The movie hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. Hereafter, the movie, stars matt damon, was directed and produced by clint eastwood also produced by steven spielberg, and was written by peter morgan the queen, frostnixon. With a lineup like that, you expect its going to be a good movie. Oct 20, 2009 hereafter is a supernatural thriller by frostnixon and the queen writer peter morgan that stars matt damon as a reluctant psychic. Anyway, in hereafter, a feature with multiple narratives thats closing out the new york film festival, matt damon plays a genuine, piercingly blueeyed psychic who has turned his back on his.
Yet, it resolves with a godless approach to life beyond. This is a film about the afterlife that carefully avoids committing itself on such a possibility. She comes to the conclusion that there definitely is a hereafter. Some critics have written similar things about this movie, saying that it doesnt. Hereafter stars matt damon as george, a man who sincerely believes hes able to have communication with the dead, but has fled that ability and taken a lowprofile job. A young boy develops a preoccupation with psychic phenomena.
George matt damon is a construction worker in san francisco who can communicate with the dead. Matt damon as george lonegan, an american factory worker and a reluctant psychic. Its earnest, serious, and inquisitive all good things in a movie, and certainly more than what you get in most movies nowadays. Matt damon was 39 in hereafter when he played the character george lonegan that was over 10 years ago in 2010. The actors are on their game, and director clint eastwood displays the same surety weve seen in his previous endeavors. Hereafter is a 2010 american fantasy disaster drama film directed, coproduced, and scored by. The film tells three parallel stories about three people affected by death in similar waysall three have issues of communicating with the dead. Oct 11, 2010 having matt damon being such a huge star and playing this lowkey, kind of beaten down character, it makes you consider the character differently than you might have without a star in that role.
Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect. Big clint was huffing the glue when he was making this one, and so was roger ebert when he gave it 44. Oct 21, 2010 matt damon is number one on clint eastwoods list. Production got under way in france yesterday, and will later. This movie has 3 story lines and none of them are even vaguely interesting. Each time she is unconscious, she sees blurry white images. A construction worker struggles with his psychic ability. Oct 22, 2010 hereafter was a serendipitous filmmaking experience for matt damon. His breakthrough came later that year when he played the title role of an unrecognized genius in good. Clint eastwood plans london shoot for hereafter film.
The original hereafter production schedule clashed with damon s filming commitments to the adjustment bureau, so he emailed eastwood, suggesting that the director recast the role of george for either ben affleck, christian bale. From matt damons portrayal of george a man who has abandoned his psychic gift or what he considers to be a. George lonegan matt damon is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Damon previously starred in eastwoods invictus, and was cast in hereafter because eastwood was so impressed by him. A drama centered on three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. George is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. At the end of the movie, she is doing a booksigning.
Matt damon does a fine job as the reluctant psychic. Matt damon is george, an ordinary guy in san francisco cursed with the burden of being able to communicate with the dead. Three people set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways. After appearing in a series of supporting parts in much of the 1990s, damon was cast by francis ford coppola as the lead of the 1997 legal drama the rainmaker. He made his screen debut with a minor role in the 1988 film mystic pizza. The closest it comes is the idea of consciousness after apparent death.
George matt damon is a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Matt damon stars as george, a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. George matt damon has the power to communicate with the dead. Oct 15, 2010 a hereafter where matt damon sees dead people clint eastwoods latest film is a supernatural drama about a factory worker with the ability to communicate with the dead. Their stories are set far apart, in different corners of the world, but are linked together by their passions to learn about what follows human death. Oct 14, 2010 clint eastwoods herafter, starring matt damon, is about a psychic who can help the living contact the dead. Hereafter is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 2010 onder regie van clint eastwood. Hereafter 2010 matt damon, bryce dallas howard movie.
And when london schoolboy marcus frankie and george mclaren loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Oct 19, 2010 clint eastwoods hereafter considers the idea of an afterlife with tenderness, beauty and a gentle tact. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Pak een geweldige acteur matt damon een geweldige producer clint eastwood en geef ze een film camera. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in. Clint eastwood plans london shoot for hereafter film the. Hereafter watch on max go hereafter a tv reporter has a neardeath experience during the 2004 indian ocean tsunami.
Two other story lines gradually converge with georges. However, the movie comes to an abrupt end, with each storyline wrapping up too easily. The best tv and movie marathons to watch on memorial day. In clint eastwoods newest, matt damon stars the new york times. Hereafter 2010 official trailer matt damon, clint eastwood movie. A psychic, a tsunami survivor and a young boy are haunted by death. After working with director clint eastwood on invictus, damon was eager to return to an eastwood set and with hereafter. You would not want a movie about death to be in too much of a hurry. Hereafter is compelling enough to stick with you long after you watch it. Clint eastwood puts his signature stamp on the direction, with a beautifully shot movie and realistic effects.
Matt damon can speak to dead people and he spends the entire movie avoiding it. George lonegan matt damon, invictus, a bay area factory worker, developed psychic powers after a childhood illness but just wants to lead a normal life, despite his brother billys efforts to turn him into a john edwardslike celebrity jay mohr plays billy. The story of three people haunted by mortality in different ways, hereafter stars matt damon as a bluecollar american who has a special connection to the afterlife. Matt damon is one of my fav actors i am yet to watch this movie though.
In clint eastwoods newest, matt damon stars the new. Matt damon does some very good work here, and is aided by a great cast of. Oct 15, 2010 a new film from clint eastwood contemplates whether the end of life is really the end. Today he is 49, and has starred in 82 movies in total, 27 since hereafter was released how old do you think he looks in the movie. On the other side of the world, french journalist, marie lelay. A drama centered on three people a bluecollar american, a french journalist and a london school boy who are touched by death in different ways. Hereafter is not a movie that will suit people with short attention spans. Hereafter stars matt damon as george, a man who sincerely believes hes able to have communication with the dead, but has fled that ability. Hereafter bluray and dvd hits the shelves on march 15th jan, 2011. Third is a former psychic and reader played by the films sole big star, matt damon. His latest film, hereafter, is at once recognizably his in tone and.
Hereafter a tv reporter has a neardeath experience during the 2004 indian ocean tsunami. Three people a bluecollar american, a french journalist and a london school boy are touched by death in different ways. Matt damon is an american actor, producer and screenwriter. I dont believe in woowoo, but then neither, i suspect, does eastwood. Drama fantasy film geregisseerd door clint eastwood. Hereafter tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways. In san francisco, a man named george lonegan matt damon suffers. Matt damon plays american factory worker george, who is able to. Hereafter, directed by clint eastwood and written by peter morgan, is never less than intriguing, right from its tourdeforce opening sequence, and often full of insights into why people long. Hereafter 2010 official trailer matt damon, clint eastwood movie hd. After starring in invictus, damon is returning as the leading man in eastwoods next film hereafter, as a psychic that can speak to people in the. Matt damon finds the hereafter with clint eastwood sheknows.
And when marcus frankiegeorge mclaren, a london schoolboy, loses the. George matt damon is a blue collar american with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. Matt damon full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Bryce dallas howard as melanie, a young cooking student with a fearful dark place inside. Oct 22, 2010 hereafter is a drama about the mystical connections between not only the living and the dead but the living and the living.
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