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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   46,304 votes
Director:
Brad Anderson
Writer (WGA):
Scott Kosar (written by)
Release Date:
11 November 2004 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
How do you wake up from a nightmare, when you're not asleep? more
Plot:
An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
A new Raskolnikov more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christian Bale ... Trevor Reznik

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Stevie
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón ... Marie

John Sharian ... Ivan

Michael Ironside ... Miller

Larry Gilliard Jr. ... Jackson (as Larry Gilliard)

Reg E. Cathey ... Jones
Anna Massey ... Mrs. Shrike
Matthew Romero Moore ... Nicholas (as Matthew Romero)
Robert Long ... Supervisor Furman

Colin Stinton ... Inspector Rogers

Craig Stevenson ... Tucker
Ferran Lahoz ... Gonzales
Jeremy Xido ... Evangelisti
Norman Bell ... DMV Clerk
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Machinist (International: English title) (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and disturbing images, sexuality and language.
Runtime:
102 min | Turkey:94 min (TV version)
Country:
Spain
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
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Company:
Filmax Group more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
While Trevor is riding Route 666, one shot reveals a sign overhead that reads "Crime and Punishment", the Dostoevsky novel about a guilty man who attempts to justify his innocence. This also provides the bookend, if you will, to Trevor's home reading, The Idiot, which is Dostoevsky's examination of an innocent man whom others lure into their webs of corruption and which has a very surprising and climatic ending; thus foreshadowing the movie's own ending. The movie also has similarities to Dostoevsky's "The Double", which contains a character that appears and begins to ruin the protagonist's life. The doppelganger turns out to be a pseudo-schizophrenic manifestation of the protagonist's less desirable characteristics. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the bathroom of The Boiler Room, Trevor knocks down the right soap dispenser. However, in the next shot it hangs on the wall. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ivan: Who are you?
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Movie Connections:
References Monja, La (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Lunar Rhapsody more

FAQ

Why did he wash his hands with bleach?
What is the actual plot of this film?
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45 out of 69 people found the following comment useful:-
A new Raskolnikov, 16 November 2006
10/10
Author: Vincentiu from Romania

A strange story about freedom and guilty. Modern image of "Crime and Punishment". Our life like a shadow of the dreams and fear. Like a research a way of personal truth. No salvation, no cure. Only a refuge in a great lie. This movie is an important experience. Not like a theoretical experience,like a game without value, like a joke. "The Machinist " is a trip in your mind, in your memory, in the life's essence. "I am the other" said Rimbaud. But who? A ghost? A shadow? A body? A toy? The essence of movie is the relation with the world and the form of honesty. The presence of God in this movie is the way of resurrection. The car, the boy, the work accident, Maria, Ivan , Miller are the steps of a very special salvation. And Christian Bale, in his best character, a new Raskolnikov, know to give a great sense of truth to Trevor Reznik. A real master-piece!

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Is Ivan like the Tyler Durden of this movie? tj1984
Exaktly what did christian bale do to loose all that weight Fredrik_k
Whats the longest you havent slept for? coye
Ivan looks like Morpheus, no vision what so ever iamabeefcake
The Incredibles is on the top 250 and this isnt?... Sir_William_Thatcher
Jacobs Ladder/Memento/FIght Club/Pi jon_vine1
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