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, his friends Lenny Kagan and Kayleigh Miller, and Kayleigh's brother Tommy suffered many severe psychological traumas that caused Evan to experience frequent amnesia. These traumas include being forced to create child pornography with Kayleigh by Tommy's father George, Evan nearly being strangled to death by his institutionalized father Jason before Jason is killed in front of him by guards, accidentally killing a mother and her infant daughter while playing with dynamite, and Tommy burning Evan's dog Crockett alive. Evan keeps meticulous journals of his day to day life as a coping mechanism.
Awards
Cast
- Amy Smart
- Ashton Kutcher
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Cameron Bright
- Camille Sullivan
- Elden Henson
- Eric Stoltz
- Ethan Suplee
- Irina 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 Wilson
- William Lee Scott
More details
| author | Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber |
|---|---|
| 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 | amnesia attack back in time brain damage bully burn child pornography director\'s cut dorm room dynamite entertain force generational curse grow up hospital staff kill lose love lung cancer mental hospital mentally unstable new york city psychological trauma read sibling smoke strangled to death than the time travel traumatize umbilical cord 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 time loop |