LongLegs (2024) Movie | Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia t | Movie in English | Facts & Review

[Applause] [Music] [Music] and beautifully handmade at that porcelain head hands and feet unbleached C I've been calling at the brain it's Hollow empty of object or matter little angel CUO that gross guy is back again and I've been here eight years then yesterday she gets a visitor I wasn't on site at the time unfortunately but the log should say well it does sound like a good idea but no I've seen you before friend it's like like a nowhere between here and there do you remember anything do you remember coming here [Music] they didn't know what to do with themselves always hated me cuz how I'd come out wrongly when I borned that's why he done it e e e e long legs is a American Horror Thriller film written and directed by osgod Perkins and starring Micah Monroe Nicholas Cage Blair Underwood and Alicia wit set in the S it follows an FBI agent tasked with tracking down an occultist serial killer responsible for murdering multiple families throughout the state of Oregon without having been physically present in the crimes paage also served as a producer on the film through his Saturn films production company Long Legs was released in the United States by Neon on July it received critical Acclaim from critics and has grossed million dollars worldwide becoming neon's highest grossing film to date domestically as well as the highest grossing independent film of the Year plot in s Oregon a young girl with a Polaroid camera follows a mysterious voice and encounters an erratic man in pale makeup in the S FBI agent Lee Harker who exhibits possible Clairvoyance is assigned by her supervisor William Carter to a case involving a series of murder suicides in in Oregon each case involves a father killing his family and himself leaving behind a letter with satanic cating signed long legs whose handwriting Belongs To None of the family members Lee discovers that each family had a year-old daughter born on the at of the month the murders all occurred within 6 days before or after the birthday itself and the murders form an occult triangle symbol on a calendar with one date missing while talking to her mother Ruth Lee receives a coded birthday card from long legs warning her that revealing the source of the code will lead to her mother's murder following a clue Lee and Carter find a doll with a high energy metal orb inside despite Carter's skepticism of the supernatural Lee theorizes that longle uses these orbs to possess people as each family received a similar doll after visiting Carrie the sole survivor of longlegs is attacks who was visited previously by someone using Lee's name Carter suspects Lee's connection to Long Legs discovering that Ruth had filed a police report of an intruder approaching Lee on her 9th birthday Carter encourages Lee to talk to her Ruth directs Lee to Childhood belongings where she finds a Polaroid of the pale-faced man revealing long legs to be the man who had visited a young Lee on her birthday Lee submits the photo leading to Long leg's arrest realizing the missing date is that day Lee fears an accomplice will commit another murder in the interrogation room longlegs claims to serve the man downstairs and hints at Ruth Ruth's involvement before killing himself agent Browning drives Lee to her mother's home where Lee Witnesses Ruth murder Browning with a shotgun Ruth then destroys a doll resembling Young Lee causing Lee to lose Consciousness Lee sees that Ruth has been longlegs as accomplice since Lee's childhood long legs forced Ruth to choose between her daughter's death and his bidding leading her to comply and spare Lee long legs has lived in the Harker basement creating satanic dolls that Ruth posing as a nun delivered to families causing them to kill each other Lee's doll blocked her memories of long legs while influencing her with his magic Lee awakens in the basement and hears a demonic voice on the phone warning her about William's daughter Ruby's ninth birthday party which had been scheduled for that day Lee rushes to save the Carters whose deaths would complete long legs as triangle she finds the family already possessed with Ruth having delivered the doll after William kills his wife Anna Lee shoots him to protect Ruth Ruth attacks with a dagger forcing Lee to kill her Lee tries to destroy the doll but runs out of ammunition she tells Ruby they need to leave but Ruby remains Frozen staring at the doll past Mah Monro stars as Lee Harker mic Monroe as Lee Harker an FBI agent assigned to longlegs case Nicholas Cage as long legs an elusive serial killer whose real name is Dale Cobble Blair Underwood as agent William Carter one of Lee's superiors Alicia wit as Ruth Harker Lee's religious mother Michelle Choy Lee as agent Browning one of Lee's superiors Dakota Doby as agent Fisk Lee's partner kierin shipka as Carrie an camera long legs as only known Survivor Jason day as father camera Lisa Chandler as mother camera Ava kelders as Ruby Carter William Carter's daughter Carmel Amit as Carter William Carter's wife Peter James Bryant as a senior FBI agent production development in November it was reported that osid Perkins would direct the film from a screenplay he wrote Perkins Drew on several influences When developing the screenplay and certain elements of the story for example the plot device of dolls being infused with evil and causing fathers to murder their family members was Loosely inspired by the murder of John Benet Ramsey Perkins elaborated the Mur Mur took place approaching Christmas and one present that the parents had gotten for John benette was a life-size replica doll of herself wearing one of her pageant dresses it was in a cardboard box in the basement feet from where she was killed and there was something so insane about that I'd cataloged it away casting Nicholas Cage signed on to produce under his Saturn films banner and star in the film as the titular serial killer in February Micah Monroe signed on as FBI agent Lee Harker the the following month Alicia wit and Blair Underwood joined the cast filming way deadline Hollywood stated that Dave kaplan's SE Motion Picture group financed the film for under million dollars principal photography was scheduled to take place in Vancouver British Columbia from January to February music the film's soundtrack was conceived by zil a pseudonym for Elvis Perkins the brother of the film's director cred as composer of the score compositions on the digital soundtrack album there were contribut tracks by sound designer Eugenio bagila and Melody cillo with Elizabeth white the soundtrack was released on July on streaming platforms and on vinyl marketing marketing to promote the film neon utilized Gorilla Marketing tactics similar to those that led to the box office success of the Blair Witch Project Perkins cred neon for the film's marketing saying the studio really responded strongly to the movie the raw materials of the movie really excited them the way it looks the way it feels the way it feels the way it sounds they asked me early on do we have your permission to kind of go nuts and I said what else are we doing here go for it do your thing the film's total marketing budget was under million dollars focusing on digital content and not having television ads promotional materials included teaser trailers that first appeared in January and did not mention the title until February building speculation through Clips images and coded messages using symbology created for the film neon posted videos on YouTube leading up to release accumulating million views a trailer was also attached to every horror film released in theaters since January a paid advertisement featuring a cipher was published in the Seattle Times on June a reference to Zodiac Killer the ad directed readers to an in Universe website detailing murders committed in the film the week of the film's release neon released a clip of Micah Monroe performing a scene in which she comes face to face with Cage's character in an interrogation room Monroe had not met or seen cage yet in his full makeup the filmmakers attached a heart monitor to her in order to measure her Rising heartbeat as she began filming the scene the audio of which was recorded and played over the clip Cage's face was again not revealed following the film's theatrical Premiere neon released another promotional spot highlighting hidden appearances of the devil that recur in the backgrounds of the film titled look closer according to perk there are appearances of the devil in the film which are not readily noticeable release in February neon acquired the film's North American rights at the European film Market the film had a screening at Los Angeles's Beyond Fest on May Long Legs premiered at the Egyptian Theater Hollywood in Los Angeles on July long legs held several special screenings across the United States throughout July this also included a parent free RSVP screening at the Alamo Draft House Cinema in Brooklyn New York on July it was released in North America and the United Kingdom on July media long legs was released on V8 on August the K Ultra HD Blu-ray and DVD is scheduled to be released on September but reception box office b as of August long legs had gross dollar million in the United States and Canada and dollar million in other territories for a worldwide total of dollar million in the United States and Canada long legs was released alongside fly m to the moon and was projected to gross million dollars from theaters in its opening weekend after making million dollars on its first day including million dollars from Thursday night previews both records for neon weekend estimates were raised to million dollars it went on to debut to dollar million finishing second at the box office behind hold over Despicable Me the opening marked the best opening weekend for neon and the biggest total for an original horror film it was Monroe's best domestic opening as lead excluding s Independence Day Resurgence for which she was build and Cage's first liveaction film to open above million dollars since Ghost Rider spirit of Vengeance in in its second weekend the film made million dollars a drop of percent to finish in fourth in its third weekend it became neon's highest grossing film after surpassing their earnings for S parasite dollar million and added dollar million on August the film had surpassed million dollars worldwide making it the highest grossing independent film of the year to date critical response critics praised Nicholas Cage's performance the film premiered to critical claim. on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes percent of critics reviews are positive with an average rating of/ the website's consensus reads saturated and disquieting mood while leveraging a nightmarishly Gonzo performance by Nicholas k age long legs is a satanic horror that effectively instills Panic Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of out of based on critics indicating generally favorable reviews audiences pulled by Cinema score gave the film an average grade of C on an ad f scale while those pulled by post track gave it a percent overall positive score with an average out of stars David Rooney writing for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film saying it might be argued that he stir too many elements into the mix here crime procedural occult mystery mind manipulation satanic worship scary dolls aposan Baran and a nun not fit for any Convent but long legs is perkins's most fully realized and relentlessly effective film to date Bob Strauss of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote most impressive is how Perkins Blends psychological and supernatural horror in a manner not quite seen before long legs is a Conjuring of dark poetic Cinema where the devil is definitely in the details vanity Fair's Richard Lawson expressed disappointment in the film writing long legs is stylish but vacuous a prettily foreboding picture with nothing behind it as Hannibal Lecter might say it's a Well scrubbed hustling rube with a little taste Jay herado of screen Anarchy declared long legs a masterpiece and Unholy horrifying Confluence of high art and anxiety a film in which every frame is a nightmare and it's beautiful writing for Bloody Disgusting Megan Navaro praised longlegs performances and atmosphere concluding long legs is as stylish as it is timeless dripping with claustrophobic dread and rot Bill Bria a film called longlegs the most terrifying horror movie of noting the film's rock and roll Spirit Micah Monroe born Dylan Monroe Buckley born May is an American actress she made her film debut in the drama at any price her breakthrough came with the horror film at follows which established her as a scream Queen Monroe has since starred in the thriller films the guest TAA Greta and Watcher and the horror film significant other and Long Legs aside from her roles in horror and thriller films Monroe appeared in the drama Labor Day the action film Independence Day Resurgence the Neo Noir hot summer nights the comedy drama after everything the black comedy villains and the action film God is a bullet early life e Monroe was born Dylan Monroe Buckley on May in Santa Barbara California her mother was a sign language interpreter and her father was a construction worker she later changed her first name to Micah by which she had already been known for most of her life at the age of Monroe left Santa Barbara and moved to Cabaret in the Dominican Republic to continue training in kiteboarding after spending the previous summer there she subsequently completed her senior year of high school online she was a professional kiteboarder as of career Monroe made her professional film debut as Cadence Pharaoh in the drama at any price she then had a small role in Sophia couple's crime film The Bling Ring also in Monroe starred in the drama film Labor Day an adaptation of the novel of the same name she played Mandy a farm girl who romances with a young man and eventually becomes his wife and the mother of his child in Monroe starred as Anna Peterson in the psychological Thriller film The Guest that same year she had her breakthrough role as Jamie j height in the horror film it follows both films were critically acclaimed and became cult hits while also establishing Monroe as a scream Queen in Monroe appeared in the western film Echoes of war in she starred in The Invasion Thriller film The at wave based on the novel of the same name also that year Monroe starred in the science fiction film Independence Day Resurgence the sequel to Independence Day playing former first daughter Patricia Whitmore in Monroe starred alongside Timothy chalamet in the Neo Noir coming of Agee film hot summer nights as his girlfriend Michaela in Monroe played Sandra in drama film honey boy in Monroe portrayed Cindy Williams in the Canadian mystery thriller flashback in Monroe played Julia and Watcher the psychological Thriller featured directorial debut of Khloe okuno in Monroe played case in the film God is a bullet an adaption of the novel of the same name in Monroe starred as Lee Harker in the horror film long legs alongside Nicholas Cage personal life pink dat monrell was in a relationship with actor Joe Kiri from 2 since she has been dating real estate agent Dalton Gomez Blair Irwin Underwood born August is an American actor he made his debut in the musical film Crush Groove and from to starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series La law Underwood has appeared in a number of films during his career including just pause Set It Off Deep Impact Rules of Engagement something new Med's family reunion Wanita and long legs on television he played a leading role in the medical drama City of Angels and also had regular roles in high incident LAX Dirty Sexy Money In Treatment the event Ironside and Quantico Underwood has received two Golden Globe Award nominations five NAACP image Awards One Daytime Emmy Award and one Grammy Award early life boo Underwood was born in Tacoma Washington the son of Marilyn Anne scales an interior decorator and Frank Eugene Underwood Sr a United States Army Colonel Underwood lived on bases and army posts in the United States in stutgart Germany throughout his childhood due to his father's military career Blair attended Petersburg High School in Petersburg Virginia he went on to attend the Carnegie melon School of drama in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and is an honorary member of the FI Beta Sigma fraternity career Underwood at the St Emmy Awards September after his film debut Crush Groove Underwood's appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint for three months on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Bobby Blue he later co-starred in the short-lived CBS crime drama series downtown from Two and guest starred on scarecrow and misss King and Jump Street in Underwood at the age of was cast as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series La law he received Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actor series miniseries or television film in the series ended in in he played James Cheney in the NBC television film murder in Mississippi in he co-starred in the western film posi starring Mario Van Peebles after La he starred in a number of movies and he appeared in the legal thriller Just Cause And The Following year played Jada Pinkett's love interest in the heist film set it off he also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the science fiction film gataka and in the disaster film Deep Impact in he was featured in the July issue of erotic magazine Playgirl in Underwood returned to series television with a BC police drama series high incident he co-starred opposite sisly Tyson in the miniseries Mama Flores family in he played the lead role in the short-lived CBS medical drama series City of Angels Underwood was voted one of people Magazine's most beautiful people in and one of TV Guide Magazine's most influential faces of the s in he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest in he played the role of Roger duza opposite Heather laer in NBC short-lived drama lacks in he appeared in the Tyler Perry's second film media's family reunion he had a recurring role as the sexy grade school teacher in the BBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Lou dfus from 2 in he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series law Order Special Victims Unit in Underwood portrayed Jesus Christ and inspired by the Bible experience an our celebrity voiced fully dramatized audio Bible based on today's New International Version also in Underwood co-authored the novel cigra a Tennyson Hardwick novel with husband and wife team Steven Barnes and an tanan i du Underwood at the premiere for Earth in April in Underwood starred in the first season of the HBO Drama Series in treatment for which he was nominated for best supporting actor series minseries or television film at the Golden Globes from two he was regular cast member in the ABC Prime Time soap opera Dirty Sexy Money in Underwood portrayed United States President Elias Martinez in the NBC drama series The Event in Underwood portrayed the role of St Mark in the truth life dramatized audio New Testament Bible a hour celebrity voiced fully dramatized audio New Testament based on the rsvc translation in he played the lead role of Stanley in the Broadway Revival of a street car Named Desire in Underwood played the role of Robert Ironside in the remake of the successful s television series Ironside made famous by the late Raymond Burr the show was cancelled after three episodes the following year he appeared in the trip to Bountiful opposite sisly Tyson from two he had a recurring role in the ABC series agents of Shel in Underwood was cast in the ABC Thriller series Quantico for the series regular role of CIA deputy director Owen Hall the series was canceled after three seasons in in Underwood played attorney Bobby Burns in the Netflix miniseries when they see us the following year he co-starred opposite Octavia Spencer in the Netflix Min self made inspired by the life of Madame CJ Walker Underwood has been a frequent guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight processional narrating the event in in January Underwood appeared on stage as Captain Richard Davenport in the roundabout theater company's Broadway Revival of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize winning drama a solders play personal life Underwood is a part of several charitable organizations he won the humanitarian award for his work with the Los Angeles chapter of the muscular distrophy of Association in along with Ashley Jud he served as the spokesperson for utad in addition he is involved with the AIDS healthc care foundation's Blair Underwood clinic in Washington D.C on June he married his longtime friend Josie Hart Underwood also appeared in a public service announcement for the Fulfillment fund he is a trustee for the Roby theater company in Los Angeles a nonprofit theater group founded by Danny Glover focusing on plays about the black experience he supported President Barack Obama's candidacy and spoke at campaign rallies for him Underwood got to know former president Obama while researching his La law role at Harvard Law School while the would be President Obama was President of the Harvard Law review Nicholas Kim Copa born January known by his stage name Nicholas Cage is an American actor and film producer he is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award a screen actor's guild award and a golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two bafta Awards known for his versatility as an actor his participation in various film genres has gained him a cult following Born Into The Copa family cage began his career in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and valley girl as well various films by his uncle Francis Ford Capa such as Rumble Fish The Cotton Club and Peggy Sue got married he received critical success for his roles in Moonstruck and Raising Arizona both before earning an Academy Award for best actor for the dramatic film Leaving Las Vegas he was Oscar nominated for playing twins Charlie and Donald Kaufman in the comedy drama film adaptation cage established himself in mainstream action films such as The Rock Con Air faceof gone and seconds the National Treasure film series the ghost riter film series and Kick-Ass he also took on dramatic roles in City of Angels bringing out the Dead The Family Man Matchstick man and the Wicker man he has voiced characters in the the crudes film series and in Spider-Man into the spiderverse he earned renewed critical recognition for his starring roles in Mandy Pig the unbearable weight of massive Talent dream scenario and Long Legs cage owns the production company Saturn films and has produced films such as shadow of the vampire and the life of David Gail and has directed Sunny for his contributions to the film industry he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in he was ranked no in EMP Empire magazines the top movie stars of alltime list in and was placed no in premier's most powerful people in Hollywood Inn early life and family cage was born in Long Beach California to August Copa a professor of literature and joy vocal sing a dancer and choreographer he was raised in a Catholic Family his father was of Italian descent and his mother was of mainly German and polish descent with some English and Scottish ancestry on her father's side his paternal grandparents were composer Carmine kopa and actress Italia Panino and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from bernalda basilicata through his father he is a nephew of both director Francis Ford Kola and actress tiia Shire and a cousin of directors Roman Copa and Sophia Copa film producer Gian Carlo kopa and actors Robert and Jason schwarzman Paige is the youngest of three sons his two brothers are New York radio personality Mark the cop Copa and director Christopher kppa he attended Beverly Hills High School which is known for its many alumni who became entertainers he aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of theater film and television his first non-cinematic acting experience was in a School production of Golden Boy he said he started acting because he wanted to be James Dean I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause East of Eden nothing affected me no rock song No classical music the way Dean affected me in Eden it blew my mind I was like that's what I want to do at age he tried to convince his uncle Francis Ford Capa to give him a screen test telling him I'll show you acting his Outburst was met with silence in the car by this stage of his career Copa had already directed Marlin Brando alpacino Jean Hackman and Robert dairo although early in his career cage appeared in some of his uncle films he changed his name to Nicholas Cage to avoid the appearance of nepotism as koba's nephew his choice of name was inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage career early work and breakthrough cage made his acting debut in the television pilot the best of times which was never picked up by a BC his film debut followed in with a minor role as an unnamed cooworker of Judge reinhold's character in The Coming of Age film Fast Times at Ridgemont High having originally auditioned for reyan hold's part his experience on the film was marred by cast members endlessly quoting his uncle's films which inspired him to change his name Cage's first starring role came opposite Deborah Foreman in the romantic comedy valley girl in which he played a punk Who falls in love with the titular Valley Girl a plot Loosely inspired by Romeo and Juliet the film was a modest box office success and has been branded a cult classic he auditioned for the role of Dallas Winston in his uncle's film The Outsiders based on SE hinton's novel but lost to Matt Dylan cage however would co-star in cop's adaptation of another Hinton novel Rumble Fish in that year cage appeared in three period films none of which fared well at the box office in the drama racing with the moon cage featured opposite Sean Pennsylvania as friends who are awaiting deployment to the United States Marine Corps in C's crime drama The Cotton Club he portrayed a fictionalized version of mob Hitman Vincent Mad Dog Cole earning praise from critic Paul atanasio for artfully using his few moments to sketch a bronny violent Thug his final release of the year was Alan Parker's drama birdie in which he starred with Matthew Modine as two close friends and their trauma inflicted by serving in the Vietnam War cage lost weight for the role and had two of his front teeth pulled out to appear disfigured despite massively underperforming at the box office the film and cage and modine's performances received positive reviews with the New York Times critic Janet masselin writing Mr cage very symp pathetically captures Al's urgency and frustration together these actors work miracles with What Might Have Been unplayable in cage starred in the little scene Canadian sports drama the boy in blue and his uncle's fantasy comedy Peggy Sue got married as the husband to Kathleen Turner's character who has traveled back in time to their high school days he then starred in the Cohen Brothers crime comedy Raising Arizona as a dimwitted excon Cage's biggest breakthrough came in with the romantic comedy Moon struck in which he started alongside Cher as a hot-tempered baker Who falls in love with his estranged brother's widowed fiance the film was a hit with critics and audiences alike earning cage a Golden Globe nomination for best actor Motion Picture musical or comedy in his retrospective review Roger Ebert wrote that he felt Cage's performance was worthy of an Oscar career slump in cage starred in the black comedy vampires kiss as a man who falls in love with a vampire and soon begins to believe himself as a vampire the film was a major box office flop but has developed a cult following largely due to Cage's surrealistic and over the top performance appearing in internet memes critic Vincent cani felt the film was dominated and destroyed by Mr Cage's chaotic self-indulgent performance after filming the Italian drama time to kill in Zimbabwe he starred in David Lynch's romantic crime film Wild at Heart with Laura dur as a pair of lovers on the run from gangsters hired to kill Cage's character sailor Ripley cage was drawn to the project because he was always attracted to those passionate almost unbridled romantic characters and it allowed him to impersonate one of his Heroes Elvis Presley in scenes in which sailor sings Wild at Heart received mixed reviews upon release despite controversially winning the Palm D or at the can's Film Festival cage would reunite with Lynch and D for the avantgard concert performance industrial Symphony No also in he starred as a helicopter pilot in the action film Firebirds which was panned by critics and negatively compared to Top Gun Cage's next film The Erotic Thriller xand was released direct to video in the United States where it did not receive a theatrical release his goofy Everyman performance in the romantic comedy honeymoon in Vegas garnered some positive critical notices including from Roger eert who defended cage amidst some critics finding his acting excessive and earned cage his second Golden Globe nomination he hosted an episode of the variety show Saturday Night Live to promote the film his only time hosting the show none of Cage's three films in Deadfall directed by his brother Christopher Amos Andrew and Red Rock West performed well at the box office though the last mentioned Neo Noir Thriller in which he played a Drifter mistaken for a Hitman was laed by critics the comedy guarding Tess paired cage with Shirley mlan as a secret service agent protecting a former first lady however it was dismissed as being derivative by some critics he next starred alongside Bridget Fonda in the r R Mantic comedy it could happen to you as a cash strapped police officer who offers to share his lottery winnings with a waitress and then the much criticized box office flop Christmas comedy trapped in Paradise with the Saturday Night Live actors John litz and Dana Carvey according to litz cage directed portions of the film because its director George Gallow offered little Direction critical success and action star Cage's performance as a psychopathic criminal Kingpin in the crime film Kiss of Death was seen by many critics as the film film strong point but his most acclaimed performance yet came in the drama Leaving Las Vegas as an alcoholic screenwriter Who falls in love with a prostitute in Las Vegas the role won cage the Academy Award for best actor and Golden Globe Award for best actor Motion Picture drama to prepare for the part cage binge drank for two weeks and studied footage of himself in he starred alongside Shan connory and Ed Harris in Michael Bay's the rock the first of a string of action films for cage in the film he played an FBI chemical weapons specialist breaking into alcatra federal prison The Rock was a box office and critical success with journalist Alexander lman stating the film launched cage into an unexpected vocation as an offbeat action star next he starred in Con Air and Faceoff two commercially successful action thrillers that were both released in June along with John cusac and John malovich Cage LED an ensemble cast in Con Air as a paroi who must thwart an attempted prison break aboard a US Marshall's aircraft Jerry brookheimer the film's producer offered the role to cage after being impressed with his performances in Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock cage accepted despite disappointment at not being offered the villain role aert felt cage made the wrong choice by playing Cameron Poe as a slow-witted Elvis type who is very very Earnest and approaches every task with tunnel vision it would have been more fun if he'd been less of a hay seed John wo's face off saw cage and John travolto star in dual roles as sworn enemies a terrorist and an FBI agent who both undergo face transplants to impersonate each other requiring cage and Travolta to switch characters both performances were praised by critics with the BBC writing in their review Travolta and cage invest their dual roles with physical subtleties that reflect the other actor's character after starring in these action films back toback cage decided to return to more serious fair in the Romantic fantasy film City of Angels a loose remake of the German film wings of desire in which he played an angel Who falls in love with a woman played by Meg Ryan critics were split on the film and Cage's performance with reviews ranging from describing him as endlessly resourceful and resembling a serial killer more than an angel Brian De Palma Thriller Snake Eyes his second film of starred cage as a corrupt detective investigating a political assassination at a boxing match he is attending the film was met with mixed reviews which were largely critical of its screenplay other films included Martin scor's New York City paramedic drama bringing out the dead and Ridley Scott's black comedy crime film mattic men in which he played a con artist with obsessive compulsive disorder most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the action adventure genre these include the rock Con Air faceof and gone in seconds with cage as a retired car thief he took the lead role in the film Captain Corelli's mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part in he was again nominated for Oscar and Golden Glow best actor awards for his portrayal of real life screen writer Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman's fictional twin Donald in adaptation cage made his directorial debut in in with sunny a low budget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother Brenda bin serves as his pimp cage had a small role in the film which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theaters Pig's producing career includes shadow of the vampire the first effort from Saturn films franchise films paage at the Venice International Film Festival in his second highest grossing film to date National Treasure he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the founding fathers of the United States in two films he headlined Lord of War and the weatherman failed to find a significant audience despite Nationwide releases and good reviews for his performances the remake of the Wicker man was very poorly reviewed and failed to make back its million dollar budget in early December Paige announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting Endeavors to pursue other interests on the Dres in files for the scii channel cage is listed as the executive producer the much criticized Ghost Writer based on the Marvel Comics character fared better earning more than million dollars the top earner during its opening weekend and over million dollars worldwide through the weekend ending on March also in he had a small but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manu in Rob Zombies fake trailer werewolf women of the SS from the B Movie double feature Grindhouse and starred in next which shared the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with Cage's film The Family Man in November cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching for the lead role for the wrestler however cage dropped out of uction shortly afterward because he felt that he did not have enough time to prepare for the role and director Darren aronowski preferred Mickey R for the lead role or would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination for his performance in an interview with film aronowski said of C's decision to leave the film that neck was a complete gentleman and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside I have so much respect for Nick Cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nick but you know Nick was in incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity so he pulled himself out of the race in cage appeared as Joe a contract killer who undergos a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok in the film Bangkok Dangerous the film is shot by the Pang brothers and has a distinctly Southeast Asian flavor in cage starred in the science fiction Thriller knowing directed by Alex prz in the film he plays an MIP Professor who is examines the contents of a time capsule on earth that is Son's Elementary School startling predictions found inside the capsule that have already come true lead him to believe that the world is going to end at the close of the week and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction the film received mixed reviews but was the box office winner on its opening weekend also in cage starred in the film Bad Lieutenant Port of col New Orleans directed by acclaimed German director wner Herzog he portrayed a corrupt police officer with gambling drug and alcohol addictions the film was very well received by critics holding a rating of percent positive reviews on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes cage was lauded for his performance with Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune writing Herzog has found his ideal interpreter a performer whose truth lies deep in the artifice of performance ladies and gentlemen Nicholas Cage at his finest this film reunited cage with EV amendes who played his of interest in Ghost Rider but cage starred in The Sorcerer's Apprentice in which he played the Sorcerer And the next year headlined the period peace Season of the Witch as a t Century Knight transporting a woman accused of causing the black plague to a monastery in cage reprised his role in ghost riter sequel Ghost riter spirit of Vengeance career setbacks paage at the San Diego Comic conon in cage was involved in many projects notable films including animated film The crudes in which he voiced a character named grug crude the cruds received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success gring million dollars against a budget of million dollars he starred his main character in The Frozen Ground a thriller crime drama film directed and written by Scott Walker in his directorial debut based on the crimes of real life Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen the film reunited him with cusac depicts an Alaskan state trooper played by cage seeking to apprehend hand Hansen played by cusac by partnering with a young woman who escaped from Hansen's clutches the film has received mixed reviews though Cage's performance was cited as a highlight and solid he also starred in Joe an independent crime drama film directed and co-produced by David Gordon green adaptation from Larry Brown's novel of the same name in this film Nicholas Cage is a tormented man who hires a year-old boy played by Tai Sheridan and protects him from his abusive father the film premiered at the at International Film Festival on August with a subsequent screening at the Toronto International Film Festival it was a box office flop grossing only dollar million from a million dollars budget but received critical Acclaim from critics who praised Cage's performance and Green's Direction the black comedy dog eat dog Cage's second film with Paul Shader reunited him with Willam defo after Wild at Heart as a pair of ex-convicts hired to kidnap a baby the film had its Prem prere as the closing entry for the director's fortnite section at the can's Film Festival on May it was released on November in the United States Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian gave the film four out of five stars writing it's the right director for the right project and the result is scers best for years a Larry nasty tasty crime Thriller built on black comic chaos Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote a rare film to have been shot in Cleveland dog eat dog definitely looks like it was shot on the cheap but puts what it needs to up on the screen with Vigor and wit paig starred alongside Selma Blair and Anne Winters in Brian Taylor's horror comedy film Mom and Dad which premiered in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival it was released in theaters on January and received positive reviews from critics with review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes defining his performance as over-the-top director John Waters appreciated the film naming mom and dad as one of the best movies of placing it fourth on his personal top list present critical Resurgence cage at the situs film festival in cage starred in the action thriller film Mandy which premiered on January at the Sundance Film Festival Nick Allen of ragar robert.com prais the movie writing that for all of the Endless feral performances that cage has given in movies good bad and forgettable cosmat styled driven EST tastic passion for weird worlds and characters takes full advantage of Cage's greatness and then some in October Mandy's producer Elijah Wood announced his intention to size up an Oscar campaign for Nicholas Cage and for composer Johan Johan Johanson who died in February of that year but the film was disqualified because it was also released on video on demand on September later that year cage voiced Clark Kent Superman in the animated film Teen Titans go to the movies he had originally been slated to portray Superman in Tim Burton's canceled Superman film Superman lives in the s he voiced an alternate monochromatic s Universe version of Peter Parker Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man into the spider-verse cage based his vocal performance on films of Humphrey Bogart James Kagney and Edward G Robinson on January Victor and Arena Yelchin premiered a documentary about their son Anton yelin love and toosha at the Sundance Film Festival the documentary was directed by Garrett price and contains various interviews with some of Anton's friends and collaborators such as Kristen St art JJ Abrams Chris Pine Jennifer Lawrence Jodie Foster JN Cho and Martin Lando cage starred as the narrator of the film reading various Anton's writings in December it was announced that cage had signed to play the lead role for Richard Stanley's color out of space based on the short story the color out of space by HP Lovecraft this was Stanley's first feature film directed since his firing from the island of doctor Moro color out of space premiered on September in the midnight night Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival where cage was awarded for his role with the creative Coalition Spotlight initiative award following select preview screenings on January the film was released in theaters in the United States on January in December it was announced that San Sono was working on his first overseas production and English language debut prisoners of the Ghostland starring Nicholas Cage cage said the film might be the wildest movie I've ever made its plot revolves around a notorious criminal hero played by cage who was sent to rescue the governor's adopted granddaughter who has disappeared into a dark region called Ghostland the film had its World premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January in May it was announced that cage would be playing the role of Joe Exotic in a scripted 8 episode Tiger King series written and executive produced by Dan Lagana it was announced that the project was scrapped in July in it was confirmed that Nicholas Cage would reprise his role as grug in the crudes a new age which was released in paig produced and starred in the film Pig where he plays Robin Rob Feld a former Chef turned reclusive truffle forager who must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging Pig after she is kidnapped Paige received critical Acclaim for his performance and earned a second nomination for the critic's choice movie award for best actor he gained further Acclaim for portraying a fictionalized version of himself in the action comedy film The unbearable weight of massive Talent as well as for his portrayal of Paul a professor who begins appearing in the dreams of others in the dream scenario resulting in his fifth Golden Globe nomination in the horror comedy film Renfield inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula cage portrays Dracula opposite Nicholas holds Renfield also in cage was included as a playable character in the horror video game Dead by daylight cage reprised his role as Clark Kent Superman in the film The Flash in a cameo appearance as an alternate version of the superhero cage shot his scenes through volumetric capture and CGI was used to Dage him in early it was announced cage was set to play a liveaction version of Peter Parker Spider-Man Noir on Amazon Prime video The Show would take place in an alternate s New York in July the show was confirmed to be titled spider Noir filming is set to begin in September in Los Angeles also in July cage starred as the titular serial killer in the horror Thriller film longlegs which he produced acting style and reception nvo shamanic page on the set of National Treasure the fine ever elusive art of nuo shamanic will Ashton Cinema Blend nuo shamanic is a style of acting developed by cage it is to increase one's imagination without restraint in avoidance of experiencing the sense of being ingenuous the process itself is about how do you augment your imagination in a healthy way so that you can believe you're these characters you don't feel like you're acting you feel like you're being Nicholas Cage examples in the film Vampires kiss cage transforms from method acting to noo shamanic the scene where cage recites the alphabet to his psychiatrist was a result of acting out of impulse Raising Arizona showcases just how physically engaging nvo shamanic can become not holding back proves to add to the unique effect this method has on the audience Ghost Rider spirit of Vengeance is a display of how the new o shamanic method transcribes to the screen with impulse decisions fueled by an energy one could only Garner naturally Paige was asked if any of his numerous pets influence his acting to which he replied the cobras definitely they would try to hypnotize you by going side to side and when I did Ghost Rider spirit of Vengeance that's something my character does before he attacks animals are fun places to get inspiration history come nvo shamanic having been developed by cage gained the attention of writers and film critics alike Ethan Hawk defined cage as the only actor since Marlon Brando that's actually done anything new with the art of acting paage had read a book by psychologist Brian Bates called The Way of the actor he took what he read in the book and translated it into his acting dating back to pre- Christianity tribal shamans would act out the problems that the villagers were facing to try and discover the answers they did so by putting themselves in a trance like St using their imagination to Showcase their issues movies do that in film performance the actor or actress goes into flights of the imagination to reflect what is happening in society remarked cage while discussing the inner workings of the Unique Style you either have the proclivity to open up your imagination or you don't if you have that propensity and are on camera about to do a scene what would make you believe in what you're about to do say you're playing a demon biker with an ancient Spirit what power objects could you find that might trick your imagination would you find an antique from an ancient pyramid maybe a little sarcophagus that's a greenish color and looks like King Tutt would you sew that into your jacket and know that it's right next to you when the director says action could you open yourself to that power Nicholas Cage on some occasions cage stood up for his extreme method acting for birdie in order to physically feel the pain of his character a veteran from Vietnam War k removed two teeth which would have had to be pulled anyway without any anesthesia he also spent 5 weeks with his face wrapped in bandages receiving brutal reactions by various people for his aspect when he took the bandages off his skin was infected because of acne and ingrowing hairs a reception in Cage's hands cartoonish moments are imbued with real emotion and real emotions become cartoons everything from Individual scenes down to single lines of dialogue feel like they have been embraced red as opportunities for creation cage is usually interesting even when his films are not he is erratic and unpredictable he is captivating and he is capricious he is a performer he is a Troubador he is a jazz musician Luke Buckmaster the guardian vampires kiss casting director Marcia Schulman declared that cage asked to have hot yogurt poured over his toes to get excited during a love scene with Jennifer Beals he also studied Brazilian jiu-jitsu under the UF C Champion Royce Gracie for his roles in action films during an interview promoting Joe cage revealed that he followed a diet based on red meat and Stakes to gain weight for the role and to identify himself as a carnivore according to the guardian film critic Luke Buckmaster any casual Observer can see that cage is entertaining charismatic and wildly flamboyant attributing it partly to the well-cultured background of Cage's family Buckmaster said the actor is clearly attracted to grotesque characters and is celebrated for his wild and unhinged approach to them he has the presence of a leading man and the eccentricities of a character actor actor actor Ethan Hawk stated in that cage is the only actor since Marlon Brando that's actually done anything new with the art cring him for taking film audiences away from an obsession with naturalism into a kind of presentation style of acting that I imagine was popular with the old troubadors film director David Lynch described him as the jazz musician of American acting many critics have accused cage of over acting others including cage himself have described his intentionally extreme performances as Mega acting after the actor's series of mainstream marketed thriller films during the late s Sean Pennsylvania told the New York Times in that cage was no longer an actor but more like a performer despite this in his speech after winning the Oscar for his performance in Mystic River Penn described Cage's work in Matchstick Men as one of the best performances of during the s a growing number of film critics described cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation in July cage told variety that he abandoned Hollywood because of the commercial constraints that were imposed on his performances and that he opted to work for lowbudget Independent films because they gave him more freedom to experiment and be fluid acting siaras and accolades main articles Nicholas Cage filmography and list of awards and nominations received by Nicholas Cage Page's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry cage was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in with a Motion Pictures Star located at Hollywood Boulevard in May cage was awarded an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts by California State University Fullerton he spoke at the commencement ceremony cage has also been nominated for an Academy Award twice he won an Academy Award for best actor for his role in the film Leaving Las Vegas in he was nominated for a second one for his role in the film adapt in he also won a Golden Globe award Screen Actors Guild award and many more awards for leaving Las Vegas he has received nominations by the Golden Globe Screen Actors Guild and bafta for his film's adaptation honeymoon in Vegas and Moonstruck he has also won and been nominated for many other Awards personal life relationships and family cage has been married five times and has three children with Fulton Kim and shabata respectively in cage began dating actress Christina Fulton with whom he has a son Weston Copa cage born December Weston has been involved in two black metal bands and appeared in his father's film Lord of War as a helicopter mechanic through Weston cage has two grandsons born in and in July Weston was arrested for assaulting numerous people with a deadly weapon including his mother he was released on a dollar Bond Cage's first wife was actress Patricia Arquette whom he married in April and divorced in his second marriage was to singer songwriter Lisa Marie Presley daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley cage an Elvis fan used Elvis as the inspiration for his performance in Wild at Heart they married in camela Hawaii on August and filed for divorce days later on November the divorce was finalized on May and Cage's third wife was Alice Kim they were married at a private Ranch in Northern California on July she she gave birth to their son Cal L after Superman's birth name on October they divorced in January in March Cage married Erica quake in Las Vegas only to file for analment 4 days later stating he was too intoxicated to understand his own actions and that quy failed to disclose the full nature and extent of her relationship with another person he was granted a divorce from quki 3 months later on February Cage married Rico shabata their daughter August French Esa was born on September political views and religious beliefs paage grew up in a family of Catholic background but does not talk about religion publicly and refuses to answer religion connected questions in his interviews when asked about whether he could relate to his character's lack of religious belief in knowing cage replied you know any of my personal beliefs or opinions run the risk of impinging on your own relationship with the movie I think movies are best left enigmatic left raising more questions than answers I don't want to ever preach so that's what you get from a movie that's far more interesting than anything I could offer during his visit to University of California Santa Cruz he stated that he is not a politically active actor and that he can do it in his work as he learned more about nuclear power from the movie The China Syndrome paig endorsed Andrew Yang for president during the election at one point in his life cage had decided that he wanted to develop the philosophic iCal aspect of his nature and he went on a quest to find the Holy Grail cage traveled to England to look for it but also looked at some areas of the United States charitable activities paage has been called one of the most generous stars in Hollywood he donated million dollars to Amnesty International for them to use to offer Rehabilitation shelters medical services and psychological and reintegration services to some of the children forced to fight in conflicts across the world he has also donated million dollars to the victims of Hurricane Katrina he became the first artist to support artworks an artist engagement program to raise awareness of fundamental rights at work including Freedom From Slavery and from child labor during while filming the surfer in Western Australia cage personally phoned in an a dollar donation to the channel 7 Perth ton cage has also been honored with a humanitarian award from the United Nations for his works and appointed as a un Ambassador for Global Justice in and again in he letic campaign around the film Lord of War to raise awareness about International Arms Control supported heel the bay the United Negro College Fund efforts and the Royal United Hospital's Forever Friends appeal to build intensive care units for babies interests cage an avid comic book fan auctioned a collection of vintage Comics through Heritage auctions for over dollar million in in he created a comic book with his son Weston called Voodoo Child which was published by virgin Comics paig is a fan and collector of painter and underground comic artist Robert Williams he has written introductions for jux depa's magazine and purchased the painting death on the boards for real estate and tax problems scho needin in Bavaria was owned by cage between and cage was once considered one of Hollywood's highest paid actors earning million dollars in according to Forbes although he failed to make Forbes top list in and he bought a property on Paradise Island Bahamas in may he bought an acre he island in the Exuma archip ago some miles km southeast of nassel and close to a similar Island owned by Faith Hill and Tim McGrath he bought the medieval castle schoss nein in the O Falls region in Germany in and sold it in for dollar million his grandmother was German living in kokam and dermosol in August cage purchased gray Craig a square foot M brick and stone Country Manor in Middletown Rhode Island with an estate occupying Acres hay the home has bedrooms and full bathrooms and overlooks the Atlantic Ocean it borders the Norman bird sanctuary to the West the sale ranked among the state of Rhode Island's most expensive residential purchases also in cage purchased mitford Castle in Somerset England shortly after selling his German Castle cage also put his homes in Rhode Island Louisiana Nevada and California as well as a million dooll island in the Bahamas on the market on July the Internal Revenue Service filed documents in New Orleans in connection with a federal tax lean against property owned by cage in Louisiana concerning unpaid federal taxes the IRS alleged that cage failed to pay over dollar million in federal income tax for the year in addition the Internal Revenue Service had another Leon for more than Dollar in unpaid taxes dating from to cage filed a million doll lawsuit on October against his business manager Samuel J Levan alleging negligence and fraud the lawsuit stated that Levan had failed to pay taxes when they were due and had placed cage in speculative and risky real estate Investments resulting in the actor suffering catastrophic losses paage also faced separate lawsuits from East West Bank and red curb Investments for unpaid multi-million dollar loans the laori Mansion in New Orleans was purchased anonymously by kin and sold in Samuel Levan filed a counter complaint and responded to the lawsuit in a filing stating that he warned cage that he was living beyond his means and urged him to spend less Levan's filing states that instead of listening to Levan cross- defendant cage Copa spent most of his free time shopping for high ticket purchases and wound up with personal residences Levan's complaint continued likewise Levan advised copola against buying a Gulfstream jet against buying and owning a flotilla of Yachts against buying and owning a squadron of rolls-royces against buying millions of dollars in jewelry and art in his filing Levan said that in cages shopping spree entailed the purchase of three additional residences at a total cost of more than million dollars the purchase of automobiles including rolls-royces purchases of expensive jewelry and purchases of artwork and exotic items one of those items was a dinosaur skull of a Tarbosaurus after discovering that it was stolen he returned it to the Mongolian authorities according to cage he owned the most haunted house in America a home located in the French Quarter of New Orleans Louisiana known as the Lori house after its former owner Deli laori the house was foreclosed and sold at auction on November along with another new orans property for a total of dollar million in the wake of Cage's financial problems his b air home which had six loans totaling million dollars on it failed to sell at an April foreclosure auction despite an opening offer of dollar million substantially less than the million dollars that cage had originally tried to sell it for the home built in for equivalent to Dollar millionin had been owned at different times by Dean Martin and singer Tom Jones The home eventually sold in November for dollar million another home in Nevada also faced foreclosure auction in November cage sold his Action Comics in an online auction managed by Heritage auctions for a record-breaking dollar million the previous record Being dollar million to assist paying his tax leans and other debts cage purchased the comic in for dollar the comic had been stolen from him in and cage had received an insurance payment on the item in March it was found in a storage locker in the San Fernando Valley and was verified by comic connect.com to be the copy sold to cage previously worth around million dollars by May cage was reportedly taking film roles left and right in order to pay off his remaining debts by cage confirmed that he had finally paid off his debts and intended to be more selective with his film roles legal issues he seemed Kathleen Turner wrote in her Memoir send your roses that cage had stolen a Chihuahua and was arrested twice for driving drunk while they filmed Peggy Sue got married later she admitted cage did not steal a Chihuahua and she was sorry cage won a liable action against turer her publisher headline publishing group and Associated newspapers whose publication The Daily Mail had repeated the allegations when they published an exerpt from the book Christina Fulton sued cage in December for million dollars and for the house in which she was living the suit was in response to an order that she leave the dwelling the order resulted from Cage's financial difficulties the case was settled in June cage was arrested in New Orleans French Quarter District on April for suspicion of domestic abuse battery disturbing the peace and public intoxication a police officer was flagged down by onlookers after cage allegedly grabbed his wife's upper arm while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol cage was held in police custody until a bail of dollar was posted by Dwayne dog Chapman he was later ordered to appear in court on May the New Orleans District Attorney announced that the charges against cage had been dropped on May in the S FBI agent Lee Harker who exhibits possible Clairvoyance is assigned by her supervisor William Carter to a case involving a series of murder suicides in Oregon each case involves a father killing his family and himself leaving behind a letter with satanic coating signed long legs whose handwriting Belongs To None of the family members Lee discovers that each family had a year-old daughter born on the at of the month the murders all occurred within 6 days before or after the birthday itself and the murders form an occult triangle symbol on a calendar with one date missing while talking to her mother Ruth Lee receives a coded birthday card from longlegs warning her that revealing the source of the code will lead to her mother's murder following a clue Lee and Carter find a doll with a high energy metal orb inside despite Carter's skepticism of the supernatural Lee theorizes that longlegs uses these orbs to possess people as each family received a similar doll after visiting Carrie the sole survivor of long leg's attacks who was visited previously by someone using Lee's name Carter suspects Lee's connection to Long Legs discovering that Ruth had filed a police report of an intruder approaching Lee on her 9th birthday Carter encourages Lee to talk to her Ruth directs Lee to Childhood belonging ings where she finds a Polaroid of the pale-faced man revealing long legs to be the man who had visited a young Lee on her birthday Lee submits the photo leading to Long leg's arrest realizing the missing date is that day Lee fears an accomplice will commit another murder in the interrogation room longlegs claims to serve the man downstairs and hints at Ruth's involvement before killing himself agent Browning drives Lee to her mother's home where Lee Witnesses Ruth murder Browning with a shotgun Ruth then destroys a doll resembling Young Lee causing Lee to lose Consciousness Lee sees that Ruth has been longlegs as accomplice since Lee's childhood long legs forced Ruth to choose between her daughter's death and his bidding leading her to comply and spare Lee long legs has lived in the Harker basement creating satanic dolls that Ruth posing as a nun delivered to families causing them to kill each other Lee doll blocked her memories of long legs while influencing her with his magic Lee awakens in the basement and hears a demonic voice on the phone warning her about William's daughter Ruby's ninth birthday party which had been scheduled for that day Lee rushes to save the Carters whose deaths would complete long leg's triangle she finds the family already possessed with Ruth having delivered the doll after William kills his wife Anna Lee shoots him to protect Ruby Ruth attacks with a dagger forcing Lee to kill her Lee tries to destroy the doll but runs out of ammunition she tells Ruby they need to leave but Ruby remains Frozen staring at the doll past Micah Monroe stars as Lee Harker Micah Monroe as Lee Harker an FBI agent assigned to longlegs case Nicholas Cage as long legs an elusive serial killer whose real name is Dale Cobble Blair Underwood as agent William Carter one of Lee's superiors Alicia wit as Ruth Harker Lee's religious mother Michelle toy Lee as agent Browning one of Lee's superiors Dakota Doby as agent Fisk Lee's partner kierin shipka as Cary an camera long legs is only known Survivor Jason day as father camera Lisa Chandler as mother camera Ava kelders as Ruby Carter William Carter's daughter Carmel Amit as Anna Carter William Carter's wife Peter James Bryant as a senior FBI agent production development in November it was reported that osca Perkins would direct the film from a screenplay he wrote Perkins Drew on several influences When developing the screenplay and certain elements of the story for example the plot device of dolls being infused with evil and causing fathers to murder their family members was Loosely inspired by the murder of John benette ramsy Perkins elaborated the murder took place approaching Christmas and one present that the parents had gotten for John benette was a life-size replica doll of herself wearing one of her pageant dresses it was in a cardboard box in the basement feet from where she was killed and there was something so insane about that I'd cataloged it away casting Nicholas Cage signed on to produce under his Saturn films banner and star in the film as the titular serial killer in February Micah Monroe signed on as FBI agent Lee Harker the following month Alicia wit and Blair Underwood joined the cast filming way deadline Hollywood stated that Dave Kaplan C Motion Picture group financed the film for under million dollars principal photography was scheduled to take place in Vancouver British Columbia from January to February music the film's soundtrack was conceived by zil a pseudonym for Elvis Perkins the brother of the film's director cred as composer of the score compositions on the digital soundtrack album there were contributing tracks by sound designer Eugenio bagila and Melody cillo with Elizabeth white the soundtrack was released on July on streaming platforms and on vinyl marketing marketing to promote the film neon utilized Gorilla Marketing tactics similar to those that led to the box office success of the Blair Witch Project Perkins cred neon for the films marketing saying the studio really responded strongly to the movie the raw materials of the movie really excited them the way it looks the way it feels the way it feels the way it sounds they asked me early on do we have your permission to kind of go nuts and I said what else are we doing here go for it do your thing the film's total marketing budget was under million dollars focusing on digital content and not having television ads promotional materials included teaser trailers that first appeared in January and did not mention the title until February building speculation through Clips images and coded messages using symbology created for the film neon posted videos on YouTube leading up to release accumulating million views a trailer was also attached to every horr film released in theaters since January a paid advertisement featuring a cipher was published in the Seattle Times on June a reference to Zodiac Killer the ad directed readers to an in Universe website detailing murders committed in the film the week of the film's release neon released a clip of Micah Monroe performing a scene in which she comes face Toof face with Cage's character in an interrogation room Monroe had not met or seen cage yet in his full makeup the filmmakers attached a heart monitor to her in order to measure her Rising heartbeat as she began filming the scene the audio of which was recorded and played over the clip Cage's face was again not revealed following the film's theatrical Premiere neon released another promotional spot highlighting hidden appearances of the devil that recur in the backgrounds of the film titled look closer according to Perkins there are appearances of the devil in the film which are not readily noticeable release in February neon acquired the film's North American wrs at the European film Market the film had a screening at Los Angeles's Beyond Fest on May Long Legs premiered at the Egyptian Theater Hollywood in Los Angeles on July long legs held several special screenings across the United States throughout July this also included a parent free RSVP screening at the Alamo Draft House Cinema in Brooklyn New York on July it was released in North America and the United Kingdom on July home media long legs was released on vid on August the K Ultra HD Blu-ray and DVD is scheduled to be released on September but reception box office b as of August long legs had gross dollar million in the United States and Canada and dollar million in other territories for a worldwide total of dollar million in the United States and Canada long legs was released alongside fly m to the moon and was projected to gross million dollars from theaters in its opening weekend after making million dollars on its first day including million dollars from Thursday night previews both records for neon weekend estimates were raised to million dollars it went on to debut to dollar million finishing second at the box office behind holdover Despicable Me the opening marked the best opening weekend for neon and the biggest total for an original horror film it was Monroe's best domestic opening as lead excluding s Independence Day Resurgence for which she was build and P's first liveaction film to open above million dollars since Ghost Rider spirit of Vengeance in in its second weekend the film made million dollars a drop of percent to finish in fourth in its third weekend it became neon's highest grossing film after surpassing their earnings for S parasite dollar million and added dollar million on August the film had surpassed million dollars worldwide making it the highest grossing independent film of the year to date critical response critics praised Nicholas Cage's performance the film premiered to critical claim. on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes percent of critics reviews are positive with an average rating of Slash the website's consensus reads saturated and disquieting mood while leveraging a nightmarishly gono performance by Nicholas Cage long legs is a satanic horror that effectively instills Panic Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of out of based on critics indicating generally favorable reviews audiences pulled by Cinema score gave the film an average grade of C on an ad f scale while those pulled by post track gave it a percent overall positive score with an average out of stars David Rooney writing for The Hollywood Reporter praised the film saying it might be argued that he stir too many elements into the mix here crime procedural occult mystery mind manipulation satanic worship scary dolls a fian bargain and n not fit for any Convent but long legs is perkins's most fully realized and relentlessly effective film to date Bob Strauss of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote most impressive is how Perkins Blends psychological and supernatural horror in a manner not quite seen before long legs is a Conjuring of dark poetic Cinema where the devil is definitely in the details vanity Fair's Richard Lawson expressed disappointment in the film writing long legs is stylish but vacuous a pretty forboding picture with nothing behind it as Hannibal lecor might say it's a Well scrubbed hustling rube with a little taste Jay herado of screen Anarchy declared long legs a masterpiece and Unholy horrifying Confluence of high art and anxiety a film in which every frame is a nightmare and it's beautiful writing for Bloody Disgusting Megan Navaro praised long legs performances and atmosphere concluding long legs is as stylish as it is timeless dripping with claustrophobic dread and rot Bill Bria a film called long legs the most terrifying horror movie of noting the film's rock and roll Spirit M Monro born Dylan Monroe Buckley borne May is an American actress she made her film debut in the drama at any price her breakthrough came with the horror film it follows which established her as a screen Queen Monroe has since starred in the thriller films the guest ta Greta and Watcher and the horror film significant other and Long Legs aside from her roles in horror and thriller films Monroe appeared in the drama Labor Day the action film Independence Day Resurgence the neon Noir hot summer nights the comedy drama after everything the black comedy villains and the action film God is a bullet early life e Monroe was born Dylan Monroe Buckley on May in Santa Barbara California her mother was a sign language interpreter and her father was a construction worker she later changed her first name to Micah by which she had already been known for most of her life at the age of Monroe left Santa Barbara and moved to Cabaret in the Dominican Republic to continue training in kite boarding after spending the previous summer there she subsequently completed her senior year of high school online she was a professional kiteboarder as of career Monroe made her professional film debut as Cadence Pharaoh in the drama at any price she then had a small role in Sophia coup's crime film The Bling Ring also in Monroe starred in the drama film Labor Day an adaptation of the novel of the same name she played Mandy a farm girl who romances with a young man and eventually becomes his wife and the mother of his child in Monroe starred as Anna Peterson in the psychological Thriller film The Guest that same year she had her breakthrough role as Jamie j height in the horror film it follows both films were critically acclaimed and became cult hits while also establishing Monroe as a scream Queen in Monroe appeared in the West Western film Echoes of war in she starred in The Invasion Thriller film The at wave based on the novel of the same name also that year Monroe starred in the science fiction film Independence Day Resurgence the sequel to Independence Day playing former first daughter Patricia Whitmore in Monroe starred alongside Timothy chalamet in the Neo Noir Coming of Age film hot summer nights as his girlfriend Michaela in Monroe played Sandra in drama film honey boy in Monroe portrayed Cindy Williams in the Canadian mystery thriller flashback in Monroe played Julia and Watcher the psychological Thriller featur directorial debut of Khloe okuno in Monroe played case in the film God is a bullet an adaption of the novel of the same name in Monroe starred as Lee Harker in the horror film long legs alongside Nicholas Cage personal life ping dat Monroe was in a relationship with actor Joe Kiri from 2 since she has been dating real estate agent Dalton Gomez Blair Irwin Underwood born August is an American actor he made his debut in the musical film Crush Groove and from to start as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series La law Underwood has appeared in a number of films during his career including just cause Set It Off Deep Impact Rules of Engagement something new media's family reunion Wanita and long legs on television he played a leading role in the medical drama City of Angels and also had regular roles in high incident LAX Dirty Sexy Money In Treatment the event Ironside and Quantico Underwood has received two Golden Globe Award nominations five NAACP image Awards One Daytime Emmy Award and one Grammy Award early life boo Underwood was born in Tacoma Washington the son of Marilyn Anne scales an interior decorator and Frank Eugene Underwood Sr a United States Army Colonel Underwood lived on bases and army posts in the United States and stutgart Germany throughout his childhood due to his father's military career Blair attended Petersburg High School in Petersburg Virginia he went on to attend the Carnegie melan School of drama in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and is an honorary member of the FI Beta Sigma fraternity career Underwood at the St Emmy Awards September after his film debut Crush Groove Underwood's appearance on The Cosby Show landed him a short stint for 3 months on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Bobby Blue he later co-starred in the short-lived CBS crime drama series downtown from Two and guest starred on scarecrow and misss King and Jump Street in Underwood at the age of was cast as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series La law he received Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actor series miniseries or television film in the series ended in in he played James Cheney in the NBC television film murder in Mississippi in he co-starred in the western film posi starring Mario Van Peebles after La he starred in a number of movies and he appeared in the legal thriller just cause and the following year played Jada Pinkett's love interest in the heist film set it off he also had a supporting role as a geneticist in the science fiction film gataka and in the disaster film Deep Impact in he was featured in the July issue of erotic magazine Playgirl in Underwood returned to series television with a BC police drama series high incident he co-starred opposite sisly Tyson in the miniseries mam Flora's family in he played the lead role in the short-lived CBS medical drama series City of Angels Underwood was voted one of people magazines most beautiful people in and one of TV Guide Magazine's most influential faces of the s in he guest starred in four episodes on the HBO series Sex and the City playing Cynthia Nixon's love interest in he played the role of Roger duza opposite Heather laer in NBC short-lived drama lacks in he appeared in the Tyler Perry's second film media's family reunion he had a recurring role as the sexy grade school teacher in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine opposite Julia Lou dfus from two in he guest starred in an episode of the NBC series law Order Special Victims Unit in Underwood portrayed Jesus Christ and inspired by the Bible experience an hour celebrity voiced fully dramatized audio Bible based on today's New International Version also in Underwood co-authored the novel cigra a Tennyson Hardwick novel with husband and wife team Steven Barnes and tannan I'd Underwood at the premiere for Earth in April in Underwood starred in the first season of the HBO Drama Series in treatment for which he was nominated for best supporting actor series minseries or television film at the Golden Globes from two he was regular cast member in the ABC Prime Time soap opera Dirty Sexy Money in Underwood portrayed United States President Elias Martinez in the NBC drama series The Event in Underwood portrayed the role of St Mark in the truth life dramatized audio New Testament Bible a hour celebrity voiced fully dramatized audio New Testament based on the rsvc translation in he played the lead role of Stanley in the Broadway Revival of a street car Named Desire in Underwood played the role of Robert Ironside in the remake of the successful s television series Ironside made famous by the late Raymond Burr the show was cancelled after three episodes the following year he appeared in the trip to Bountiful opposite sisly Tyson from two he had a recurring role in the ABC series agents of sh l in Underwood was cast in the ABC Thriller series Quantico for the series regular role of CIA deputy director Owen Hall the series was canceled after three seasons in in Underwood played attorney Bobby Burns in the Netflix miniseries when they see us the following year he co-starred opposite Octavia Spencer in the Netflix mini self made inspired by the life of Madame CJ Walker Underwood has been a frequent guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight processional narrating the event in in January Underwood appeared on stage as Captain Richard Davenport in the roundabout theater company's Broadway Revival of Charles Fuller's pulit Sur prise winning drama a solders play personal life Underwood is a part of several charitable organizations he won the humanitarian award for his work with the Los Angeles chapter of the muscular distrophy Association in along with Ashley Jud he served as the spokesperson for utad in addition he is involved with the AIDS help healthare foundation's Blair Underwood clinic in Washington DC on June he married his longtime friend Josie Hart Underwood also appeared in a public service announcement for the Fulfillment fund he is a trustee for the Roby theater company in Los Angeles a nonprofit theater group founded by Danny Glover focusing on plays about the black experience he supported President Barack Obama's candidacy and spoke at campaign rallies for him Underwood got to know former president Obama while researching searching his La law role at Harvard Law School while the wouldbe President Obama was President of the Harvard Law review Nicholas Kim Copa born January known by his stage name Nicholas Cage is an American actor and film producer he is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award a screen actor's guild award and a Golden Globe award as well as nominations for two bafta Awards known for his versatility as an actor his participation in various film genres has gained him a following Born Into The Copa family cage began his career in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and valley girl as well various films by his uncle Francis Ford Capa such as Rumble Fish The Cotton Club and Peggy Sue got married he received critical success for his roles in Moonstruck and Raising Arizona both before earning an Academy Award for best actor for the dramatic film Leaving Las Vegas he was Oscar nominated for playing twins Charlie and Donald Kaufman in the comedy drama film adaptation paig established himself in mainstream action films such as The Rock Con Air face off gone in seconds the National Treasure film series The Ghost Rider film series and Kick-Ass he also took on dramatic roles in City of Angels bringing out the Dead The Family Man Matchstick man and the Wicker man he has voiced characters in The crudes film series and in Spider-Man into the spiderverse he earned renewed critical recognition for his starring roles in Mandy Pig the unbearable weight of massive Talent dream scenario and Long Legs cage owns the production company Saturn films and has produced films such as shadow of the vampire and the life of David Gail and has directed Sunny for his contributions to the film industry he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in he was ranked no in Empire magazines the top movie stars of alltime list in and was placed no in premier's most powerful people in Hollywood in early life and family cage was born in Long Beach California to August Copa a professor of literature and joy Vogal sang a dancer and choreographer he was raised in a Catholic Family his father was of Italian descent and his mother was of mainly German and polish descent with some English and Scottish ancestry on her father's side his paternal grandparents were composer Carmine Copa and actress Italia Panino and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from bernalda basil Lata through his father he is a nephew of both director Francis Ford Kola and actress tiia Shire and a cousin of directors Roman Copa and Sophia Copa film producer Gian Carlo Copa and actors Robert and Jason schwarzman Paige is the youngest of three sons his two brothers are New York radio personality Mark the cop cppa and director Christopher cppa he attended Beverly Hills High School which is known for its many alumni who became entertainers he aspired to act from from an early age and also attended UCLA School of theater film and television his first non-cinematic acting experience was in a School production of Golden Boy he said he started acting because he wanted to be James Dean I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause East of Eden nothing affected me no rock song No classical music the way Dean affected me in Eden it blew my mind I was like that's what I want to do at age he tried to convince his uncle Francis Ford Capa to give him a screen test telling him I'll show you acting his Outburst was met with silence in the car by this stage of his career Copa had already directed Marlon Brando alpacino Jean Hackman and Robert dairo although early in his career cage appeared in some of his uncle's films he changed his name to Nicholas Cage to avoid the appearance of nepotism as koba's nephew his choice of name was inspired by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage and composer John Cage career early work and breakthrough cage made his acting debut in the television pilot the best of times which was never picked up by a BC his film debut followed in with a minor role as an unnamed co-worker of Judge reinhold's character in The Coming of Age film Fast Times at Ridgemont High having originally auditioned for reinhold's part his experience on the film was marred by cast members endlessly quoting his uncle's films which inspired him to change his name Cage's first starring role came opposite Deborah Foreman in the romantic comedy valley girl in which he played a punk Who falls in love with the titular Valley Girl a plot Loosely inspired by Romeo and Juliet the film was a modest box office success and has been branded a cult classic he auditioned for the role of Dallas Winston and his uncle's film The Outsiders based on SE hinton's novel but lost to Matt Dylan cage however would co-star in cop's adaptation of another Hinton novel Rumble Fish in that year cage appeared in three period films none of which fared well at the box office in the drama racing with the moon cage featured opposite Shan Pennsylvania as friends who are awaiting deployment to the United States Marine Corps in C's crime drama The Cotton Club he portrayed a fictionalized version of mob Hitman Vincent Mad Dog Cole earning praise from critic Paul atanasio for artfully using his few moments to sketch a bronny violent Thug his final release of the year was Alan Parker's drama birdie in which he starred with mat Modine as two close friends and their trauma inflicted by serving in the Vietnam War cage lost weight for the role and had two of his front teeth pulled out to appear disfigured despite massively underperforming at the box office the film and cage and modine's performances received positive reviews with the New York Times critic Janet masselin writing Mr cage very sympathetically captures Al's urgency and frustration together these actors work miracles with What Might Have Been unplayable in cage starred in the little scene Canadian sports drama the boy in blue and his uncle's fantasy comedy Peggy Sue got married as the husband to Kathleen Turner's character who has traveled back in time to their high school days he then starred in the Cohen Brothers crime comedy Raising Arizona as a dimwitted excon Cage's biggest breakthrough came in with the romantic comedy Moon struck in which he starred alongside chair as a hot-tempered baker Who falls in love with his estranged brother's widowed fiance the film was a hit with critics and audiences alike earning cage a Golden Globe nomination for best actor Motion Picture musical or comedy in his retrospective review Roger eert wrote that he felt Cage's performance was worthy of an Oscar career slump in cage starred in the black comedy Vampire's Kiss as a man who falls in love with a vampire and soon begins to believe himself as a vampire the film was a major box office flop but has developed a cult following largely due to Cage's surrealistic and over the top performance appearing in internet memes critic Vincent Canby felt the film was dominated and destroyed by Mr Cage's chaotic self-indulgent performance after filming the Italian drama time to kill in Zimbabwe he starred in David Lynch's romantic crime film Wild at Heart with Laura dur as a pair of lovers on the run from gangsters hired to kill Cage's character sailor Ripley cage was drawn to the project because he was always attracted to those passionate almost unbridled romantic characters and it allowed him to impersonate one of his Heroes Elvis Presley in scenes in which which sailor sings Wild at Heart received mixed reviews upon release despite controversially winning the Palm D or at the can's Film Festival cage would reunite with Lynch and D for the Avent guard concert performance industrial Symphony No also in he starred as a helicopter pilot in the action film Firebirds which was panned by critics and negatively compared to Top Gun Cage's next film The Erotic Thriller xand was released direct to video in the United States where it did not receive a theatrical release his goofy Everyman performance in the romantic comedy honeymoon in Vegas garnered some positive critical notices including from Roger Ebert who defended cage amidst some critics finding his acting excessive and earned cage his second Golden Globe nomination he hosted an episode of the variety show Saturday Night Live to promote the film his only time hosting the show none of Cage's three films in Deadfall directed by his brother Christopher Amos Andrew and Red Rock West performed well at the box office though the last mentioned Neo Noir Thriller in which he played a Drifter mistaken for a Hitman was laed by critics the comedy guarding test paired cage with Shirley mlan as a secret service agent protecting a former first lady however it was dismissed as being derivative by some critics he next starred alongside Bridget Fonda in the romantic comedy it could happen to you as a cash strapped police officer who offers to share his lottery winnings with a waitress and then the much criticized box office flop Christmas comedy trapped in Paradise with the Saturday Night Live actors John litz and Dana Carvey according to litz cage directed portions of the film because its director George Gallow offered little Direction critical success and action star Cage's performance as a psychopathic criminal Kingpin in the crime film Kiss of Death was seen by many critics as the film's strong point but his most acclaimed performance yet came in the drama Leaving Las Vegas as an alcoholic screenwriter Who falls in love with a prostitute in Las Vegas the role won cage the Academy Award for best actor and Golden Globe Award for best actor Motion Picture drama to prepare for the part cage binge drank for two weeks and studied footage of himself in he starred alongside Shan connory and Ed Harris in Michael Bay the rock the first of a string of action films for cage in the film he played an FBI chemical weapons specialist breaking into alcatra federal prison The Rock was a box office and critical success with journalist Alexander lman stating the film launched cage into an unexpected vocation as an offbeat action star next he starred in Con Air and Faceoff two commercially successful action thrillers that were both released in June along with John cusac and John malovich Cage LED an ensemble cast in con a as a paroi who must thwart an attempted Prison Break aboard a US Marshall's aircraft Jerry brookheimer the film's producer offered the role to cage after being impressed with his performances in Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock cage accepted despite disappointment at not being offered the villain role aert felt cage made the wrong choice by playing Cameron Poe as a slow-witted Elvis type who is very very Earnest and approaches every task with tunnel vision it would have been more fun if he'd been less of a ha seed John Woo's Faceoff saw Cage and John travolto star in dual roles as sworn enemies a terrorist and an FBI agent who both undergo face transplants to impersonate each other requiring cage and Travolta to switch characters both performances were praised by critics with the BBC writing in their review Travolta and cage invest their dual roles with physical subtleties that reflect the other actor's character after starring in these action films back to back cage decided to return to more serious fair in the Romantic fantasy film City of Angels a loose remake of the German film wings of desire in which he played an angel Who falls in love with a woman played by Meg Ryan critics were split on the film and Cage's performance with reviews ranging from describing him as endlessly resourceful and resembling a serial killer more than an angel Brian dealma Thriller Snake Eyes his second film of starred cage as a corrupt detective investigating a political assassination at a boxing match he is attending the film was met with mixed reviews which were largely critical of its screenplay other films included Martin scor's New York City paramedic drama bringing out the dead and Ridley Scott's black comedy crime film Matchstick Men in which he played a con artist with obsessive compulsive disorder most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the action adventure genre these include the rock Con Air faceof and gone in seconds with cage as a retired car thief he took the lead role in the film Captain carelli's mandolin and learned to play the mandolin from scratch for the part in he was again nominated for Oscar and golden glowe best actor awards for his portrayal of real life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Kaufman's fictional twin Donald in adaptation cage made his directorial debut in in with sunny a lowbudget drama starring James Franco as a male prostitute whose mother Brenda bin serves as his pimp cage had a small role in the film which received poor reviews and a short run in a limited number of theaters Pig's producing career includes shadow of the vampire the first effort from Saturn films franchise films paig at the Venice International Film Festival and his second highest grossing film to date National Treasure he plays an eccentric historian who goes on a dangerous adventure to find treasure hidden by the founding fathers of the United States in two films he headlined Lord of War and the weatherman failed to find a significant audience despite Nationwide releases and good reviews for his performances the remake of the Wicker man was very poorly reviewed and failed to make back its million dollars budget in early December cage announced at the Bahamas International Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting Endeavors to pursue other interests on the dress in files for the Sci-Fi channel cage is listed as the executive producer the much criticized Ghost Writer based on the Marvel Comics character fared better earning more than million dollars the top earner during its opening weekend and over million dollars worldwide through the weekend ending on March also in he had a small but notable role as the Chinese criminal mastermind Dr Fu Manu in Rob Zombies fake trailer werewolf women of the SS from the bovie double feature Grindhouse and starred in next which shared the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with Cage's film The Family Man in November cage was spotted backstage at a Ring of Honor wrestling show in New York City researching for the lead role for the wrestler however cage dropped out of production shortly afterward because he felt that he did not have enough time to prepare for the role and director Darren arosi preferred Mickey Ro for the lead role would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination for his performance in an interview with film aronowski said of Cage's decision to leave the film that neck was a complete gentleman and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside I have so much respect for neck cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nick but you know Nick was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity so he pulled himself out of the race in cage appeared as Joe a contract killer who undergos a change of heart while on a work outing in Bangkok in the film Bangkok Dangerous the film is shot by the Pang brothers and has a distinctly Southeast Asian flavor in cage starred in the science fiction Thriller KN directed by Alex prz in the film he plays an MIP Professor who examines the contents of a time capsule on earth that is Son's Elementary School startling predictions found inside the capsule that have already come true lead him to believe that the world is going to end at the close of the week and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction the film received mixed reviews but was the box office winner on its opening weekend