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Total Recall

United States

  • Cast & Credits:

    Release Date: August 3, 2012
    Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)
    Director: Len Wiseman
    Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, Mark Bomback
    Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, Bill Nighy
    Genre: Action, Thriller
    MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, some sexual content, brief nudity, and language)
    Official Website: http://TotalRecall-movie.com

  • Categories: Action | Sci Fi | Thriller | All

Story

"Total Recall" is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs.

But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

Fun Facts

Colin Farrell previously appeared in Minority Report, which was also adapted from a Philip K. Dick short story, and had originally been developed as a sequel to the original film version of Total Recall.

Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender were considered for the role of Quaid.
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Kate Bosworth and Diane Kruger were considered for the role of Lori, and Eva Green, Rosario Dawson and Paula Patton were considered for the role of Melina. Eva Mendes was considered for both roles.

According to Ethan Hawke, his character has a lengthy monologue that lasts around five pages in the shooting script. However, his scene will not be in the final cut and will be part of the film's viral marketing.

The first film that married couple Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale have worked on together that isn't Underworld related.

The one shot fight scene was performed by Colin Farrell himself and was shot 22 times before Farrell did it perfectly.

Product Information

"Total Recall"(1990) - with Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sharon Stone

Total Recall (Mind-Bending Edition) [Blu-ray]

Total Recall (Mind-Bending Edition) [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor: Rachel Ticotin
Actor: Sharon Stone
Actor: Michael Ironside
Actor: Ronny Cox
AspectRatio: 1.85:1
AudienceRating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Lions Gate
Color: color
Director: Paul Verhoeven
EAN: 0012236119166
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ReleaseDate: 2012-07-31
RunningTime: 113
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Studio: Lions Gate
Title: Total Recall (Mind-Bending Edition) [Blu-ray]
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Product Description
Experience Total Recall the way it was meant to be seen with a pristine Director approved 1080P HD transfer! Action star extraordinaire Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually a secret agent from Mars - or is he?

Amazon.com
This science fiction blockbuster from 1990 began its production life as a very different movie than the one that was released. An adaptation of the Philip K. Dick short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," Total Recall was originally conceived of with Richard Dreyfuss starring as a Walter Mitty-like character who experiences a variety of artificially induced fantasies. The movie we know is a mega-budget action epic set on Mars. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a normal working man who discovers that his entire reality has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Oscar-winning special effects and violent action propel the twisting plot, in which Arnold manipulates his manipulators in a world of dazzling high technology. Director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop) indulges his usual penchant for gratuitous bloodshed, but the movie has enough cleverness to rise above its excesses. --Jeff Shannon


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