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I Am Number Four
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.
2011 · Directed by D.J. Caruso · 109 min · Action · Thriller · Science Fiction · Adventure · Screenplay in the scene database · 15 frames
Tagline
There were nine of us. Three are dead...
Plot
John Smith is an alien from the planet Lorien. He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others, collectively called the Garde, to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. John is protected by a guardian (who is called Cêpan), Henri, and has developed powers, including enhanced strength, speed and agility.
The Mogadorians, led by a commander, learn about the nine children and travel to Earth. The Garde can only be killed in sequence; Number One through Number Nine. Three of them are already dead, with John being Number Four. Knowing this, he and Henri move from a beachside bungalow in Florida to an old farm in Paradise, Ohio, where John befriends conspiracy theorist Sam Goode and a Beagle which he names Bernie Kosar. He also falls for an amateur photographer, Sarah Hart. Her ex-boyfriend, football player Mark James, is a bully who torments both John and Sam.
During the Spring Scream Festival, Mark and his friends chase Sarah and John into the woods. When they attack, John uses his powers to fend them off and rescue Sarah. Sam witnesses this, which leads John to reveal his true origins. The next day, Mark's father, the local sheriff, interrogates Henri on John's whereabouts when his son and his friends were attacked. Henri tells John that too many people are suspicious and they have to leave. John refuses because of Sarah.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon
- Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
- Edited by: Jim Page, Vince Filippone
- Music: Trevor Rabin
- Production design: Tom Southwell
- Produced by: James M. Freitag, Emily Berger, Michael Bay
Cast
- Alex Pettyfer as John Smith / Number Four
- Dianna Agron as Sarah Hart
- Teresa Palmer as Number Six / Maren Elizabeth
- Timothy Olyphant as Henri Smith
- Kevin Durand as Mogadorian Commander
- Callan McAuliffe as Sam Goode
- Jake Abel as Mark James
- Garrett M. Brown as Mr. Simms
- Patrick Sebes as Kevin
- Emily Wickersham as Nicole
Production
- Country: India, United States of America
- Language: French, English
- Studios: Bay Films, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Box office: $149,900,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, secret identity, heroism, alien, teenage boy, super power, teenage hero, interspecies romance, based on young adult novel, teenager
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