The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

As a child, Evan Treborn was afflicted with blackouts where he would be in one place one minute and then another the next, remembering absolutely nothing in-between. Now all grown up and in college, he decides to read from an old journal he wrote to remember stuff that might have happened in the in-between, and suddenly finds himself back at a certain point in his life. He realizes that those blackouts he had were actually empty spaces of time he had to fill up later in life. Attempting to use this ability to undo unpleasant past events, Evan starts to find that every time he goes back and tries to fix things, he ends up making everything worse. How can he prevent more tragedies from happening and save the one girl he ever loved, Kayleigh (Amy Smart)?

Genres

Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Countries

United States Canada

Directors

Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber

Writers

J. Mackye Gruber Eric Bress

Producers

J.C. Spink Anthony Rhulen Toby Emmerich Ashton Kutcher William Shively David Krintzman Jason Goldberg Cale Boyter Richard Brener Chris Bender A.J. Dix

Composer

Michael Suby

Cinematographer

Matthew F. Leonetti

Editor

Peter Amundson

Production

FilmEngine Katalyst Films BenderSpink New Line Cinema

Starring

Ashton Kutcher Amy Smart Melora Walters Elden Henson William Lee Scott Eric Stoltz Ethan Suplee Logan Lerman John Patrick Amedori Irina Gorovaia Kevin G. Schmidt Jesse James Nathaniel DeVeaux Kevin Durand Callum Keith Rennie Cameron Bright Lorena Gale Kendall Cross John Tierney Ted Friend John B. Lowe Camille Sullivan Tara Wilson Jesse Hutch Bill Croft Kevan Ohtsji Daniel Spink Grant Thompson Melanie Hall Sam Easton

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