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The Number 23 (2007)

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Year of U.S. Release: 2007

Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Maile Flanagan, Danny Huston, Rhona Mitra.

Director: Joel Schumacher

Screenwriter(s): Fernley Phillips

Producer(s): Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson

Distributor: New Line Cinema

Prod. Company: Contrafilm

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Suspense

Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min.

U.S. Release Date: February 23, 2007 (Wide)

U.S. DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007

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for violence, disturbing images, sexuality and language..

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Logline:

A man's life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.

Plot Summary:

Spiraling into a dark obsession with the number 23, Walter Sparrow twists his once idyllic life into an inferno of psychological torture that could possibly lead to his death as well as the deaths of his loved ones. Spurred on by a mysterious novel, The Number 23, that he doesn’t dare put down, Walter is forced to unlock the secrets of his past before he can continue his future with his wife, Agatha, and teenage son, Robin. The novel, given to Walter by Agatha as a birthday gift, depicts a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter’s life in dark and uncontrollable ways. The life of the book’s main character, a brooding detective named Fingerling, is filled with moments that echo Walter’s own history. As the world of the book starts to come alive, Walter becomes infected by the most frightening and evocative part of it: Fingerling’s obsession with the hidden power of the number 23. This obsession permeates the book and begins to control Walter. He sees the number everywhere in his own life and becomes convinced that he is damned to commit the same horrific crime as Fingerling—murder. Nightmarish fantasies come to haunt Walter, ones that portend terrible fates for his wife as well as family friend Isaac French, placing him on a desperate quest to understand the mysteries of the book. If he can unlock the power behind the number 23, he may be able to change his future.

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