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Frequency
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.
2000 · Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 118 min · Science Fiction · Crime · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
The future is listening.
Plot
In 1969, veteran firefighter Frank Sullivan dies on duty and is survived by Julia, his wife, and John, his young son. In 1999, John has become an NYPD detective and struggles with emotional openness as a result of his loss. An atmospheric phenomenon causes a broken radio in John's home to start working again, and he realizes he can communicate with Frank in 1969 through it. John forewarns his father of his imminent death, allowing Frank to avoid the accident that would have killed him in 1969.
John experiences new memories as a result of changing the past, now remembering Frank dying in 1989 from lung cancer. He shares this news with Frank in 1969, who promptly quits smoking. Changing history brings unintended side-effects: Frank's survival allowed Julia to unknowingly save the life of a serial murderer known as "the Nightingale", who now kills 11 victims, including Julia, as compared to four in the original timeline.
John shares the Nightingale's case history with Frank, allowing him to save some of the would-be victims in 1969, but the Nightingale steals Frank's driver's license and plants it on his next victim. By sequestering potential fingerprint evidence in their house, Frank passes physical information from 1969 to 1999 to help John stop the Nightingale, who is revealed to be NYPD detective Jack Shepard. Frank is arrested by his close friend Det. Satch DeLeon (John's boss in 1999) on suspicion of murder, and attempts to prove himself innocent by predicting play-by-play details of the upcoming 1969 World Series Game 5, which he heard John recount.
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Crew
- Written by: Toby Emmerich
- Cinematography: Alar Kivilo
- Edited by: David Rosenbloom
- Music: Michael Kamen
- Production design: Paul Eads
- Produced by: Gregory Hoblit, Toby Emmerich, Bill Carraro, Hawk Koch
Cast
- Dennis Quaid as Frank Sullivan
- Jim Caviezel as John Sullivan
- Shawn Doyle as Jack Shepard
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Julia Sullivan
- Andre Braugher as Satch DeLeon
- Noah Emmerich as Gordo Hersch
- Melissa Errico as Samantha Thomas
- Jordan Bridges as Graham Gibson
- Daniel Henson as Johnny Sullivan (6 Years)
- Michael Cera as Gordy Jr. (10 Years)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema
- Budget: $31,000,000
- Box office: $68,106,245
- Themes: rescue, future, new york city, race against time, mother, escape, detective, baseball, investigation, time travel
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