Jacket (2005)
Año de lanzamiento: 2005
Nación: United States
Alternative Title: The Jacket
Director: John Maybury
Writer: Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin, Tom Bleecker
Producción & Género
Productor: Executive Producer: Peter E. Strauss, Mark Cuban, Timothy J. Nicholas, Todd Wagner, Andreas Grosch, Ori Marmur, Jennifer Fox, Ben Cosgrove, Christopher Roberts
Producer: Peter Guber, Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney
Co-Producer: Marc Rocco, Donald C. McKeon, Andreas Schmid, Philip McKeon, Kia Jam, Marc Frydman
Compañías: Section Eight Productions, Mandalay Entertainment, Warner Independent Pictures
Género: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction Film
Budget: 29.000.000
Premios & Similares
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Similar: N/A
Palabras clave
Palabras clave: amnesia, experiment, smoking, psychology, hallucination, time travel, medicine, iraq war veteran, love, psychologist, soldier, psychiatrist, vermont, dead, wrongful arrest, near-death experience, truck stop, murder of a police officer
Historia
The film 'Jacket' (2005) follows Jack Starks, a Gulf War veteran who returns home to Vermont suffering from amnesia. While hitching a ride, he and his driver are pulled over by a police officer who is subsequently killed by an unknown assailant. Starks is wrongfully accused of the murder and ends up in a psychiatric asylum. A shady doctor subjects him to experimental therapy involving confinement in a straight jacket-like device and burial in a morgue drawer. During this ordeal, Starks experiences vivid visions of his own death four days hence. With time running out, he must unravel the mystery surrounding his fate.
Resumen
'Jacket' is a tense psychological thriller directed by John Maybury in 2005. The film blends drama, mystery, and science fiction elements to tell the story of Jack Starks, a traumatized war veteran haunted by visions of his impending doom. The narrative explores themes of identity, trauma, and fate as Starks struggles against false accusations, experimental therapy, and ultimately, his own destiny.
