The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet is wrongly accused of killing the cop and lands up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future , where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The catch is he doesn’t know how. Thus commences the classic race against time.

The Jacket (2005)
  • Rating: (51,438 votes)
  • Taglines:Terror has a new name. » When you die, all you want to do is come back. »
  • Runtime:103 minutes
  • Director: John Maybury
  • Countries:USA, Germany
  • Actors:
    Jack Starks
    Adrien Brody
    Jackie Price
    Keira Knightley
    Dr. Thomas Becker
    Kris Kristofferson
    Dr. Beth Lorenson
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jean Price
    Kelly Lynch
    The Stranger
    Brad Renfro
    Rudy Mackenzie
    Daniel Craig
    Dr. Hopkins
    Steven Mackintosh
    Damon
    Brendan Coyle
    Nurse Harding
    Mackenzie Phillips
  • Genres:Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Producers:
    George Clooney
    producer  
    Ben Cosgrove
    executive producer  
    Mark Cuban
    executive producer  
    Jennifer Fox
    executive producer  
    Marc Frydman
    co-producer  
    Andreas Grosch
    executive producer (as Andy Grosch) 
    Peter Guber
    producer  
    Kia Jam
    co-producer  
    Ori Marmur
    executive producer  
    Peter McAleese
    co-executive producer  
    Donald C. McKeon
    co-producer  
    Philip McKeon
    co-producer (as Philip A. McKeon) 
    Timothy J. Nicholas
    executive producer  
    Chris Roberts
    executive producer  
    Marc Rocco
    co-producer  
    Andreas Schmid
    co-producer  
    Steven Soderbergh
    producer  
    Peter E. Strauss
    executive producer  
    Todd Wagner
    executive producer  
  • Plots: The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. is wrongly accused of killing the cop and lands up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future , where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The catch is he doesn't know how. Thus commences the classic race against time. Written by Austin4577@aol.com
The Jacket
  • User's comment:Best movie I have seen in a long time by rejectswithdefects

    Rented this movie, and I have to say, its one of the best films I have seen in along time. It's a complex story line, where paying attention is key, probably makes even more sense the second time around. I almost teared up at the end, not 'cause it was sad, but because it was beautiful, and compelling, a must see movie. You may think this movie won't be good, but don't brush it off, 'cause it's officially on my top 5 favorite movies list.

    Adrien Brody delivers a awesome performance worthy of an Emmy. If there is one movie you should rent this year, it's The Jacket.

    Great movie!


  • Quotes: Jack Starks: When you're dead, the one thing you want is to come back. Jack Starks: Sometimes I think we live through things only to be able to say that it happened. That it wasn't to someone else, it was to me. Sometimes we live to beat the odds. I'm not crazy even though they thought I was. I live in the same world as everyone else. I just saw more of it, as I'm sure you have. They'll find my body tomorrow. You can check it out if you don't believe me. I've seen life after my death, and I'm telling you this because it's the only way to help you and your daughter have a better life of your own. Jean, you're gonna pass out one day smoking a cigarette and burn to death. Your daughter grows up living the same life you're living right now. And she misses you so much. Sometimes life can only really begin with the knowledge of death. That it can all end, even when you least want it to. The important thing in life is to believe that while you're alive, it's never too late. I promise you, Jean, no matter how bad things look, they look better awake than they do asleep. When you die, there's only one thing you want to happen. You wanna come back. Jackie Price: Do you want this?
  • Also known as: Regresiones de un hombre muerto (Argentina), Regresiones de un hombre muerto (Mexico), Η Πρώτη Φορά που Πέθανα (Greece), Пиджак (Russia), A fiók (Hungary - imdb display title), Camisa de Força (Brazil), Colete de Forças (Portugal - imdb display title), I proti fora pou pethana (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), La camisole de force (Canada - French title), Obled (Poland), Pomracenje (Croatia), Sidottu (Finland), Sverací kazajka (Czech Republic - imdb display title), The Jacket (France), The jacket (Spain - imdb display title),

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