Stay (2005/I)

Regisseur:

Marc Forster

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

David Benioff (written by)

Premierendatum:

21. Oktober 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Werbezeile:

You Can't Stay Between the Living and the Dead.

Plot:

This movie focuses on the attempts of a psychiatrist to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.

Plot Keywords:

Surreal | Psychiatrist | Loss Of Parents | Dying | Artist

Nutzerkommentare:

Wonderfully executed masterpiece

Besetzung

Ewan McGregor	...	Dr. Sam Foster
Ryan Gosling	...	Henry Letham
Kate Burton	...	Mrs. Letham
Naomi Watts	...	Lila Culpepper
Elizabeth Reaser	...	Athena
Bob Hoskins	...	Dr. Leon Patterson
Janeane Garofalo	...	Dr. Beth Levy
B.D. Wong	...	Dr. Ren
John Tormey	...	Custodian / Piano Mover #1
José Ramón Rosario	...	Cabbie / Piano Mover #2
Becky Ann Baker	...	Paramedic #1 / Butch Cook
Lisa Kron	...	Paramedic #2
Gregory Mitchell	...	Dance Instructor
John Dominici	...	Boy / Young Henry
Jessica Hecht	...	Boy's Mother

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some disturbing images.

Länge:

99 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Spain:18 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (original rating) (cut) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Brazil:14 | UK:18 (video rating) (uncut) | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | Czech Republic:15 | Norway:15 | South Korea:15 | Mexico:B15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Hungary:16 | Singapore:PG | USA:R

Drehorte:

Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

New Regency Pictures

Dies und das:

In an interview with MTV.com, director Marc Forster revealed the reason why Sam's trousers are too short for his legs. It is because Henry's view of Sam is when he is crouching down, and his trousers pull up when he does this.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Because of the nature of the film, various suggested "continuity goofs" are in fact intentional.

Dialogzitate:

Lila Culpepper: Tell me I'm good.
Sam Foster: You're good.
Lila Culpepper: Tell me they'll remember me.
Sam Foster: Who's 'they'?
Lila Culpepper: [almost asking] The world.
Sam Foster: Is that what you want?
[beat]
Sam Foster: The world will remember you.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Writing the Music for 'Stay' (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

These Eyes

Wonderfully executed masterpiece

I saw this in the cinema solely because I had nothing else to do and that Ewan McGregor was in it. I had no idea what it was about. I am so glad that I watched it, because this film left me thinking for ages.

This is a thriller about a psychiatrist (which I happen to be one) trying to help a depressed & suicidal patient. The film twists unexpectedly all the time without getting bizarre. The visual effects are stunning, and the soundtrack created the eerie atmosphere which gave me creeps. The best thing about this film is that the film keeps you in suspense throughout the film, without the use of sudden loud noises, gore or scary scenes. Everything in the film seemed so every day life (to me anyway) and yet it keeps you on the edge all the time. The interspersed scenes of unrelated objects creates suspense in a way that is surreal. In the ending, I was totally surprised at that happened. I had to really think a lot to figure out what happened. Usually, when I don't understand a film, I say it is bad bad bad, but for this film, it leaves me wanting to find out more about it.

I strongly recommend anyone to watch this film!