
Release Date
March 4, 2005
DVD Release Date
June 21, 2005 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
John Maybury
Writer
Marc Rocco, Massy Tadjedin
Cast
Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro, Mackenzie Phillips
Studio
Running Time
102 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity
After recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) returns to his native Vermont suffering from amnesia. When he is accused of murdering a police officer and committed to a mental institution, a physician, Dr. Becker (Kris Kristofferson), puts him on a controversial treatment regimen in which Starks is injected with experimental drugs, confined in a straight-jacket, and locked for extended periods in the body drawer of the... Full synopsis »
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