| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Christian Bale |
Trevor Reznik
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| Reg E. Cathey |
Jones
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| Larry Gilliard Jr. |
Jackson
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| Michael Ironside |
Miller
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| Jennifer Jason Leigh |
Stevie
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| Robert Long |
Supervisor Furman
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| Anna Massey |
Mrs. Shrike
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| Matthew Romero Moore |
Nicholas
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| Aitana Sánchez-Gijón |
Marie
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| John Sharian |
Ivan
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| Brad Anderson |
Himself
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| Alain Bainée |
Himself
|
| Carlos Fernández |
Himself
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| Julio Fernández |
Himself
|
| Xavi Giménez |
Himself
|
| Scott Kosar |
Himself
|
| Antonia Nava |
Herself
|
| Robert Long (VII) |
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| Aitana Sanchez-Gijon |
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| Aitana Sanchez-Gijon |
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| Lawrence Gilliard Jr |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Mystery; Thriller |
| Director |
Brad Anderson; Nacho Cerdà; Brad Anderson (II) |
| Writer |
Scott Kosar |
| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
|
| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
102 mins |
| Country |
Spain |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.4 |
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| Plot |
| As a bleak and chilling mood piece, The Machinist gets under your skin and stays there. Christian Bale threw himself into the title role with such devotion that he shed an alarming 63 pounds to play Trevor Reznik (talk about "starving artist"!), a factory worker who hasn't slept in a year. He's haunted by some mysterious occurrence that turned him into a paranoid husk, sleepwalking a fine line between harsh reality and nightmare fantasy--a state of mind that leaves him looking disturbingly gaunt and skeletal in appearance. (It's no exaggeration to say that Bale resembles a Holocaust survivor from vintage Nazi-camp liberation newsreels.) In a cinematic territory far removed from his 1998 romantic comedy Next Stop Wonderland, director Brad Anderson orchestrates a grimy, nocturnal world of washed-out blues and grays, as Trevor struggles to assemble the clues of his psychological conundrum. With a friendly hooker (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and airport waitress (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón) as his only stable links to sanity, Trevor reaches critical mass and seems ready to implode just as The Machinist reveals its secrets. For those who don't mind a trip to hell with a theremin-laced soundtrack, The Machinist seems primed for long-term status as a cult thriller on the edge. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
831 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Location |
RIG-SHOP |
| Owner |
Rig |
| Links |
IMDB
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon Fr
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| User Lookup 1 |
DivX6 |
| User Text 1 |
En |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen (16:9, Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
3384442065832 |
| Release Date |
07/06/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; English (Closed Captioned) |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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