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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Alternate Ending, Audio Commentary, Previews, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Thai Subtitled
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother Telly (Julianne Moore, "Far From Heaven"), still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband (Anthony Edwards, "ER") swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise, "C.S.I.: NY") insists she's delusional. But worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy of unearthly terror.System Requirements:Running Time: 91 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"...gripping paranoid thriller." J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
"...the most exciting and original Hollywood thriller, occult or otherwise, since The Sixth Sense." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Editor's Note
Until the very last moments of Joseph Ruben's spooky suspense thriller, viewers will question who's who in the us-versus-them conundrum. We have but one hint: "It's not about the children." But as local police, the feds, and other unknowns follow Telly (Julianne Moore), a young mother who refuses to forget the death of her 9-year-old son Sam, it's clear that the children are a hot-button issue. While it's fishy enough that nobody--not even Telly's own husband (Anthony Edwards)--seems to remember Sam, and the plane crash she claims killed him was never reported in the newspapers, it's a question of whose story to believe. And Moore, the frantic mother with madness flickering in her eyes, may simply be delusional, or so her shrink (Gary Sinise) says. But when she finds another grieving parent, Ash (Dominic West), whose daughter died in the same accident, she now has a partner in conspiracy theory. Together, Ash and Telly flee through the damp alleyways beneath the Brooklyn Bridge where steam escapes from potholes and police searchlights penetrate the gothic fog. Somebody knows something about the children, and "they" want Ash and Telly to forget. THE FORGOTTEN springs into an action-adventure race for the truth, with surprising special effects, exciting jolts, and bird's-eye camera shots on ominous geometric patterns in the urban landscape keeping this mystery in fifth gear.
| Features | "The Making Of The Forgotten" Featurette - "Remembering The Forgotten" Featurette | | A Deeper Look Into The Minds Behind The Forgotten | | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French, Thai) | | On The Set | | Two Deleted Scenes | | Audio: English, French, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Thai | | DVD includes two versions of the film: the original theatrical cut plus a never-before-seen extended cut with deleted scenes and an alternate ending incorporated! | | Previews | | STARZ! Making of Featurette | | Remembering the Forgotten Featurette - a deeper look into the minds behind The Forgotten | | Widescreen Presentation | | Director Joseph Ruben and writer Gerald DiPego's commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 1/31/2006 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 10078 | | UPC: 00043396100787 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Thai Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
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"The special effect, when it comes, is a stunner." 12/01/2004 p.179James Berardinelli's ReelViews 6 of 10
The best thing to do with The Forgotten is to forget about it. What starts out as a taut psychologic - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
Whenever I hear about aliens who abduct human subjects and carry them off in spaceships and conduct - Roger Ebert
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