"Jake Gyllenhaal delivers one of his best performances to date in this extremely suspenseful sci-fi thriller. I’m placing it among my quantum genre film favorites. In movies like Source Code, the key actors must be completely believable or the film fails to trigger our suspension of disbelief. Fortunately, along with Gyllenhaal, other cast members help make everything on screen seem real." Betty Jo Tucker REEL TALK MOVIE REVIEWS "Source Code is a film that will hold your interest from beginning to end. It is engrossing and suspenseful. When you think back on it not everything makes sense, but when you are in the middle of the ride it is full of excitement. A great ride and a fun to watch film." JACKIE K COOPER "The rare movie that borrows elements from dozens of other films and TV shows, but is so good on its own that it almost doesn't matter. The movie is an action movie, a thriller, a romance, and much else: and it works on just about every level." Stephen Silver THE TREND "Make every second count is the essence of this beguiling sci-fi thriller with parallel realities that plays with time and destiny as it explores a multi-dimensional view of time, life and its possibilities. By the time the film comes to its stunning conclusion, it more than delivers on our expectations. If you like your sci-fi to keep you off balance, I recommend Source Code." Louise Keller URBAN CINEFILE "More of a popcorn sci-fi than a hardcore one; it's an adrenaline-fueled thriller, although it's one that never runs out of ideas. Jones keeps the pace tight and doles out the bodily thrills and brainy surprises in equal measure, never outstaying his welcome. 2011 is really the year of the new sci-fi film, given this and two other terrific "idea-based" movies, The Adjustment Bureau and Limitless. And it's only April!" Jeffrey M. Anderson COMBUSTIBLE CELLULOID

"Repetition can often lead to boredom, but that is not the case with "Source Code". In fact, those scenes where Colter is forced to relive those same eight minutes is what gives the film its thought-provoking identity. One of those infrequent movies that keeps you guessing at each and every turn." Adam Tobias WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES "Written by newcomer Ben Ripley, this time-tripping thriller just about has it all. A tremendously enjoyable trip to the movies, one that gets your blood pumping fast enough to keep your brain ticking. Few burgeoning filmmakers have made the transition from budget backlots to bustling Hollywood studios as smoothly as Jones has here." Anders Wotzke CUT PRINT REVIEW "What’s great about Source Code is the way that, as Stevens repeats the past, he comes to anticipate events, and every time he goes back its slightly different, subtly altered. I can image that continuity must have had a nightmare. Source Code is a very solid thriller, both entertaining and thought provoking. I look forward to Jones' next film." Coco Forsythe FUTURE MOVIES "In its best stretches, Source Code achieves both the power and the poignancy that ever so slightly eluded last year's brain-addling hit "Inception". Performances across the board are first-class here. Do not miss Source Code if you can at all help it. This really is the complete package." Leigh Paatsch HERALD SUN "Jones' handling of the material reminds me of a young Steven Spielberg who explored the nuances of human perseverance, emotional connection and man's interaction with science. Top-notch time-bending sci-fi thriller that deftly avoids many potential paradoxes." Wesley Lovell OSCAR GUY

The Inside Story Intricately plotted, visually inventive and compellingly portrayed, Source Code takes audiences into one of the last frontiers, a world that has fascinated scientists and fiction writers for centuries: time travel. Producer Mark Gordon ("Saving Private Ryan" "2012") was approached by screenwriter Ben Ripley with an idea about a man who discovers a way to travel back in time for short periods. "Ben came to us with a terrific idea for a film. Over a period of about six months to a year, we continued to develop the script with him. What you hope for in a collaborator is someone who has very strong opinions but at the same time will listen and consider another way of approaching it, and that’s Ben. He has strong opinions and he sticks to his guns." The evolving script attracted the attention of Philippe Rousselet ("Lord of War"), CEO of Vendôme Pictures who would later come aboard as a producer of Source Code. "We loved the script. It’s rare to find a unique story that is commercial at the same time. It’s an intelligent and sophisticated thriller, and yet it’s very entertaining. Things are revealed to the audience as they are revealed to the characters, which makes it a fun ride. It’s not every day we have a chance to read a script like that." Ripley’s idea was a nonlinear story with a science-fiction twist. "I’m fascinated by movies that tell a story in a nontraditional way,” he says. “It occurred to me that the first experiments in time travel wouldn't be massively ambitious. We wouldn't go back hundreds of years; we'd go back minutes or hours. You can imagine this technology emerging almost by accident in a research laboratory somewhere and then being taken over by the Department of Defense. They don't really know what to do with it. It’s still experimental." Ripley is willing to entertain the possibility that time travel will be possible someday. "Most of the time travel scientists like to talk about is future time travel. We may be able to slow down your clock when you're traveling close to the speed of light, which would allow you to move into the future. Time travel into the past is much more problematic and we don't really know how that would work. The past is unchangeable according to physics. What it does propose is the idea of a parallel universe, a copy of reality that's identical to ours. Source code is the ability to access another reality for an eight-minute period of time." After developing the script with Ripley, Gordon sent it to Jake Gyllenhaal, who signed on to play Captain Colter Stevens. "Jake and I did "The Day After Tomorrow together. We stayed in touch and were looking for another picture we could do together. He was very excited about this script and had a lot of valuable insights. Jake was a very important part of this movie coming together." Almost all of the film’s action takes place on a train headed for Chicago filled with commuters who make this trip this daily. But for one of those commuters, this is anything but an ordinary day. Colter Stevens, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot in the US Army, is there on an astonishing assignment. "He finds himself on a train one morning not knowing where he is or how he got there," says Gyllenhaal ("Love & Other Drugs"). "Sitting across from him is a woman, Christina, who acts as if she knows him. He’s pretty disoriented. Then in the reflection of a window he sees his face: only it's not his face." In a matter of minutes, Colter soon discovers that he has been transported to the train from a few hours in the future. Gyllenhaal, who also starred in the 2001 Richard Kelly, time-travel cult classic, "Donnie Darko", was intrigued by the premise, as well as the acting challenges inherent in his character’s predicament. "I'm fascinated by the concept of time, so I loved mining that stuff," the 2006 BAFTA Film Award winning Gyllenhaal (who co-starred as Jack Twist alongside the late Heath Ledger in Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain") revealed. "There was a lot for me to take in, especially in pre-production, in order to understand Colter. His overall arc keeps coming back to the eight minutes that he lives over and over again." According to Ripley ("Species: The Awakening"), "Even to the characters in this movie, the source code technology is not entirely known. What happens to the Source Code world when we leave it? We don't know. Did it ever exist before we accessed it, or did we create it? We don't know." It was Gyllenhaal (Robert Graysmith in "Zodiac") who suggested that the producers should approach director Duncan Jones, whose first film, "Moon", had made a big impression him. "Moon was stunning from the first frame to the last. As I watched, it became so clear that Duncan is fluent in the language of film. His storytelling is so agile that I immediately wanted to work with him." Gordon screened "Moon" and met with Duncan Jones on the actors recommendation. "He was able to use one space and one actor so beautifully in Moon. Even though a great deal of our film takes place on a train car or two, it doesn't feel claustrophobic. It really feels like there's a lot going on," Gordon notes. Jones’ ability to create an original and wholly believable world for Moon was an important factor in his selection, says Rousselet. "Duncan brought his unique visual world to the project. He’s a great filmmaker and a very strong storyteller, which is exactly what Source Code needed. Duncan is as passionate about the visual as he is about the actors and the storytelling, He’s a complete filmmaker in that sense." Despite the accolades and attention showered on him for his earlier work, Jones was not initially eager to make another science fiction film. "But I loved the script. It was tightly written and fast moving. I'm also a huge fan of Jake Gyllenhaal. I didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to work with him." Once Jones came onboard, he and Gyllenhaal began to hash out their ideas for the movie. Each had strong ideas about where the script was headed. "We developed an amazingly collaborative relationship," Jones recalls. "“We added a lot more 'tongue in cheek' humor than was originally on the page and I’m pleased with that. The love story became stronger and more touching, more so than I even realized when we were shooting it." As tempting as it was to delve into the extensive scientific data available, he decided instead to concentrate on the narrative. "If I had allowed myself to get too bogged down in that side of it, it would’ve hindered the storytelling. I have a reasonable background in philosophy and science, so it was fairly easy for me to wrap my head around what was being suggested. I understood what the rules were and how the story had to be told within those rules, but I didn’t allow myself to get stuck there." That meant concentrating on unraveling the story’s narrative as it evolved over the course of each source code. "The puzzle solving aspect of it was quite intriguing. For example, the number of locations is very limited and they are all enclosed in one way or another. How do you make characters out of each of them so that when we return to them, they actually can sense the changes, even though they may be quite subtle? Part of the challenge was to come up with that evolution. A lot of things became clear as filming progressed. The challenge for us was how do you keep each source code fresh and give the audience something that's going to keep them engaged." Each of Source Code’s small group of characters plays an essential role in the drama that unfolds and each of the actors portraying them had to be able to deliver finely tuned performances under unusual and often challenging circumstances. Jones is grateful to have been able to work with actors of the caliber of those in "Source Code". "I have been phenomenally lucky as a director in getting the casts I have. To be able to bring them all together in one film was fantastic." "Jake has a very special rapport with the film," Rousselet states. "He’s been a fantastic asset. He’s very passionate, hard working, and full of smart, creative ideas. I keep telling him he should direct a film, because he’s a very talented guy, and not just as an actor. He likes to be creative on set and try different things. He was definitely a driving force in the process of making this movie." The filmmakers had a long list of requirements for the actress who would play Christina, Colter’s love interest. She becomes Colter’s touchstone each time he returns to the train. Jones had seen Monaghan play Harmony Faith Lane in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and thought she fit the bill. "Our first meeting was over Skype". We got on very well. She has such a great, enthusiastic personality. I came away from that conversation extremely excited about Michelle." For 2009 Vail Film Festival Excellence in Acting award winner Monaghan, the combination of script, director and star were irresistible. "I was intrigued with the challenge of playing the same day over and over again. It was all about finding the nuances." 2006 NBR Award winner Vera Farmiga ("The Departed") came to the film fresh off a 2010 Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "Up in the Air". Her character, Colleen Goodwin, is a captain in the Air Force and the designated source code coach for Colter. "She's the human behind the voice of Oz, guiding him back and forth between these two realities,” Farmiga ("The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas") explained. Goodwin’s supervisor is the somewhat mysterious Dr. Walter Rutledge, played by 2004 Golden Globe & EMMY Award winner, Jeffrey Wright ("Angels in America"). Wright was taken with the idea of what he calls "a jagged sci-fi thriller, with elements that ground it in the contemporary. At the same time, it got me thinking about current realities in a way that added to the thrills." For "Source Code", Jones worked with a stellar team to realize his ambitious visuals, including director of photography Don Burgess A.S.C., who also served as cinematographer for "Forrest Gump", "Spiderman" and "Castaway", among many other well-regarded films. Jones worked closely with production designer Barry Chusid ("The Day After Tomorrow" & "2012") to create the various sets including the train car where the action takes place. "Source Code" is a prime example of a new wave of science fiction storytelling, according to the director."The mixture of humor and science fiction elements makes it something different and quite appealing. The audience doesn’t need to get bogged down in the logic or the science of it all. They can just go along for the ride." But for audiences who enjoy unraveling puzzles, the film offers plenty to ponder. Gordon says there’s another element for the audience to enjoy. "What's special about the film is that it has an enormous amount of action and it's a wonderful thriller. It’s all things you hope for in a movie in terms of pure entertainment. But at the end of the film when the curtain comes down, so to speak, I'd like for people to walk out of the theater having enjoyed the thrills, but also thinking about how precious life is. Whether it’s eight minutes or a lifetime, it is something that you should savor." What It's All About

A military helicopter pilot in Afghanistan mysteriously finds himself on a startlingly different kind of mission when he awakes on a speeding commuter train with no idea how he got there. Seated across from him is Christina, a woman he doesn’t know, but who clearly believes she knows him. Seeking refuge in the bathroom, he’s shocked to see another man’s reflection in the mirror and ID cards in his wallet belonging to a school teacher he doesn't know. Suddenly a massive explosion rips through the train. Almost instantly, he's transported to a high-tech isolation unit where a uniformed woman named Goodwin demands to know everything he saw. Unbeknown to Colter, he has been on a high-priority mission to identify a bomber who has destroyed two passing trains just hours earlier. Using the top-secret program, code named 'Source Code', he'll be sent back to the train until he find the bomber.

The Verdict "Were you one of the many who got a real kick out of "Limitless"? How about "The Adjustment Bureau"? What about "Inception"? All three were highly entertaining, visually stunning, conceptually themed films that took cinema to a new level. And, despite that fact that some found "Inception" a little too multilayered, it was, to say the least: impressive. Lets be honest, films like "Limitless", "The Adjustment Bureau" and "Inception", don't come along every day of the week, do they? Well get ready for a big surprise, because there's a new kid on the block. That 'new kid' is a stunning thriller, directed by Duncan Jones (yes the son of David Bowie); from a cracker screenplay by Ben Ripley; stunningly shot by the Don Burgess A.S.C (cinematographer behind films such as "Forrest Gump", "Castaway" and "The Polar Express"); glued together by the work of Production Designer Barry Chusid ("The Last Mimzy" & "2012") and his talented crew, all of which is enhanced by the original music of Chris Bacon ("King Kong", "Love and Other Drugs" & "Gnomeo & Juliet"). Like "Inception", this is an exciting thriller. Unlike "Inception", it is easy to follow. Like all three films, there is a love interest. The twist here is, that our hero, is being transported into the body of another man who's travelling on a commuter train, that is about to be blown to kingdome come by a bomber our hero must somehow identify. Problem is, our hero (Colter Stevens) can only stay in the host body for eight minutes at a time. Sounds simple, but believe me, "Source Code" will have you on the edge of your seat. Highly Recommended. 4 1/2 STARS." Who's Playing Who?

Jake Gyllenhaal Michelle Monaghan Vera Farmiga Jeffrey Wright Michael Arden Cas Anvar Russell Peters Brent Skagford Craig Thomas Gordon Masten Susan Bain Paula Jean Hixson Lincoln Ward Kyle Gatehouse Albert Kwan Anne Day-Jones Clarice Byrne James A. Woods Joe Cobden Tom Tammi Matt Holland Jasson Finney Kyle Allatt Pierre Leblanc Scott Bakula

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The Production Team Directed by Duncan Jones Written by Ben Ripley Produced by Mark Gordon/Philippe Rousselet/Jordan Wynn Original Music by Chris Bacon Cinematography by Don Burgess Film Editing by Paul Hirsch Production Design by Barry Chusid Art Direction by Pierre Perrault Set Decoration by Suzanne Cloutier Costume Design by Renée April Run Time 93 minutes Rated M [AUST] Copyright ©2011 - Hopscotch - All Rights Reserved ©1999-2011 - The Movie Pages & Impact Internet Services - All Rights Reserved. Protected by Australian & International Copyright, Trademark Laws & Intellectual Property Rights.