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The Adjustment Bureau
A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
2011 · Directed by George Nolfi · 106 min · Science Fiction · Thriller · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
Your future has been adjusted.
Plot
In 2006, Brooklyn Democratic congressman David Norris unsuccessfully runs for the United States Senate. While rehearsing his concession speech in a men's bathroom, David meets Elise Sellas, who has been hiding after crashing a wedding and had overheard him, and they kiss. David does not get Elise's name before they are separated, but, inspired by her, he delivers an unusually candid speech that is well-received and makes him a favorite for the next Senate election.
One month later, a man named Harry Mitchell receives an assignment from a man named Richardson at Madison Square Park, which is near David's home. He is supposed to spill coffee on David's shirt by 7:05 a.m., forcing David to go home to change. However, Mitchell falls asleep, so David catches his intended bus and meets Elise again. Before she gets off the bus, David gets her name and phone number.
David arrives at work before he is supposed to and finds his coworkers frozen and being examined by unfamiliar men, including Richardson. He attempts to escape, but is incapacitated and taken to a warehouse. After some debate about what to do, Richardson reveals to David the existence of the "Adjustment Bureau", an organization that ensures people's lives proceed according to "the Plan" created by "the Chairman". Humans only have the appearance of free will, as the Bureau's experiments with withdrawing their influence resulted in the Dark Ages and the horrors of the first half of the 20th century. Richardson says that David was not supposed to see Elise a second time, destroys the card with her phone number on it, and releases David, warning him that his memory and personality will be erased if he tells anyone about what he has learned.
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Crew
- Screenplay: George Nolfi
- Cinematography: John Toll
- Edited by: Jay Rabinowitz
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: Kevin Thompson
- Produced by: Bill Carraro, Michael Hackett, Chris Moore, George Nolfi
Cast
- Matt Damon as David Norris
- Emily Blunt as Elise Sellas
- John Slattery as Richardson
- Anthony Mackie as Harry Mitchell
- Michael Kelly as Charlie Traynor
- Terence Stamp as Thompson
- Shane McRae as Adrian Troussant, Elise's Fiancé
- Lisa Thoreson as Suburban Mom
- Florence Kastriner as Suburban Mom
- Natalie Carter as Suburban Neighbor
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, MRC, Gambit Pictures
- Budget: $50,200,000
- Box office: $127,900,000
- Themes: hotel, future, plan, dancer, hat, marriage, senator, kiss, politician, honesty
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