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Knowing
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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 mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, a new generation of students examines the capsule's contents and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Koestler. But it is Caleb's father, professor John Koestler, 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 John further unravels the document's chilling secrets, he realizes the document foretells three additional events-the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve John and his son. When John's attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place. With the reluctant help of Diana Wayland and Abby Wayland, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the prophecies, John'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.
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In "Knowing," Nicolas Cage is able to decipher the dates of future catastrophes.
Knowing
By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic
Posted 03/19/2009
'How am I supposed to stop the end of the world?" Now there's a question. And there's Nicolas Cage - forehead furrowed, eyes bulging, breathless - desperately trying to figure out the answer. » Read more
Knowing
By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992
Posted 03/19/2009
A couple of months ago, I offered Hollywood some free advice about how to make money this year. » Read more
MPAA rating:
PG-13
for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language
Cast:
Ben Mendelsohn; Nicolas Cage; Adrienne Pickering; Tamara Donnellan; Chandler Canterbury; Rose Byrne; Jayson Sutcliffe; Brett Robson
Directed by:
Alex Proyas
On the web:
 
Knowing Official Site
Genre:
Drama; Suspense, Thriller
Running time:
02:02
Release date:
2009
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