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Déjà Vu – 2006 #Timetravel #Movie

12/4/2015

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Déjà Vu is a great time travel film from 2006. It stars Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, and others. Wonderful cast!

Déjà Vu was filmed in New Orleans, both before and after Hurricane Katrina and these scenes are visible in the film. In fact the script was amended to include a reference to the tragedy. 
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On Fat Tuesday a ferry crossing over the Mississippi River, containing Navy Sailors and their families explodes, killing 542 passengers. One of the bodies recovered from the river doesn’t fit the bill as a person who died in an explosion. The body is that of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton) who even in death is beautiful, and this does not go unnoticed by ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin (Denzel Washington). 
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Paula Patton as Claire Kuchever
Carlin is brought in on (sort of) a new government project called Snow White. He is told it is a video screen made up of satellite imagery merged together to form a 3-D stream that can be looked and manipulated from any angle. But the stream can only be obtained from exactly 4 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds, and 14.5 nanoseconds in the past.
 
They end up viewing inside the home of Claire Kuchever. Carlin gets the notion that Claire is aware that she is being watched…by them, so he shines a laser pointer into the screen and watches as she notices the beam. 
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Project Snow White with: Denzel Washington as ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin. Val Kilmer as FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra. Adam Goldberg as Dr. Alexander Denny. Erika Alexander as Shanti.
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A topological representation almost identical to Brian Greene's idea as used in the film to explain time travel and a wormhole.

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Adam Goldberg as Dr. Alexander Denny. Erika Alexander as Shanti. Elden Henson as Gunnars.
Spoiler Alert: He is then told the truth. He isn’t just seeing images from 4 ½ days ago, he is seeing the actual past as it is occurring 4 ½ days ago. From a time travel point of view, Claire is alive.
 
An attempt is made to send a note back to himself, but he leaves the office and the note is discovered by his partner who is killed trying to stop the bomber, (Jim Caviezel). It was strange for me to watch the actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ and a beloved character in the time travel movie Frequency, playing such an evil bastard in this film. 
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Directed by     Tony Scott
Produced by    Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by      Bill Marsilii and Terry Rossio
Music by         Harry Gregson-Williams
Consultant:      Brian Greene
 
Cast
Denzel Washington as ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin
Paula Patton as Claire Kuchever
Jim Caviezel as Carroll Oerstadt
Val Kilmer as FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra
Adam Goldberg as Dr. Alexander Denny
Erika Alexander as Shanti
Bruce Greenwood as FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jack McCready
Matt Craven as ATF Special Agent Larry Minuti
Enrique Castillo as Claire's father
Elden Henson as Gunnars
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Douglas Carlin is eventually sent back to the past, with a plan to save the girl and stop the bombing. I’ve given enough spoilers, so I will leave it at this. The attempt didn’t go off exactly as planned, but the film comes to a very satisfying conclusion.
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4 Comments
David Smith
6/17/2022 05:08:19 am

Fantastic film, a sci-fi love story.

Two questions.

Does Douglas travel back more than once, if so, how does that work?

At the end of the film, Douglas has been successful, but the present Douglas has no memory, does anyone else know, or is it only Claire?

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Dennis Higgins
6/17/2022 05:16:45 am

David, Thank you for your comments. I will have to delve into the film again. I will do this and get back to you.

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Max Donovan link
11/24/2023 07:24:01 am

Appreciate you bllogging this

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Dennis Higgins - Author
11/25/2023 05:07:07 am

Thanks for your comment. It was a great movie.

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