In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaJeff Bridges had been trying to have the film made for nearly 20 years and even filmed a version of it with his family. Speaking on the Nerdist Podcast he said: "I originally wanted to direct my father in it. As a matter of fact, somewhere in some garage, there is a version of this movie with my father (Lloyd Bridges) playing The Giver, Bud Cort narrates the whole thing, Beau's kids, one is shooting it, one is playing Jonas. We did the whole book, so that's around somewhere."
- GoofsWhen Jonas flees through various terrain and weather conditions at the end of the movie, his wardrobe changes a number of times to where he finally wears a thick winter parka. All the while he never has a backpack or bag or anything with him and the baby when he initially flees on the motor bike. And where could he have even gotten a spare parka from anyway, since the whole society was climate controlled to perpetual summer-like conditions?
- Quotes
Chief Elder: When people have the freedom to choose, they choose wrong--every single time.
- SoundtracksSilent Night
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr
Music by Franz Xaver Gruber
(Incorrectly attributed as "Traditional")
Performed by The von Trapp Children
Courtesy of Rattlesby Records, Inc.
Featured review
When I saw the title I asked myself what we give. When I saw the movie I asked myself what we have given up.
The simple and clear message in the movie is what makes it interesting and good. I saw so many simple things explained in such a profound way. Things such as friendship, family, love, emotions, humanity.
After all this is a great movie that shows what humanity is all about. What emotions are, how we see the world because of them. About what is right or wrong. What we sacrifice to create one Utopia. We see in this movie the good in people, but we also can see the cruelty that we are capable of.
To be completely honest, I saw a little resemblance with another movie. Despite that, It is a movie that I wanted to watch again.
The simple and clear message in the movie is what makes it interesting and good. I saw so many simple things explained in such a profound way. Things such as friendship, family, love, emotions, humanity.
After all this is a great movie that shows what humanity is all about. What emotions are, how we see the world because of them. About what is right or wrong. What we sacrifice to create one Utopia. We see in this movie the good in people, but we also can see the cruelty that we are capable of.
To be completely honest, I saw a little resemblance with another movie. Despite that, It is a movie that I wanted to watch again.
- stefan-alev
- Jul 9, 2015
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- Language
- Also known as
- El dador de recuerdos
- Filming locations
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa(Some exteriors)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $45,090,374
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,305,016
- Aug 17, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $66,980,456
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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