolls, and coordinates of every major disaster since the time capsule was buried. Not only that, but the document also indicates that there will be three more such events, the last of which indicates a doomsday scenario that appears directly tied to Professor Koestler and Caleb. His desperate plea to authorities falling on deaf ears, Professor Koestler realizes that his only hope for preventing more lives from being lost is to take personal action. Though the author of the prophecies is no longer living, Professor Koestler is eventually able to track down her daughter Diana Wayland (Rose Byrne), and granddaughter Abby, who reluctantly agree to aid in the investigation. As the final date on the list draws near, Professor Koestler enters into a frantic race against time to prevent destruction on a global scale, in the process realizing that in order to save millions of lives, he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Features: Audio commentary with director Alex Proyas
Knowing all: the making of a futuristic thriller
Visions of the apocalypse

Knowing

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 07/07/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DHMA null

Runtime: 121 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Cast and Crew: Todd Black  Producer 
Alex Proyas  Director 
Alex Proyas  Producer 
Alex Proyas  Screenwriter 
Steve Tisch  Producer 
Jason Blumenthal  Producer 
Marco Beltrami  Composer (Music Score) 
Topher Dow  Executive Producer 
Stuart Hazeldine  Screenwriter 
Richard Kelly  Screenwriter 
Ryne Douglas Pearson  Screenwriter 
Norm Golightly  Executive Producer 
Juliet Snowden  Screenwriter 
Stiles White  Screenwriter 
Stephen Jones  Executive Producer 
David J. Bloomfield  Executive Producer 
Nicolas Cage  Actor 
Rose Byrne  Actor 
Chandler Canterbury  Actor 
Ben Mendelsohn  Actor 
Lara Robinson  Actor 
Nadia Townsend  Actor 
Danielle Carter  Actor 
Alethea McGrath  Actor 
Alan Hopgood  Actor 
D.G. Maloney  Actor 
Adrienne Pickering  Actor 
Joshua Long  Actor 
David Lennie  Actor 
Tamara Donnellan  Actor 
Travis Waite  Actor 
Gareth Yuen  Actor 
Lesley-Anne Mitchell  Actor 
Liam Hemsworth  Actor 
Raymond Anthony Thomas  Actor 
Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen  Actor 
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik  Actor 
Jake Bradley  Actor 
Jean-Michael Tan  Actor 
Rody Claude  Actor 
Nathaniel Kiwi  Actor 
Blair Venn  Actor 
Alyssa McClelland  Actor 
Ra Chapman  Actor 
Benita Collings  Actor 
Verity Charlton  Actor 

Country: USA