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Puzzle #170 Answer

Flatliners (2017)

Flatliners was the link movie connecting Rush and Inception.

Linked through James Norton and Elliot Page.

DramaHorrorThriller 2017
The Connection
Rush poster
Rush (2013)
Inception (2010)
Inception poster

Both James Norton and Elliot Page appeared in Flatliners.

About Flatliners

★ 5.6/10 ⏱ 1h 51m 📅 Sep 28, 2017

"You haven't lived until you've died."

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Written by Ben Ripley, Peter Filardi

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Top cast

Elliot Page
Elliot Pageas Courtney
Nina Dobrev
Nina Dobrevas Marlo
James Norton
James Nortonas Jamie
Beau Mirchoff
Beau Mirchoffas Brad Mauser
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Wendy Raquel Robinsonas Sophia's Mother
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherlandas Dr. Barry Wolfson

Behind the camera

Producers
Laurence Mark, Peter Safran, Michael Douglas
Executive Producers
Michael Bederman, Robert Mitas, David Blackman, Brian Oliver, Hassan Taher
Cinematography
Eric Kress
Editing
Tom Elkins
Composer
Nathan Barr
Production Design
Niels Sejer
Casting
Angela Demo
Visual Effects
Wesley Sewell
Sound
David Esparza, Peter Schultz

Box office

Budget
$19.0M
Worldwide gross
$45.2M

Soundtrack

Score by Nathan Barr

Nathan Barr composed the film's score, and the soundtrack was released by Sony Classical.

Movie trivia

  • 1

    Flatliners is a stand-alone sequel to and remake of the 1990 film of the same name, starring Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, and Kiersey Clemons.

  • 2

    A 2008 attempt by Michael Douglas and Stephen Susco to reboot Flatliners as a television series later shifted to a feature film in August 2011, with Ben Ripley attached as screenwriter and Laurence Mark as co-producer.

  • 3

    Director Niels Arden Oplev explicitly aimed for a more diverse cast; casting announcements included Elliot Page (October 2015), Diego Luna (February 2016), Nina Dobrev (April 2016), and Kiersey Clemons and James Norton (May 2016).

  • 4

    Kiefer Sutherland was announced to return and stated the new film was a sequel rather than a remake, but he ultimately played a character with a different name and with no reference to the specific events of the original film.

  • 5

    Principal photography was shot in Toronto, primarily at Cinespace Film Studios' Kipling Avenue facility, beginning in early July 2016 and concluding on September 7, with additional photography in late July 2017.

  • 6

    In his memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page described an unsafe and toxic work environment on set, alleging a car stunt was performed without restraints, safety concerns were dismissed, a crew member showed racism toward Kiersey Clemons, and Page experienced queerphobia from an unnamed head of production.

Themes

bullyingremakeaccidental deathdeathmedical studentguilty consciencenear-death experiencecompetitivenessscientific experiment

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