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GOTHIKA (2003) |
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| Mysterious circumstances befall criminal psychologist Miranda Grey, who awakens to find herself a patient in the very institution where she works -- with no memory of the murder she has been accused of committing. To complicate her situation, a vengeful spirit toys with her as she tries to piece together her recent past. From the creators of The House on Haunted Hill and Ghost Ship comes a new terrifying chapter in their Dark Castle series. |
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| Halle Berry (Miranda Grey), Robert Downey Jr. (Pete Graham), Charles Dutton (Dr. Douglas Grey), John Carroll Lynch (Sheriff Ryan), Bernard Hill (Phil Parsons), Penelope Cruz (Chloe Sava), Dorian Harewood (Teddy Howard), Bronwen Mantel (Irene), Kathleen Mackay (Rachel Parsons), Matthew G. Taylor (Turlington), Michel Perron (Joe), Andrea Sheldon (Tracey Seavers), Anana Rydvald (Glass Cell Nurse), Laura Mitchell, Amy Sloan (Inmates), Noel Burton (Prison Doctor), Benz Antoine, Andy Bradshaw, Jason Cavalier, Jasson Finney, Terry Simpson, Kwasi Songui (Guards), Caroline Van Vlaardingen, Al Vandecruys (Reporters), Noah Bernett (Tim). |
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JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS DEAD DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONE. |
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DIRECTOR: Mathieu Kassovitz.
WRITER: Sebastian Gutierrez.
PRODUCERS: L. Levin, Susan Levin, Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis.
CO-PRODUCERS: Melina Kevorkian and Richard Mirisch.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Don Carmody, Steve Richards and Gary Unger.
LINE PRODUCER: Jefferson Richard.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: John Ottman.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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| Chloe Sava: You can't trust somebody when they think you're crazy. |
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[repeating Chloe's line to Pete Graham]
Dr. Miranda Grey: You can't trust somebody when they think you're crazy. |
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RELEASE DATE: November 21st, 2003 (USA)
DVD RELEASE DATE: March 23rd, 2004 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $19.2 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $59.6 million* (USA)
BUDGET: $40 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: April 2003 -- June 2003
- A month before it's release, Warner Bros. pushed the release date of this film back from October to November 2003. This is the first Dark Castle movie not to get a traditional October release.
- In May 2003, Halle Berry broke one of her ulnas (the major bone between the wrist and the elbow) during a stunt for the film. In the scene, Robert Downey Jr. was supposed to grab her wrist and twist, but twisted too hard and the wrist snapped. Production halted for three weeks. |
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Pete Graham: I don't believe in ghosts.
Miranda Grey: Neither do I, but they believe in me. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"Logic is tossed out the window, chased down the road and abused so roudly that it never comes back." -- Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer |
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"More of a woman's-prison movie than a supernatural thriller, and not a very good one at that." -- Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com |
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"A parade of cheap scare tactics." -- Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News |
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"Movies like this need to be locked up, and the keys that accomplish that need to be firmly thrown away." -- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger |
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| "Plays out on screen as a series of crazy chases and lady-in-distress cliches, interspersed with wildly illogical plot twists-all caught by a nervous camera whirling like drunken paparazzi." -- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune |
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