Knowing (2008)
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 of the students, a mysterious girl
who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows
of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation
of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl’s
cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Myles. But it is
Caleb’s father, professor Ted Myles(Nicolas Cage), who makes the
startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint
accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster
of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document’s secrets,
he realizes it foretells three additional events—the last of which
hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted
and his son. When Ted’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf
ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from
taking place.
This gripping supernatural thriller charts one man’s
faltering steps towards belief in the ultimate order of the universe
even as he finds himself surrounded by mounting chaos. With the
reluctant help of DIANA WHELAN (Rose Byrne) and ABBY, the daughter and
granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the cryptic prophecies,
Ted’s increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race
against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster—and
the ultimate sacrifice.
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast:
Nicolas Cage,
Rose Byrne,
Chandler Canterbury,
Ben Mendelsohn,
Adrienne Pickering,
Tamara Donnellan
