The Final Cut
The Final Cut is a 2004 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Omar Naim. It stars Robin Williams, Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk, Stephanie Romanov, Genevieve Buechner and Brendan Fletcher. The film takes place in a setting where memory implants make it possible to record entire lives. Williams plays a professional who specializes in editing the memories of unsavory people into uncritical memorials that are played at funerals.
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| Written by | Omar Naim
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| Running time | 95 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Box office | $3,618,825
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Alan Hakman: Not much.
- In the very last take of the movie we see Alan's memory video, as he looks into a mirror in his POV - then he steps out of frame.
- In the scene where Alan is reviewing newspaper clippings regarding Bannister's death, the final byline regarding Bannister's heart attack is written by "A Karpov." Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, PhD is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion. He was the official world champion from 1975 to 1985 when he was defeated by Garry Kasparov.
- Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut, shares a character with this film, Fletcher (named after Roger Water's father). It isn't clear if this connection is deliberate, but the album also features overtones of tragic loss and memories.
- This movie does not appear to take place in our universe nor share its time-line. Cars, homes, dress, and furnishings sometimes appear to be from our past or present, while certain technologies, obviously, do not yet exist in our world. Therefore, it does not matter if the events take place in a present, past, or future. In fact, no date is ever revealed nor mentioned in the movie. Even the tombstones in the graveyard scene have no birth or death dates.
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