The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber. It stars Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, Logan Lerman, Ethan Suplee, and Melora Walters. The title refers to the butterfly effect.
Plot
Growing up, Evan Treborn and his friends, Lenny Kagan and Kayleigh Miller, and Kayleigh's brother Tommy, suffered many severe psychological traumas that frequently caused Evan to experience amnesia. These traumas include being forced to take part in child pornography by Kayleigh and Tommy's father, George Miller; being nearly strangled to death by his institutionalized father, Jason Treborn, who is then killed in front of him by guards; accidentally killing a mother and her infant daughter while playing with dynamite with his friends; and seeing his dog, Crockett, burned alive by Tommy.
Awards
Cast
- Amy Smart
- Ashton Kutcher
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Cameron Bright
- Camille Sullivan
- Elden Henson
- Eric Stoltz
- Ethan Suplee
- Irene Gorovaia
- Jake Kaese
- Jesse Hutch
- Jesse James
- John Patrick Amedori
- Kevin Durand
- Kevin Schmidt
- Logan Lerman
- Lorena Gale
- Magda Apanowicz
- Meilani Paul
- Melora Walters
- Sam Easton
- Tara Lynn Wilson
- William Lee Scott
More details
author | Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber |
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award | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3411704 |
contentLocation | New York |
director | Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber |
editor | Peter Amundson |
events | predestination rollback in time |
genre | science fiction thriller |
keywords | alternative timeline amnesia back in time build bully burned alive child pornography doctor who dorm room dynamite entertain force grow up hospital staff inherit kill lose lung cancer mental hospital mentally unstable new york city office building psychological trauma strangled to death time travel traumatize upbringing walk |
musicBy | Michael Suby |
producer | A.J. Dix Anthony Rhulen Ashton Kutcher Chris Bender JC Spink |
productionCompany | BenderSpink FilmEngine Katalyst |
publisher | New Line Cinema |
recordedAt | Vancouver |
theme | psychological thriller science fiction thriller time loop |