The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American psychological thriller film that was written and directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, starring Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular hypothetical example of chaos theory which illustrates how small initial differences may lead to large unforeseen consequences over time.
Kutcher plays 20-year-old college student Evan Treborn,[2] with Amy Smart as his childhood sweetheart Kayleigh Miller, William Lee Scott as her sadistic brother Tommy, and Elden Henson as their neighbor Lenny. Evan finds he has the ability to travel back in time to inhabit his former self (that is, his adult mind inhabits his younger body) and to change the present by changing his past behaviors. Having been the victim of several childhood traumas aggravated by stress-induced memory losses, he attempts to set things right for himself and his friends, but there are unintended consequences for all. The film draws heavily on flashbacks of the characters' lives at ages 7 and 13, and presents several alternate present-day outcomes as Evan attempts to change the past, before settling on a final outcome.
The film received a poor critical reception, but was nevertheless a commercial success, producing gross earnings of $96 million from a budget of $13 million. The film won the Pegasus Audience Award at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at the Saturn Awards and Choice Movie: Thriller in the Teen Choice Awards. - <WIKIPEDIA>
Directed by
Eric Bress
J. Mackye Gruber
Produced by
Anthony Rhulen
Chris Bender
Ashton Kutcher
JC Spink
A.J. Dix
Written by
Eric Bress
J. Mackye Gruber
Starring
Ashton Kutcher
John Patrick Amedori
Amy Smart
Elden Henson
William Lee Scott
Eric Stoltz
Ethan Suplee
Logan Lerman
Melora Walters
Music by
Michael Suby
Cinematography
Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by
Peter Amundson
Production company
FilmEngine
BenderSpink
Katalyst
Distributed by
New Line Cinema
Release dates
January 23, 2004
Running time
114 minutes
120 minutes (Director's cut)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$13 million
Box office
$96 million
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